Patents Represented by Attorney W. Bruce Patterson
  • Patent number: 5239291
    Abstract: A dual element ferrule fuse includes a short circuit element and an overload element. The overload element includes a heater element which, in addition to carrying heat, is designed to partially enclose the overload element with tabs that provide a weldable surface between the element and the metallic end cap, thus eliminating the need for a separate washer. Additionally, the tabs serve to center the element in the end cap and retain the element at a certain point in the fuse body between assembly of the fuse and soldering of the cap to the weldable surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Henricks, Robert S. Douglass
  • Patent number: 5135404
    Abstract: An insulating liner for an electrical plug which fits between the plug body and the plug assembly when conductors are located. The liner rotates within the plug body and is retained in the plug body by a tab and groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Clark
  • Patent number: D345537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bianco, James Witek, James Allen
  • Patent number: D345538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bianco, James Witek, James Allen