Patents by Inventor James Patrick Sisley
James Patrick Sisley 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).
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Patent number: 10529520Abstract: A metering apparatus includes a support; a connection apparatus disposed on the support and structured to be electrically connected with a circuit interrupter; a detection apparatus disposed on the support and structured to detect a first operational aspect of the circuit interrupter; a communication apparatus in communication with the detection apparatus, the communication apparatus being disposed on the support; a first bidirectional communications port disposed on a first side of the support and in communication with the communication apparatus; and a second bidirectional communications port disposed on a second side, opposite the first side, of the support and in communication with the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus is structured to communicate to another device via at least one of the first communications port or the second communications port at least a first parameter of the circuit interrupter based at least in part upon the first operational aspect.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: James Patrick Sisley, Patrick Thomas Walsh, Paul Alan Merck
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Patent number: 10128073Abstract: A thermal trip assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, separable contacts enclosed by the housing, an operating mechanism for opening and closing the separable contacts, and a number of shunts. The thermal trip assembly includes a load conductor, a bimetal adapted to cooperate with the operating mechanism to open the separable contacts in response to a trip condition, and a bypass heater element structured to be electrically connected to the shunts. The bypass heater element directs the flow of electric current to at least partially bypass the bimetal.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Craig Joseph Puhalla, Brian Scott Jansto, Richard Paul Malingowski, James Patrick Sisley
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Publication number: 20180269020Abstract: A metering apparatus includes a support; a connection apparatus disposed on the support and structured to be electrically connected with a circuit interrupter; a detection apparatus disposed on the support and structured to detect a first operational aspect of the circuit interrupter; a communication apparatus in communication with the detection apparatus, the communication apparatus being disposed on the support; a first bidirectional communications port disposed on a first side of the support and in communication with the communication apparatus; and a second bidirectional communications port disposed on a second side, opposite the first side, of the support and in communication with the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus is structured to communicate to another device via at least one of the first communications port or the second communications port at least a first parameter of the circuit interrupter based at least in part upon the first operational aspect.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: JAMES PATRICK SISLEY, PATRICK THOMAS WALSH, PAUL ALAN MERCK
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Publication number: 20180182582Abstract: A thermal trip assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, separable contacts enclosed by the housing, an operating mechanism for opening and closing the separable contacts, and a number of shunts. The thermal trip assembly includes a load conductor, a bimetal adapted to cooperate with the operating mechanism to open the separable contacts in response to a trip condition, and a bypass heater element structured to be electrically connected to the shunts. The bypass heater element directs the flow of electric current to at least partially bypass the bimetal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: CRAIG JOSEPH PUHALLA, BRIAN SCOTT JANSTO, RICHARD PAUL MALINGOWSKI, JAMES PATRICK SISLEY
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Patent number: 10008353Abstract: A metering apparatus includes a support; a connection apparatus disposed on the support and structured to be electrically connected with a circuit interrupter; a detection apparatus disposed on the support and structured to detect a first operational aspect of the circuit interrupter; a communication apparatus in communication with the detection apparatus, the communication apparatus being disposed on the support; a first bidirectional communications port disposed on a first side of the support and in communication with the communication apparatus; and a second bidirectional communications port disposed on a second side, opposite the first side, of the support and in communication with the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus is structured to communicate to another device via at least one of the first communications port or the second communications port at least a first parameter of the circuit interrupter based at least in part upon the first operational aspect.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: James Patrick Sisley, Patrick Thomas Walsh, Paul Alan Merck
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Patent number: 9892873Abstract: A multi-purpose mounting assembly is provided. The multi-purpose mounting assembly is structured to be disposed in an electrical switching apparatus housing assembly. The multi-purpose mounting assembly includes a body defining a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly. The first mounting assembly includes a first mounting construct. The second mounting assembly includes a second mounting construct. The first mounting construct is structured to support a first electrical component. The second mounting construct is structured to support a second electrical component.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Richard Paul Malingowski, James Patrick Sisley, Mark Anthony Janusek
