Patent ID: 6870113
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A latching mechanism for locking a spring energy store of an electrical switch, comprising: an extensible lever system, locked with the spring energy store under tension by a support element, an auxiliary lock, and a primary lock, wherein a stop is allocated to the primary lock, wherein the auxiliary lock is adapted to be pivoted by extension of the lever system, wherein the auxiliary lock and the primary lock include working surfaces allocated to one another, by which the position of the primary lock during the pivoting of the auxiliary lock is adapted to be influenced, wherein the auxiliary lock and the primary lock respectively include at least two working surfaces, wherein, in a first pivoting phase of the auxiliary lock, respective first surfaces of the two sets of working surfaces lie adjacent to one another and wherein, in a second pivoting phase, the second working surfaces lie adjacent to one another, intermeshing in the manner of a toothed gear.