Patents by Inventor ALEX FLORENCIA COCHRAN

ALEX FLORENCIA COCHRAN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SWITCHGEAR DEVICE WITH GROUNDING DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20240097413
    Abstract: A switchgear device may include a frame defining an interior compartment, an electrical breaker component carried within the interior compartment, and a first optical sensor carried within the interior compartment. The switchgear device has a grounding device coupled to the electrical breaker component and being within the interior compartment. The grounding device includes a grounding switch switching between a first open state (i.e., ungrounded state) and a second closed state (i.e., grounded state), and an actuation device coupled to the grounding switch and configured to cause the grounding switch to switch between the first open state and the second closed state. The switchgear device includes a controller coupled to the electrical breaker component, the first optical sensor, and the grounding device and configured to cause the grounding switch to switch to the second closed state based upon the first optical sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: KOUSTUBH ASHTEKAR, ALEX FLORENCIA COCHRAN
  • Switchgear device with grounding device and related methods
    Patent number: 11862944
    Abstract: A switchgear device may include a frame defining an interior compartment, an electrical breaker component carried within the interior compartment, and a first optical sensor carried within the interior compartment. The switchgear device may include a grounding device coupled to the electrical breaker component and being within the interior compartment. The grounding device may include an axle extending between the interior compartment and an exterior of the frame, a linkage coupled to the axle, and a grounding switch coupled to the linkage and switching between a first open state and a second closed state. The switchgear device may include a controller coupled to the electrical breaker component, the first optical sensor, and the grounding device and configured to cause the grounding switch to switch to the second closed state based upon the first optical sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: JST POWER EQUIPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Koustubh Ashtekar, Alex Florencia Cochran
  • SWITCHGEAR DEVICE WITH GROUNDING DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20230411938
    Abstract: A switchgear device may include a frame defining an interior compartment, an electrical breaker component carried within the interior compartment, and a first optical sensor carried within the interior compartment. The switchgear device may include a grounding device coupled to the electrical breaker component and being within the interior compartment. The grounding device may include an axle extending between the interior compartment and an exterior of the frame, a linkage coupled to the axle, and a grounding switch coupled to the linkage and switching between a first open state and a second closed state. The switchgear device may include a controller coupled to the electrical breaker component, the first optical sensor, and the grounding device and configured to cause the grounding switch to switch to the second closed state based upon the first optical sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: KOUSTUBH ASHTEKAR, ALEX FLORENCIA COCHRAN