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United States Patent | 6,264,473 |
Bullinger ,   et al. | July 24, 2001 |
The electromechanical connector proposed has a switch and an actuator. The switch can be connected by means of contacts to a power supply and has switching magnets with encoded magnetic elements mounted on a carriage. It is fitted in a housing as an enclosed unit. The actuator has actuation magnets with encoded magnetic elements and can be connected to a consumer. The switch can be connected to the actuator, connecting these two devices causing the switching magnets to move, against a restraining force, from an inoperative position to an operating position. The electrical connection between the switch and the actuator is thus established by means of contacts. The ends of the switch and actuator facing each other are fitted with alignment devices designed so that electrical contact between the switch and the actuator can only be made when the contacts are in a particular position with respect to each other.
Inventors: | Bullinger; Achim (Kirchstrasse 14, D-89551 Koenigsbronn-Zang, DE); Fritsch; Klaus-Dieter (Am Wiesenrain 16, D-89522 Heidenheim, DE); Neidlein; Hermann (Heidenheim, DE) |
Assignee: | Bullinger; Achim (Koeningsbronn, DE); Fritsch; Klaus-Dieter (Heidenheim, DE) |
Appl. No.: | 214034 |
Filed: | June 17, 1999 |
PCT Filed: | June 21, 1997 |
PCT NO: | PCT/EP97/03262 |
371 Date: | June 17, 1999 |
102(e) Date: | June 17, 1999 |
PCT PUB.NO.: | WO97/50152 |
PCT PUB. Date: | December 31, 1997 |
Jun 22, 1996[DE] | 296 10 996 |
Intern'l Class: | H01R 013/60; H01R 025/00 |
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