Patents by Inventor James M. Durrell

James M. Durrell 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: 4262163
    Abstract: In a busway having plural busbars disposed with their broad sides in face-to-face relation, the ends of longitudinally aligned outside busbars are cut at complementary angles to create a single edge connecting segment for each busbar which extends through a phase transposition zone. Upper and lower transverse connectors are welded at their opposed ends to transversely aligned edge connecting segments to effectively reverse the phase positions of the busbars upstream and downstream of the transposition zone. If the busway includes two inside busbars, phase transposition is achieved in similar fashion. Once insulatively coated, the phase transpositioned busbars are nested together to create a compact transposition zone having a transverse dimension no greater than the busway therebeyond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James M. Durrell, Werner A. Krause