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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7417848 | Multiple height, high density horizontal low voltage motor control center A reduced form factor component support is provided for motor control centers and similar packaged electrical systems. The reduced form factor component support may be used with smaller components, such as small motor starters, motor drives, and so forth. Electrical... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7375426 | Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip, a circuit board at which a wire pattern is formed, and a metal structure including a portion inserted through an opening of the circuit board and upon which the semiconductor chip rests. With the semiconductor c... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7181968 | Configurable accelerometer assembly An improved accelerometer assembly including a circuit board and an accelerometer is provided. The accelerometer is configured to sense acceleration along a sensing axis. The accelerometer is attached to the circuit board and configured to sense acceleration along a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173811 | Power circuit breakers with offset vertical quick disconnect adapters to allow plugging onto a line and a load bus in different planes An offset assembly for a circuit breaker includes at least one two plane member having a first plate and a second plate. The first and second plates are joined at an edge and extend generally perpendicular to each other. The second plate is structured to be coupled ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7148535 | Zero capacitance bondpad utilizing active negative capacitance The present invention is an apparatus and system for reducing bondpad capacitance of an integrated circuit. Circuitry of the present invention may produce a negative capacitance approximately equal in magnitude to the capacitance associated with the bondpad and ther... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7092244 | Connection or distributing device for electrical installation equipment A connection device or distribution equipment for electrical installation equipment, which can be built into installation equipment, preferably a household distribution box, in which the electrical connection between two bus bars (21, 31) built into a househo... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7075021 | Multiple-hole terminal lug, bussing assembly and electrical switching apparatus including the same A multiple-hole terminal lug is for a circuit breaker including a load terminal and a conductive terminal extension coupled thereto. The multiple-hole terminal lug includes a mounting portion and a receiving portion having a plurality of receptacles for electrically... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7005996 | Power distribution panel with modular inserts A power distribution panel with a chassis defining an interior with a first opening and a second opposing opening. The panel including a module with a bottom, a first face and a second face, and including a power input terminal, a plurality of power output terminals... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998650 | Replaceable light emitting diode module A clip is used to clamp a LED in place in a LED module. The clip has pliable conducting cover and can be latched to the upper lead metal of the LED module. The clip can be lifted for replacing a defective or color LED. A plurality of replaceable LEDs can be mounted ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6961792 | System for configuring expandable buses in a multi-device storage container and related method A system and method for configuring expandable buses wherein a host supports a plurality of expandable buses are provided. A plurality of devices are arranged to form a plurality of groups. Each group forms a chain of devices on an expandable bus. Each chain include... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6950779 | Apparatus and method for detecting incorrect connector insertion, and program for carrying out the method An apparatus for detecting incorrect connector insertion. The apparatus includes a first member including a first connector; a second member including a second connector; a test signal output processing unit that outputs a first test signal to the first member and t... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6883091 | Reducing boot times via intrusion monitoring The time required to boot a computer is reduced by reducing or eliminating the need to discover many or all devices within the computer and the machine topology. Access panels are monitored so that it is detected when they are opened. For the access panels that have... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6757167 | Hinged adjustable component holder for electronic component cabinet This hinged adjustable component holder for electronic component cabinets relies on a holster with adjustable brackets for holding a wide variety of types and sizes of gateway devices. The holster is provided with openings on all sides to allow heat venting by a wid... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6741453 | Board-mounted electronic device, in particular an electronic gas lighter, including means for fast connection of insulated electric wires to an electric circuit on the board A device including: a board for supporting electronic components and supporting an electric circuit for mutual connection of the electronic components; and at least one terminal for electrically connecting the circuit and a respective insulated electric wire having ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6653802 | Standard electronics rack-mounted dimming control system with plug-in power modules and common plug-in control module A standard electronics rack-mounted dimming control system includes a chassis having spaces for power modules and a control module which can be inserted into and removed from the chassis without removing the chassis from the rack. Control electronics for ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6473294 | System for distributing energy and data in energy distributing facilities A large number of switching devices, for example contactors, can be supplied with power and information in particular in switchgear cabinets. A multilayer supply board includes a large number of suitable recesses with fingers which form contacts. The rece... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6456203 | Power distribution panel with modular elements A power distribution panel having circuit elements such as KTK and GMT fuses removably mounted to a unit housing by means of module members, thereby allowing for ease of customization of the circuit elements of the power distribution panel.... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6433998 | Switchgear A switchgear comprising a cable compartment, a bus conductor compartment for housing bus conductors arranged at the upper portion of a cable compartment with their back faces in alignment and an interrupter compartment disposed at the boundary portion bet... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6342766 | Power module for high intensity discharge lamp A configurable power (10) module for a lamp accepts a wide variety of components and component combinations. The power module can accept a ballast (412), a capacitor (420), an ignitor (416), a voltage selector (44), a wattage selector (460), a switched qu... