Patents by Inventor Isaac Folk

Isaac Folk 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).

  • Patent number: 9979166
    Abstract: In order to reduce service procedure time and labor costs, while increasing overall uptime, the electrical equipment cabinet of the invention includes a main service door that is integrated with the dead front. The dead front panel is fixed to and movable with the main service door, and therefore access to high voltage equipment situated behind the dead front is achieved by simply opening the main service door, without the need to first unlock and open the main service door and then unlock, open, and/or remove the dead front panel. Controls on the front side of the dead front are easily and safely accessible, when the main service door is closed, through a dead front control access door positioned within an opening of the main service door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: POWER DISTRIBUTION, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Shimabukuro, Long Justin Nguyen, Isaac Folk, Christopher Morgan Davis, Mingbo Zhao
  • Publication number: 20170310091
    Abstract: In order to reduce service procedure time and labor costs, while increasing overall uptime, the electrical equipment cabinet of the invention includes a main service door that is integrated with the dead front. The dead front panel is fixed to and movable with the main service door, and therefore access to high voltage equipment situated behind the dead front is achieved by simply opening the main service door, without the need to first unlock and open the main service door and then unlock, open, and/or remove the dead front panel. Controls on the front side of the dead front are easily and safely accessible, when the main service door is closed, through a dead front control access door positioned within an opening of the main service door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: RICHARD SHIMABUKURO, LONG JUSTIN NGUYEN, ISAAC FOLK, CHRISTOPHER MORGAN DAVIS, MINGBO ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20170271853
    Abstract: A PDU enclosure defines a transformer compartment for receiving a transformer. The PDU enclosure includes a first side bulkhead and a second side bulkhead positioned adjacent to each other as viewed on a plane. The first side bulkhead and the second side bulkhead limit access to the transformer compartment from the front. The first side bulkhead defines an opening to the transformer compartment and is spaced from the second side bulkhead by a gap. The PDU enclosure further includes a removable access panel. The removable access panel includes a first portion removably coupled to the first side bulkhead and that covers the opening in the first side bulkhead, and a second portion extending at an angle relative to the first portion and removably coupled to the second side bulkhead. The second portion also covers the gap between the first side bulkhead and the second side bulkhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Long Justin Nguyen, Isaac Folk, Christopher Morgan Davis, Mingbo Zhao
  • Patent number: 9768591
    Abstract: A PDU enclosure defines a transformer compartment for receiving a transformer. The PDU enclosure includes a first side bulkhead and a second side bulkhead positioned adjacent to each other as viewed on a plane. The first side bulkhead and the second side bulkhead limit access to the transformer compartment from the front. The first side bulkhead defines an opening to the transformer compartment and is spaced from the second side bulkhead by a gap. The PDU enclosure further includes a removable access panel. The removable access panel includes a first portion removably coupled to the first side bulkhead and that covers the opening in the first side bulkhead, and a second portion extending at an angle relative to the first portion and removably coupled to the second side bulkhead. The second portion also covers the gap between the first side bulkhead and the second side bulkhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: POWER DISTRIBUTION, INC.
    Inventors: Long Justin Nguyen, Isaac Folk, Christopher Morgan Davis, Mingbo Zhao
  • Patent number: 9698548
    Abstract: A splice connector for a busway system utilizes individual connectors made of a conductive material and having a u-shaped cross-section that fit over ends of a pair of busbars to be connected to each other, and within which are mounted multi-contact louvers that extend the length of the connectors to establish a low impedance electrical connection between the connector and the respective busbars. The louvers are secured in place by a dovetail groove that retains the louvers within the connectors and causes the individual contact sections of the louvers to bow outwardly so as to press against the busbars when the connector is fitted over the busbars. The connectors are snapped into insulative housing halves or sections that align the connectors with the busbars, and that provide isolation between horizontally aligned pairs of connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Power Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario L. Jaena, Vladimir Gulkarov, Isaac Folk
  • Publication number: 20160049759
    Abstract: A splice connector for a busway system utilizes individual connectors made of a conductive material and having a u-shaped cross-section that fit over ends of a pair of busbars to be connected to each other, and within which are mounted multi-contact louvers that extend the length of the connectors to establish a low impedance electrical connection between the connector and the respective busbars. The louvers are secured in place by a dovetail groove that retains the louvers within the connectors and causes the individual contact sections of the louvers to bow outwardly so as to press against the busbars when the connector is fitted over the busbars. The connectors are snapped into insulative housing halves or sections that align the connectors with the busbars, and that provide isolation between horizontally aligned pairs of connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Mario L. Jaena, Vladimir Gulkarov, Isaac Folk
  • Patent number: 9190791
    Abstract: A splice connector for a busway system utilizes individual connectors made of a conductive material and having a u-shaped cross-section that fit over ends of a pair of busbars to be connected to each other, and within which are mounted multi-contact louvers that extend the length of the connectors to establish a low impedance electrical connection between the connector and the respective busbars. The louvers are secured in place by a dovetail groove that retains the louvers within the connectors and causes the individual contact sections of the louvers to bow outwardly so as to press against the busbars when the connector is fitted over the busbars. The connectors are snapped into insulative housing halves or sections that align the connectors with the busbars, and that provide isolation between horizontally aligned pairs of connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Power Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario L. Jaena, Vladimir Gulkarov, Isaac Folk