Patents by Inventor DOUG J. CAROLAN

DOUG J. CAROLAN 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).

  • Surge protection assembly and method for electrical switching apparatus
    Patent number: 9831663
    Abstract: An electrical switching apparatus includes a plurality of poles each comprising separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts and to trip open the separable contacts in response to a fault condition, and a housing enclosing the separable contacts. The housing includes an interior, an exterior, and a plurality of receptacles extending from the exterior toward the interior. A surge protection assembly includes a plurality of modules, wherein each of the modules is removably disposed in a corresponding one of the receptacles of the housing. Each of the modules provides independent surge protection for a corresponding one of the poles of the electrical switching apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: James L. Lagree, Doug J. Carolan
  • SURGE PROTECTION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL SWITCHNG APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150318687
    Abstract: An electrical switching apparatus includes a plurality of poles each comprising separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts and to trip open the separable contacts in response to a fault condition, and a housing enclosing the separable contacts. The housing includes an interior, an exterior, and a plurality of receptacles extending from the exterior toward the interior. A surge protection assembly includes a plurality of modules, wherein each of the modules is removably disposed in a corresponding one of the receptacles of the housing. Each of the modules provides independent surge protection for a corresponding one of the poles of the electrical switching apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: JAMES L. LAGREE, DOUG J. CAROLAN