Patents Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
  • Publication number: 20240088642
    Abstract: A circuit interrupter including a current sensor having a normal sensor output and an over current detection output, a solid state switch module structured to have a closed state to allow current to flow through the circuit interrupter and an open state to interrupt current flowing through the circuit interrupter, a gate driver structured to control the solid state switch module including a desaturation function output, wherein the gate driver is structured to cause the solid state switch module to interrupt current flowing through the circuit interrupter when the DESAT function output changes to the on state, and an electronic trip circuit structured to output a trip signal to the gate driver when the normal sensor output reaches a first threshold level or the overcurrent detection output changes to the on state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: XIN ZHOU, Brian E. Carlson, Yanjun Feng, Jianyang Liu, Michael Stepian, Andrew L. Gottschalk, Santhosh Kumar Chamarajanagar Govinda Nayaka
  • Publication number: 20240088776
    Abstract: A transitional USB receptacle has one USB PD port and one USB-C port (non-PD). The receptacle includes flyback topology for AC/DC conversion, a bypass circuit, a buck converter, and a USB controller that determines the voltage demands of external devices connected to the USB-C and PD ports. The flyback topology uses a transformer with two sets of windings that produce different output voltages. The bypass switch is configured to ensure that only voltage signals under 10V are input to the buck converter, resulting in a different one of the transformer output voltages being input to the buck converter under different load demands. This enables the buck converter to more efficiently produce a 5V at the USB-C port when the USB PD port needs to simultaneously supply either 15V or 20V, and also enables the buck converter to more efficiently produce a 5V or 9V output at the USB PD port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Nilesh Ankush Kadam, Stanislav Popelka
  • Patent number: 11926728
    Abstract: Described herein are self-healing polymers comprising a base polymer and at least one healing agent disposed in the base polymer under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jayram Shivajirao Desai, Shireesh Pankaj
  • Patent number: 11926407
    Abstract: Various flight control components can be operated through gearbox driven rotary actuators. In the event of a jam occurring the gearbox, the gearbox can be decoupled from a surrounding support housing to enable free-trailing or limited motion relative to the support housing. The motion may or may not be damped. Decoupling the gearbox enables the flight control component to move to a neutral or non-interfering position even when user control over the component has been lost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventor: Daniel Henry Roberts
  • Patent number: 11929572
    Abstract: The connector system is configured for use in a power distribution system of a motor vehicle, and wherein the connector system includes a female housing, female terminal assembly, and a female interlock (FIL) assembly. The female housing having an arrangement of side walls that define a receptacle that is configured to receive the female terminal assembly. The female interlock (FIL) assembly positioned within the female terminal assembly that resides within the receptacle of the female housing to define a fully assembled female state SFAF, whereby the FIL assembly is configured to be coupled to an interlock circuit that prevents electrical current from flowing through the female terminal assembly prior to connection of the female terminal assembly to a male terminal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James Dawson, Jason Degen, Brantley Natter
  • Patent number: 11927618
    Abstract: A method of predicting a lifetime of a gas filling of an electrical switchgear is disclosed, wherein pressure values p1, p2 in a system of the electrical switchgear containing the gas filling at a predefined temperature Tp at different points in time t1, t2 are measured. Based on the pressure difference ?p between the pressure values p1, p2 the lifetime of the gas filling is calculated. Alternatively, the pressure values p1, p2 can be taken at temperatures T1, T2 within a predefined temperature range at different points in time t1, t2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Elise Morskieft, Marcel Van Dijk, Vijay Kumar, Yogesh Rajwade
  • Patent number: 11923164
    Abstract: An arc flash mitigation system includes a main circuit protector such as a high amperage overcurrent protection fuse, and an arc flash mitigation network connected in parallel to the main circuit protector. The arc flash mitigation network includes at least one semiconductor switch operable to provide a shunt current path to a low amperage arc mitigation fuse for a faster response time to certain circuit conditions than the main circuit protector otherwise provides. The semiconductor switch may be a silicon controller rectifier operatively responsive to a voltage drop across the main circuit protector in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Michael Henricks
  • Patent number: 11923668
