Patents by Inventor Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
Gerald R. Savicki, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9853429Abstract: The present invention is directed to switch device that includes a switch actuator having a user-accessible surface, the user accessible surface including an indicator element and an interior channel optically coupled to the indicator element. The switch actuator is configured to actuate a mechanical linkage by moving between a first actuator position and a second actuator position in response to a user-stimulus, the mechanical linkage actuation driving the set of electrical contacts between a first contact state and a second contact state. A light emitting portion is disposed within the interior channel and optically coupled to the indicator element so that the interior channel moves relative to the light emitting portion when the switch actuator moves between the first actuator position and the second actuator position. The light emitting portion is optically coupled to the indicator element when the interior channel moves relative to the lighting portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: PASS & SEYMOUR, INC.Inventors: Lorenzo Trolese, Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
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Patent number: 9847611Abstract: The present invention is directed to an assembly that includes a shutter having an interface portion coupled to a railed guidance structure so that the shutter rides the railed guidance structure from a return position to an open position in response to being engaged by the plurality of plug blades; the interface portion and the railed guidance structure allowing the shutter to rotationally align with the ends of the plug blades in response to an asymmetry in respective lengths of the plug blades. The open position permits electrical engagement of the plurality of plug blades with the plurality of receptacle contacts. The shutter is also directed from the return position to a blocking position in response to being engaged by a foreign object via one of the plurality of receptacle openings to prevent the foreign object from engaging the set of receptacle contacts.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: PASS & SEYMOUR, INC.Inventor: Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
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Publication number: 20170244237Abstract: An electrical wiring device including: a housing, a plurality of line terminals, feed-through load terminals and receptacle load terminals electrically connected to a pivotable contact structure or to a fixed contact structure comprising a conductive member having at least one contact positioned thereon, wherein in response to a make-force each pivotable contact structure is configured to perform a first pivotable movement to electrically connect each of the contacts on each pivotable contact structure to one of the contacts on a different one of the fixed contact structures in the reset state, thereby electrically connecting the terminals in the reset state; a circuit interrupting assembly including at least one breaking element being configured to perform a first linear movement in a first direction in response to a break-force in order to cause each pivotable contact structure to perform a second pivotable movement in a direction opposite the first pivotable movement to decouple each of the contacts on eacType: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Richard Weeks, Kent R. Morgan, Jeffrey C. Richards, Gerald R. Savicki, JR., Bruce F. Macbeth
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Publication number: 20170186577Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electronic switch device, the device including a housing assembly including a front cover assembly having a user accessible surface, a back body assembly, terminals configured to be coupled to an AC power source and the load; an antenna assembly including an antenna substrate disposed inside the housing assembly adjacent a portion of the front cover assembly, an antenna being disposed on the antenna substrate having a conductive grid structure; and a circuit assembly disposed inside the housing assembly coupled to the terminals, the circuit assembly comprising a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board including a ground plane, the circuit assembly being electrically connected to the antenna assembly via a conductor, the printed circuit board being separated from the antenna assembly by a predetermined distance, the circuit assembly including a relay switch having at least one solenoid winding connected to the circuit assembly and a set of contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Joshua P. Haines, Richard M. Rohmer, Gerald R. Savicki, JR.
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Patent number: 9647447Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a circuit interrupter assembly coupled to a solenoid actuator and configured to move along an assembly axis in a direction normal to a major surface of the electrical isolation member to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle contact structures in a reset state and to interrupt the electrical continuity to effect a tripped state. The circuit interrupter assembly including at least one portion configured to pivot relative to the assembly axis to effect the reset state or the tripped state.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: PASS & SEYMOUR, INC.Inventors: Richard Weeks, Kent R. Morgan, Jeffrey C. Richards, Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Bruce F. Macbeth
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Publication number: 20170117659Abstract: An electrical device includes a shutter support structure having a return position, at least one blocking position and an open position. A first shutter element is configured to rotate about a first dimensional axis within a predetermined angular range while being translated in two-dimensions between the return position to the open position, each of the two dimensions being orthogonal to the first dimensional axis. A second shutter assembly includes a second shutter element coupled to the first shutter element, the first shutter element allowing the second shutter portion to move in a first direction parallel to the first dimensional axis when the first shutter element is in the open position, the first shutter element being configured to drive the second shutter element in a second direction parallel to the first dimensional axis when the first shutter element is being translated into the return position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventor: Gerald R. Savicki, JR.
