AU2001274371A1 - Bistable electrical switch and relay with a bistable electrical switch - Google Patents

Bistable electrical switch and relay with a bistable electrical switch

Info

Publication number: AU2001274371A1
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: electrical switch; bistable electrical; relay; bistable; switch
Prior art date: 2000-06-19
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU2001274371A

Inventor

Thomas Haehnel

Martin Hanke

Matthias Kroeker

Jorg Schultheiss

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH

Original Assignee

Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2000-06-19

Filing date

2001-06-19

Publication date

2002-01-02

2001-06-19 Application filed by Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH filed Critical Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH

2002-01-02 Publication of AU2001274371A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001274371A1/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H1/00—Contacts
- H01H1/12—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage
- H01H1/14—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting
- H01H1/24—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with resilient mounting
- H01H1/26—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with resilient mounting with spring blade support
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H61/00—Electrothermal relays
- H01H61/01—Details
- H01H61/0107—Details making use of shape memory materials
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H61/00—Electrothermal relays
- H01H61/01—Details
- H01H61/0107—Details making use of shape memory materials
- H01H2061/0122—Two SMA actuators, e.g. one for closing or resetting contacts and one for opening them
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H5/00—Snap-action arrangements, i.e. in which during a single opening operation or a single closing operation energy is first stored and then released to produce or assist the contact movement
- H01H5/04—Energy stored by deformation of elastic members
- H01H5/18—Energy stored by deformation of elastic members by flexing of blade springs

AU2001274371A 2000-06-19 2001-06-19 Bistable electrical switch and relay with a bistable electrical switch Abandoned AU2001274371A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP00112917		2000-06-19
EP00112917		2000-06-19
PCT/IB2001/001066 WO2001099135A1 (en)	2000-06-19	2001-06-19	Bistable electrical switch and relay with a bistable electrical switch

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU2001274371A1 true AU2001274371A1 (en)	2002-01-02

Family

ID=8169012

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU2001274371A Abandoned AU2001274371A1 (en)	2000-06-19	2001-06-19	Bistable electrical switch and relay with a bistable electrical switch

Country Status (8)

Country	Link
US (1)	US6943653B2 (en)
EP (1)	EP1295307B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP2004510288A (en)
KR (1)	KR20030019442A (en)
AU (1)	AU2001274371A1 (en)
DE (1)	DE50115235D1 (en)
ES (1)	ES2334638T3 (en)
WO (1)	WO2001099135A1 (en)

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2001
- 2001-06-19 AU AU2001274371A patent/AU2001274371A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2001-06-19 EP EP01940881A patent/EP1295307B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-06-19 WO PCT/IB2001/001066 patent/WO2001099135A1/en active Application Filing
- 2001-06-19 JP JP2002503894A patent/JP2004510288A/en active Pending
- 2001-06-19 US US10/311,402 patent/US6943653B2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-06-19 DE DE50115235T patent/DE50115235D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-06-19 ES ES01940881T patent/ES2334638T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-06-19 KR KR1020027017311A patent/KR20030019442A/en not_active Withdrawn

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
KR20030019442A (en)	2003-03-06
EP1295307A1 (en)	2003-03-26
US20030156006A1 (en)	2003-08-21
ES2334638T3 (en)	2010-03-15
EP1295307B1 (en)	2009-11-25
DE50115235D1 (en)	2010-01-07
US6943653B2 (en)	2005-09-13
JP2004510288A (en)	2004-04-02
WO2001099135A1 (en)	2001-12-27

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