242results about "Snap-action arrangements" patented technology

The invention belongs to the field of low-voltage switches, and particularly relates to a kick structure of an isolating switch and the isolating switch, and the kick structure comprises a shell assembly, a kick piece, a linkage piece, an energy-gathering elastic piece, a closing limiting piece and an opening limiting piece. Different from rotary motion of a kick piece and a linkage piece in an existing conventional kick mechanism, the kick piece and the linkage piece of the kick mechanism do linear motion, the energy-gathering elastic piece adopts a pressure spring limited between the kick piece and the linkage piece, and the energy-gathering elastic piece can only do telescopic motion in the first direction X to store / release energy; the opening limiting piece or the closing limiting piece limits the kick piece so that the kick piece can not move to the opening position or the closing position, and the linkage piece moves relative to the kick piece to drive the energy-gathering elastic piece to compress and store energy and moves until the linkage piece pushes the opening limiting piece or the closing limiting piece to unlock. The kick piece quickly acts to the opening position or the closing position under the energy release of the energy-gathered elastic piece, the action is reliable, and the overall size is small.

The present invention relates to an energy storage mechanism for a state-switching operation of an electrical control system. The energy storage mechanism comprises: a housing; an operation assembly, which comprises an energy storage element; an actuating member, which is connected to an electrical control system state-switching unit; a locking assembly; and an unlocking assembly. The energy storage element is connected to the operation assembly and the actuating member, and by means of changing the relative positions of the operation assembly and the actuating member, the energy storage element stores energy; the operation assembly can be connected to the actuating member by means of the locking assembly to be in a locked state; the operation assembly is then driven to move in an opposite direction, and drives the actuating member to move in the same direction, such that the actuating member drives the position state of the electrical control system state-switching unit to change; the unlocking assembly can release the locked state between the operation assembly and the actuating member after receiving a trigger signal; and the actuating member is driven by energy released from the energy storage element to move, such that the position state of the electrical control system state-switching unit is driven to change again. The present invention can complete free tripping and opening, and can realize free tripping.

The invention relates to an optical probe (1) which is designed for optical coupling to at least one micro-optical component (50) and to a method for its production, wherein the optical probe (1) comprises: - a probe head (10); - at least one micro-optical element (20) having a mechanical connection to the probe head (10) and configured to establish an optical coupling to the at least one micro-optical component (50); and - at least one sensor structure (21) separate from the at least one micro-optical element (20) and configured to generate a sensor signal (40) indicating a positioning of the probe head (10) relative to an object (100).

The invention relates to an element (100) for use in a micro-electro-mechanical system (200), in particular for use in semiconductor technology equipment, and to a micro-electro-mechanical system (200) comprising such an element (100). The element (100) comprises a MEMS structure (101) and at least one coating (140) applied over a large area to designated partial surfaces (135, 155) of the MEMS structure (101) from one side of the element (100), wherein the MEMS structure (100) has at least one otherwise non-functional special shape (160) with which at least a continuous parasitic coating (145) is avoided for certain areas away from the designated partial surfaces (135, 155).

The invention relates to a micro-electro-mechanically movable element (103) for use in a micro-electro-mechanical system (100) and a corresponding micro-electro-mechanical system (100), in particular for use in semiconductor technology equipment. The micro-electro-mechanically movable element (103) comprises a base plate (104) on the side of which facing away from the base structure (101) a mirror plate (105) with a curvature geometry is arranged, wherein the mirror plate (105) is connected to the base plate (104) via a pedestal (106), wherein the geometry of the contact points (107, 108) between pedestal (106) and mirror plate (105) as well as between pedestal (106) and base plate (104) are different. The micro-electro-mechanical system (100) comprises an element (103) that is micro-electro-mechanically movable at least in at least one degree of freedom relative to a basic structure (101) by at least one actuator (102), wherein the micro-electro-mechanically movable element (103) is designed according to the invention.

