Patents by Inventor Jerome Kenneth Hastings
Jerome Kenneth Hastings 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: 10191089Abstract: A current sensing assembly includes a conductor having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side opposite the third side. The first side has a first notch formed therein and the second side has a second notch formed therein opposite the first notch. The current sensing assembly also includes a sensor assembly including a first magnetic sensor disposed in the first notch or proximate to the third side of the conductor between the first and second notches, and a second magnetic sensor disposed in the second notch or proximate to the fourth side of the conductor between the first and second notches.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Mark Allan Juds, Jerome Kenneth Hastings
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Patent number: 10116087Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector includes an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element comprises: a housing including a number of second electrical mating members structured to be electrically connected to the number of first electrical mating members; a contact assembly enclosed by the housing and being electrically connected to the number of second electrical mating members; and an operating mechanism for opening and closing the contact assembly. The contact assembly is structured to electrically connect and disconnect power while the number of first electrical mating members remain mechanically coupled to the number of second electrical mating members.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Mark Allan Juds, Paul Jason Rollmann, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Kurt von Eckroth, Jeffrey Troy Johnson, Roger James Briggs, Kaushik Naidu Kona, Karthik Satyanarayanan, Abhijeet Rathi
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Publication number: 20180062306Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector includes an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element comprises: a housing including a number of second electrical mating members structured to be electrically connected to the number of first electrical mating members; a contact assembly enclosed by the housing and being electrically connected to the number of second electrical mating members; and an operating mechanism for opening and closing the contact assembly. The contact assembly is structured to electrically connect and disconnect power while the number of first electrical mating members remain mechanically coupled to the number of second electrical mating members.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Eaton CorporationInventors: Mark Allan Juds, Paul Jason Rollmann, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Kurt von Eckroth, Jeffrey Troy Johnson, Roger James Briggs, Kaushik Naidu Kona, Karthik Satyanarayanan, Abhijeet Rathi
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Publication number: 20180045763Abstract: A current sensing assembly includes a conductor having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side opposite the third side. The first side has a first notch formed therein and the second side has a second notch formed therein opposite the first notch. The current sensing assembly also includes a sensor assembly including a first magnetic sensor disposed in the first notch or proximate to the third side of the conductor between the first and second notches, and a second magnetic sensor disposed in the second notch or proximate to the fourth side of the conductor between the first and second notches.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: MARK ALLAN JUDS, JEROME KENNETH HASTINGS
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Patent number: 9846180Abstract: A current sensing assembly includes a conductor having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side opposite the third side. The first side has a first notch formed therein and the second side has a second notch formed therein opposite the first notch. The current sensing assembly also includes a sensor assembly including a first magnetic sensor disposed in the first notch or proximate to the third side of the conductor between the first and second notches, and a second magnetic sensor disposed in the second notch or proximate to the fourth side of the conductor between the first and second notches.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Mark Allan Juds, Jerome Kenneth Hastings
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Patent number: 9819118Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector includes an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element comprises: a housing including a number of second electrical mating members structured to be electrically connected to the number of first electrical mating members; a contact assembly enclosed by the housing and being electrically connected to the number of second electrical mating members; and an operating mechanism for opening and closing the contact assembly. The contact assembly is structured to electrically connect and disconnect power while the number of first electrical mating members remain mechanically coupled to the number of second electrical mating members.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Mark Allan Juds, Paul Jason Rollmann, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Kurt von Eckroth, Jeffrey Troy Johnson, Roger James Briggs, Kaushik Naidu Kona, Karthik Satyanarayanan, Abhijeet Rathi
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Patent number: 9742126Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector includes an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element comprises: a housing including a number of second electrical mating members structured to be electrically connected to the number of first electrical mating members; a contact assembly enclosed by the housing and being electrically connected to the number of second electrical mating members; and an operating mechanism for opening and closing the contact assembly. The contact assembly is structured to electrically connect and disconnect power while the number of first electrical mating members remain mechanically coupled to the number of second electrical mating members.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Allan Juds, Paul Jason Rollmann, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Kurt Von Eckroth, Jeffrey Troy Johnson, Roger James Briggs
