Patents by Inventor FRANK JOSEPH STIFTER, JR.
FRANK JOSEPH STIFTER, JR. 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).
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Publication number: 20230009523Abstract: An example tap off box is provided that includes a housing, a circuit breaker, a door, and a breaker actuator. The housing includes walls forming an internal enclosure. The circuit breaker is disposed within the housing. The door is secured to the housing to define a housing assembly, the housing assembly enclosing the circuit breaker. The breaker actuator includes a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end coupled to the circuit breaker within the housing assembly, and the proximal end extending outside of the housing assembly. The breaker actuator is capable of being moved at the proximal end to selectively toggle the circuit breaker from at least an ON position to an OFF position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: Starline Holdings, LLCInventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, JR., Douglas Raymond Moore, David Philip Marple, John Donald Berenbrok, Lucas Anthony Andrews, Edward James Schultz
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Publication number: 20220173584Abstract: An example busway system is provided that includes a first busway, a second busway, and a joint seal coupling the first busway to the second busway. The first busway includes a first end and an opposing second end, and the second busway includes a third end and an opposing fourth end. The joint seal includes panels configured to at least partially slide over the first or the opposing second end of the first busway, and at least partially slide over the third or the opposing fourth end of the second busway to couple the first busway to the second busway. The joint seal creates a seal at a joint formed by the first busway, the second busway, and the joint seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Starline Holdings, LLCInventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, JR., Douglas Raymond Moore, David Philip Marple, John Donald Berenbrok, Lucas Anthony Andrews, Timothy Russell Fox, Edward James Schultz
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Patent number: 11195682Abstract: An improved multi-pole circuit interrupter includes an improved trip deck assembly adjacent one pole and further includes an accessory deck adjacent another pole. The accessory deck includes conventional accessory devices such as an auxiliary switch, etc., and the trip deck assembly includes switches and one or more other devices that can interact with a crossbar and a trip bar of the circuit interrupter. Such switches can be easily installed by a technician in the field after manufacture of the circuit interrupter. One switch is held in place by a support, and the other switch is held in place by a retainer, with the support and the retainer holding the switches in a fixed position on the trip deck assembly in order to interact with the crossbar and the trip bar.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., Sunnybhai Patel, Jonathan M. Peifer
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Publication number: 20190096620Abstract: An improved multi-pole circuit interrupter includes an improved trip deck assembly adjacent one pole and further includes an accessory deck adjacent another pole. The accessory deck includes conventional accessory devices such as an auxiliary switch, etc., and the trip deck assembly includes switches and one or more other devices that can interact with a crossbar and a trip bar of the circuit interrupter. Such switches can be easily installed by a technician in the field after manufacture of the circuit interrupter. One switch is held in place by a support, and the other switch is held in place by a retainer, with the support and the retainer holding the switches in a fixed position on the trip deck assembly in order to interact with the crossbar and the trip bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, JR., Sunnybhai Patel, Jonathan M. Peifer
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Patent number: 10068735Abstract: A lever assembly is for an operating mechanism of an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a number of pairs of separable contacts structured to move from a CLOSED position to a TRIPPED OPEN position in response to a trip condition. The operating mechanism has an enclosure member and a number of biasing elements coupled to the enclosure member. The biasing elements are structured to move the separable contacts from the CLOSED position to the TRIPPED OPEN position. The lever assembly includes a lever member structured to engage the enclosure member, and a component located on the lever member. The component is structured to extend through each of the biasing elements in order to lengthen each of the biasing elements when the separable contacts are in the CLOSED position.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., David Curtis Turner, William George Eberts, Kenneth Martin Fischer, Edward Anthony Prince
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Patent number: 10044117Abstract: An adaptor assembly is provided. The adaptor assembly is structured to allow a cable of a first amperage to be coupled to, and placed in electrical communication with, a terminal of a different amperage. That is, an adaptor assembly includes a lug body and an adaptor body. The adaptor body is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the lug body. The lug body includes a cable passage, wherein said cable passage has a cross-sectional area corresponding to a cable of a first amperage. The adaptor body includes a conducting surface, wherein said conducting surface has a surface area corresponding to a conductor terminal end mating surface of a second amperage.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: William George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr.
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Patent number: 9917382Abstract: An adaptor assembly is provided. The adaptor assembly is structured to allow a cable of a first amperage to be coupled to, and placed in electrical communication with, a terminal of a different amperage. That is, an adaptor assembly includes a lug body and an adaptor body. The adaptor body is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the lug body. The lug body includes a cable passage, wherein said cable passage has a cross-sectional area corresponding to a cable of a first amperage. The adaptor body includes a conducting surface, wherein said conducting surface has a surface area corresponding to a conductor terminal end mating surface of a second amperage.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: William George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr.
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Publication number: 20180062285Abstract: An adaptor assembly is provided. The adaptor assembly is structured to allow a cable of a first amperage to be coupled to, and placed in electrical communication with, a terminal of a different amperage. That is, an adaptor assembly includes a lug body and an adaptor body. The adaptor body is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the lug body. The lug body includes a cable passage, wherein said cable passage has a cross-sectional area corresponding to a cable of a first amperage. The adaptor body includes a conducting surface, wherein said conducting surface has a surface area corresponding to a conductor terminal end mating surface of a second amperage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Eaton CorporationInventors: William George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, JR.