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Patent number: 9842715Abstract: Electrical switching apparatus and strain relief assemblies therefor are described herein. In one exemplary, non-limiting embodiment, a strain relief assembly includes a cover and a base, each of which include a number of grooves structured to receive a number of wires. Each groove has a first side and a second side, where the second side is located opposite the first side. Furthermore, located on the first side and/or the second side are a number of protrusions. The grooves and the protrusions serve to secure the number of wires within the strain relief assembly such that, if a force is applied to an end of the wire, the protrusions work to retain the wires with the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Jack Edward Devine, David Curtis Turner, Stephanie Feejin Lee, Bradley Patrick Rizzo, Mark Anthony Janusek, Richard Paul Malingowski, James Patrick Sisley
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Publication number: 20170162356Abstract: Electrical switching apparatus and strain relief assemblies therefor are described herein. In one exemplary, non-limiting embodiment, a strain relief assembly includes a cover and a base, each of which include a number of grooves structured to receive a number of wires. Each groove has a first side and a second side, where the second side is located opposite the first side. Furthermore, located on the first side and/or the second side are a number of protrusions. The grooves and the protrusions serve to secure the number of wires within the strain relief assembly such that, if a force is applied to an end of the wire, the protrusions work to retain the wires with the assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: JACK EDWARD DEVINE, DAVID CURTIS TURNER, STEPHANIE FEEJIN LEE, BRADLEY PATRICK RIZZO, MARK ANTHONY JANUSEK, RICHARD PAUL MALINGOWSKI, JAMES PATRICK SISLEY
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Publication number: 20170125195Abstract: A metering apparatus includes a support; a connection apparatus disposed on the support and structured to be electrically connected with a circuit interrupter; a detection apparatus disposed on the support and structured to detect a first operational aspect of the circuit interrupter; a communication apparatus in communication with the detection apparatus, the communication apparatus being disposed on the support; a first bidirectional communications port disposed on a first side of the support and in communication with the communication apparatus; and a second bidirectional communications port disposed on a second side, opposite the first side, of the support and in communication with the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus is structured to communicate to another device via at least one of the first communications port or the second communications port at least a first parameter of the circuit interrupter based at least in part upon the first operational aspect.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: JAMES PATRICK SISLEY, PATRICK THOMAS WALSH, PAUL ALAN MERCK
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Patent number: 9524842Abstract: Molded case circuit breakers (MCCBs) have an MCCB body with at least one switch printed circuit board (PCB) holding between 1-4 recessed switches. The switch PCB has a bottom primary surface and an opposing top primary surface and a cover residing over the switch PCB and attached to the MCCB case body so that an outer end portion of the 1-4 switches held by the switch PCB extends through the cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: James Patrick Sisley, James Leo Lagree, Richard Paul Malingowski, Theodore James Miller, David Richard Olenak
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Publication number: 20160351354Abstract: A multi-purpose mounting assembly is provided. The multi-purpose mounting assembly is structured to be disposed in an electrical switching apparatus housing assembly. The multi-purpose mounting assembly includes a body defining a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly. The first mounting assembly includes a first mounting construct. The second mounting assembly includes a second mounting construct. The first mounting construct is structured to support a first electrical component. The second mounting construct is structured to support a second electrical component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Eaton CorporationInventors: Richard Paul Malingowski, James Patrick Sisley, Mark Anthony Janusek
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Patent number: 9443669Abstract: A multi-purpose mounting assembly is provided. The multi-purpose mounting assembly is structured to be disposed in an electrical switching apparatus housing assembly. The multi-purpose mounting assembly includes a body defining a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly. The first mounting assembly includes a first mounting construct. The second mounting assembly includes a second mounting construct. The first mounting construct is structured to support a first electrical component. The second mounting construct is structured to support a second electrical component.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Richard Paul Malingowski, James Patrick Sisley, Mark Anthony Janusek