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Publication number: 20170098908Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector includes an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element comprises: a housing including a number of second electrical mating members structured to be electrically connected to the number of first electrical mating members; a contact assembly enclosed by the housing and being electrically connected to the number of second electrical mating members; and an operating mechanism for opening and closing the contact assembly. The contact assembly is structured to electrically connect and disconnect power while the number of first electrical mating members remain mechanically coupled to the number of second electrical mating members.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: Eaton CorporationInventors: Mark Allan Juds, Paul Jason Rollmann, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Kurt von Eckroth, Jeffrey Troy Johnson, Roger James Briggs, Kaushik Naidu Kona, Karthik Satyanarayanan, Abhijeet Rathi
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Publication number: 20170018886Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector has an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element includes a housing having a number of second electrical mating members structured to be electrically connected to the number of first electrical mating members, a contact assembly structured to move between an OPEN position and a CLOSED position, the contact assembly including a number of sets of separable contacts each structured to be electrically connected to at least one of the number of second electrical mating members, and an arc suppression system for redirecting current away from at least one of the sets of separable contacts in order to suppress arcing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: MARK ALLAN JUDS, JEROME KENNETH HASTINGS, SLOBODAN KRSTIC, KURT VON ECKROTH
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Publication number: 20170018887Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector includes an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element comprises: a housing including a number of second electrical mating members structured to be electrically connected to the number of first electrical mating members; a contact assembly enclosed by the housing and being electrically connected to the number of second electrical mating members; and an operating mechanism for opening and closing the contact assembly. The contact assembly is structured to electrically connect and disconnect power while the number of first electrical mating members remain mechanically coupled to the number of second electrical mating members.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: MARK ALLAN JUDS, PAUL JASON ROLLMANN, JEROME KENNETH HASTINGS, KURT VON ECKROTH, JEFFREY TROY JOHNSON, ROGER JAMES BRIGGS
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Patent number: 9537265Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector has an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element includes a housing having a number of second electrical mating members structured to be electrically connected to the number of first electrical mating members, a contact assembly structured to move between an OPEN position and a CLOSED position, the contact assembly including a number of sets of separable contacts each structured to be electrically connected to at least one of the number of second electrical mating members, and an arc suppression system for redirecting current away from at least one of the sets of separable contacts in order to suppress arcing.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Allan Juds, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Slobodan Krstic, Kurt Von Eckroth
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Patent number: 9478900Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector includes an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element comprises: a housing including a number of second electrical mating members structured to be electrically connected to the number of first electrical mating members; a contact assembly enclosed by the housing and being electrically connected to the number of second electrical mating members; and an operating mechanism for opening and closing the contact assembly. The contact assembly is structured to electrically connect and disconnect power while the number of first electrical mating members remain mechanically coupled to the number of second electrical mating members.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Allan Juds, Paul Jason Rollmann, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Kurt Von Eckroth, Jeffrey Troy Johnson, Roger James Briggs
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Patent number: 9373912Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector includes an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element includes: a housing including a number of second electrical mating members electrically connected to the first electrical mating members; a contact assembly comprising a number of sets of separable contacts each structured to be electrically connected to at least one of the second electrical mating members; and an arc suppression system including: a number of electronic devices each electrically connected to a respective set of separable contacts, and a control mechanism for controlling the electronic devices. When the contact assembly moves between an OPEN position and a CLOSED position, the control mechanism redirects current from the respective set of separable contacts to a corresponding one of the electronic devices in order to suppress arcing across the respective set of separable contacts.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Allan Juds, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Slobodan Krstic, Kurt Von Eckroth
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Patent number: 9134351Abstract: A current sensing assembly includes a conductor, first and second magnetic sensors disposed proximate to opposite sides of the conductor and being structured to output first and second voltage signals, a current direction detector circuit structured to detect a direction of a current flowing through the conductor, a switching circuit having first and second outputs and being structured to switch between a first condition where the first voltage signal is output to the first output and the second voltage signal is output to the second output and a second condition where the first voltage signal is output to the second output and the second voltage signal is output to the first output based on the switching signal, and an output circuit including a differential amplifier structured to amplify a voltage difference between the first and second voltage signals and to output the amplified voltage difference.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Allan Juds, James Edward Hansen, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Dale Louis Gass, Xin Zhou
