Patents by Inventor Benjamin Mehdi Moadel

Benjamin Mehdi Moadel 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).

  • Detecting and sensing actuation in a circuit interrupting device
    Patent number: 7986501
    Abstract: A circuit interrupting device configured to cause electrical discontinuity along a conductive path upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition is disclosed. The device includes a fault sensing circuit detecting the predetermined condition and generating a circuit interrupting actuation signal, and a coil and plunger assembly actuatable by the circuit interrupting actuation signal so that, upon detecting the predetermined condition, the plunger will move in a fault direction from a non-actuated to an actuated configuration a distance sufficient to cause disengagement of at least one set of contacts from each other to cause electrical discontinuity along the conductive path; and a test assembly causing the plunger to move in a test direction, from a pre-test configuration to a post-test configuration, a distance insufficient to disengage the at least one set of contacts from each other. Analogous methods of testing the circuit interrupting device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kamor, Mario Angelides, Benjamin Mehdi Moadel, Gaetano Bonasia, Ross Mernyk
  • DETECTING AND SENSING ACTUATION IN A CIRCUIT INTERRUPTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100226053
    Abstract: A circuit interrupting device configured to cause electrical discontinuity along a conductive path upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition is disclosed. The device includes a fault sensing circuit detecting the predetermined condition and generating a circuit interrupting actuation signal, and a coil and plunger assembly actuatable by the circuit interrupting actuation signal so that, upon detecting the predetermined condition, the plunger will move in a fault direction from a non-actuated to an actuated configuration a distance sufficient to cause disengagement of at least one set of contacts from each other to cause electrical discontinuity along the conductive path; and a test assembly causing the plunger to move in a test direction, from a pre-test configuration to a post-test configuration, a distance insufficient to disengage the at least one set of contacts from each other. Analogous methods of testing the circuit interrupting device are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kamor, Mario Angelides, Benjamin Mehdi Moadel, Gaetano Bonasia, Ross Mernyk