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Patent number: 9437384Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a frame, at least one conductor supported by the frame, and a breaker mechanism supported by the frame and including a trip bar assembly that actuates the breaker mechanism. The circuit breaker also includes a magnetic armature assembly including an armature plate configured to move responsive to a current in the at least one conductor and an elongate link member (e.g., a rod) coupling the armature plate to the trip bar and having at least one flanged portion retained in at least one keyed slot in at least one of the armature plate and the trip bar assembly. The elongate link member may have a narrowed portion sized to allow passage of the link member through a narrowed portion of the at least one keyed slot to facilitate engagement of the at least one flanged portion in the at least one keyed slot.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Bradley Patrick Rizzo, Raymond Lee Jurek, James Patrick Sisley, David Edward Little
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Patent number: 9396890Abstract: A barrier member is for an arc chute assembly of an electrical switching apparatus. The arc chute assembly comprises a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite and spaced apart from said first sidewall. The barrier member comprises a body portion structured to be disposed between said first sidewall and said second sidewall, said body portion comprising a first support portion, a second support portion, and a cover portion connecting said first support portion to said second support portion; a first containment portion extending from said first support portion, said first containment portion being structured to be disposed proximate said first sidewall; and a second containment portion extending from said second support portion toward said first containment portion, said second containment portion being structured to be disposed proximate said second sidewall, wherein said second containment portion is spaced from said first containment portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: James Michael Smeltzer, John Edward Devine, James Patrick Sisley
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Publication number: 20160181046Abstract: Molded case circuit breakers (MCCBs) have an MCCB body with at least one switch printed circuit board (PCB) holding between 1-4 recessed switches. The switch PCB has a bottom primary surface and an opposing top primary surface and a cover residing over the switch PCB and attached to the MCCB case body so that an outer end portion of the 1-4 switches held by the switch PCB extends through the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: James Patrick Sisley, James Leo Lagree, Richard Paul Malingowski, Theodore James Miller, David Richard Olenak
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Publication number: 20160012998Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a frame, at least one conductor supported by the frame, and a breaker mechanism supported by the frame and including a trip bar assembly that actuates the breaker mechanism. The circuit breaker also includes a magnetic armature assembly including an armature plate configured to move responsive to a current in the at least one conductor and an elongate link member (e.g., a rod) coupling the armature plate to the trip bar and having at least one flanged portion retained in at least one keyed slot in at least one of the armature plate and the trip bar assembly. The elongate link member may have a narrowed portion sized to allow passage of the link member through a narrowed portion of the at least one keyed slot to facilitate engagement of the at least one flanged portion in the at least one keyed slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Bradley Patrick Rizzo, Raymond Lee Jurek, James Patrick Sisley, David Edward Little
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Publication number: 20150348720Abstract: A barrier member is for an arc chute assembly of an electrical switching apparatus. The arc chute assembly comprises a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite and spaced apart from said first sidewall. The barrier member comprises a body portion structured to be disposed between said first sidewall and said second sidewall, said body portion comprising a first support portion, a second support portion, and a cover portion connecting said first support portion to said second support portion; a first containment portion extending from said first support portion, said first containment portion being structured to be disposed proximate said first sidewall; and a second containment portion extending from said second support portion toward said first containment portion, said second containment portion being structured to be disposed proximate said second sidewall, wherein said second containment portion is spaced from said first containment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: JAMES MICHAEL SMELTZER, JOHN EDWARD DEVINE, JAMES PATRICK SISLEY
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Publication number: 20150294811Abstract: A multi-purpose mounting assembly is provided. The multi-purpose mounting assembly is structured to be disposed in an electrical switching apparatus housing assembly. The multi-purpose mounting assembly includes a body defining a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly. The first mounting assembly includes a first mounting construct. The second mounting assembly includes a second mounting construct. The first mounting construct is structured to support a first electrical component. The second mounting construct is structured to support a second electrical component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: Richard Paul Malingowski, James Patrick Sisley, Mark Anthony Janusek
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Patent number: D781244Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: James Patrick Sisley, James Leo Lagree, Chad Eliott Murff, Richard Paul Malingowski, Kelly Julia McCarthy
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Patent number: D869402Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: James Patrick Sisley, James Leo Lagree, Chad Eliott Murff, Richard Paul Malingowski, Kelly Julia McCarthy