Patents by Inventor Debra Jennifer Jochum

Debra Jennifer Jochum 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).

  • Electrical switchgear with synchronous control system and actuator
    Patent number: 6921989
    Abstract: A closed loop feedback system controls electrical switchgear that moves at least one contact relative to another contact to switch power on and off in an AC electrical circuit. The control system includes a position feedback device that is operatively coupled to at least one of the two contacts to produce contact position information. A processor receives and analyzes the contact position information to control contact motion to provide AC waveform synchronized switching. The electrical switchgear may be a capacitor switch that includes a bi-stable over-toggle latching device. The latching device maintains the contacts in one of an open stable position in which electrical current does not flow through the contacts or a closed stable position in which electrical current flows through the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: McGraw-Edison Company
    Inventors: John Francis Baranowski, Debra Jennifer Jochum, Charles John Knotek, Aleksander Mankowski, Michael Peter Dunk
  • Electrical switchgear with synchronous control system and actuator
    Publication number: 20030071522
    Abstract: A closed loop feedback system controls electrical switchgear that moves at least one contact relative to another contact to switch power on and off in an AC electrical circuit. The control system includes a position feedback device that is operatively coupled to at least one of the two contacts to produce contact position information. A processor receives and analyzes the contact position information to control contact motion to provide AC waveform synchronized switching. The electrical switchgear may be a capacitor switch that includes a bi-stable over-toggle latching device. The latching device maintains the contacts in one of an open stable position in which electrical current does not flow through the contacts or a closed stable position in which electrical current flows through the contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: McGraw-Edison Company, a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: John Francis Baranowski, Debra Jennifer Jochum, Charles John Knotek, Aleksander Mankowski, Michael Peter Dunk
  • Electrical switchgear with synchronous control system and actuator
    Patent number: 6538347
    Abstract: A closed loop feedback system controls electrical switchgear that moves at least one contact relative to another contact to switch power on and off in an AC electrical circuit. The control system includes a position feedback device that is operatively coupled to at least one of the two contacts to produce contact position information. A processor receives and analyzes the contact position information to control contact motion to provide AC waveform synchronized switching. The electrical switchgear may be a capacitor switch that includes a bi-stable over-toggle latching device. The latching device maintains the contacts in one of an open stable position in which electrical current does not flow through the contacts or a closed stable position in which electrical current flows through the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: McGraw-Edison Company
    Inventors: John Francis Baranowski, Debra Jennifer Jochum, Charles John Knotek, Aleksander Mankowski, Michael Peter Dunk