Patents by Inventor Paul Newcomb Stoving
Paul Newcomb Stoving 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: 11728117Abstract: An apparatus includes: a high-voltage module including: a current interrupter; an actuation system coupled to the current interrupter; a sensor system; and a terminal configured to electrically connect to an external electrical device. The apparatus also includes: a user interface; and an electrically insulating assembly between the user interface and the high-voltage module. In operational use, the user interface is grounded and the high-voltage module is at a system voltage.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Paul Newcomb Stoving, Christopher Randall Hastreiter
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Publication number: 20220076910Abstract: An apparatus includes: a high-voltage module including: a current interrupter; an actuation system coupled to the current interrupter; a sensor system; and a terminal configured to electrically connect to an external electrical device. The apparatus also includes: a user interface; and an electrically insulating assembly between the user interface and the high-voltage module. In operational use, the user interface is grounded and the high-voltage module is at a system voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Paul Newcomb Stoving, Christopher Randall Hastreiter
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Patent number: 10551414Abstract: A resistor assembly can include a resistor having a first end and a second end, and a conductive member, where the conductive member is coupled to the first end of the resistor. The resistor assembly can also include a shield cup and a housing, where the housing includes at least one housing wall having at least one aperture, and where the housing encloses at least a portion of the resistor and at least a portion of the shield cup. A volume of space between the at least one housing wall of the housing and the resistor can be substantially filled with an insulating material and at least the outside of the housing is substantially covered with the insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Brian Andrew Korves, William Robert Luoma, Paul Newcomb Stoving, Joseph Allen Carmichael
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Patent number: 9870885Abstract: Techniques for detecting vacuum loss in a vacuum interrupter are disclosed. For example, a sensing system of a vacuum interrupter includes a sensor including a material that oxidizes in the presence of air and is at least partially positioned in an evacuated space of a vacuum interrupter, the sensor being configured to produce an indication of impedance of the material; and a control system coupled to the sensor, the control system including an electronic processor and an electronic storage that stores instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic processor to access an indication of impedance produced by the sensor, determine a measure of impedance of the material of the sensor based on the accessed indication of impedance, and determine a condition of the evacuated space based on the determined measure of impedance.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: John Albert Kovacich, Paul Newcomb Stoving, Christopher Randall Hastreiter, Rose Ellen Weisburgh, Robert Raymond Schuetz, Lisa Carol Sletson, Ross Stuart Daharsh
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Publication number: 20170285074Abstract: A resistor assembly can include a resistor having a first end and a second end, and a conductive member, where the conductive member is coupled to the first end of the resistor. The resistor assembly can also include a shield cup and a housing, where the housing includes at least one housing wall having at least one aperture, and where the housing encloses at least a portion of the resistor and at least a portion of the shield cup. A volume of space between the at least one housing wall of the housing and the resistor can be substantially filled with an insulating material and at least the outside of the housing is substantially covered with the insulating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: BRIAN ANDREW KORVES, WILLIAM ROBERT LUOMA, PAUL NEWCOMB STOVING, JOSEPH ALLEN CARMICHAEL
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Patent number: 9640350Abstract: An insulated switchgear module is disclosed. In one example, the module comprises a vacuum interrupter, current exchange assembly, and end conductors disposed within an insulated housing. The insulated housing further comprises a tank containing an actuator mechanism for actuating the current exchange assembly. An insulating tray within the housing separates the vacuum interrupter from the components in the tank. The insulated tray has a shape that corresponds with the shape of the vacuum interrupter and the shape of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Paul Newcomb Stoving, Robert Raymond Schuetz, Rose Ellen Weisburgh, William Robert Luoma, Joseph Allen Carmichael, Brian Andrew Korves, Laurence James Geist, Joseph Michael Hren
