Patents by Inventor Walter Oliver Jenkins

Walter Oliver Jenkins 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).

  • Safety interlock for circuit breaker housing assembly and extraction device
    Patent number: 7057123
    Abstract: An interlock assembly for a circuit breaker housing assembly and a circuit breaker extraction device wherein the interlock assembly has a first and second component. The first component is coupled to a circuit breaker housing assembly and the second component is coupled to a circuit breaker extraction device. The first component includes a rail obstruction assembly that is structured to move between a first position, wherein the movable rail obstruction element blocks a circuit breaker wheel from traveling over a circuit breaker housing assembly rail, and a second position, wherein the movable rail obstruction element is spaced from the circuit breaker housing assembly rail so that a wheel may travel over the circuit breaker housing assembly rail. The second component is structured to engage the first component when the circuit breaker extraction device is brought adjacent to the circuit breaker housing assembly and to move the movable rail obstruction element from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Walter Oliver Jenkins, Francois Jean Marchand, Robert Nicholas Krevoklich, John Joseph Hoegle