公开(公告)号：US09728348B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-08

申请号：US14976619

申请日：2015-12-21

Applicant: EATON CORPORATION

Inventor： Xin Zhou ,  Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr. ,  Gerald Zheng ,  Brian Scott Jansto ,  Theodore James Miller

IPC: H01H9/02 ,  H01H7/06 ,  H01H50/36

CPC classification number: H01H9/0271 ,  H01H7/06 ,  H01H50/36 ,  H01H71/0228 ,  H01H71/125 ,  H01H71/2463

Abstract: An electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, a line terminal, a load terminal, separable contacts disposed on a conductive path between the line terminal and the load terminal, an operating mechanism structured to open and close said separable contacts, said operating mechanism including a trip bar, and an electronic trip unit. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a trip actuator assembly including an actuator housing coupled to said housing, an actuator coupled to said actuator housing, and a connector structured to electrically connect the actuator to an electronic trip unit. The electrical switching apparatus further includes a current transformer assembly including a rod-shaped conductor electrically coupled to the load terminal and a current transformer disposed around the rod-shaped conductor, wherein the electronic trip unit is structured to electrically control actuation of the actuator.

公开(公告)号：US11195682B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US15714009

申请日：2017-09-25

Applicant: EATON CORPORATION

Inventor： Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr. ,  Sunnybhai Patel ,  Jonathan M. Peifer

IPC: H01H73/12 ,  H01H83/12 ,  H01H71/04 ,  H01H71/46 ,  H01H1/22 ,  H01H71/02 ,  H01H71/10 ,  H01H83/20

Abstract: An improved multi-pole circuit interrupter includes an improved trip deck assembly adjacent one pole and further includes an accessory deck adjacent another pole. The accessory deck includes conventional accessory devices such as an auxiliary switch, etc., and the trip deck assembly includes switches and one or more other devices that can interact with a crossbar and a trip bar of the circuit interrupter. Such switches can be easily installed by a technician in the field after manufacture of the circuit interrupter. One switch is held in place by a support, and the other switch is held in place by a retainer, with the support and the retainer holding the switches in a fixed position on the trip deck assembly in order to interact with the crossbar and the trip bar.

公开(公告)号：USD831571S1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-23

申请号：US29585934

申请日：2016-11-30

Applicant: Eaton Corporation

Designer： William George Eberts ,  Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr.

公开(公告)号：US10068735B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-04

申请号：US15130059

申请日：2016-04-15

Applicant: EATON CORPORATION

Inventor： Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr. ,  David Curtis Turner ,  William George Eberts ,  Kenneth Martin Fischer ,  Edward Anthony Prince

IPC: H01H71/46

Abstract: A lever assembly is for an operating mechanism of an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a number of pairs of separable contacts structured to move from a CLOSED position to a TRIPPED OPEN position in response to a trip condition. The operating mechanism has an enclosure member and a number of biasing elements coupled to the enclosure member. The biasing elements are structured to move the separable contacts from the CLOSED position to the TRIPPED OPEN position. The lever assembly includes a lever member structured to engage the enclosure member, and a component located on the lever member. The component is structured to extend through each of the biasing elements in order to lengthen each of the biasing elements when the separable contacts are in the CLOSED position.

公开(公告)号：US10044117B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-07

申请号：US15800120

申请日：2017-11-01

Applicant: Eaton Corporation

Inventor： William George Eberts ,  Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr.

IPC: H01H71/08 ,  H01R9/24 ,  H01H71/02

Abstract: An adaptor assembly is provided. The adaptor assembly is structured to allow a cable of a first amperage to be coupled to, and placed in electrical communication with, a terminal of a different amperage. That is, an adaptor assembly includes a lug body and an adaptor body. The adaptor body is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the lug body. The lug body includes a cable passage, wherein said cable passage has a cross-sectional area corresponding to a cable of a first amperage. The adaptor body includes a conducting surface, wherein said conducting surface has a surface area corresponding to a conductor terminal end mating surface of a second amperage.

公开(公告)号：US09917382B1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-13

申请号：US15254231

申请日：2016-09-01

Applicant: Eaton Corporation

Inventor： William George Eberts ,  Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr.

IPC: H01H71/08 ,  H01H1/58 ,  H01R9/24 ,  H01H71/02

CPC classification number: H01R9/2416 ,  H01H71/025 ,  H01R4/36

Abstract: An adaptor assembly is provided. The adaptor assembly is structured to allow a cable of a first amperage to be coupled to, and placed in electrical communication with, a terminal of a different amperage. That is, an adaptor assembly includes a lug body and an adaptor body. The adaptor body is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the lug body. The lug body includes a cable passage, wherein said cable passage has a cross-sectional area corresponding to a cable of a first amperage. The adaptor body includes a conducting surface, wherein said conducting surface has a surface area corresponding to a conductor terminal end mating surface of a second amperage.

公开(公告)号：US09767980B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-19

申请号：US14924758

申请日：2015-10-28

Applicant: EATON CORPORATION

Inventor： Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr. ,  Stephanie Fee Jin Lee ,  Brian Scott Jansto ,  William George Eberts

IPC: H01H9/30 ,  H01H71/10 ,  H02N11/00 ,  H01H71/02

CPC classification number: H01H71/10 ,  H01H71/02 ,  H01H77/108 ,  H02N11/006

Abstract: An enclosure is for a slot motor of an electrical switching apparatus. The slot motor includes a number of U-shaped laminations. The enclosure includes a first member and a second member coupled to the first member to form a U-shaped enclosed region for the U-shaped laminations.

公开(公告)号：US09275806B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-01

申请号：US14310124

申请日：2014-06-20

Applicant: EATON CORPORATION

Inventor： Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr. ,  William John Jones ,  Brian Scott Jansto ,  Thomas Mark Whalen

IPC: H01H3/04

CPC classification number: H01H3/04 ,  H01H3/38 ,  H01H3/60 ,  H01H71/1054 ,  H01H71/2463

Abstract: A lever member is for a trip assembly of an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, a signaling mechanism, separable contacts, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts. The trip assembly includes a mounting assembly disposed on the housing and a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes an actuator coupled to the mounting assembly and a plunger disposed on the mounting assembly and being cooperable with the operating mechanism. The lever member includes: a pivot portion structured to engage the mounting assembly; a first arm portion structured to engage the plunger; and a second arm portion disposed between the pivot portion and the first arm portion, the second arm portion being structured to engage the actuator.

Abstract translation: 杠杆构件用于电气开关装置的跳闸组件。 电气开关装置包括壳体，信号机构，可分离触点和构造成打开和关闭可分离触点的操作机构。 跳闸组件包括设置在壳体上的安装组件和驱动组件。 驱动组件包括联接到安装组件的致动器和设置在安装组件上并与操作机构配合的柱塞。 杠杆构件包括：构造成接合安装组件的枢轴部分; 构造成接合柱塞的第一臂部分; 以及设置在所述枢转部分和所述第一臂部分之间的第二臂部分，所述第二臂部分构造成与所述致动器接合。