Patents by Inventor Thomas Francis Vrnak

Thomas Francis Vrnak 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).

  • Panelboards having support rails
    Publication number: 20080158786
    Abstract: A panelboard for a plurality of electrical distribution components with an endplate, main bus bars, and support rails arranged parallel to the main bus bars. The first support rail has a plurality of walls and a plurality of bends that provide support for the first main bus bar. The first support rail has a first flange connected to the endplate and a top flange configured to support the plurality of electrical distribution components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: William Robert Letourneau, Thomas Francis Vrnak
  • Panelboard metering arrangement and method of assembly thereof
    Patent number: 6865073
    Abstract: A panelboard having an enclosure includes at least one busbar having a plurality of electrical distribution connection points, and a current transformer module having a current transformer integral with and in signal communication with each of the busbars. A signal path is associated with and in signal communication with each current transformer for communicating a signal therefrom. In application, a load current passing through each of the busbars within the panelboard results in a signal, representative of the associated load current, at the associated current transformer and signal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Werner, Robert J. Caggiano, Tamara Samuels, Michael R. Ronzello, Edward Barber, Gopa Kumar, Thomas Francis Vrnak, Michael B. Davenport
  • PANELBOARD METERING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF
    Publication number: 20040174664
    Abstract: A panelboard having an enclosure includes at least one busbar having a plurality of electrical distribution connection points, and a current transformer module having a current transformer integral with and in signal communication with each of the busbars. A signal path is associated with and in signal communication with each current transformer for communicating a signal therefrom. In application, a load current passing through each of the busbars within the panelboard results in a signal, representative of the associated load current, at the associated current transformer and signal path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Werner, Robert J. Caggiano, Tamara Samuels, Michael R. Ronzello, Edward Barber, Gopa Kumar, Thomas Francis Vrnak, Michael B. Davenport
  • Field or factory installable padlock and sealing device
    Patent number: 6433279
    Abstract: A padlock and seal device for electrical enclosures includes a cover bracket secured to a cover of the electrical enclosure; a corner post bracket secured to a corner post of the electrical enclosure, the corner post bracket aligning with the cover bracket; a first opening disposed in the cover bracket; and a second opening in the corner post bracket, the second opening aligning with the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Francis Vrnak, Melanie Ann Lewis, Jeffrey Eric Werner, Rham Adalberto Sandoval Bolio, Michael Baird Davenport