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Publication number: 20150160268Abstract: A current sensing assembly includes a conductor, first and second magnetic sensors disposed proximate to opposite sides of the conductor and being structured to output first and second voltage signals, a current direction detector circuit structured to detect a direction of a current flowing through the conductor, a switching circuit having first and second outputs and being structured to switch between a first condition where the first voltage signal is output to the first output and the second voltage signal is output to the second output and a second condition where the first voltage signal is output to the second output and the second voltage signal is output to the first output based on the switching signal, and an output circuit including a differential amplifier structured to amplify a voltage difference between the first and second voltage signals and to output the amplified voltage difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Eaton CorporationInventors: MARK ALLAN JUDS, James Edward Hansen, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Dale Louis Gass, Xin Zhou
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Publication number: 20150160267Abstract: A current sensing assembly includes a conductor having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side opposite the third side. The first side has a first notch formed therein and the second side has a second notch formed therein opposite the first notch. The current sensing assembly also includes a sensor assembly including a first magnetic sensor disposed in the first notch or proximate to the third side of the conductor between the first and second notches, and a second magnetic sensor disposed in the second notch or proximate to the fourth side of the conductor between the first and second notches.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Eaton CorporationInventors: MARK ALLAN JUDS, Jerome Kenneth Hastings
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Patent number: 7713157Abstract: An alternator system includes an input shaft, a planetary gear assembly, a variable resistance generator, and a control unit. The alternator assembly is structured to produce an output current having a frequency. The planetary gear assembly disposed between, and operatively coupled to, the input shaft and the alternator assembly. The planetary gear assembly has a planet gear carrier body with an outer radial surface having teeth. The variable resistance generator has an external generator shaft with a generator gear. The generator gear is structured to engage the outer radial surface teeth. The control unit structured to detect the frequency of the alternator assembly output current and to alter the resistance of the generator. The control unit is structured to maintain the frequency of the alternator assembly output current within a selected range by increasing or decreasing the resistance of the generator.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Roger James Briggs, Vijay Bhavaraju
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Publication number: 20090015212Abstract: An alternator system includes an input shaft, a planetary gear assembly, a variable resistance generator, and a control unit. The alternator assembly is structured to produce an output current having a frequency. The planetary gear assembly disposed between, and operatively coupled to, the input shaft and the alternator assembly. The planetary gear assembly has a planet gear carrier body with an outer radial surface having teeth. The variable resistance generator has an external generator shaft with a generator gear. The generator gear is structured to engage the outer radial surface teeth. The control unit structured to detect the frequency of the alternator assembly output current and to alter the resistance of the generator. The control unit is structured to maintain the frequency of the alternator assembly output current within a selected range by increasing or decreasing the resistance of the generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventors: JEROME KENNETH HASTINGS, Roger James Briggs, Vijay Bhavaraju
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Patent number: 7439744Abstract: An apparatus for repeatably generating electrical arcs for testing an electrical switching device, such as an arc fault circuit interrupter, includes a stationary electrode and a movable electrode that is moved along a path of travel by an electromechanical device under the control of a controller that receives data from either a current measuring device or a voltage measuring device to detect the initiation of an arc. The movable electrode is caused to first make physical contact with the stationary electrode, and then is moved away from the stationary electrode until an arc is detected. Additionally, the movable electrode may be moved towards and away from the stationary electrode according to a test profile to control the magnitude of the randomness of the arc.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2006Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Dale Louis Gass, Kevin Lynn Parker, Birger Pahl, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Joseph Charles Zuercher
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Publication number: 20080100305Abstract: An apparatus for repeatably generating electrical arcs for testing an electrical switching device, such as an arc fault circuit interrupter, includes a stationary electrode and a movable electrode that is moved along a path of travel by an electromechanical device under the control of a controller that receives data from either a current measuring device or a voltage measuring device to detect the initiation of an arc. The movable electrode is caused to first make physical contact with the stationary electrode, and then is moved away from the stationary electrode until an arc is detected. Additionally, the movable electrode may be moved towards and away from the stationary electrode according to a test profile to control the magnitude of the randomness of the arc.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2006Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Dale Louis Gass, Kevin Lynn Parker, Birger Pahl, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Joseph Charles Zuercher