Patents Examined by Edwin D. Garlepp
  • Patent number: 5903065
    Abstract: A power failure transfer switching system to be used with a utility 240 VAC power source connected to a load circuit. The switching system includes an emergency generator, time delay relays, coil contactors, and circuitry necessary for supplying electric power to the load circuit during power outages. During normal operations wherein normal utility power is available, the load circuit derives its power from the utility power source. In the event of a power outage, the load circuit is disconnected from the utility power source via a pair of contacts. The switching system further includes a battery operated control circuit which has a time delay relay adapted to delay the activation of the generator in case the power outage is a momentary glitch. Once the generator activates, another time delay relay connected to the generator terminals delays the electrical connection between the generator and the load circuit until the generator reaches a steady-state condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Inventor: Theofil Dragos
  • Patent number: 5900678
    Abstract: Novel gear shift knob flashes randomly utilizing a battery, motion responsive switch, a timing and illumination circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 5892301
    Abstract: A mechanical AND element (U) serves for mutual locking of power switches (LS1, LS2, LS3). A carrier (T) serves as the stop for three flexible transmission members (S1, S2, S3) whose Bowden cables (S7, S8, S9) with parallel longitudinal axes act upon a coupling carriage (K). The Bowden cables (S7, S8) for the input signals (E1, E2) work in opposite directions and are engaged with the coupling carriage (K) at the outside and approximately in the center, respectively. The Bowden cable (S9) for the output signal (A) is connected to the other, outer, side of the coupling carriage (K).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Warnatz