Patents by Inventor G. Kalyana Sundaram

G. Kalyana Sundaram 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).

  • Tool free contact block
    Patent number: 7973625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary contact block. The auxiliary contact block comprises a housing and a tool free latching mechanism. The tool free latching mechanism further comprising a stationary member integral to the housing and a latching bar. The latching bar comprising a button in communication with a moveable member by a central body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Namitha Chandrappa, Subramanyan Ananthakrishnan, G. Kalyana Sundaram, Pedro Jose Riera
  • DEVICE AND METHOD TO MONITOR ELECTRICAL CONTACT STATUS
    Publication number: 20110062960
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a status of an electrical contact pair in an electromagnetic switch by triggering an armature movement at a substantially consistent electrical phase angle, determining a magnetic lag angle between the electromagnetic switch closing and the electrical contact pair change of state, and generating a contact status using the magnetic lag angle is provided
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Lenin Prakash, John Dougherty, Srinivasan Jeganathan, Sirosh Sivasankaran, G. Kalyana Sundaram
  • Contact terminal for conductors
    Patent number: 7785134
    Abstract: An electrical terminal block assembly including a housing having one or more terminals, each of the terminals including a terminal assembly having a resilient member and a contact surface configured to releasably secure a conductor within the terminal and an operating lever removably hinged to the housing, the operating lever being configured to interface with the resilient member for increasing a distance between the resilient member and contact surface to allow passage of a conductor between the resilient member and contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kathiravan Dhandapani, G. Kalyana Sundaram, Subramanian Nagarajan
  • CONTACT TERMINAL FOR CONDUCTORS
    Publication number: 20100167573
    Abstract: An electrical terminal block assembly including a housing having one or more terminals, each of the terminals including a terminal assembly having a resilient member and a contact surface configured to releasably secure a conductor within the terminal and an operating lever removably hinged to the housing, the operating lever being configured to interface with the resilient member for increasing a distance between the resilient member and contact surface to allow passage of a conductor between the resilient member and contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Kathiravan Dhandapani, G. Kalyana Sundaram, S. Nagarajan
  • TOOL FREE AUXILIARY CONTACT BLOCK
    Publication number: 20100101923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary contact block. The auxiliary contact block has a housing and a tool free latching mechanism. The tool free latching mechanism has a stationary member integral to the housing and a latching bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Mohan Singh BIST, Namitha Chandrappa, G. Kalyana Sundaram
  • TOOL FREE CONTACT BLOCK
    Publication number: 20090302979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary contact block. The auxiliary contact block comprises a housing and a tool free latching mechanism. The tool free latching mechanism further comprising a stationary member integral to the housing and a latching bar. The latching bar comprising a button in communication with a moveable member by a central body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Namitha Chandrappa, Subramanyan Ananthakrishnan, G. Kalyana Sundaram, Pedro Jose Riera
  • ELECTRONIC MODULE FOR AC/DC COIL WITHIN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTACTOR
    Publication number: 20090080133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for utilizing a control module as an interfaced control of a dually configured AC/DC control coil comprising monitoring a coil voltage of the control coil, determining if the coil voltage is greater than a predetermined dropout voltage, and determining if the coil voltage is greater than a predetermined pickup voltage. Further, a generated astable pulse is reset in the event that the coil voltage is determined to be less than the predetermined dropout voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Avijit Saha, Nanda Kishore Pamidi, G. Kalyana Sundaram, Sirosh Sivasankaran, Pasupuleti Kalpana