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Utility
Flexible thomson coil to shape force profile/multi-stage thomson coil
14 Nov 23
Coil-based actuators for use in opening and closing the separable contacts of circuit interrupters provide increased initial velocity for opening strokes and damping at the end of opening strokes.
Koustubh Dnyandeo Ashtekar, Li Yu
Filed: 20 Sep 22
Utility
Electronic trip unit with thermal capacity measurement and display
14 Nov 23
Systems and methods for providing information about thermal overload conditions and near-miss tripping events in a circuit interrupter are disclosed.
Daniel A. Hosko, James L Lagree, Donald T. McComas
Filed: 29 Oct 21
Utility
Multi-port split-phase power system
14 Nov 23
A multi-port split-phase power system that includes a control panel including a plurality of breakers, a multi-port converter including an AC port coupled to a second breaker, a DC port coupled to a DC energy source device, and galvanically isolated converters coupled to the AC port and DC port, where the AC port includes a first line, a second line, and a neutral and structured to supply, from the AC energy source device during islanded mode, at least one of 240V to the load device via the first line and the second line or 120V to the load device via the first line and the neutral, and an energy management system including a software for controlling the plurality of breakers, the energy management system structured to perform islanding, reconnection to the utility, and interlocking of the plurality of breakers during the islanding.
David W. Ganger, Vijay Bhavaraju, Kathleen M. Romans, Sandy Jimenez, Marzieh Karami
Filed: 29 Jan 21
Utility
Power pedestals with per side main breaker disconnects
14 Nov 23
Power pedestals with individual per side ground fault mains allow for service of breakers and receptacles without interrupting power to adjacent in-use power circuits and or boaters.
Paul D. Seff, Jason D. Easton, Andrew Van Fossen
Filed: 30 Aug 21
Utility
Phase-selective interruption for three-phase AC circuits with Thomson coil actuated switches and breakers
14 Nov 23
A system and method for interrupting power in a three-phase power system interrupts power in the faulted phase and the next sequential phase at high speeds, while interrupting power in the remaining phase at a normal operation speed.
Steven Chen, Tyler Holp
Filed: 2 Mar 22
Utility
Dimmers with an actuator for switching dimmer mode
14 Nov 23
A dimmer includes a primary intensity actuator coupled to a primary intensity potentiometer, the primary intensity actuator structured to be actuated for at least one of: controlling an amount of power delivered to a load connected to the dimmer in normal operation mode, and adjusting light intensity based on a first user input in the normal operation mode; selecting a type of end trimming based on a second user input before entering configuration mode; or adjusting, based on a third user input, an end trim value; a configuration actuator arranged on a side of the dimmer and structured to be actuated for entering the configuration mode based on a fourth user input within a first predetermined period; and a controller coupled to the primary intensity potentiometer, the configuration actuator, and a driver circuit coupled to a bidirectional switching device, the controller structured to control dimmer operation.
Gayatri Pandit, Swapnil Suresh Sabde, Hoon Lee, Saivaraprasad Murahari, Rahul Sakhare
Filed: 11 Apr 22
Utility
a Grip Analysis System and Method
9 Nov 23
One of the most important factors affecting the performance of athletes in club, bat or racket based sports is the athlete's grip on their club, bat or racket.
Daniel ZUCCHETTO, Padhraig RYAN, Om TANDON
Filed: 15 Jan 21
Design
Enclosure
7 Nov 23
Aniket Pataskar, Ajinkya More, Anand Viswanathan, Abubakker Sithick Basha, Marco Knab, Ansgar Zeumer, Toni Ott
Filed: 20 Nov 20
Utility
Methods of protecting motors driven by variable frequency drives and variable frequency drive systems employing the same
7 Nov 23
A converter of a variable frequency drive (VFD) is operated in a ramp-up mode to produce an AC output voltage for accelerating a motor.
Stan Rex Simms, Thomas A. Farr, Donovan Gray
Filed: 8 Jun 22
Utility
Structural fastener including coupler for threaded rod
7 Nov 23
The present disclosure provides a structural fastener includes a threaded rod coupler.
Lalit Khairnar, Martin Lee Witherbee, Amol Khalkar, Rajendra Vishwanath Pawar, Sayali Shridhar Dhale
Filed: 3 Mar 22
Utility
Fluid coupling
7 Nov 23
A fluid coupling includes a body including a plurality of segments and one or more links connecting the segments in a substantially annular configuration.