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Publication number: 20150325394Abstract: Techniques for detecting vacuum loss in a vacuum interrupter are disclosed. For example, a sensing system of a vacuum interrupter includes a sensor including a material that oxidizes in the presence of air and is at least partially positioned in an evacuated space of a vacuum interrupter, the sensor being configured to produce an indication of impedance of the material; and a control system coupled to the sensor, the control system including an electronic processor and an electronic storage that stores instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic processor to access an indication of impedance produced by the sensor, determine a measure of impedance of the material of the sensor based on the accessed indication of impedance, and determine a condition of the evacuated space based on the determined measure of impedance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: John Albert Kovacich, Paul Newcomb Stoving, Christopher Randall Hastreiter, Rose Ellen Weisburgh, Robert Raymond Schuetz, Lisa Carol Sletson, Ross Stuart Daharsh
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Publication number: 20150235790Abstract: An insulated switchgear module is disclosed. In one example, the module comprises a vacuum interrupter, current exchange assembly, and end conductors disposed within an insulated housing. The insulated housing further comprises a tank containing an actuator mechanism for actuating the current exchange assembly. An insulating tray within the housing separates the vacuum interrupter from the components in the tank. The insulated tray has a shape that corresponds with the shape of the vacuum interrupter and the shape of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: PAUL NEWCOMB STOVING, ROBERT RAYMOND SCHUETZ, ROSE ELLEN WEISBURGH, WILLIAM ROBERT LUOMA, JOSEPH ALLEN CARMICHAEL, BRIAN ANDREW KORVES, CORY EDWARD SNOWDIN
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Patent number: 8415579Abstract: Insulated vacuum switchgear and active switchgear elements therefor are provided with a rigid support structure mechanically isolating a vacuum insulator from axial loads in use without reinforcing or insulating encapsulations. At least one of the elastomeric insulating housing and the support structure directly contacts an outer surface of the insulator. Systems and methods for assembling the switchgear are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Frank John Muench, Michael Patrick Culhane, Brian Todd Steinbrecher, Paul Newcomb Stoving, John Mitchell Makal, Paul Michael Roscizewski
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Publication number: 20090119899Abstract: Insulated vacuum switchgear and active switchgear elements therefor are provided with a rigid support structure mechanically isolating a vacuum insulator from axial loads in use without reinforcing or insulating encapsulations. At least one of the elastomeric insulating housing and the support structure directly contacts an outer surface of the insulator. Systems and methods for assembling the switchgear are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2009Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Frank John Muench, Michael Patrick Culhane, Brian Todd Steinbrecher, Paul Newcomb Stoving, John Mitchell Makal, Paul Michael Roscizewski
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Patent number: 7488916Abstract: Insulated vacuum switchgear and active switchgear elements therefor are provided with a rigid support structure mechanically isolating a vacuum insulator from axial loads in use without reinforcing or insulating encapsulations. At least one of the elastomeric insulating housing and the support structure directly contacts an outer surface of the insulator. Systems and methods for assembling the switchgear are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Frank John Muench, Michael Patrick Culhane, Brian Todd Steinbrecher, Paul Newcomb Stoving, John Mitchell Makal, Paul Michael Roscizewski
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Patent number: 5747765Abstract: An encapsulation for an interrupter includes a main body that includes an internal cavity; the internal cavity including a space at a first end thereof for the interrupter; the internal cavity including an internal wall extending from the interrupter space to a second end of the encapsulation; a surface at the second end of the encapsulation for mounting the encapsulation; the internal wall including a convolution.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1996Date of Patent: May 5, 1998Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.Inventors: E. Fred Bestel, Paul Newcomb Stoving
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Patent number: 5736705Abstract: An encapsulation for an interrupter includes a main body that includes an internal cavity, the internal cavity including a space at a first end thereof for the interrupter, a second end of the main body including a surface for mounting the encapsulation, an insert assembly mounted in the second end for facilitating mounting the encapsulation, the insert assembly including a rigid connector and a plurality of fasteners fixed to the rigid connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1996Date of Patent: April 7, 1998Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.Inventors: E. Fred Bestel, Paul Newcomb Stoving
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Patent number: D800667Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Paul Newcomb Stoving, Robert Raymond Schuetz, Rose Ellen Weisburgh, William Robert Luoma, Joseph Allen Carmichael, Brian Andrew Korves, Laurence James Geist