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6205031 | Electronic control apparatus An electronic control unit having a housing, a substrate, particularly a hybrid, arranged in the housing and having an electronic control circuit. The electronic control unit also includes at least one device plug secured to the housing having contact ele... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6111745 | Switchgear conductors and mounting arrangements therefor The interface conductors, stabs and runbacks, which are engaged at first ends by quick disconnects on electrical apparatus in a switchgear assembly, are fabricated from a stacked pair of elongated, flat conductors secured together at the first ends by elo... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5808876 | Multi-function power distribution system A power distribution system utilizing a power distribution circuit board having a front and back side with at least one connector on each side. The connector on the front side is disposed to mate with a selected power supply and the connector on the back ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5724614 | Circuits provide input/output module connections having the input receptacle being connected to neutral wiring terminal and the output receptacle being connected to hot wiring terminal A digital input/output circuit board includes a plurality of circuits each having an input module and an output module for mounting either an input module or an output module, wiring terminals for attaching field wires to electrically connect the circuit ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5586913 | S to B watthour meter socket adapter A watthour meter socket adapter includes a plurality of rigid electrical conductors non-attachedly disposed in a housing. An electrical contact is mounted on a first end of each electrical conductor and is positioned within the housing for receiving a bla... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5530205 | Apparatus for securing bus bars to switches in alternative positions Rectangular bus bars alternatively engaged in either of a pair of crossed slots in a support block secured in a panel board are locked in place by a locking device incorporated in a cylindrical terminal portion of each bus bar. The locking device includes... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5486979 | Electricity supply assembly An electricity supply assembly comprises a circuit breaker comprising a housing (2) having generally flat, parallel side faces provided on the underside with a mounting recess (4), for mounting on a mounting rail of the conventional "top hat" section, com... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5383090 | Electrical energy distribution system A modular electrical-energy distribution system has at least one conductor and a contacting device which makes it possible to establish, at essentially any point in the conductor system, a contact with the conductor. The tap or contacting devices essentia... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5375036 | Current transfer bus and assembly A circuit breaker has a line terminal comprising a pair of vertically spaced resilient terminal strips which extend in the transverse horizontal direction out from the breaker's housing to free ends of the strips, and which strips have formed therein near... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5294838 | Thermostatically controlled electrical outlet apparatus An outlet housing includes a plurality of electrical outlets directed through a front wall thereof in electrical communication with a plug member mounted to a rear wall of the housing. A first selector switch is arranged to control electrical communicatio... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5053918 | Three phase bus bar apparatus having selectively positioned interexchangeable links The disclosed electrical apparatus involves multiple poles of an electrical device which bear links for plug-in connection to a set of three-phase bus bars; the links for the three spaced-apart bus bars are shaped and proportioned alike.... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5003427 | Metal encapsulated multi-phase high voltage switching system filled with compressed gas A metal enclosed multi-phase high voltage switching arrangement filled with compressed gas and provided with an interior protective wall between the bus bar chamber and the switch chamber. The electrical connection between the two chambers is established ... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4965497 | Control circuit for an electric drive motor A control circuit for an electric motor having a power control element containing a first semiconductor for driving the motor in one torque direction, and a power control element containing a second semiconductor for driving the motor in the other torque ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4901219 | Plug-in power supply A plug-in power supply includes a housing dimensioned to fit into a space designed to accept a circuit breaker in a load center to provide D.C. power from an A.C. main power. The housing encloses a circuit card that has components that are connected betwe... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4870542 | Power distribution panelboard Plug-on enclosed fusible switches, enclosed lug devices and non-enclosed molded case circuit breakers are attached to a panelboard in a single or side-by-side double row. Spring biased latches retain the devices to the panelboard. Locating notches on the ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4491897 | Plug-in base for low-voltage circuit breakers Disclosed is a plug-in base for compact low-voltage protective circuit breakers. The plug-in base comprises a mounting plate and two identical plug-in units disposed thereon at opposite ends thereof. Jumper-like contact laminations are disposed in the plu... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4367513 | Quick attach/detach instrument panel and method A quick attach/detach instrument panel and method in which the panel may be both mechanically and electrically connected to the support frame by zero insertion force connectors and in which the individual instruments on the panel may be easily removed fro... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4358815 | Panelboard for bolt-in and plug-in circuit breakers Rigid flat branch circuit connectors secured to vertical bus bars have spaced pairs of upstanding threaded posts flanked by pairs of upstanding pins to receive the line side connectors of bolt-in or plug-in circuit breakers in any desired combination.... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4301493 | Insulator mounting for panelboard The following specification describes a panelboard assembly comprising a plurality of modular insulators having spaced integrally formed resilient mounting rails for supporting a circuit breaker housing above the panelboard bus bars. Each circuit breaker ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4157582 | Plug-in contact structure for panelboard A plug-in contact structure for a panelboard which mounts both half and one inch wide circuit breakers includes a plurality of bus bars each having a plurality of integrally formed contact sections spaced along the length of the bars. The contact sections... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4020400 | Integrated circuit breaker panelboard An integrated panelboard and circuit breaker system characterized by a panelboard and at least one circuit breaker, the panelboard having spaced line and neutral bus bars, the bus bars having stab terminals, the circuit breaker having neutral and line sta... | 04/26/1977 |
