Operating switch wiring device and handle member therefor

• US 7,723,868 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2006
• Issued: 05/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoshimura, Yuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman; Jared J
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAPLAN, HAL IRA
• Application Number:
  US11/408,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20060238030A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,492 Days
• Field of Search: 307/40, 307/115, 307/119, 307/120, 307/139, 361/171, 361/172, 361/191, 361/622, 361/626, 361/631, 361/632, 361/641, 361/643
• US Class Current: 307/115
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/70 having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard mounting together a plurality of independent switches H02B
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2217/022 Part of keyboard not operable
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2219/04 Attachments; Connections
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2223/054 Mounting of key housings on same printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2223/058 flush mounted
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2300/03 Application domotique, e.g. for house automation, bus connected switches, sensors, loads or intelligent wiring
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2300/038 Preselection, i.e. the output of a switch depends on a particular preselection, e.g. a particular position of another switch
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/14 Protecting elements, switches, relays or circuit breakers
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems

Abstract

An operating switch wiring device capable of easily setting a load which is a group control object, without using a dedicated setter, and a handle member used therefore. The operating switch wiring device used for a remote supervisory control system includes a plurality of individual switches which are individually assigned with addresses corresponding to addresses of relays and individually turn on/off the relays, a group switch which groups one or plural of the individual switches into a group and collectively turns on/off the relays corresponding to the individual switches in the group, and group setting switches which are provided in correspondence with the individual switches and set whether each of the individual switches are registered in the group.

Claims

1. An operating switch wiring device used for a remote supervisory control system, in which the operating switch wiring device for monitoring switch operations of operating switches assigned with individual addresses and a remote control wiring device for controlling opening/closing of relays assigned with the individual addresses are connected to a signal line, the operating switch wiring device outputs a transmission signal including address information and operating information according to the operations of the operating switches to the signal line, and the remote control wiring device turns on/off a relay corresponding to the address information when the address information included in the transmission signal received through the signal line is identical to the address of the corresponding relay,

wherein the operating switches include a plurality of individual switches which are assigned with addresses corresponding to the addresses of the relays and individually turn on/off the corresponding relays, a group switch which groups one individual switch or plural individual switches into a group and collectively turns on/off the relays corresponding to the individual switches in the group, and a group setting means for setting whether the respective individual switches are registered in the group;

the group setting means comprising a plurality of mechanical press operators, and the group setting means can be set according to whether the individual switches are registered in the group by changing the positions of the mechanical press operators.

2. The operating switch wiring device according to claim 1, in which press portions of the plurality of individual switches and a press portion of the group switch may be disposed on the front surface of a device body provided on a constructive surface, said operating switch wiring device including;

an operating handle which is rotatably attached on the device body and has a window hole for exposing the press portions at locations facing the press portions of the individual switches and press protrusions for pressing the press portion of the group switch according to a rotation operation at a rear surface thereof; and

a door which is rotatably attached on the front surface of the operating handle between a position for exposing the press portions of the individual switches and a position for covering the press portions of the individual switches,

wherein the group setting means is disposed at the rear surface of the door.

3. The operating switch wiring device according to claim 1, wherein press portions of the individual switches are disposed on the front surface of a device body provided on a construction surface, said operating switch wiring device including;

an operating handle which is rotatably attached on the device body and has a window hole for exposing the press portions at portions corresponding to the press portions of the individual switches;

a door which is rotatably attached on the front surface of the operating handle between a position for exposing the press portions of the individual switches and a position for covering the press portions of the individual switches; and

wherein the plurality of mechanical press operators can be provided at the rear surface of the door and are movable between a position in which the individual switches face the press portions of the individual switches and press the corresponding press portions according to the rotation of the operating handle and a position in which the individual switches are separated from the press portions,

wherein the plurality of mechanical press operators configure the group setting means, and the plurality of individual switches function as the group switch.

