Patents by Inventor Steven W. Dozier

Steven W. Dozier 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).

  • Panelboard breaker compartment with disconnect features
    Patent number: 9876333
    Abstract: A circuit breaker may be plugged into a breaker compartment in a panelboard without making a connection to a power bus of the panel board. A tool may be inserted into the breaker compartment to operate movable contacts that connect, or disconnect, the circuit breaker from the power bus without de-energizing the power line network. Inserting the tool into the breaker compartment first causes a trip actuator to trip the circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: Steven W. Dozier, Jacob E. Walgenbach
  • PANELBOARD BREAKER COMPARTMENT WITH DISCONNECT FEATURES
    Publication number: 20170110856
    Abstract: A circuit breaker may be plugged into a breaker compartment in a panelboard without making a connection to a power bus of the panel board. A tool may be inserted into the breaker compartment to operate movable contacts that connect, or disconnect, the circuit breaker from the power bus without de-energizing the power line network. Inserting the tool into the breaker compartment first causes a trip actuator to trip the circuit breaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: Steven W. DOZIER, Jacob E. WALGENBACH
  • High density power/lighting panelboard
    Patent number: 8305739
    Abstract: A panelboard supplies electricity to multiple loads, such as lighting fixtures and/or other electrical devices via one or more high-amperage circuit breakers and one or more low-amperage circuit breakers. The panelboard includes one or more vertical busbars and one or more horizontal busbars coupled together in a single housing. The one or more horizontal busbars are coupled to a main input breaker that receives electricity from a source. The main input breaker distributes the electricity to the horizontal busbars. The horizontal busbars distribute the electricity to the high-amperage circuit breakers coupled thereto and to the vertical busbars. The vertical busbars distribute the electricity to the low-amperage circuit breakers coupled thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven W. Dozier
  • HIGH DENSITY POWER/LIGHTING PANELBOARD
    Publication number: 20110304958
    Abstract: A panelboard supplies electricity to multiple loads, such as lighting fixtures and/or other electrical devices via one or more high-amperage circuit breakers and one or more low-amperage circuit breakers. The panelboard includes one or more vertical busbars and one or more horizontal busbars coupled together in a single housing. The one or more horizontal busbars are coupled to a main input breaker that receives electricity from a source. The main input breaker distributes the electricity to the horizontal busbars. The horizontal busbars distribute the electricity to the high-amperage circuit breakers coupled thereto and to the vertical busbars. The vertical busbars distribute the electricity to the low-amperage circuit breakers coupled thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven W. Dozier