Patents by Inventor JAMES JEFFERY

JAMES JEFFERY 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: 9735485
    Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a unibody socket to receive a memory module that is to interface with a computing system. A portion of the unibody socket extends into a latch extension. The latch extension is to retain the memory module based on a positive locking latch retention force that is to increase in response to an unseating force of the memory module, to prevent removal of the memory module while the latch extension is in a latched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: James Jeffery Schulze, Joseph Allen, Louis J Lawrence, IV
  • Publication number: 20170227247
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a thermal management door assembly. One example apparatus includes a first fan assembly including an intake region and an exhaust region. The apparatus also includes a second fan assembly aligned with the first fan assembly. The apparatus further includes a thermal management door assembly positioned between the first fan assembly and the second fan assembly. The thermal management door assembly includes a frame coupled to the first fan assembly and to the second fan assembly. The thermal management door assembly also includes a sealing door movably coupled to the frame to control an amount of air recirculation from the exhaust region to the intake region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: James Anthony OLIVER, James Jeffery SCHULZE, Davis Matthew CASTILLO
  • Publication number: 20170220080
    Abstract: Example techniques for securing an expansion card in a computing device are disclosed. An example method includes securing a mounting bracket within the computing device. An adjustable retention clip is installed in a preferred location at the mounting bracket. An expansion card is then installed in a space created by the adjustable retention clip and the mounting bracket, and the expansion card is secured to the adjustable retention clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: James Jeffery Schulze, Kevin D. Conn, Keith A. Sauer
  • Publication number: 20170202102
    Abstract: An example module is provided herein. The module includes a tray and a cable support member. The tray includes a cage, a handle mechanism, a tray handle, and a tray midplane. The cage receives an electronic component and the handle mechanism rotates the cage using a cage lever and a cam member between a closed position, a top open position, and a bottom open position. The tray handle releases the tray from an engaged position. The tray midplane provides a connector for the electronic component. The cable support member provides a movable connection between the tray midplane and an enclosure backplane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Troy Anthony DELLA FIORA, James Jeffery SCHULZE, Dave PRESTON, Joseph ALLEN
  • Patent number: 9704657
    Abstract: A contact wear indicator assembly for a circuit breaker assembly is provided. The contact wear indicator assembly includes an interface assembly, an indicator drive assembly, and a user display assembly. The user display assembly includes an output device. The output device is structured to produce a visual indication representative of a measurable contact characteristic. The indicator drive assembly is operatively coupled to the interface assembly, whereby the indicator drive assembly moves between a first position and a second position corresponding to an interface assembly first and second position. The indicator drive assembly is measurably coupled to the user display assembly. The user display assembly is structured to convert the position data of the indicator drive assembly into a quantified output such as, but not limited to, contact characteristics. The user display assembly is further structured to display the indicator drive assembly position data on the output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Koustubh Dnyandeo Ashtekar, James Jeffery Benke, Zachary R. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 9679719
    Abstract: An arc extinguishing contact assembly for a circuit breaker assembly is provided. The arc extinguishing contact assembly includes a fixed contact assembly, a movable contact assembly and an arc extinguishing assembly. The fixed contact assembly includes a fixed arc contact assembly, a fixed main contact assembly, and a number of movable, intermediate arc contact assemblies. The movable contact assembly includes a movable arc contact assembly and a movable main contact assembly. The arc extinguishing assembly is structured to extinguish an arc generated as the movable contact assembly moves between an open, first position and a closed, second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Koustubh Dnyandeo Ashtekar, James Jeffery Benke
  • Patent number: 9673595
    Abstract: Withdrawable contactor trucks for a circuit breaker have a cradle with a motorized drive system comprising an electric motor in the cradle. The motorized drive system is configured to move the contactor truck in a controlled path between a withdrawn position and a levering-in position in a switchgear compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: James Jeffery Benke, Wang YiFeng, Ye LiPing
  • Publication number: 20170155234
