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).

  • Publication number: 20230009523
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Starline Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, JR., Douglas Raymond Moore, David Philip Marple, John Donald Berenbrok, Lucas Anthony Andrews, Edward James Schultz
  • Publication number: 20220173584
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Starline Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, JR., Douglas Raymond Moore, David Philip Marple, John Donald Berenbrok, Lucas Anthony Andrews, Timothy Russell Fox, Edward James Schultz
  • Patent number: 11195682
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., Sunnybhai Patel, Jonathan M. Peifer
  • Publication number: 20190096620
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, JR., Sunnybhai Patel, Jonathan M. Peifer
  • Patent number: 10068735
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., David Curtis Turner, William George Eberts, Kenneth Martin Fischer, Edward Anthony Prince
  • Patent number: 10044117
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: William George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9917382
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: William George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180062285
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: William George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180062284
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: William George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170301500
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: FRANK JOSEPH STIFTER, JR., DAVID CURTIS TURNER, WILLIAM GEORGE EBERTS, KENNETH MARTIN FISCHER, EDWARD ANTHONY PRINCE
  • Patent number: 9767980
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., Stephanie Fee Jin Lee, Brian Scott Jansto, William George Eberts
  • Patent number: 9728348
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xin Zhou, Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., Gerald Zheng, Brian Scott Jansto, Theodore James Miller
  • Publication number: 20170178829
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: XIN ZHOU, FRANK JOSEPH STIFTER, JR., GERALD ZHENG, BRIAN SCOTT JANSTO, THEODORE JAMES MILLER
  • Publication number: 20170125196
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: FRANK JOSEPH STIFTER, JR., STEPHANIE FEE JIN LEE, BRIAN SCOTT JANSTO, WILLIAM GEORGE EBERTS
  • Patent number: 9275806
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., William John Jones, Brian Scott Jansto, Thomas Mark Whalen
  • Publication number: 20150371791
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: FRANK JOSEPH STIFTER, JR., WILLIAM JOHN JONES, BRIAN SCOTT JANSTO, THOMAS MARK WHALEN
  • Patent number: D831571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: William George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr.
  • Patent number: D980803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Starline Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., David Philip Marple, Lucas Anthony Andrews, Mark Thomasz Prus Trebicki
  • Patent number: D988270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Starline Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., Douglas Raymond Moore, David Philip Marple, John Donald Berenbrok, Lucas Anthony Andrews, Edward James Schultz, Mark Thomasz Prus Trebicki
  • Patent number: D1023976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Starline Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr., David Philip Marple, Lucas Anthony Andrews, Mark Thomasz Prus Trebicki