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable tray assembly comprising a cable tray splice, first cable tray section, and second cable tray section adjacent the first cable tray section with both sections having a bottom wall. The cable tray splice couples to the bottom walls. The cable tray splice may include at least two fasteners and a splice body configured to engage adjacent cable tray sections. The fasteners are configured to couple the splice body to the adjacent cable tray sections and include a spring producing a biasing force against the splice body. The disclosure provides a method to form a cable tray assembly including positioning the two cable tray sections end-to-end, positioning a splice body on bottom walls of the two cable tray sections, inserting a fastener through aligned openings in the splice body and the bottom walls, and applying a spring biasing force to the splice body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jayram Shivajirao Desai, Lalit Subhash Khairnar
  • Patent number: 11923161
    Abstract: A Shunt Trip Circuit Interrupter is to be installed within an electrical panel and includes a number of sets of separable contacts, a housing, an operating mechanism structured to move each set of separable contacts between at least an ON condition and an OFF condition, and a tripping mechanism situated within an interior of the housing and including an electronic circuit, a solenoid electrically connected with the electronic circuit, and a wire electrically connected with the electronic circuit and extending between the electronic circuit and an exterior of the housing, the wire being structured to be electrically connected with a switch system having at least one of a manual switch and an electronic switch that, when actuated, actuates the solenoid that engages the operating mechanism which moves each set of separable contacts from the ON condition to the OFF condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Ruben Gamaliel Herrera Ortiz, Evelyn Patricia Baez Lorenzo, Ramon Alexander Perez Suarez, Glennys Johanny De Jesus Reyes, Luis Jose Ynfante Peña
  • Publication number: 20240068657
    Abstract: A system or appliance for universal mounting of an audio/visual alert system, with a surface interface, having a mounting body mountable on either of a vertical surface or a horizontal surface and one or more electrical terminals. Further having a notification module with a lens configured to throw light 180 degrees vertically and 180 degrees horizontally at greater than 15 cd and a speaker. Further having an appliance cover with a cover body, a letterplate having a first side with a text in a first orientation and a second side with the text in a second orientation, wherein the letterplate is fully separable from the rest of the system; and a grill having a flat outer face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Pratik Narendra PAWAR, Bhavesh Jitendra DESAI, Scott Edward CASE, Pushpak Paris YABRER
  • Patent number: 11914000
    Abstract: A leakage detector is used with a cable tray run configured to support one or more electrical cables. The leakage detector includes an electrical conductor extending around the cable tray run generally transverse to a length of the cable tray run. A magnetic sensor is coupled to the electrical conductor. In use the leakage detector is configured to sense magnetic flux generated by current flowing through the one or more electrical conductors adjacent the leakage detector. More than one leakage detector can be used in a leakage detection system. The leakage detection system may further include a central computing device to determine if there is leakage current from the one or more electrical conductor in the cable tray run based on signals received from the leakage detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Anish Haridass, Guruprasad Narayan Solapurkar, Hemraj Keda Thorat
  • Patent number: 11915896
    Abstract: A pressure switch includes an actuation unit disposed within a body of the pressure switch and biased in a first direction by a spring arrangement and accessible at a fitting end of the pressure switch to be movable in a second direction against the bias of the spring by fluid at the fitting end. The actuation unit includes a limiter trapped in a pocket to limit the range of travel of the actuation unit, thereby safeguarding the electrical switch element from sustaining damage due to excessive travel. The pocket may be formed by the cooperation of two separate pieces. The spring arrangement may be biased by another piece disposed within a body of the pressure switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Pooja Kshirsagar, Robert Schiesser
  • Patent number: 11916388
    Abstract: An electrical power distribution control system configured to issue a demand response signal to cut power to a plurality of electrical power consuming loads within an electrical power distribution network to reduce a peak power demand within an electrical power grid during a peak power demand. Unlike conventional demand response systems, the controller in each consumer residence includes both a distributed control based on the ability to track individual 24 hour usage patterns and selectively delay the demand response signal on individual resistive heating loads based on usage patterns for the purpose of reducing a likelihood of consumers experiencing effects of the reduced peak power demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Roger W. Rognli, Jesse Walter, Karl Slingsby, Ryan F. Brager
  • Patent number: 11916362
