Rockwell Automation Switzerland Gmbh

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Abb Ag

Norbert Maschke

Klaus-Peter Eppe

Thomas Strebel Marzano

Sadashiv Pimple

Dariusz Poczontek

Bernd Siedelhofer

Andreas Weber

Wolfgang Pump

Ralf Wieland

Alfred Stang

Jörg Hussmann

Gerhard Blaimer

Steffen Scudlo

Rolf-Eberhard Bruschke

Klaus Schich

A coupler between an activator mounted on an enclosure and an electronic protection device located within the enclosure facilitates alignment between the coupler and the electronic protection device during installation and requires no tool for installation. The coupler is positioned over an opening in the electronic protection device and oriented such that a first coupling portion is configured to engage a complementary coupling portion on the electronic protection device. The coupler may be manually mounted, engaging the complementary coupling portions on the door handle coupler and the electronic protection device without requiring a tool for installation. The coupler includes an upper sleeve configured to receive an axle, connected to the activator, that rotates independently of a lower sleeve which is mounted to the electronic protection device, facilitating orientation of the activator on the outside of the enclosure. The coupler provides for local lock-out of the electronic protection device.

Door handle coupler

Growing community of inventors

Dresden, Germany

Norbert Maschke