4. A handle member used for an operating switch wiring device of a remote supervisory control system, in which the operating switch wiring device for monitoring switch operations of a plurality of operating switches assigned with individual addresses and a remote control wiring device for controlling opening/closing of relays assigned with the individual addresses are connected to a signal line, the operating switch wiring device outputs a transmission signal including address information and operation information according to the operations of the operating switches to the signal line, and the remote control wiring device turns on/off a relay corresponding to the address information when the address information included in the transmission signal received through the signal line is identical to the address of the relay, comprising:

a operating handle having attaching means for being rotatably attached on a front surface of a device body of the operating switch wiring device,

wherein the operating handle includes a group setting means for setting whether the individual switches included in the operating switch wiring device are registered in a group for collectively turning on/off relays corresponding to the individual switches and press operators for pressing the individual switches in the group according to the rotation of the operating handle by the group setting means.

5. The handle member according to claim 4, wherein the operating handle has a window hold for exposing the press portions at locations facing the press portions of the individual switches disposed on the front surface of the device body, said handle member including:

a door which is rotatably attached on the front surface of the operating handle between a position for exposing the press portions of the individual switches and a position for covering the press portions of the individual switches; and

press operators which are provided at the rear surface of the door and are movable between a position in which the individual switches face the press portions of the individual switches and press the press portions according to the rotation of the operating handle and a position in which the individual switches are separated from the press portions,

wherein the press operators provided at the respective individual switches configure the group setting means.

6. An operating switch wiring device used for a remote supervisory control system, in which the operating switch wiring device for monitoring switch operations of operating switches assigned with individual addresses and a remote control wiring device for controlling opening/closing of relays assigned with the individual addresses are connected to a signal line, the operating switch wiring device outputs a transmission signal including address information and operating information according to the operations of the operating switches to the signal line, and the remote control wiring device turns on/off a relay corresponding to the address information when the address information included in the transmission signal received through the signal line is identical to the address of the corresponding relay,

wherein the operating switches include a plurality of individual switches which are assigned with addresses corresponding to the addresses of the relays and individually turn on/off the corresponding relays, a group switch which groups one individual switch or plural individual switches into a group and collectively turns on/off the relays corresponding to the individual switches in the group, and a group setting means for setting whether the respective individual switches are registered in the group;

wherein press portions of the plurality of individual switches and a press portion of the group switch may be disposed on the front surface of a device body provided on a constructive surface, said operating switch wiring device including;

an operating handle which is rotatably attached on the device body and has a window hole for exposing the press portions at locations facing the press portions of the individual switches and press protrusions for pressing the press portion of the group switch according to a rotation operation at a rear surface thereof; and

a door which is rotatably attached on the front surface of the operating handle between a position for exposing the press portions of the individual switches and a position for covering the press portions of the individual switches,

wherein the group setting means is disposed at the rear surface of the door.

7. An operating switch wiring device used for a remote supervisory control system, in which the operating switch wiring device for monitoring switch operations of operating switches assigned with individual addresses and a remote control wiring device for controlling opening/closing of relays assigned with the individual addresses are connected to a signal line, the operating switch wiring device outputs a transmission signal including address information and operating information according to the operations of the operating switches to the signal line, and the remote control wiring device turns on/off a relay corresponding to the address information when the address information included in the transmission signal received through the signal line is identical to the address of the corresponding relay,

wherein the operating switches include a plurality of individual switches which are assigned with addresses corresponding to the addresses of the relays and individually turn on/off the corresponding relays, a group switch which groups one individual switch or plural individual switches into a group and collectively turns on/off the relays corresponding to the individual switches in the group, and a group setting means for setting whether the respective individual switches are registered in the group,

wherein press portions of the individual switches are disposed on the front surface of a device body provided on a construction surface, said operating switch wiring device including;

an operating handle which is rotatably attached on the device body and has a window hole for exposing the press portions at locations corresponding to the press portions of the individual switches;

a door which is rotatably attached on the front surface of the operating handle between a position for exposing the press portions of the individual switches and a position for covering the press portions of the individual switches; and

a plurality of press operators which can be provided at the rear surface of the door and are movable between a position in which the individual switches face the press portions of the individual switches and press the corresponding press portions according to the rotation of the operating handle and a position in which the individual switches are separated from the press portions,

wherein the plurality of press operators configure the group setting means, and the plurality of individual switches function as the group switch.