Patents Assigned to Cooper Technologies Company
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Publication number: 20170271099Abstract: A housing assembly for a network transformer primary disconnect assembly is provided. The housing assembly includes a visible break assembly and a number of sidewalls defining an enclosed space. The visible break assembly includes a number of viewing windows in at least one sidewall. The viewing windows are aligned with one of a contact assembly interface or a movable contact assembly distal end in the open, first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Mark Faulkner, Michael Davis Pearce, Travis Spoone
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Patent number: 9768598Abstract: A rail for a cable tray having opposite longitudinal ends includes a generally vertical web having opposite upper and lower ends, an upper flange at the upper end of the web, and a lower flange at the lower end of the web. A splice plate retention groove outboard of the vertical web and generally adjacent at least one of the opposite longitudinal ends of the rail is configured to receive a splice plate therein to facilitate positioning of the splice plate on the rail.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Brandon Michael Tally, Stephen Nathaniel Thompson
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Patent number: 9761374Abstract: An epoxy resin composition is disclosed for joining dissimilar materials. The identified epoxy resin compositions can fee used to seal metallic and non-metallic components of a capacitor. Specifically the epoxy resin composition can be applied to joints between a non-metallic capacitor bushing and a metallic tank cover and metallic terminal cap. Once the epoxy resin composition is cored, it can provide a seal that can withstand the stresses and environmental conditions to which a capacitor is subjected.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Chao Li, Stephen John Rigby, Clay Lynwood Fellers, Marco James Mason, Saboura Rokhsair Azar
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Patent number: 9763333Abstract: The electrical circuit can include a line circuit portion having a number of shared resistor pads, where each shared resistor pad is electrically coupled to an electrically conductive line lead, where the electrically conductive line lead carries a voltage capable of operating an electrical load. The electrical circuit can also include a load circuit portion comprising a number of unshared resistor pads. The electrical circuit can further include at least one zero ohm resistor electrically coupled to at least one shared resistor pad. The at least one zero ohm resistor can be configurable after manufacturing the printed circuit board. The load circuit portion can be electrically isolated from the line circuit portion in the absence of the at least one zero ohm resistor being further electrically coupled to at least one unshared resistor pad.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: James Michael Parascandola
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Patent number: 9759407Abstract: A housing for a light fixture is described herein. The housing can include a first housing portion having at least one first coupling feature and at least one first receiving feature, where the at least one first receiving feature is configured to receive at least one first light module at a first adjustable distance from the first housing. The housing can also include a second housing portion having at least one second coupling feature, where the at least one second coupling feature mechanically couples to the at least one first coupling feature. A position of the first housing portion relative to the second housing portion can be changed using the at least one first coupling feature and the at least one second coupling feature.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Yi Yang, Daniel Robert Treible, Jr.
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Publication number: 20170255216Abstract: A method of operating an electrical feeder permits the electrical feeder voltage to be maintained at the minimum voltage within a voltage range based upon dynamic grouping together of electrical generators on the electrical feeder with demand response loads on the electrical feeder. A method of assessing the proper operation of a voltage control device on the electrical feeder involves detecting a number of properties of the electrical power in the electrical feeder both prior to and subsequent to a change in an operational parameter of a voltage control device. An expected effect upon the electrical feeder of one or more distributed generators is filtered from this in order to determine a net effect of the voltage control device itself on the electrical feeder. Based upon the detected net effect and a predicted baseline effect for the voltage control device, it can be determined whether the voltage control device is functioning properly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Dongbo Zhao, Yigang Wang, Chinmaya Baburao Patil
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Publication number: 20170256947Abstract: A method of operating an electrical feeder permits the electrical feeder voltage to be maintained at the minimum voltage within a voltage range based upon dynamic grouping together of electrical generators on the electrical feeder with demand response loads on the electrical feeder. A method of assessing the proper operation of a voltage control device on the electrical feeder involves detecting a number of properties of the electrical power in the electrical feeder both prior to and subsequent to a change in an operational parameter of a voltage control device. An expected effect upon the electrical feeder of one or more distributed generators is filtered from this in order to determine a net effect of the voltage control device itself on the electrical feeder. Based upon the detected net effect and a predicted baseline effect for the voltage control device, it can be determined whether the voltage control device is functioning properly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Dongbo Zhao, Yigang Wang, Chinmaya Baburao Patil
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Patent number: 9755420Abstract: An electrical transmission system is described herein. The electrical transmission system can include at least one first phase high-voltage conductor. The electrical transmission system can also include an arrester coupled to the at least one first phase high-voltage conductor, where the arrester includes an arrester body and an isolator, where the arrester body includes a top end and a bottom end, where the top end of the arrester is coupled to the at least one first phase high-voltage conductor, and where the bottom end of the arrester body is coupled to the isolator. The electrical transmission system can further include a ground conductor coupled to a bottom end of the isolator of the arrester. The electrical transmission system can also include a tether coupled to the ground conductor, where the tether comprises a distal end, where the distal end of the tether is coupled to the arrester above the isolator.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventor: Timothy Stephen Smith
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Patent number: 9755741Abstract: A lighting device for illumination, data communication, and occupancy detection includes a processor and a transmitter circuit that is configured to generate a first electrical signal. During a first time duration, the first electrical signal is a carrier signal having a first frequency, and during a second time duration, the first electrical signal is a data encoded signal. The lighting device further includes a light source configured to emit a first visible light based on the first electrical signal. The lighting device also includes a receiver configured to receive a second visible light. The processor is configured to detect a motion in a monitored area based on the second visible light.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: Brian Eugene Elwell
