Passive indicator of voltage presence

• US 20060164068A1
• Filed: 11/18/2002
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ABB Technology AG (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB Technology AG (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Piasecki, Wojciech, Czyzewski, Jan, Glatz-Reichenbach, Joachim, Struempler, Ralf
• Application Number:
  US10/525,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20060164068A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/96
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/155 Indicating the presence of voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/16547 voltage or current in AC supplies switching for protection H02H; circuits for emergency power supply H02J9/00

Abstract

The subject of the invention is a passive indicator of voltage presence used to indicate voltage in electrical conductors, electrically powered devices, power distribution devices and transmission lines of high, medium and low voltage. The indicator according to the invention is characterized in that it has form of a multilayer plate comprising two electrically conductive layers (2, 4) and an intermediate layer (3) of a structure manifesting electrooptical properties, located between them, wherein the intermediate layer is a display element of the indicator, while the conductive layers are electrodes of that display element and they are electrically connected by means of a diode (5), and one of the conductive layers is at least partially transparent. In one of variant embodiments of the indicator according to the invention, at least one of the conductive layers is divided into smaller conductive surfaces, separated from one another and being not in contact with each other, which adhere to the intermediate layer and are electrically connected with the other conductive layer or with its individual surfaces by means of diodes.

Claims

1. A passive indicator of voltage presence, in the form of a multilayer plate comprising two electrically conductive layers (2) and (4) and located between them an intermediate layer (3) of a structure showing electrooptical properties, which is a display element of the indicator and the electrically conductive layers are electrodes of the display element, characterised in that the electrically conductive layers (2) and (4) are electrically connected with each other by means of a diode (5), and between the intermediate layer (3) and one of the conductive layers (2) or (4) there is located a dielectric layer (15), which is separated from the intermediate layer (3) by an additional electrically conducive layer (16) and one of the conductive layers (2) or (4) is at least pariilly transparent.

2. Passive indicator according to claim 1, characterised in that the intermediate layer (3) of the indicator is an electrophoretic structure.

3. Passive indicator according to claim 1, characterised in that the intermediate layer (3) of the indicator is a liquid-crystal based electrooptical structure.

4. Passive indicator according to claim 1, characterised in that the intermediate layer (3) of the indicator is an electrochromic structure.

5. A passive indicator of voltage presence, in the form of a multilayer plate comprising two electrically condictive layers (42,44) or (52,64) or (62,64) and located between them an intermedlate layer (43) or (53) or (63) of a structure showing electrooptical properties, which is a display element of the indicator and the electrically conductive layers are electrodes of the display element, characterisecd in that at least one of the electrically conductive layers (42), (44), (52), (54), (62), (64) is divided into smaller conductive surfaces (42a), (42b) or (52a, 52b) or (62a, 62b) separated from each other and being not in contact with one another, which adhere to the intermediate layer (43) of (53) or (63) and are electrically connected with the other electrically conductive layer (44) or (54) or with the individual conducting surfaces that other electrically conductive layer is divided into (64a, 64b), by means of diodes (45a, 45b) or (55a, 55b) or (65a, 65b) whose electrodes are oriented in opposite directions with respect to the connected electrically conductive layers or their conductive surfaces, and at least one of the electrically conductive layers (42), (44), (52), (64), (62), (64) is at least partially transparent.

6. Passive indicator according tb claim 5, characterised in that the intermediate layer (43) or (53) or (63) of the indicator is an electrophoretic structure.

7. Passive indicator according to claim 5, characterised in that the intermediate layer (43) or (53) or (63) of the indicator is an electrochromic structure.