The present invention relates to a snap-action switch (100) comprising a housing (1), an actuation plunger (2) with two switching positions and with at least one contact bridge (31, 32) for electrically connecting at least one first pair of fixed contacts (23, 24) in a switching position and with snap-action springs (8, 9), which are preloaded and are supported substantially symmetrically on an actuation element (3) and the actuation plunger (2) and which have lines of action that can be shifted by the actuation element (3) in such a way that the actuation plunger (2) can be snapped from a first switching position, in which the actuation plunger (2) is substantially in a resting position, into a second switching position, in which the actuation plunger (2) is substantially in the actuation position, wherein the snap-action switch (100) also has a forced-opening assembly with which a switching at least from the first into the second switching position is imposed on the actuation element (3) when a forced-opening force is exceeded, wherein the at least one contact bridge (31, 32) has two respective contact points (17, 18, 19, 20) at one end and the other end for the electrically parallel contacting of the first pair of fixed contacts (23, 24), wherein each of the contact points (17, 18, 19, 20) is designed in such a way as to entirely switch an electrical rated power of the snap-action switch (100), and the actuation plunger (2), at least in the first direction of closing of the first pair of fixed contacts (23, 24), has at least one first stop (41) (where in Figure 3), which interacts with a first counter-stop (51) to limit a movement of the actuation plunger (2) in the direction of closing of the first pair of fixed contacts (23, 24).

The utility model relates to the technical field of magnet switches, in particular to a magnet switch, which comprises a shell, a cavity is arranged in the shell, one end of the cavity penetrates through the shell, a slider is slidably mounted in the cavity, a magnet core is mounted in the slider in a clamping manner, and one end of the slider is fixedly connected with a head for triggering the magnet switch. A spring is fixedly connected between the sliding block and the inner wall of the cavity, a clamping frame is fixedly connected to one end of the shell and covers the head, a protective cover is installed on the side wall of the head in a clamped mode, the head is located in the protective cover, and one end of the protective cover is clamped with the clamping frame in a sealed mode. The structures of the magnet switch are assembled in an inserting and clamping mode, the structures are convenient to disassemble and maintain, when the switch is damaged, the switch does not need to be integrally replaced, the damage cost of the switch is low, the head of the magnet switch is protected by the protective cover, the waterproof effect is achieved, and the switch is not prone to being damaged by water.

The utility model discloses an electric isolation mechanism for an environment-friendly cabinet, which comprises a rack, an isolation operation shaft and a transmission main shaft are rotatably arranged on the rack, the isolation operation shaft is in transmission connection with the transmission main shaft, a driving motor is arranged on the rack, an output end of the driving motor is connected with a driving gear, and the driving gear is connected with an output end of the isolation operation shaft. A driving gear is arranged on the isolation operation shaft, a transmission disc is arranged on the isolation operation shaft in the circumferential direction, a driven gear is arranged outside the transmission disc in a sleeving mode, the driven gear is meshed with the driving gear, two wedge-shaped grooves with opposite directions are formed in the contact face of the driven gear and the transmission disc, a pawl is arranged on the transmission disc in a swinging mode, and abutting steps are arranged at the two ends of the pawl respectively. A permanent magnet is arranged at the position, abutting against the step, of the pawl, and a limiting protruding column is arranged on the end face of the rack. The device is simple in structure, reasonable in layout, reliable in transmission and convenient to use, and the electric structure does not affect assembly of an original structure.

The utility model discloses a switch assembly and a vehicle, the switch assembly comprises a shell, a microswitch, a switch cap and an elastic piece, and the shell is provided with an accommodating cavity; the microswitch is arranged in the accommodating cavity; the switch cap is movably arranged on the shell, the elastic piece is located between the microswitch and the switch cap, and the elastic stroke of the elastic piece is larger than the trigger stroke between the switch cap and the microswitch. Therefore, by optimizing the relative position and stroke relation among the switch cap, the microswitch and the elastic piece, the size difference between the motion stroke of the switch cap and the trigger stroke between the switch cap and the microswitch can be increased, and therefore it can be ensured that when the switch cap is subjected to unintentional operation, the switch cap is not prone to being damaged. The microswitch cannot be triggered by mistake due to the fact that the triggering stroke of the microswitch is close to the movement stroke of the switch cap or the force value needed by operation of the switch cap is too small, and the operation accuracy, the working reliability and the safety of the switch assembly can be effectively improved.

The invention relates to an operating device (4) for manual translational actuation, comprising a stationary console (6) and a manually translationally actuated button (7), which is arranged translationally adjustable on the console (6) and relative to the console (6) between an unactuated initial position (AS) and an actuated end position (ES) in a direction of movement (8). An advantageous haptic experience results when the button (7) has a mobile permanent magnet (9) firmly connected to the button (7), which in the initial position (AS) interacts with a magnetic component (10) of the console (6) to magnetically hold the button (7) in the initial position (AS).

