Patents by Inventor Efrain Gutierrez VILLANUEVA

Efrain Gutierrez VILLANUEVA 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).

  • Low movement trip and integrated signal flag for miniature circuit breakers
    Patent number: 9607797
    Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a trip mechanism having reduced trip movement and an integrated signal flag. The trip mechanism includes a spring-biased trip lever and a latching member for keeping the trip lever in an on or latched position. Upon occurrence of an abnormal current condition, the latching member is moved away from the trip lever to trip the trip mechanism. The latching member also has a catch mechanism designed to catch the trip lever after it is released, thereby halting further progress of both the trip lever and the latching member. As a result, less space is needed within the circuit breaker for trip movement compared to existing solutions. Moreover, the location of the catch mechanism on the latching member is selected such that the halting of the latching member places the integrated signal flag in an optimal viewing position within a viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerardo Rodriguez Najera, Daniel Reynoso Ortiz, Juan Ignacio Melecio Ramirez, Efrain Gutierrez Villanueva, Vicente Noguez Salazar
  • LOW MOVEMENT TRIP AND INTEGRATED SIGNAL FLAG FOR MINIATURE CIRCUIT BREAKERS
    Publication number: 20160005555
    Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a trip mechanism having reduced trip movement and an integrated signal flag. The trip mechanism includes a spring-biased trip lever and a latching member for keeping the trip lever in an on or latched position. Upon occurrence of an abnormal current condition, the latching member is moved away from the trip lever to trip the trip mechanism. The latching member also has a catch mechanism designed to catch the trip lever after it is released, thereby halting further progress of both the trip lever and the latching member. As a result, less space is needed within the circuit breaker for trip movement compared to existing solutions. Moreover, the location of the catch mechanism on the latching member is selected such that the halting of the latching member places the integrated signal flag in an optimal viewing position within a viewing window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Gerardo Rodriguez NAJERA, Daniel Reynoso ORTIZ, Juan Ignacio Melecio RAMIREZ, Efrain Gutierrez VILLANUEVA, Vicente Noguez SALAZAR