Patents Represented by Attorney A. S. Johnston
  • Patent number: 4843194
    Abstract: Access to the arc chutes of a contactor is provided by mounting the arc chutes along with insulating plates on the top surface of a frame which supports the parts of the contactor. A track is formed as a pair of grooves in a top surface of the frame. The arc chutes have projections on each side which fit into the grooves of the track so that the arc chute may stand on the top surface of the frame of the contactor. Insulating plates are mounted in sockets made into the top surface of the frame and provide electrical insulation for the arc chutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventor: Miklos J. Orosz
  • Patent number: 4774484
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for mounting an auxiliary contact external to an electromagnetically operated electrical contactor so that the auxiliary contact may be operated by a carrier of the contactor. The apparatus comprises: a wall of the auxiliary contact; at least one rib projecting from the wall of the auxiliary contact, the at least one rib arranged to be matingly inserted into at least one slot in an external side of the contactor so that the rib attaches the auxiliary contact to the contactor; and, a flexible lever formed from a portion of the wall, and the lever locks into a mating structure when the rib attaches the auxiliary contact to the contactor in order to lock the auxiliary contact in position on the external side of the contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: Lewis M. Lehman, Robert W. Sehmer
  • Patent number: 4575651
    Abstract: A repeat cycle delay timer in which the on-delay and off-delay periods are individually selectable by individual adjustment of two pulse oscillators respectively associated therewith. The pulses are alternately applied to a pulse counter which produces an output signal after a preselected number of pulses have been counted for that period. The counter then counts pulses from the other oscillator until the end of the other delay period. Different counter outputs may also be selected to produce simultaneous adjustment of both the on-delay and the off-delay periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventor: John S. Hoelzer