The approach presented here provides a switching unit (100) with a selector lever (110) having a handle (200) and a deflection element (220), wherein the selector lever (110) is movably attached to a housing (130) by means of an axle (120), and the axle (120) is arranged between the handle (200) and the deflection element (220). Furthermore, the switching unit (100) comprises at least one actuating element (225), which is movably arranged on the axle (120) and has at least one area (300a) comprising a magnetic or magnetizable material, wherein the actuating element (225) is designed and arranged to be deflected by the deflection element (220). Finally, the switching unit (100) includes a magnet (235) which is arranged adjacent to the side of the axis (120) facing the deflection element (220) and which is designed to magnetically couple with the area (300a).

The invention discloses an electrical counter based on a super-smooth homojunction interface and a counting method, and relates to the technical field of micro-nano electromechanical systems (MEMS / NEMS). Comprising a base part, a rotatable part, a first layered material layer, a second layered material layer and a measuring and processing system, and the rotatable part can rotate relative to the base part; the measuring and processing system is electrically connected to the first layer of layered material and the second layer of layered material and is configured to: monitor a change in a resistance value across the homojunction interface during the rotational motion; identifying a characteristic reduction of the resistance value; outputting a count signal based on the identification of the characterization reduction; the beneficial effects of the invention are that the scheme utilizes the intrinsic physical effect of the lattice of the layered material at a specific rotation angle to realize a novel counting sensing mechanism which is high in precision, high in signal-to-noise ratio and extremely easy to miniaturize.

Temperature-dependent switch (10) comprising a first and a second stationary contact (48, 50) and at least one temperature-dependent switching mechanism (14) with a movable contact element (40), wherein the at least one switching mechanism (14) in its first switching position presses the contact element (40) against the first contact (48) and thereby establishes an electrically conductive connection between the two contacts (48, 50) via the contact element (40) and in its second switching position holds the contact element (40) at a distance from the first contact (48), wherein the at least one temperature-dependent switching mechanism (14) comprises a first temperature-dependent snap element (30),the switch (10) snaps from its geometric low-temperature configuration to its geometric high-temperature configuration when a first switching temperature is exceeded and snaps back from its geometric high-temperature configuration to its geometric low-temperature configuration when a first re-switching temperature is subsequently undershot, wherein the switch (10) further comprises a second temperature-dependent snap element (44) which snaps from its geometric low-temperature configuration to its geometric high-temperature configuration when a second switching temperature is exceeded and snaps back from its geometric high-temperature configuration to its geometric low-temperature configuration when a second re-switching temperature is subsequently undershot.and wherein a snapping of the first snapping element (30) from its low-temperature geometric configuration to its high-temperature geometric configuration and / or a snapping of the second snapping element (44) from its low-temperature geometric configuration to its high-temperature geometric configuration brings the at least one switching mechanism (14) from its first switching position to its second switching position, wherein the second reset temperature is lower than the first reset temperature and the second snapping element (44) is configured to keep the contact element (40) spaced apart from the first contact (48) even when the switch (10) heats up above the first and second switching temperatures and subsequently cools down to a temperature between the first and second reset temperatures, and wherein the second switching temperature is equal to or higher than the first switching temperature.

A large-deflection cantilever beam actuating structure disclosed by the present invention comprises an actuating module, a reflector and a supporting module, the reflector is fixedly installed at the upper end of the supporting module, and a driving element is arranged on the actuating module. The actuating module comprises a twisting plate fixedly connected with the supporting module and a plurality of actuators connected with the twisting plate, and the driving ends, connected with the twisting plate, of the actuators are asymmetrically arranged on the two sides of a rotating shaft L of the twisting plate. By means of the mode, the large-angle deflection can be achieved, meanwhile, the large-angle deflection device has the advantages of being small in size, high in integration degree, easy to machine and high in yield, and can be matched with reflectors of different sizes.

