Patents by Inventor Alexander Zwillich

Alexander Zwillich 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).

  • Patent number: 4432036
    Abstract: A circuit breaker switchgear housing device having a stab positioning system whereby a draw-out circuit breaker having separable contacts is contained in the switchgear housing. A stab positioning system is utilized so as to precisely locate stabs so that a circuit breaker having contact clusters which are electrically attached to the circuit breaker contacts make accurate and uniform contact with the stabs. The stabs are generally a rectangular-shaped bar with one of the ends being rounded off. Cut into two sides of the stab and opposing each other are notches. The stab is inserted into a retainer or positioning washer which has a bayonet-type lock opening into which the stab is inserted and rotated 90.degree., thereby prohibiting axial movement of the stab with respect to the washer. A retainer or positioning washer having an opening slightly larger than the stab cross-section is used to rigidly position an inserted stab, prohibiting rotational movement with respect to the opening in the stab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Alexander Zwillich, Carl R. Merola, Stephen S. Ciccotelli
  • Patent number: 4379945
    Abstract: Isolated phase bus duct includes apparatus for adjustably attaching an insulator to the inner surface of a disconnecting switch enclosure to accommodate positional and angular tolerances. The apparatus includes a base member tangential to the surface of the enclosure having a first circular aperture with angled sidewalls. A first circular positioning plate having an angled outer sidewall is seated in the first aperture and includes a second circular aperture non-concentric with the first plate. The second aperture also includes angled side walls and has mounted therein a second circular positioning plate. The second plate has a third circular aperture therein which has angled sidewalls and is non-concentric with the second plate. Seated in the third aperture is a ball plate adapted to be bolted to an insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Alexander Zwillich
  • Patent number: 4361369
    Abstract: Metal clad switchgear apparatus is taught which includes a skeletal arrangement formed from using "five-fold" channel members with eight unitary corner members. Four type "A" corner members are utilized and four type "B" corner members are utilized. The "A" and "B" corner members are formed from utilizing three identical gusset members in any one of two alternate dispositions. The formed corners are self-aligning and self-jigging relative to the channels which interlink them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1982
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Alexander Zwillich
  • Patent number: 4339635
    Abstract: A telescoping isolated phase bus disconnect switch includes a cylindrical outer housing at ground potential, a pair of coaxial fixed inner conductors at high potential, and a telescoping coaxial movable inner conductor bridging the two fixed inner conductors to perform a switching function. The movable inner conductor is supported on insulating means extending through the housing and mounted upon a movable carriage outside of the housing. The carriage is operated by a drive motor and mechanical linkage both located outside of the housing. The mechanical linkage produces a variable mechanical advantage, increasing its mechanical advantage over the movement range of the switch as the required closing force increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Alexander Zwillich, Jayant M. Patel
  • Patent number: 4320443
    Abstract: A generally planar, access limiting closure plate is provided in an outdoor lighting luminaire to close off the ballast and optical cavity portions of the luminaire from the exposed slip fitter mounting device at the end of the luminaire housing in order to prevent small animal from entering or nesting in the electrified portions of the luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Alexander Zwillich
  • Patent number: 4319313
    Abstract: A lamp socket mounting and adjusting assembly for an outdoor lighting luminaire in which the lamp socket is secured to an adjustable socket mounting plate which is variably positionable with respect to a socket mounting bracket to vary both the focal point and the focal tilt axis of the lamp. Separate sets of indicia on the socket mounting bracket indicate both the focal axis tilt and the focal point selected for the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Clem W. Eberhart, Alexander Zwillich
  • Patent number: D264135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1982
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Alexander Zwillich, Dennis E. Bedel