Patents by Inventor Daniel Edward Hrncir

Daniel Edward Hrncir 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).

  • Publication number: 20160225570
    Abstract: The disclosed concept pertains generally to secondary terminal blocks and, more particularly, to apparatus and methods for isolating the secondary terminal blocks and associated wiring in electrical switching assembly enclosures. The apparatus includes a housing having an outer surface structured to form a cavity therein. The apparatus is positioned in an enclosure which includes an electrical switching apparatus and one or more secondary terminal blocks. The one or more secondary terminal blocks are positioned in the cavity such that the apparatus at least substantially isolates the one or more secondary terminal blocks from the electrical switching apparatus. Further, the apparatus is effective to substantially isolate the secondary terminal blocks from temperature and pressure effects resulting from an arcing fault occurring in the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Hrncir, JR., David Aaron Metcalf
  • Patent number: 9230766
    Abstract: The disclosed concept pertains generally to secondary terminal blocks and, more particularly, to apparatus and methods for isolating the secondary terminal blocks and associated wiring in electrical switching assembly enclosures. The apparatus includes a housing having an outer surface structured to form a cavity therein. The apparatus is positioned in an enclosure which includes an electrical switching apparatus and one or more secondary terminal blocks. The one or more secondary terminal blocks are positioned in the cavity such that the apparatus at least substantially isolates the one or more secondary terminal blocks from the electrical switching apparatus. Further, the apparatus is effective to substantially isolate the secondary terminal blocks from temperature and pressure effects resulting from an arcing fault occurring in the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: EATON COPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Hrncir, Jr., David Aaron Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20150016084
    Abstract: The disclosed concept pertains generally to secondary terminal blocks and, more particularly, to apparatus and methods for isolating the secondary terminal blocks and associated wiring in electrical switching assembly enclosures. The apparatus includes a housing having an outer surface structured to form a cavity therein. The apparatus is positioned in an enclosure which includes an electrical switching apparatus and one or more secondary terminal blocks. The one or more secondary terminal blocks are positioned in the cavity such that the apparatus at least substantially isolates the one or more secondary terminal blocks from the electrical switching apparatus. Further, the apparatus is effective to substantially isolate the secondary terminal blocks from temperature and pressure effects resulting from an arcing fault occurring in the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: DANIEL EDWARD HRNCIR, JR., David Aaron Metcalf
  • Patent number: 7952042
    Abstract: A seal apparatus is disposed between a switchgear cabinet and a circuit breaker between the racked and unracked positions of the circuit breaker. The seal apparatus sealingly extends between the switchgear cabinet and the circuit breaker to resist fluid flow, such as exhaust gases and other matter, between an interior region of the switchgear cabinet and the exterior of the switchgear cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Jarrod Lyle Coomer, David Aaron Metcalf, Timothy Fair, Michael Howard Abrahamsen, Daniel Edward Hrncir, Stanley Ervin Moore, Amy Wilcox Rowell
  • Publication number: 20100072039
    Abstract: A seal apparatus is disposed between a switchgear cabinet and a circuit breaker between the racked and unracked positions of the circuit breaker. The seal apparatus sealingly extends between the switchgear cabinet and the circuit breaker to resist fluid flow, such as exhaust gases and other matter, between an interior region of the switchgear cabinet and the exterior of the switchgear cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Jarrod Lyle Coomer, David Aaron Metcalf, Timothy Fair, Michael Howard Abrahamsen, Daniel Edward Hrncir, Stanley Ervin Moore, Amy Wilcox Rowell
  • Patent number: 6020558
    Abstract: Electrical insulation and environmental protection for electrical joints between cables and flat conductors in an electric power distribution system is provided by a flexible, electrically insulative boot which has a pair of shell halves joined by a living hinge. The two shell halves have free edges which mate to form a seam when the shell is closed to form an enclosure around the joint. The flat conductor extends through the seam in the rear face of the shell adjacent the living hinge. Pairs of cable openings in the shell halves are spaced along the front face of the boot. Additional faces at each end of the front face also have pairs of cable openings to accommodate angled mounting of the cables. Slits extend from the free edges of the shell halves to the cable openings to allow installation over assembled joints. The cable openings are serrated to accommodate a range of cable sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: William Edward Wilkie, II, Reid Kimel Hartman, Daniel Edward Hrncir, Jr.