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable tray fitting with tray connector and a flexible membrane with opposite longitudinal ends. The tray connectors are secured to the opposite longitudinal with each being secured to one of a pair of adjacent cable tray sections. The flexible membrane allows relative movement between the cable tray sections. The disclosure provides a cable tray assembly including first and second cable tray sections each with a longitudinal end. The cable tray assembly includes a cable tray fitting secured to and disposed between the longitudinal ends of the first and second cable tray sections. The disclosure provides a method of assembling a cable tray assembly by securing a cable tray fitting to opposing and adjacent longitudinal ends of first and second cable tray sections and allowing the cable tray sections to move in three dimensions relative to one another by virtue of the flexible membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jacob L. Johnson, Todd Brasher, Brandon M. Tally
  • Publication number: 20240062956
    Abstract: An assembly for manufacturing the insulation layer of a Thomson coil includes a base plate, a coil housing, and a cover plate. The base plate securely seats the coil housing, and the coil housing securely seats a Thomson coil and the cover plate. The cover plate has several ribs that hold multiple turns of a Thomson coil in place while epoxy is applied to the coil, thus ensuring that the epoxy is evenly distributed on the coil surface and that the coil windings remain level. The cover plate and coil housing are structured to either receive a high-pressure epoxy injection or to be used in an epoxy potting process, during which all exposed areas of the Thomson coil are coated by liquid epoxy. After the epoxy has solidified, the Thomson coil is coupled to the coil housing, and the housed and insulated Thomson coil is removed from the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Xin Zhou, Santhosh Kumar Chamarajanagar Govinda Nayaka, Robert Michael Slepian, Zhixi Deng
  • Publication number: 20240059163
    Abstract: Embodiments of an electric vehicle (EV) charging system for implementation in structures that house electric vehicles, such as warehouses or parking structures, are disclosed. The EV charging system can be overhead mounted from a building's ceiling, using cable tray for electrical power distribution and an integrated EV charger mounting system, thus eliminating the risk of EV cables and charging handles being dropped on floor areas. The disclosed ceiling mountable system is especially advantageous for electric vehicle fleet charging applications and multi-level parking lot applications, as the disclosed system enables simplification and lowest-total-installed-cost in comparison to traditional ground-mounted EV charging systems and related electrical infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventor: ROBERT J. REESE
  • Patent number: 11908649
    Abstract: An actuator, which is a part of a combination that includes a pair of circuit interrupters, advantageously employs a plurality of Thomson coils that are electrically connected in parallel and that interact with a corresponding set of Thomson plates of a rotatable armature in order to perform useful work in a rapid fashion. In one embodiment, the useful work is to commutate current from one circuit interrupter to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jayaraman Muniyappan, Andrew L. Gottschalk, Robert Michael Slepian
  • Patent number: 11906146
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an LED explosion-proof lamp. The LED explosion-proof lamp includes a lighting portion having a first engagement structure and a first positioning hole, a connecting portion detachably connected to the lighting portion and having a second engagement structure, a second positioning hole, and an opening suitable for accommodating the support rod of the LED explosion-proof lamp, a positioning member detachably inserted into the first positioning hole and the second positioning hole, wherein one of the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure is configured as a sliding groove, and the other of the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure is configured as a protrusion adapted to be inserted into the sliding groove and movable along the sliding groove. The LED explosion-proof lamp has the advantages of simple structure, easy processing and assembly, and high structural strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Peihuan Liu, Yuru Li
  • Patent number: 11905860
    Abstract: A latch assembly comprises a latch pin and a cage. The latch pin comprises a latch nose and a pin body. The pin body comprises an outer surface and an inner compartment. The inner compartment comprises a first inner wall segmented by a first slot and a second inner wall segmented by a second slot. The first slot and the second slot vent out of the inner compartment. The cage comprises a stepped base and a shaft extending from the stepped base into the inner compartment. The shaft comprises a first exterior flat adjoining the first inner wall and a second exterior flat adjoining the second inner wall. A spring can be biased against the latch pin and the cage. The latch assembly can be used in a latching device of a valvetrain such as a switching roller finger follower or other rocker arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Brown, Matthew A. Vance
  • Patent number: D1016361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Ring, Christopher G. Henley, Arkadiusz Oskar Doroz, Virginia Merriam, Gangadhar Mestri