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Patent number: 9607786Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electronic switch device that includes a front cover assembly having a user interface, a back body assembly, and a plurality of terminals configured to be coupled to an AC power source and the load. A circuit assembly is coupled to the plurality of terminals. The circuit assembly includes a relay switch having a commutator and a set of contacts. The relay switch is characterized by a predetermined commutator period, the predetermined commutator period being substantially the commutator travel time between the set of contacts during a relay switch actuation. The circuit assembly further includes an actuation circuit configured to provide a constant current actuation signal that energizes the relay switch in response to an input stimulus via the user interface such that an end of the predetermined commutator period substantially coincides with a predetermined point in an AC power cycle.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: PASS & SEYMOUR, INC.Inventors: Joshua P. Haines, Richard M Rohmer, Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
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Patent number: 9543715Abstract: An electrical device includes a shutter support structure having a return position, at least one blocking position and an open position. A first shutter element is configured to rotate about a first dimensional axis within a predetermined angular range while being translated in two-dimensions between the return position to the open position, each of the two dimensions being orthogonal to the first dimensional axis. A second shutter assembly includes a second shutter element coupled to the first shutter element, the first shutter element allowing the second shutter portion to move in a first direction parallel to the first dimensional axis when the first shutter element is in the open position, the first shutter element being configured to drive the second shutter element in a second direction parallel to the first dimensional axis when the first shutter element is being translated into the return position.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: PASS & SEYMOUR, INC.Inventor: Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
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Patent number: 9484735Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a circuit interrupter assembly coupled to a solenoid actuator and configured to move along an assembly axis in a direction normal to a major surface of the electrical isolation member to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle contact structures in a reset state and to interrupt the electrical continuity to effect a tripped state. The circuit interrupter assembly including at least one portion configured to pivot relative to the assembly axis to effect the reset state or the tripped state.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Richard Weeks, Kent R. Morgan, Jeffrey C. Richards, Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Bruce F. Macbeth
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Patent number: 9444238Abstract: An electrical wiring device includes a device housing that has a front cover having a user-accessible portion having at least one set of receptacle openings formed therein. The housing also includes a back body having a major rear surface. A mounting strap includes a central strap portion. A stabilization structure includes a plurality of shutter stabilization elements coupled to the central strap portion and disposed in a substantially balanced array around the central strap portion. The plurality of shutter stabilization elements extends through the back body to form a three-dimensional reinforcing structure that rigidly interconnects the user-accessible portion and the major rear surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventor: Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
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Publication number: 20160240341Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a circuit interrupter assembly coupled to a solenoid actuator and configured to move along an assembly axis in a direction normal to a major surface of the electrical isolation member to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle contact structures in a reset state and to interrupt the electrical continuity to effect a tripped state. The circuit interrupter assembly including at least one portion configured to pivot relative to the assembly axis to effect the reset state or the tripped state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Richard Weeks, Kent R. Morgan, Jeffrey C. Richards, Gerald R. Savicki, JR., Bruce F. Macbeth
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Publication number: 20160211659Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a circuit interrupter assembly coupled to a solenoid actuator and configured to move along an assembly axis in a direction normal to a major surface of the electrical isolation member to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle contact structures in a reset state and to interrupt the electrical continuity to effect a tripped state. The circuit interrupter assembly including at least one portion configured to pivot relative to the assembly axis to effect the reset state or the tripped state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Richard Weeks, Kent R. Morgan, Jeffrey C. Richards, Gerald R. Savicki, JR., Bruce F. Macbeth