    Abstract: Cradle-assist assemblies attached to the breaker cradle housing and/or base or residing at least partially in the breaker cradle housing and/or base include at least one actuator configured to laterally translate the at least one right and the at least one left lock members from the extended lock position to the retracted unlocked position in response to input from a user. The at least one actuator and/or transverse member(s) can be held in a defined position so that the lock members of the cradle can be locked in the respective retracted or extended positions until the cradle assist (internal) lock is manually or automatically released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: James Jeffery Benke, Koustubh Dnyandeo Ashtekar, Hongbin Wang
  • Patent number: 9620895
    Abstract: A socket is to receive a memory module usable in a computing system. A latch is to retain the memory module seated in the socket. The latch is to generate a positive locking latch retention force to prevent removal of the memory module while the latch is in a latched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Robert J Hastings, Joseph Allen, Minh H Nguyen, James Jeffery Schulze
  • Patent number: 9607784
    Abstract: Cradle-assist assemblies attached to the breaker cradle housing and/or base or residing at least partially in the breaker cradle housing and/or base include at least one actuator configured to laterally translate the at least one right and the at least one left lock members from the extended lock position to the retracted unlocked position in response to input from a user. The at least one actuator and/or transverse member(s) can be held in a defined position so that the lock members of the cradle can be locked in the respective retracted or extended positions until the cradle assist (internal) lock is manually or automatically released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: James Jeffery Benke, Koustubh Dnyandeo Ashtekar, Hongbin Wang
  • Publication number: 20170069985
    Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a unibody socket to receive a memory module that is to interface with a computing system. A portion of the unibody socket extends into a latch extension. The latch extension is to retain the memory module based on a positive locking latch retention force that is to increase in response to an unseating force of the memory module, to prevent removal of the memory module while the latch extension is in a latched position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: James Jeffery SCHULZE, Joseph ALLEN, Louis J LAWRENCE, IV
  • Publication number: 20170063050
    Abstract: A mechanical switch-door interlock assembly includes a mounting assembly and an actuator assembly. The actuator assembly includes a body, a door sensor, an operating mechanism handle actuator, and a number of sliding coupling components. The actuator assembly body is slidably coupled to the mounting assembly. The actuator assembly body moves between a first position, wherein the operating mechanism handle actuator does not operatively engage the operating mechanism handle, and a second position, wherein the operating mechanism handle actuator operatively engages the operating mechanism handle and moves the operating mechanism handle to the second position. When a door is in a first position, the door operatively engages the door sensor and moves the actuator assembly body to the first position. When the door is in the second position, the door does not operatively engage the door sensor allowing the actuator assembly body to move into the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony John Fishovitz, James Jeffery Benke
  • Publication number: 20170047184
    Abstract: A component monitoring system structured to monitor circuit breaker assembly component characteristics is provided. The component monitoring system includes a record assembly, a number of sensor assemblies, a comparison assembly, and an output assembly. The record assembly includes selected nominal data for a selected circuit breaker component. The sensor assembly is structured to measure a number of actual component characteristics of a selected circuit breaker component and to transmit actual component characteristic output data. The comparison assembly is structured to receive an electronic signal from said record assembly and said sensor assemblies, to compare said sensor assembly actual component characteristic output data to said selected nominal data and to provide an indication signal as to whether said sensor assembly output data is acceptable when compared to the selected nominal data. The output assembly includes a communication assembly and an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koustubh Dnyandeo Ashtekar, James Jeffery Benke, Jiong Chen, Li Yu, Fangji Wu, Ronald Dale Hartzel
  • Publication number: 20170045481
    Abstract: A component monitoring system structured to monitor circuit breaker assembly component characteristics is provided. The component monitoring system includes a record assembly, a number of vibration sensor assemblies, a comparison assembly, and an output assembly. The record assembly includes selected nominal data for a selected circuit breaker component. The vibration sensor assembly is structured to measure a number of actual component characteristics for a substantial portion of the circuit breaker assembly and to transmit actual component characteristic output data. The comparison assembly is structured to receive an electronic signal from said record assembly and said sensor assemblies, to compare each sensor assembly actual component characteristic output data to said selected nominal data and to provide an indication signal as to whether said sensor assembly output data is acceptable when compared to the selected nominal data. The output assembly includes a communication assembly and an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Jeffery Benke, Koustubh Dnyandeo Ashtekar, Li Yu, Jiong Chen, Fangji Wu, He Yang, Wilbert de Vries
