Patents by Inventor BRIAN SCOTT CAFFRO

BRIAN SCOTT CAFFRO 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: 10614986
    Abstract: A guide member is for an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a primary cover, a secondary cover structured to move between a closed position and an open position, a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board spaced from the first printed circuit board, and a cable member electrically connecting the first and second printed circuit boards. The guide member includes a body having a base coupled to the primary cover, a ramp engaging the cable member when the secondary cover is in the closed position, the ramp having first and second opposing end portions, the first end portion extending from the base, and a number of guide portions each extending from the ramp and engaging the cable member when the secondary cover moves between the closed position and the open position in order to minimize twisting and folding of the cable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jack Edward Devine, Brian Scott Caffro, Kelly J. McCarthy, Jason Eric Ochs, Mark A. Janusek
  • Patent number: 10431410
    Abstract: A harness assembly includes a plurality of individual wires and a restriction mechanism. The restriction mechanism has a sleeve member surrounding each of the plurality of individual wires in order to prevent longitudinal movement of each of the plurality of individual wires with respect to each other. Each of the plurality of individual wires has a helical-shaped portion located internal with respect to the sleeve member, thereby allowing each of the plurality of individual wires to engage the sleeve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian Scott Caffro, Jack Edward Devine
  • Publication number: 20190164713
    Abstract: A guide member is for an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a primary cover, a secondary cover structured to move between a closed position and an open position, a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board spaced from the first printed circuit board, and a cable member electrically connecting the first and second printed circuit boards. The guide member includes a body having a base coupled to the primary cover, a ramp engaging the cable member when the secondary cover is in the closed position, the ramp having first and second opposing end portions, the first end portion extending from the base, and a number of guide portions each extending from the ramp and engaging the cable member when the secondary cover moves between the closed position and the open position in order to minimize twisting and folding of the cable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: JACK EDWARD DEVINE, BRIAN SCOTT CAFFRO, KELLY J. MCCARTHY, JASON ERIC OCHS, MARK A. JANUSEK
  • Publication number: 20190164711
    Abstract: A harness assembly includes a plurality of individual wires and a restriction mechanism. The restriction mechanism has a sleeve member surrounding each of the plurality of individual wires in order to prevent longitudinal movement of each of the plurality of individual wires with respect to each other. Each of the plurality of individual wires has a helical-shaped portion located internal with respect to the sleeve member, thereby allowing each of the plurality of individual wires to engage the sleeve member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: BRIAN SCOTT CAFFRO, JACK EDWARD DEVINE
  • Patent number: 9106070
    Abstract: A display unit is configured for use with a circuit interrupter which outputs a trip notification, trip information, and direct current power to the display unit The display unit comprises: a processor having a routine; a secondary power source configured to output secondary power; a memory display configured to receive the direct current power or the secondary power; and a power source selection circuit configured to switch the memory display from the direct current power to the secondary power in response to the display unit receiving the trip notification, wherein the routine of said processor is structured to control the memory display to display the trip information in response to the display unit receiving the trip notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harry James Carlino, Brian Scott Caffro, Lloyd Allen Maloney, David Richard Olenak
  • Publication number: 20140254052
    Abstract: A display unit is configured for use with a circuit interrupter which outputs a trip notification, trip information, and direct current power to the display unit The display unit comprises: a processor having a routine; a secondary power source configured to output secondary power; a memory display configured to receive the direct current power or the secondary power; and a power source selection circuit configured to switch the memory display from the direct current power to the secondary power in response to the display unit receiving the trip notification, wherein the routine of said processor is structured to control the memory display to display the trip information in response to the display unit receiving the trip notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: HARRY JAMES CARLINO, BRIAN SCOTT CAFFRO, LLOYD ALLEN MALONEY, DAVID RICHARD OLENAK