Patents by Inventor Herbert W. Tumsuden, Jr.

Herbert W. Tumsuden, 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).

  • Resettable circuit breaker for use in ground fault circuit interrupters and the like
    Patent number: 5202662
    Abstract: A resettable circuit breaker has a pair of normally closed contacts through which a load is connected to a power line and means for opening the contacts in response to a predetermined change in electrical current flowing to and from the power line. One of the contacts is mounted on a rocking member which is maintained between a pivot on the base of the apparatus and the armature of a latching solenoid responsive to the predetermined current change by a spring assembly which causes the rocking member to rotate about the pivot means thereby opening and closing the contacts depending on the position of the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang F. Bienwald, Herbert W. Tumsuden, Jr.
  • Resettable circuit breaker for use in ground fault circuit interrupters and the like
    Patent number: 4568997
    Abstract: A resettable circuit breaker has a pair of normally closed contacts through which a load is connected to a power line and means for opening the contacts in response to a predetermined change in electrical current flowing to and from the power line. One of the contacts is mounted on a rocking member which is maintained between a pivot on the base of the apparatus and the armature of a latching solenoid responsive to the predetermined current change by a spring assembly which causes the rocking member to rotate about the pivot means thereby opening and closing the contacts depending on the position of the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang F. Bienwald, Herbert W. Tumsuden, Jr.
  • Resettable circuit breaker for use in ground fault circuit interrupters and the like
    Patent number: 4412193
    Abstract: A resettable circuit breaker has a pair of normally closed contacts through which a load is connected to a power line and means for opening the contacts in response to a predetermined change in electrical current flowing to and from the power line. One of the contacts is mounted on a rocking member which is maintained between a pivot on the base of the apparatus and the armature of a latching solenoid responsive to the predetermined current change by a spring assembly which causes the rocking member to rotate about the pivot means thereby opening and closing the contacts depending on the position of the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang F. Bienwald, Herbert W. Tumsuden, Jr.