The present invention discloses a microelectromechanical sensor and a manufacturing method thereof. The microelectromechanical sensor comprises: a buried layer including multiple first elevated regions; multiple detection electrodes and multiple wiring electrodes located on the buried layer, the multiple detection electrodes respectively covering the multiple first elevated regions; a torsion pendulum arm located above the multiple detection electrodes and the multiple wiring electrodes, the torsion pendulum arm, the multiple detection electrodes, and the multiple wiring electrodes not contacting each other; a torsion pendulum and multiple movable torsion pendulum blocks located above the torsion pendulum arm, the multiple movable torsion pendulum blocks connected to the torsion pendulum via the torsion pendulum arm, the multiple movable torsion pendulum blocks and the torsion pendulum arm forming a movable structure; multiple fixed electrodes located above the torsion pendulum arm; a supporting wall located on the buried layer, and a protective wall located on the supporting wall, the supporting wall and the protective wall enclosing a cavity, wherein the movable structure, the torsion pendulum, the multiple detection electrodes, the multiple wiring electrodes, and the multiple fixed electrodes are located in the cavity. Embodiments of the present invention improve the sensitivity of the microelectromechanical sensor and alleviate the problem of the movable structure fracturing under impact.

The invention relates to a MEMS component (10) having a movable surface (12) mounted on a cover surface (18) which executes a deflection or tilting movement (40) about a pivot point (60, 140) by means of an electrostatic drive (48) comprising movable electrodes (24) and fixed electrodes (36). The cover surface (18) is connected to a base surface (38) by means of at least one spring arrangement (28). Arranged between the cover surface (18) and the base surface (38) is at least one resilient stop structure (50, 70) or, viewed in the radial extension (138), a stop cascade (110) comprising a plurality of resilient stop structures (50, 120, 122, 124). These dampen the deflection or tilting movement (40) of the cover surface (18).

The present application discloses an isolating switch operating mechanism and an isolating switch, wherein the operating mechanism includes a mechanism housing, a drive shaft, an energy storage drive assembly, and a rotating seat, wherein the drive shaft is connected to the rotating seat via the energy storage drive assembly; the energy storage drive assembly includes a locking member and an energy storage spring, a stop portion is provided on the outer periphery of the rotating seat, the locking member is fixed in the mechanism housing, a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm are provided on the locking member, and a first unlocking protrusion and a second unlocking protrusion are provided on the outer periphery of the drive shaft; energy is stored in the energy storage spring during the rotation of the drive shaft, and when energy storage is completed, the first unlocking protrusion contacts the first elastic arm to release the limit on the stop portion, or the second unlocking protrusion contacts the second elastic arm to release the limit on the stop portion, and then the energy storage spring releases energy to rotate and switch the rotating seat between the open state position and the closed state position. The operating mechanism and isolating switch in the present application are rationally designed, and by providing an energy storage structure, fast and effective opening and closing can be achieved, which has good practicality.

This invention provides a snap-action type two-circuit switch that achieves high-speed response of metal components using a snap-action mechanism and ensures synchronization of switching between the circuits of the switch when the snap-action mechanism performs the switching. [Solution] The device comprises a housing 1 having a housing section, an operating member 2 that receives a pressing operation, a first fixing member 401, a second fixing member 402, and a third fixing member 403 arranged in parallel within the housing section at a predetermined interval, a metal member 3 having a contact portion 301 that is slidably connected to the second fixing member and the third fixing member, a snap action mechanism that drives the metal member when the operating member is pressed to a predetermined position, and a base 4 provided at the bottom of the housing. The snap action mechanism comprises a first drive body 5 on which the metal member is provided, a second drive body 6 located above the first drive body, and a spring 7 located below the first drive body.

The present invention relates to the technical field of power circuit breakers, and particularly to a power circuit breaker box with an elastic energy storage device, which includes an energy storage rotating device and a second energy storage mechanism. A pressing mechanism and a second energy storage crank are arranged in the energy storage rotating device, and a clamping switch is arranged on the second energy storage crank. The pressing mechanism includes a first arc-shaped plate and a male pressing special-shaped plate, and a micro switch is arranged below the pressing mechanism. The second energy storage mechanism includes a second rotating tooth column and a first rotating tooth column, and a moving handle is connected to the first rotating tooth column. In the present invention, the pressing mechanism presses the micro switch through the contact between the first arc-shaped plate and the second energy storage crank. When the second energy storage crank cannot press the micro switch due to long-term use, the clamping switch is used to press the micro switch, avoiding the situation that the micro switch cannot be opened or closed due to long-term wear of parts. At the same time, the manual energy storage of the device is completed through the cooperation of the second rotating tooth column and the first rotating tooth column.

