Patents by Inventor Gary J. Irons

Gary J. Irons 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).

  • Circuit breaker auxiliary device snap-on package and method of assembling same
    Patent number: 5001315
    Abstract: A circuit breaker auxiliary device is housed in its own separate enclosed container and is accessible by a drive pin through an opening in the container mounting surface. A drive pin is inserted into an opening in a circuit breaker housing mounting surface. The container is snap-fitted flushly to a side of the circuit breaker housing. The internal trip mechanism of the circuit breaker and the operative mechanism of the auxiliary device communicate via the drive pin cooperatively linked to each mechanism and operating through the aligned openings in the container and the circuit breaker housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: Daniel Runyan, Gary J. Irons, Thomas A. Edds