Actuator for a switching device
AssigneeSchneider Electric Logistics Asia Pte Ltd.
InventorsYong Heng Han, Quek Kee Meng, Wong Yoon Nam
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Abstract
A switching device and a method for switching states of a switching device are provided, the switching device comprising a housing; a switching module comprising a switching element, the switching module is configured to switch a state of the switching element upon generation of a switching signal; and an actuator for receiving a mechanical input and for facilitating generation of an electrical toggle signal, the toggle signal for causing the switching module to switch a state of the switching element.
Claims30
A switching device, the switching device comprising,
- a housing;
- a processing module;
- a switching module including a switching element and a trigger module configured to actuate the switching element, wherein the switching module is configured to switch a state of the switching element upon generation of a switching signal;
- and
- an actuator configured to receive a mechanical input and generate a signal level change between a high voltage level and a low voltage level responsive to receipt of the mechanical input, wherein generating the signal level change facilitates generation of an electrical toggle signal, and wherein the electrical toggle signal causes the switching module to switch a state of the switching element,
- wherein the processing module is configured to:
- receive the electrical toggle signal;
- read the electrical toggle signal;
- and
- issue, responsive to receiving the electrical trigger signal, a switching trigger signal to activate the trigger module, the switching trigger signal indicating the state of the switching element.
A method for switching states of a switching device, the method comprising,
- providing a switching module including a switching element and a trigger module configured to actuate the switching element, the switching module being configured to switch a state of the switching element upon generation of a switching signal;
- receiving a mechanical input at an actuator;
- generating, responsive to receiving the mechanical input at the actuator, a signal level change between a high voltage level and a low voltage level;
- generating, responsive to generation of the signal level change, an electrical toggle signal;
- causing the switching module to switch a state of the switching element with the electrical toggle signal,
- wherein causing the switching module to switch the state of the switching element includes:
- sending the electrical toggle signal to a processing module,
- reading, by the processing module, the electrical toggle signal;
- and
- issuing, by the processing module responsive to receiving the electrical toggle signal, a switching trigger signal to activate the trigger module, the switching trigger signal indicating the state of the switching element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.