The invention relates to the technical field of semiconductor manufacturing, in particular to an MEMS device and a preparation method thereof.The MEMS device comprises a substrate, a device layer and a cap sealing layer which are sequentially adjacent in the first direction; the substrate internally comprises cavity grooves and supporting columns which are alternately arranged in the second direction. The cap sealing layer comprises a substrate and a plurality of semiconductor columns penetrating through the substrate in the first direction, and the semiconductor columns and the substrate are isolated through isolation rings surrounding the semiconductor columns; the device layer comprises a first driving electrode, a first movable driving comb tooth, a first beam, a first anchor point, a second beam, a first movable detection comb tooth and a first detection electrode which are sequentially arranged along a second direction; the first movable drive comb is connected with the first anchor point via the first beam. At least one MEMS device which is excellent in electrical isolation performance, good in thermal matching and high in electromechanical transformation sensitivity can be provided, and signal crosstalk caused by overlarge stray capacitance is avoided while vertical interconnection leading-out of multiple paths of independent signals is achieved.

An actuator for actuating a switch of a powered device, the actuator having a plurality of positions in which the actuator is magnetically held in position, the actuator comprising: a first actuator portion comprising a magnet and a first magnetic element having a first plurality of limbs, whereby magnetic flux of the magnet is directed through the first plurality of limbs; and a second actuator portion comprising a second magnetic element having a second plurality of limbs for receiving the magnetic flux from the first plurality of limbs, wherein the second actuator portion is movable relative to the first actuator portion; the actuator having a plurality of positions in which limbs of the first plurality of limbs align with limbs of the second plurality of limbs thereby to couple the magnetic flux through the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element, the coupled magnetic flux resisting relative movement between the first actuator portion and the second actuator portion.

A switch device according to one aspect of the invention comprises a changeover contact member, a common contact member, a movable contact member, and a holding member. When a direction along the direction of movement of the movable contact member is defined as a first direction, a direction orthogonal to the first direction is defined as a second direction, and a direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction, the movable contact member has a main body portion, a pair of contact pieces arranged in the third direction so as to be able to sandwich the changeover contact member therebetween, and a common contact portion that comes into contact with the common contact member, the holding member has a housing portion capable of housing a portion to be housed of the main body portion, and by the portion to be housed being snap-fit to the housing portion, with regard to the main body portion, the holding member restricts a displacement in the first direction and / or a displacement in the second direction while allowing a predetermined displacement in the third direction, thereby making it possible to easily and reliably perform relative alignment between the changeover contact member and the movable contact member.

A circuit breaker with an energy storage structure disclosed by the present invention comprises a base, a handle, a mechanism assembly and a contact system, the handle is rotatably installed in a corresponding hole of the base, the handle is connected with the mechanism assembly through a draw bar, the contact system comprises a moving contact and a static contact, and the moving contact is connected with the mechanism assembly through a draw bar. The moving contact is installed on the mechanism assembly and the support, rotation of the mechanism assembly drives the moving contact to rotate, the static contact comprises a first static contact and a second static contact, and the first static contact and the second static contact are located on the two sides of the mechanism assembly. The first static contact and the second static contact are arranged diagonally; the circuit breaker also comprises an energy storage assembly which is used for directly acting on a double-breakpoint moving contact of the circuit breaker in the closing process of the circuit breaker so as to control the energy storage position of the circuit breaker. Compared with the prior art, the energy storage assembly directly acts on the double-breakpoint moving contacts of the circuit breaker in the closing process of the circuit breaker, so that the energy storage position of the circuit breaker can be better controlled, and particularly, the position of each moving contact corresponding to a static contact can be well controlled for a multi-pole product, so that the energy storage distance of each pair of contacts is kept consistent; therefore, the electrical service life of the circuit breaker is prolonged, and the safety of the circuit breaker is improved.

This application discloses an electro-actuated device for superlubricated interface sliding, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) drive device, a MEMS, and an electro-actuated sliding method, belonging to the field of MEMS technology. The electro-actuated device for superlubricated interface sliding provided by this invention includes a superlubricated van der Waals heterojunction, a first metal electrode, and a second metal electrode. The superlubricated van der Waals heterojunction includes a two-dimensional material platform with a conductive two-dimensional material layer on its surface, and a movable two-dimensional material stacked on the surface of the two-dimensional material platform. The lattice constant of the conductive two-dimensional material layer differs from that of the movable two-dimensional material by more than 1.8%. The electro-actuated device for superlubricated interface sliding provided by this invention can achieve nanoscale movement, and the frictional force during electro-actuated sliding is close to zero, effectively improving the sensitivity, accuracy, and service life of the MEMS drive device and MEMS based on it.