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Patent number: 9752767Abstract: A lighting system includes a housing. The housing includes a light source portion, an electronic component portion, and a partition wall that is disposed between the light source portion and the electronic component portion. Further, the housing includes a channel that extends at an angle downwards from a portion of the partition wall to the light source portion. The channel provides a passageway from the electronic component portion to the light source portion of the housing. A grommet is disposed in the inclined channel to prevent external environmental elements, such as dust, water, etc., from entering the electronic component portion from the light source portion. Further, the lighting system includes a mounting bracket on which one or more electronic components associated with the lighting system are mounted. The mounting bracket is disposed within the electronic component portion and coupled to a surface of the electronic component portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: Khurram Zeshan Moghal
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Patent number: 9755424Abstract: The present invention provides for a multispur fieldbus isolator arrangement having a trunk (23) and in which each of a number of spur outlets (210) is connected to the trunk (23) by coupler isolators (24), where each coupler isolator (24) includes a removably mounted modular unit arranged for plug-in connection to the trunk (23) by means of a flameproof connection (29), and where a redundant coupler isolator can likewise be included for activation responsive to failure of a coupler isolator.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: Frederic Esposito De La Torella
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Patent number: 9754738Abstract: A housing assembly for a network transformer primary disconnect assembly is provided. The housing assembly includes a visible break assembly and a number of sidewalls defining an enclosed space. The visible break assembly includes a number of viewing windows in at least one sidewall. The viewing windows are aligned with one of a contact assembly interface or a movable contact assembly distal end in the open, first position.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Mark Faulkner, Michael Davis Pearce, Travis Spoone
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Patent number: 9746105Abstract: A conduit clamp for securing a conduit component to channel framing includes first and second jaws each having opposite first and second end portions. The first end portions of the first and second jaws are configured for securement to one another, such that first and second jaws generally oppose one another and the second end portions of the first and second jaws are free from attachment to one another, to define a conduit receiving space between the first and second jaws. Each of the first and second jaws includes a coupling component at the second end portion thereof having a generally dovetail shape configured for reception in an external fitting groove of the channel framing to attach the conduit clamp to the channel framing.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Zhihui Zhang, William E. McCarthy, James A. Knutson
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Publication number: 20170245334Abstract: An electrical circuit for a light fixture can include a power supply that provides primary power. The electrical circuit can also include a light module having at least one first light source coupled to the power supply, where the at least one light source illuminates when the light module receives the primary power. The electrical circuit can further include an energy storage unit having at least one energy storage device, where the at least one energy storage device charges using the primary power. The at least one first light source can receive reserve power from the energy storage unit when the power supply ceases providing the primary power.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: Hui Zhang
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Patent number: 9739464Abstract: A plaster frame for a luminaire includes a first attachment tab on a side of the plaster frame and a second attachment tab on the side of the plaster frame. The plaster frame further includes a back wall. The first attachment tab and the second attachment tab each include a rib protruding toward the back wall. The back wall and the first attachment tab define a first space for a hanger bar assembly to extend therethrough, and the back wall and the second attachment tab define a second space for the hanger bar assembly to extend therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Grzegorz Wronski, Jared Michael Davis, Huang Rongxiu, Russell Green
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Patent number: 9741482Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator includes a housing and a bobbin positioned within the housing and secured relative thereto so as to be centered therein, the bobbin comprising a bobbin formed of a non-magnetic material. The electromagnetic actuator also includes a coil wound about the bobbin and a magnetic circuit comprising a plurality of actuator components positioned within the housing and on or adjacent to the bobbin. The actuator components include a permanent magnet that induces a magnetic flux flow through the magnetic circuit so as to generate a magnetic force, and an armature selectively movable within an opening formed through the bobbin responsive to the magnetic force and to current selectively provided to the coil. The bobbin locates and centers the components of the magnetic circuit about the central axis and provides a bearing surface for the armature as it moves within the opening formed through the bobbin.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Rose Ellen Weisburgh, Michael Patrick Culhane, Mark Allan Juds
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Patent number: 9743482Abstract: An image picker interface can include a display configured to show a first image, where the first image comprises a plurality of colors. The image picker interface can also include an image color control application communicably coupled to the display. The image color control application can detect at least one user selection on the display, where the at least one user selection on the display corresponds to at least one portion of the image. The image color control application can generate at least one generated selection on the display based on the at least one user selection, where the at least one generated selection corresponds to at least one additional portion of the image, where the at least one user selection and the at least one generated selection comprise a selection grouping. Each light fixture outputs a color that corresponds to a selection of the image.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: Jonathan Robert Hole
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Patent number: 9739467Abstract: A portable light device includes a headlight disposed at one end of the portable light device. The headlight is adjustable and can be directed to a variety of angles. The headlight includes a reflector with facets and at least one light source positioned approximately in an optic center of the reflector. Further, the portable light device includes a floodlight panel disposed at a front side of the portable light device. The flood light panel includes one or more light sources and each light source is covered by a primary optic.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Gregg Lehman, Adam Green, Anthony Ryan Gibbs, James Richard Christ
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Patent number: D797066Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Hui Zhang, Andrew Francis Scarlata
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Patent number: D797175Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: Jason Quentin Paulsel