Patents Assigned to Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.
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Publication number: 20030102944Abstract: A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) for opening a circuit when a ground fault has been detected in an attached circuit includes a current path structure containing no more than one splice and no more than one pair of contacts. A cantilevered movable contact arm and an activation device that moves in a linear fashion can be provided to open the current path structure when a ground fault is detected by the GFCI. In addition, the GFCI can include a transformer boat and solenoid bobbin that are snap fit onto a circuit board and located adjacent each other to provide rigidity to the circuit board and GFCI. The GFCI can be tested by a test switch that includes an integral cantilevered extension from an electrical terminal disposed over a resistor such that the cantilevered extension can be bent by a test button to contact a lead of the resistor and simulate a ground fault condition for the GFCI.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2003Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: EAGLE ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., INC.Inventors: Howard S. Leopold, Yuliy Rushansky
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Patent number: 6525541Abstract: The fault circuit interrupter with fail safe mode and method can include a detection circuit for determining whether an error has occurred in an exterior circuit, and an interrupter device for stopping current flow to the exterior circuit when an error has been detected. The fault circuit interrupter can also include a fail safe mode, wherein if any of the fault circuit interrupter's key electrical and/or mechanical components malfunction or are not working, the fault circuit interrupter is incapable of being reset after a trip.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2000Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventor: Howard S. Leopold
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Patent number: 6515564Abstract: A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) for opening a circuit when a ground fault has been detected in an attached circuit includes a current path structure containing no more than one splice and no more than one pair of contacts. A cantilevered movable contact arm and an activation device that moves in a linear fashion can be provided to open the current path structure when a ground fault is detected by the GFCI. In addition, the GFCI can include a transformer boat and solenoid bobbin that are snap fit onto a circuit board and located adjacent each other to provide rigidity to the circuit board and GFCI. The GFCI can be tested by a test switch that includes an integral cantilevered extension from an electrical terminal disposed over a resistor such that the cantilevered extension can be bent by a test button to contact a lead of the resistor and simulate a ground fault condition for the GFCI.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1999Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Howard S. Leopold, Yuliy Rushansky
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Patent number: 6433555Abstract: A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) for opening a circuit when a ground fault has been detected in an attached circuit includes a current path structure containing no more than one splice and no more than one pair of contacts. A cantilevered movable contact arm and an activation device that moves in a linear fashion can be provided to open the current path structure when a ground fault is detected by the GFCI. In addition, the GFCI can include a transformer boat and solenoid bobbin that are snap fit onto a circuit board and located adjacent each other to provide rigidity to the circuit board and GFCI. The GFCI can be tested by a test switch that includes an integral cantilevered extension from an electrical terminal disposed over a resistor such that the cantilevered extension can be bent by a test button to contact a lead of the resistor and simulate a ground fault condition for the GFCI.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2000Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Howard S. Leopold, Yuliy Rushansky
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Patent number: 6349908Abstract: A standoff assembly is disclosed for supporting an electrical component including at least one lead. The standoff assembly comprises a first supporting member including a protrusion and defining an opening and a second supporting member including a protrusion to mate with the opening of the first supporting member. The second supporting member defines an opening to receive the protrusion of the first supporting member and the protrusions engage one another to assemble the first and second supporting members.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1999Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Yuliy Rushansky, Howard S. Leopold
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Patent number: 5753858Abstract: An electrical device to be mounted on a support includes a housing having an inner part and an outer part secured to one another. The housing is mounted on the support in a position in which the outer part of the housing is accessible. A cover plate is provided for obscuring the view of at least a portion of the housing and surrounding areas of the support. The cover plate has at least one through opening in it. The cover plate is secured to the housing by a screw passing through the opening and an aperture. The screw engages the thread of a threaded bore when the device is fully assembled. The outer housing part includes webs at or within the opening for engaging the shank of the screw and temporarily holding it, and with it the cover plate, in their proper positions prior to engagement of the shank thread with the bore thread.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1997Date of Patent: May 19, 1998Assignee: Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: John M. Eder, Wen-Hua Hsu
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Patent number: 5638243Abstract: A ground fault protection electrical outlet with miswiring indication includes, besides a main outlet unit that includes a housing, a primary and a secondary pair of first and second electrical connectors accessibly arranged on the housing, two main switches respectively interposed between the first, and the second, connectors of the primary and secondary pairs and simultaneously switchable between their open and closed positions, and at least two electrical contacts located at the same side of the switches as the secondary connectors, an indicator circuit built into the main outlet unit and operative for indicating a miswiring situation in which the wires of a wire pair that supplies electrical current to the outlet unit are mistakenly connected to the connectors of the secondary pair.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1996Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Assignee: Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Edward M. Torezan, Howard S. Leopold
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Patent number: 5348496Abstract: A release key is detachably connected to a wiring device within easy access. After detachment from the wiring device, the key is insertable into a release passage in order to unlock and enable the removal of an uninsulated end portion of an electrical conductor from a terminal located within a housing of a wiring device.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1993Date of Patent: September 20, 1994Assignee: Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventor: Melvin Ludwig
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Patent number: 4900259Abstract: A dual mode grounding arrangement includes a one-piece, multi-function, grounding strip assembled within an electrical receptacle, and includes a screw terminal which is highly resistant to removal of a grounding screw from the strip. A grounding wire is connected to the screw terminal by either a wrap-around or a push-in wiring technique.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1989Date of Patent: February 13, 1990Assignee: Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Melvin Ludwig, Neal Kluger
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Patent number: 4874332Abstract: An electrical cord is clamped in a plug or connector by longitudinally moving a set of projections integral with an inner main body against a set of locking legs integral with an outer husk. The cord is circumferentially clamped within an interior compartment so as to resist removal of the cord therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1989Date of Patent: October 17, 1989Assignee: Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventor: Ronald G. Munroe
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Patent number: D430539Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1999Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Eagle Electric Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Howard S. Leopold, Yuliy Rushansky, Donald R. Lamond, Christopher J. Claypool