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Patent number: 9362077Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a plurality of line terminals, a plurality of feed-through load terminals, and at least one set of receptacle load terminals. A circuit interrupter assembly includes a plurality of movable interconnection members. Each movable interconnection member includes a first interconnecting contact disposed on a first side thereof and a second interconnecting contact disposed on a second side thereof. The first interconnecting contact and the second interconnecting contact are offset from one another in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of movement. The movable interconnection members are movable in the direction of movement between a reset position wherein the line terminals, the feed-through load terminals and the receptacle load terminals are electrically connected, and a tripped position wherein the the various terminals are electrically disconnected.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: PASS & SEYMOUR, INC.Inventors: David A. Finlay, Sr., Bruce F. Macbeth, Kent R. Morgan, Patrick J. Murphy, Thomas N. Packard, Jeffrey C Richards, Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Richard Weeks
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Publication number: 20160104963Abstract: An electrical device includes a shutter support structure having a return position, at least one blocking position and an open position. A first shutter element is configured to rotate about a first dimensional axis within a predetermined angular range while being translated in two-dimensions between the return position to the open position, each of the two dimensions being orthogonal to the first dimensional axis. A second shutter assembly includes a second shutter element coupled to the first shutter element, the first shutter element allowing the second shutter portion to move in a first direction parallel to the first dimensional axis when the first shutter element is in the open position, the first shutter element being configured to drive the second shutter element in a second direction parallel to the first dimensional axis when the first shutter element is being translated into the return position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: PASS & SEYMOUR, INC.Inventor: Gerald R. Savicki, JR.
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Publication number: 20160104961Abstract: The present invention is directed to an assembly that includes a shutter having an interface portion coupled to a railed guidance structure so that the shutter rides the railed guidance structure from a return position to an open position in response to being engaged by the plurality of plug blades; the interface portion and the railed guidance structure allowing the shutter to rotationally align with the ends of the plug blades in response to an asymmetry in respective lengths of the plug blades. The open position permits electrical engagement of the plurality of plug blades with the plurality of receptacle contacts. The shutter is also directed from the return position to a blocking position in response to being engaged by a foreign object via one of the plurality of receptacle openings to prevent the foreign object from engaging the set of receptacle contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: PASS & SEYMOUR, INC.Inventor: Gerald R. Savicki, JR.
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Patent number: 9299521Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a circuit interrupter assembly coupled to a solenoid actuator and configured to move along an assembly axis in a direction normal to a major surface of the electrical isolation member to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle contact structures in a reset state and to interrupt the electrical continuity to effect a tripped state. The circuit interrupter assembly including at least one portion configured to pivot relative to the assembly axis to effect the reset state or the tripped state.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Richard Weeks, Kent R. Morgan, Jeffrey C. Richards, Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Bruce F. Macbeth
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Patent number: 9241391Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring assembly that includes a wall plate cover, a housing portion and an electro-optical assembly coupled to a plurality of wiring terminations. The assembly includes a circuit configured to provide an output signal in response to an external input signal. The assembly also includes a plurality of lighting elements coupled to the circuit and configured to emit the plurality of light beams in response to the output signal. The electro-optical assembly further includes an ambient light sensor accessible to the ambient space via at least one of the plurality of openings. The ambient light sensor is configured to generate the at least one external input signal in response to an ambient light level in the ambient space, the ambient light sensor being substantially isolated from the plurality of light beams.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey C. Richards, Gary O. Wilson, David A. Finlay, Sr., Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
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Patent number: D733077Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Pierre-Yves Panis, Theodore Junko, Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
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Patent number: D740766Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Falkenberg, Theodore Junko, Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
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Patent number: D742336Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Pierre-Yves Panis, Theodore Junko, Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.