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Publication number: 20180062284Abstract: An adaptor assembly is provided. The adaptor assembly is structured to allow a cable of a first amperage to be coupled to, and placed in electrical communication with, a terminal of a different amperage. That is, an adaptor assembly includes a lug body and an adaptor body. The adaptor body is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the lug body. The lug body includes a cable passage, wherein said cable passage has a cross-sectional area corresponding to a cable of a first amperage. The adaptor body includes a conducting surface, wherein said conducting surface has a surface area corresponding to a conductor terminal end mating surface of a second amperage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Eaton CorporationInventors: William George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, JR.
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Publication number: 20170301500Abstract: A lever assembly is for an operating mechanism of an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a number of pairs of separable contacts structured to move from a CLOSED position to a TRIPPED OPEN position in response to a trip condition. The operating mechanism has an enclosure member and a number of biasing elements coupled to the enclosure member. The biasing elements are structured to move the separable contacts from the CLOSED position to the TRIPPED OPEN position. The lever assembly includes a lever member structured to engage the enclosure member, and a component located on the lever member. The component is structured to extend through each of the biasing elements in order to lengthen each of the biasing elements when the separable contacts are in the CLOSED position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: FRANK JOSEPH STIFTER, JR., DAVID CURTIS TURNER, WILLIAM GEORGE EBERTS, KENNETH MARTIN FISCHER, EDWARD ANTHONY PRINCE
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Patent number: 9767980Abstract: An enclosure is for a slot motor of an electrical switching apparatus. The slot motor includes a number of U-shaped laminations. The enclosure includes a first member and a second member coupled to the first member to form a U-shaped enclosed region for the U-shaped laminations.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., Stephanie Fee Jin Lee, Brian Scott Jansto, William George Eberts
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Patent number: 9728348Abstract: An electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, a line terminal, a load terminal, separable contacts disposed on a conductive path between the line terminal and the load terminal, an operating mechanism structured to open and close said separable contacts, said operating mechanism including a trip bar, and an electronic trip unit. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a trip actuator assembly including an actuator housing coupled to said housing, an actuator coupled to said actuator housing, and a connector structured to electrically connect the actuator to an electronic trip unit. The electrical switching apparatus further includes a current transformer assembly including a rod-shaped conductor electrically coupled to the load terminal and a current transformer disposed around the rod-shaped conductor, wherein the electronic trip unit is structured to electrically control actuation of the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Xin Zhou, Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., Gerald Zheng, Brian Scott Jansto, Theodore James Miller
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Publication number: 20170178829Abstract: An electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, a line terminal, a load terminal, separable contacts disposed on a conductive path between the line terminal and the load terminal, an operating mechanism structured to open and close said separable contacts, said operating mechanism including a trip bar, and an electronic trip unit. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a trip actuator assembly including an actuator housing coupled to said housing, an actuator coupled to said actuator housing, and a connector structured to electrically connect the actuator to an electronic trip unit. The electrical switching apparatus further includes a current transformer assembly including a rod-shaped conductor electrically coupled to the load terminal and a current transformer disposed around the rod-shaped conductor, wherein the electronic trip unit is structured to electrically control actuation of the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: XIN ZHOU, FRANK JOSEPH STIFTER, JR., GERALD ZHENG, BRIAN SCOTT JANSTO, THEODORE JAMES MILLER
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Publication number: 20170125196Abstract: An enclosure is for a slot motor of an electrical switching apparatus. The slot motor includes a number of U-shaped laminations. The enclosure includes a first member and a second member coupled to the first member to form a U-shaped enclosed region for the U-shaped laminations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: FRANK JOSEPH STIFTER, JR., STEPHANIE FEE JIN LEE, BRIAN SCOTT JANSTO, WILLIAM GEORGE EBERTS
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Patent number: 9275806Abstract: A lever member is for a trip assembly of an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, a signaling mechanism, separable contacts, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts. The trip assembly includes a mounting assembly disposed on the housing and a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes an actuator coupled to the mounting assembly and a plunger disposed on the mounting assembly and being cooperable with the operating mechanism. The lever member includes: a pivot portion structured to engage the mounting assembly; a first arm portion structured to engage the plunger; and a second arm portion disposed between the pivot portion and the first arm portion, the second arm portion being structured to engage the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., William John Jones, Brian Scott Jansto, Thomas Mark Whalen
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Publication number: 20150371791Abstract: A lever member is for a trip assembly of an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, a signaling mechanism, separable contacts, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts. The trip assembly includes a mounting assembly disposed on the housing and a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes an actuator coupled to the mounting assembly and a plunger disposed on the mounting assembly and being cooperable with the operating mechanism. The lever member includes: a pivot portion structured to engage the mounting assembly; a first arm portion structured to engage the plunger; and a second arm portion disposed between the pivot portion and the first arm portion, the second arm portion being structured to engage the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: FRANK JOSEPH STIFTER, JR., WILLIAM JOHN JONES, BRIAN SCOTT JANSTO, THOMAS MARK WHALEN
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Patent number: D831571Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: William George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr.
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Patent number: D980803Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Starline Holdings, LLCInventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., David Philip Marple, Lucas Anthony Andrews, Mark Thomasz Prus Trebicki
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Patent number: D988270Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Starline Holdings, LLCInventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., Douglas Raymond Moore, David Philip Marple, John Donald Berenbrok, Lucas Anthony Andrews, Edward James Schultz, Mark Thomasz Prus Trebicki
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Patent number: D1023976Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Starline Holdings, LLCInventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., David Philip Marple, Lucas Anthony Andrews, Mark Thomasz Prus Trebicki