  • Publication number: 20160379787
    Abstract: A visible disconnect switch (VDS) interlock assembly is provided. The VDS interlock assembly is movable between a CBA, first lockout position, wherein a CBA second contact assembly cannot move when a VDS second contact assembly is in a first position, and a VDS, second lockout position, wherein a VDS second contact assembly cannot move when the CBA second contact assembly is in a second position. Further, the VDS interlock assembly is placed in an open position in between where the CBA, first lockout position and the VDS, second lockout position; from the open position the VDS interlock assembly may be moved into one of the CBA, first lockout position or the VDS, second lockout position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Koustubh Dnyandeo Ashtekar, James Jeffery Benke, Zachary R. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 9530595
    Abstract: A vacuum circuit breaker includes a frame and a vacuum interrupter supported by the frame. A control wiring harness exits from an opening in a top face of a housing portion of the frame and a terminal block is disposed on the top face of the housing portion and includes first terminals connected to wires of the control wiring harness and second terminals configured to be connected to external wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: James Jeffery Benke, Daniel Evan Palmieri, Zachary Ryan Jenkins, Matthew Eugene Siegfried
  • Publication number: 20160363978
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to video output instructions to determine whether a pre-boot video signal is to be provided and, in response to determining that the request for the pre-boot video signal has been received, enable power to an auxiliary output and provide the pre-boot video signal to a display device communicatively coupled to the auxiliary output
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Ross Gonzales, Gennadiy Rozenberg, Jhovel Louie L. Lopez, James Jeffery Schulze
  • Publication number: 20160330978
    Abstract: A system and method to control the power supplied to heating elements of a conveyor oven. The conveyor oven includes a plurality of heating elements to evenly distribute heat in an oven compartment. During peak-loads, the current draw of the heating elements may exceed available power of a power supply. Therefore, a system and method to reduce the total current draw of the plurality of heating elements is provided. The system includes a controller configured to perform the methods disclosed herein. The methods effectively lower the total current draw by rapidly cycling a plurality of relays connected to each of the plurality of heating elements to achieve even distribution of heat and reduced current draw during peak-loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: William S. Schjerven, SR., James Jeffery Hanson, Ricky Joe Sullivan McIntosh
  • Patent number: 9490084
    Abstract: A visible disconnect switch (VDS) interlock assembly is provided. The VDS interlock assembly is movable between a CBA, first lockout position, wherein a CBA second contact assembly cannot move when a VDS second contact assembly is in a first position, and a VDS, second lockout position, wherein a VDS second contact assembly cannot move when the CBA second contact assembly is in a second position. Further, the VDS interlock assembly is placed in an open position in between where the CBA, first lockout position and the VDS, second lockout position; from the open position the VDS interlock assembly may be moved into one of the CBA, first lockout position or the VDS, second lockout position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koustubh Dnyandeo Ashtekar, James Jeffery Benke, Zachary R. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 9425588
    Abstract: A guard assembly is for an electrical enclosure. The electrical enclosure includes a housing, an electrical switching apparatus, and a handle. The guard assembly includes: a shaft including a first end and a second end, the first end being structured to be coupled to the handle, the second end being structured to be coupled to the electrical switching apparatus; and a sleeve assembly structured to move between a retracted position and an extended position, the sleeve assembly including a sleeve member, the sleeve member including: a base located proximate the first end of the shaft, and a cover portion extending from the base toward the second end of the shaft, the shaft extending at least partially through the cover portion. Responsive to the sleeve assembly moving from the retracted position toward the extended position, the sleeve member moves away from the second end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth Martin Fischer, Ronald William Brand, Jr., James Jeffery Benke, Kimberley Morris