Patents by Inventor Francis Mello

Francis Mello 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).

  • High current capacitors
    Patent number: 6930874
    Abstract: A capacitor including an expandable part fabricated on a capacitor housing is enclosed. The expandable part is expandable by a fault that occurs within the capacitor housing, thereby extending the capacitor housing to contact with an external interrupter. The external interrupter includes an external electrode and an external sensing circuit. The external sensing circuit detects a contact between the capacitor housing and the external electrode and sends a signal to disconnect the capacitor from an apparatus circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Parallax Power Components, LLC
    Inventors: Edward M. Lobo, Francis Mello
  • High current capacitors
    Publication number: 20050047058
    Abstract: A capacitor including an expandable part fabricated on a capacitor housing is enclosed. The expandable part is expandable by a fault that occurs within the capacitor housing, thereby extending the capacitor housing to contact with an external interrupter. The external interrupter includes an external electrode and an external sensing circuit. The external sensing circuit detects a contact between the capacitor housing and the external electrode and sends a signal to disconnect the capacitor from an apparatus circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Edward Lobo, Francis Mello
  • High current capacitors
    Patent number: 6819545
    Abstract: A capacitor including an expandable part fabricated on a capacitor housing is enclosed. The expandable part is expandable by a fault that occurs within the capacitor housing, thereby extending the capacitor housing to contact with an external interrupter. The external interrupter includes an external electrode and an external sensing circuit. The external sensing circuit detects a contact between the capacitor housing and the external electrode and sends a signal to disconnect the capacitor from an apparatus circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Parallax Power Components, LLC
    Inventors: Edward M. Lobo, Francis Mello
  • Connector for connecting a conductor to a structural member
    Patent number: 6303861
    Abstract: A grounding connector includes a frame with upper and lower arms cantilevered from a center section to form a channel adapted to receive a section of a structural steel member. The frame has a conductor receiving region in each of the cantilevered arms, each conductor receiving region being a slot extending through the frame having a longitudinal axis aligned substantially parallel to the frame. The conductor receiving slot on one side of the frame is sized to receive a conductor of a first size and the conductor receiving slot on the other side is sized to receive a conductor of a different size. The conductor receiving regions are located so that when the upper arm and the lower arm are compressed to grip the section of the structural steel member received in the channel, the conductor is crimped to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: FCI USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel David Dobrinski, Keith Francis Mello