Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siegfried Neumann

Christian Widmann

Ludwig Niebler

Norbert Zimmermann

Bernhard Streich

Bardo Koppmann

Michael Freimuth

Klaus Windsheimer

Fritz Royer

Alf Wabner

Erich Zerbian

Andreas Krätzschmar

Uwe Weiss

Richard Freitag

Hans-Joachim Jaehne

Paul Froehlich

A protective device is disclosed for combination with an electrical switching device including a main current line or for integration in such a switching device. In at least one embodiment, the protective device includes a switching element and a switching apparatus, which is provided for the actuation of the switching element and is influenced by a current flow through the main current line. In at least one embodiment, in order to influence the switching apparatus, a current transformer is integrated in the main current line and an electrical resistance of a secondary winding surrounded by the current transformer can be measured. A method for operating a protective device is also disclosed wherein the switching apparatus is triggered so as to actuate the switching element if the measured resistance reaches or exceeds a predetermined or predeterminable threshold value.

Protective device and method for its operation

At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a contact apparatus for SMT placement on a printed circuit board, the contact apparatus being provided for the electrically conductive connection to at least one conductor track on the printed circuit board. The contact apparatus includes a contact holder for accommodating the contact, and the contact of the contact apparatus is provided for the connection to at least one electrical mating contact. The contact apparatus is designed on an SMT basis and can therefore be produced inexpensively and fitted easily. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, the contact apparatus has a first housing part, the housing part having at least one elongate cutout for accommodating the contact holder, and at least one stop for the contact being integrally formed on the housing part, which stop is provided for the purpose of absorbing insertion forces when contact is made between the contact and an electrical mating contact.

Contact apparatus for minimizing the load of mechanically loaded SMT soldered joints

In one embodiment of the present invention, a rotary encoding switch is disclosed such as used in the function setting for relays or similar. In one embodiment, a particularly secure function setting for relays or similar may be achieved by means of a rotary encoding switch with a number of switch stages with separations between the switch stages which are not constant.

Rotary encoding switch

A simple and low-cost electronic function relay is specified, for example an overload relay with a bistable printed circuit board relay module. The relay includes an engagement point for mechanical operation. The relay further includes a separate reset mechanism, which can be coupled to the printed circuit board relay module, and a switching lever, which corresponds with the engagement point, for manual resetting of the printed circuit board relay module to a switched-on position.

Electronic function relay

The invention relates to a measured value acquisition and processing unit () that facilitates the acquisition and processing of very small measuring signals in the range of interfering signals, such as, for example, noise, spillovers, etc. This means that the useful values to be detected usually contain interfering portions. The inventive measured value acquisition and processing unit () separately acquires these interfering portions by means of a switch element () disposed in the area of feed of the measured signals by means of which the measuring circuit is short-circuited in such a manner that the measured signal is not coupled in but only interfering signals that might occur in the measuring circuit are detected. The inventive method provides a large range of dynamic ratio for the detection of measured values at low costs.

Measured value acquisition and processing unit for small measuring signals

A monitoring device having a switching mechanism to open or close electric circuits in case of overload which operates as a function of a current-detecting device includes a processor and setpoint memories for comparing and evaluating actual values. A device for detecting additional load operational errors, statistical operating data, and maintenance instructions from at least the load current over the lifetime of the device and providing a run display to display this data are consecutively integrated into the monitoring device. Furthermore, input keys are provided for setting desired parameters, which can be displayed in the run display.

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Kümmersbruck, Germany

Siegfried Neumann