Patents by Inventor Howard H. Plude, Jr.

Howard H. Plude, 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).

  • Patent number: 9142365
    Abstract: A solenoid-driven automatic bus transfer switch may automatically transfer one or more electrical loads from a first power source to a second power source, or vice versa, in the event of a power failure or other casualty that affects either power source. The transfer switch may be operated in response to the energization of a solenoid coil, which causes a main shaft having a transfer element to rotate from being in contact with the first power source to being in contact with the second power source. The transfer element may be spring-mounted to the shaft, which ensures that a sufficient electrical contact exists between the surfaces of the transfer element and the respective leads of the first and second power sources, regardless of any wear or degradation that may be experienced at any of the surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Ward Leonard Investment Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Myron Moroz, Howard H. Plude, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8830018
    Abstract: A solenoid-driven automatic bus transfer switch may automatically transfer one or more electrical loads from a first power source to a second power source, or vice versa, in the event of a power failure or other casualty that affects either power source. The transfer switch may be operated in response to the energization of a solenoid coil, which causes a main shaft having a transfer element to rotate from being in contact with the first power source to being in contact with the second power source. The transfer element may be spring-mounted to the shaft, which ensures that a sufficient electrical contact exists between the surfaces of the transfer element and the respective leads of the first and second power sources, regardless of any wear or degradation that may be experienced at any of the surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ward Leonard Investment Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Howard H. Plude, Jr., Myron Moroz
  • Publication number: 20140232491
    Abstract: A solenoid-driven automatic bus transfer switch may automatically transfer one or more electrical loads from a first power source to a second power source, or vice versa, in the event of a power failure or other casualty that affects either power source. The transfer switch may be operated in response to the energization of a solenoid coil, which causes a main shaft having a transfer element to rotate from being in contact with the first power source to being in contact with the second power source. The transfer element may be spring-mounted to the shaft, which ensures that a sufficient electrical contact exists between the surfaces of the transfer element and the respective leads of the first and second power sources, regardless of any wear or degradation that may be experienced at any of the surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Ward Leonard Investment Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Myron Moroz, Howard H. Plude, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140232490
    Abstract: A solenoid-driven automatic bus transfer switch may automatically transfer one or more electrical loads from a first power source to a second power source, or vice versa, in the event of a power failure or other casualty that affects either power source. The transfer switch may be operated in response to the energization of a solenoid coil, which causes a main shaft having a transfer element to rotate from being in contact with the first power source to being in contact with the second power source. The transfer element may be spring-mounted to the shaft, which ensures that a sufficient electrical contact exists between the surfaces of the transfer element and the respective leads of the first and second power sources, regardless of any wear or degradation that may be experienced at any of the surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Ward Leonard Investment Holdings, LLC.
    Inventors: Howard H. Plude, JR., Myron Moroz
  • Patent number: 6014221
    Abstract: In a process for choosing a color most closely replicating an object's actual color, a computer processor programmed with a database of sets of digital color data and the corresponding formulas for producing those colors using one or more thermal transfer foils, or vinyl sheet materials, is provided. The process includes sensing an object's color and producing a set of digital color data representing the sensed color. The set of digital data representing the sensed color is then supplied to the computer processor which is operated to compare the supplied set of digital color data to the digital color data stored in the database. The computer processor then outputs, to a display, a listing of the closest color matches found in the database, to the sensed color. The user then selects the color and formula defined by the digital information stored in the database corresponding to a color producible using thermal transfer foils or vinyl sheet materials, to that most closely matching the sensed color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard H. Plude, Jr.