Benjamin Emrick, Emmanuel Matthews, Jonathan D. Murray
Filed: 28 Feb 20
Utility
Printed Circuit Board with Integrated Fusing and Arc Suppression
2 Nov 23
A circuit board with integrated fusing includes an insulating substrate having a circuit trace formed on a surface thereof, the circuit trace including a first circuit trace portion and a second circuit trace portion.
Kaijam M. Woodley, Michael K. Balck, Matthew J. Koebert
Filed: 7 Jul 23
Utility
Circuit interrupter
31 Oct 23
A circuit interrupter movable among ON, OFF, and TRIP positions includes a housing, a latch situated on the housing, a number of mechanisms situated on the housing, each mechanism of the number of mechanisms including a contact arm that is movable with respect to the housing, a set of separable contacts including a stationary contact and further including a movable contact situated on the contact arm, a handle, a pin, a first spring that extends between the contact arm and the handle in at least one of the OFF position and the ON position, a second spring that extends between the handle and the pin, and the pin being movable among a position engaged with the latch in at least one of the ON position and the OFF position and another position engaged with the handle in the TRIP position.
Ashwini Ladkat, Karthik Satyanarayanan, Ravindra Kumar Soni, Jeffrey Michael Cox
Filed: 10 Sep 21
Utility
Fusible switching disconnect modules and devices with tripping coil
31 Oct 23
A fusible switch disconnect device includes a housing adapted to receive at least one fuse therein, and a switchable contact for connecting the fuse to circuitry.
Matthew Rain Darr, Hundi Panduranga Kamath
Filed: 13 Jun 22
Utility
Inductor coil and electromagnetic component
31 Oct 23
The present invention provides an inductance coil comprising a magnetic core and a coil, wherein the coil is formed by winding a flat wire, and the flat surface of the wire is perpendicular to the axis around which the coil is wound.
Fang Xie, Leo Sun, Kevin Lee, David Xu
Filed: 12 Aug 22
Utility
Hybrid Miniature Circuit Breaker
26 Oct 23
A hybrid circuit breaker includes a primary trip/isolation relay component and a primary trip/isolation relay component driver coupled to the primary trip/isolation relay component and structured to interrupt current from flowing to the load in an event of fault; a sensing mechanism structured to sense at least current, voltage, and power flowing to the load; a metrology component coupled to the sensing mechanism and structured to monitor and measure at least the current, voltage and power; a controller structured to detect the event of fault based on data received from the sensing mechanism and the metrology component and communicate with a user device; and a hybrid secondary switching device coupled to the controller and the primary trip/isolation relay component, the hybrid secondary switch device including secondary contacts, a miniaturized electromechanical relay and a power electronics circuit connected in parallel with the miniaturized electromechanical relay.
Sandy Omar Jimenez Gonzalez
Filed: 4 Apr 23
Utility
Detachable Barrier for Electrical Switching Apparatus
26 Oct 23
An arc shield for electrical switching apparatuses is provided.
Arthur J. Jur, Jeffrey B. Ensley, Dallas J. Bostian, Steven G. Grosick
Filed: 21 Apr 23
Utility
High Current, Compact Fusible Disconnect Switch with Dual Slider Assembly and an Actuator Bias Element
26 Oct 23
A fusible disconnect switch device is provided.
You Lu, Xuecheng Zhang, Robert S. Douglass
Filed: 30 Jun 23
Utility
Conduit Fitting
26 Oct 23
A fitting for an electrical conduit includes a fitting body having first and second open ends, and an interior surface defining a passage adapted to receive a piece of the electrical conduit therein.
Vinaya N. Kubsad, Jayram Desai, Gangadhar Mestri, Himanshu Gangadhar Khokle, Joseph V. Lopez
Filed: 14 Apr 23
Utility
Adaptive Persistence Forecasting for Control of Distributed Energy Resources
26 Oct 23
A method of adaptive persistence forecasting includes receiving historical load values for a site with at least one component that consumes energy; receiving historical temperature values corresponding to dates of the historical load values; evaluating the historical load values and the historical temperature values to determine a correlation coefficient; determining that there exists at least a threshold correlation between a load activity and temperature for the historical load values and the historical temperature values based on the correlation coefficient; in response to determining that there exists at least the threshold correlation, normalizing the historical load values based on a set temperature; and applying an adaptive seasonal persistence model to the normalized historical load values to output a forecast for use in controlling energy resources at the site.
Hossein Ghassempour Aghamolki, Arun Sukumaran Nair, Abhinandan Tripathi, David Wu Ganger
Filed: 25 Apr 22