Patents by Inventor Bryan C. Cochran
Bryan C. 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).
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Patent number: 9368275Abstract: An apparatus is provided for securing to and collecting power from an electrical conductor, including a current transformer comprising a core and an electrical winding that receives an induced current from magnetic flux generated according to alternating current present on the electrical conductor, and a clamping mechanism that attaches the apparatus to the electrical conductor. According to various aspects, apparatus may include a housing that encloses circuitry for monitoring conditions of the electrical conductor, where the circuitry includes one or more sensors, and wireless communications circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Bruce W. McBee, Gregg James Haensgen, John Fredrick Banting, William J. Kostolni, Bryan C. Cochran
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Patent number: 9291158Abstract: The fluid section of an air operated double diaphragm pump 10 consists of two fluid housings 12, an inlet manifold 14, and an outlet manifold 16. The housings are to be made in two parts. The preferred frame 18 material is glass fiber reinforced with polypropylene that is overmolded into final shape with an encapsulating material 20. The frame 18 is designed so that the encapsulating material 20 can flow from one side to the other allowing for a mechanical lock between the top surface 22 and the bottom so as not to rely on chemical adhesion between the two materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.Inventors: Bryan C. Cochran, Dawn P. Svenkeson-Koubal, Todd L. Johnson
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Patent number: 9000875Abstract: An apparatus is provided for securing to and collecting power from an electrical conductor including a wire clamp that clamps to and secures the apparatus to the electrical conductor, a current transformer (“CT”) that clamps to the electrical conductor and collects power from the electrical conductor, and a housing including a cavity that encloses circuitry associated with the apparatus. According to various aspects, the circuitry may include one or more sensors and wireless communications circuitry, and the CT may include a core and an electrical winding that receives an induced current from magnetic flux generated according to alternating current present on the electrical conductor.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Bruce W. McBee, Gregg James Haensgen, John Fredrick Banting, William J. Kostolni, Bryan C. Cochran
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Publication number: 20140347037Abstract: An apparatus is provided for securing to and collecting power from an electrical conductor, including a current transformer comprising a core and an electrical winding that receives an induced current from magnetic flux generated according to alternating current present on the electrical conductor, and a clamping mechanism that attaches the apparatus to the electrical conductor. According to various aspects, apparatus may include a housing that encloses circuitry for monitoring conditions of the electrical conductor, where the circuitry includes one or more sensors, and wireless communications circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: BRUCE W. McBEE, GREGG JAMES HAENSGEN, JOHN FREDRICK BANTING, WILLIAM J. KOSTOLNI, BRYAN C. COCHRAN
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Patent number: 8760254Abstract: An apparatus is provided for securing to and collecting power from an electrical conductor including a wire clamp that clamps and secures to an electrical conductor, a current transformer (“CT”) that clamps to the electrical conductor and collects power from the electrical conductor, and a housing that supports the wire clamp and the current transformer. According to various aspects, the apparatus may include a wire clamp including a compression post and clamp arms that surround and compress an electrical conductor in a closed position of the wire clamp, where each of the clamp arms includes pivot posts, and the clamp arms pivot between closed and open positions. According to other various aspects, the apparatus may include a split magnetic core that surrounds an electrical conductor in a closed position of the current transformer, where the split magnetic core includes pivot posts, and the split magnetic core pivots between closed and open positions.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Bruce W. McBee, Gregg James Haensgen, John Fredrick Banting, William J. Kostolni, Bryan C. Cochran
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Patent number: 8760151Abstract: An apparatus is provided for securing to and collecting power from an electrical conductor, including a current transformer comprising a core and an electrical winding that receives an induced current from magnetic flux generated according to alternating current present on the electrical conductor, and a clamping mechanism that attaches the apparatus to the electrical conductor. According to various aspects, apparatus may include a housing that encloses circuitry for monitoring conditions of the electrical conductor, where the circuitry includes one or more sensors, and wireless communications circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Bruce W. McBee, Gregg James Haensgen, John Fredrick Banting, William J. Kostolni, Bryan C. Cochran
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Publication number: 20120039061Abstract: An apparatus is provided for securing to and collecting power from an electrical conductor including a wire clamp that clamps to and secures the apparatus to the electrical conductor, a current transformer (“CT”) that clamps to the electrical conductor and collects power from the electrical conductor, and a housing including a cavity that encloses circuitry associated with the apparatus. According to various aspects, the circuitry may include one or more sensors and wireless communications circuitry, and the CT may include a core and an electrical winding that receives an induced current from magnetic flux generated according to alternating current present on the electrical conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Bruce W. McBee, Gregg James Haensgen, John Fredrick Banting, William J. Kostolni, Bryan C. Cochran
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Publication number: 20120038446Abstract: An apparatus is provided for securing to and collecting power from an electrical conductor including a wire clamp that clamps and secures to an electrical conductor, a current transformer (“CT”) that clamps to the electrical conductor and collects power from the electrical conductor, and a housing that supports the wire clamp and the current transformer. According to various aspects, the apparatus may include a wire clamp including a compression post and clamp arms that surround and compress an electrical conductor in a closed position of the wire clamp, where each of the clamp arms includes pivot posts, and the clamp arms pivot between closed and open positions. According to other various aspects, the apparatus may include a split magnetic core that surrounds an electrical conductor in a closed position of the current transformer, where the split magnetic core includes pivot posts, and the split magnetic core pivots between closed and open positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Bruce W. McBee, Gregg James Haensgen, John Fredrick Banting, William J. Kostolni, Bryan C. Cochran
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Publication number: 20120036995Abstract: The fluid section of an air operated double diaphragm pump 10 consists of two fluid housings 12, an inlet manifold 14, and an outlet manifold 16. The housings are to be made in two parts. The preferred frame 18 material is glass fiber reinforced with polypropylene that is overmolded into final shape with an encapsulating material 20. The frame 18 is designed so that the encapsulating material 20 can flow from one side to the other allowing for a mechanical lock between the top surface 22 and the bottom so as not to rely on chemical adhesion between the two materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Bryan C. Cochran, Dawn P. Svenkeson-Koubal, Todd L. Johnson
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Publication number: 20120039062Abstract: An apparatus is provided for securing to and collecting power from an electrical conductor, including a current transformer comprising a core and an electrical winding that receives an induced current from magnetic flux generated according to alternating current present on the electrical conductor, and a clamping mechanism that attaches the apparatus to the electrical conductor. According to various aspects, apparatus may include a housing that encloses circuitry for monitoring conditions of the electrical conductor, where the circuitry includes one or more sensors, and wireless communications circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Bruce W. McBee, Gregg James Haensgen, John Fredrick Banting, William J. Kostolni, Bryan C. Cochran