Patents by Inventor Jason Kohei Okerman

Jason Kohei Okerman 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: 11398363
    Abstract: Circuit breakers are disclosed that include a housing with a line side and a load side, a printed circuit board in the housing, a movable contact arm with an electrical contact, a stationary line side contact, a primary trip solenoid in the housing coupled to the printed circuit board, an armature in the housing, a bimetal member in the housing adjacent the armature and adjacent the primary trip solenoid; and a lockout assembly in the housing. The lockout assembly includes a rod configured to have a first inactive position and a second lockout position. When in the second position and/or as the rod travels to the second lockout position, the rod directly or indirectly pushes the armature toward the bimetal member to physically lock out the circuit breaker to prevent conduction and separate the line side contact from the movable contact arm electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Andrew William Courson, Jason Kohei Okerman
  • Patent number: 10878673
    Abstract: A system includes a circuit breaker and an adapter. The circuit breaker includes a front face with a light source on the front face. The adapter is configured to be releasably held on the front face in an installed position. The adapter includes a light sensor that aligns with the light source in the installed position. The light source and the light sensor are configured to communicate such that the adapter receives operational data from the circuit breaker in the installed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Sujit Subhash Patwardhan, Jason Kohei Okerman, Nicholas David Reynolds
  • Patent number: 10811865
    Abstract: A method for obtaining operational data from a circuit breaker includes: releasably attaching an adapter to a circuit breaker; actuating a test button on the circuit breaker using the adapter; moving a handle of the circuit breaker to an on position; initiating output of a light signal from the circuit breaker that is representative of operational data of the circuit breaker in response to the actuating and moving steps; and receiving the light signal at the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas David Reynolds, Jason Kohei Okerman, Sandy Omar Jimenez
  • Patent number: 10777996
    Abstract: An electronic overload current breaker supports arc-fault and ground-fault (AFGF) detection along with built-in shunt calibration (BISCâ„¢). The breaker may include a current sensing shunt and a control circuit electrically coupled to the current sensing shunt. This control circuit is configured to calibrate the current sensing shunt in response to application of a calibration current to the breaker. The control circuit can: (i) determine a magnitude of the calibration current applied to the breaker, (ii) map the magnitude of the calibration current to a first one of a plurality of current ratings for the breaker, and (iii) set the breaker to monitor overload conditions at the first one of the plurality of current ratings. The plurality of current ratings for the breaker can be less than the magnitude of the calibration current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Jian Jiao, Jason Kohei Okerman, Sandy Omar Jimenez
  • Publication number: 20200136365
    Abstract: Circuit breakers are disclosed that include a housing with a line side and a load side, a printed circuit board in the housing, a movable contact arm with an electrical contact, a stationary line side contact, a primary trip solenoid in the housing coupled to the printed circuit board, an armature in the housing, a bimetal member in the housing adjacent the armature and adjacent the primary trip solenoid; and a lockout assembly in the housing. The lockout assembly includes a rod configured to have a first inactive position and a second lockout position. When in the second position and/or as the rod travels to the second lockout position, the rod directly or indirectly pushes the armature toward the bimetal member to physically lock out the circuit breaker to prevent conduction and separate the line side contact from the movable contact arm electrical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew William Courson, Jason Kohei Okerman
  • Publication number: 20190266856
    Abstract: A system includes a circuit breaker and an adapter. The circuit breaker includes a front face with a light source on the front face. The adapter is configured to be releasably held on the front face in an installed position. The adapter includes a light sensor that aligns with the light source in the installed position. The light source and the light sensor are configured to communicate such that the adapter receives operational data from the circuit breaker in the installed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Sujit Subhash Patwardhan, Jason Kohei Okerman, Nicholas David Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20190267790
    Abstract: A method for obtaining operational data from a circuit breaker includes: releasably attaching an adapter to a circuit breaker; actuating a test button on the circuit breaker using the adapter; moving a handle of the circuit breaker to an on position; initiating output of a light signal from the circuit breaker that is representative of operational data of the circuit breaker in response to the actuating and moving steps; and receiving the light signal at the adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas David Reynolds, Jason Kohei Okerman, Sandy Omar Jimenez
  • Publication number: 20190237961
    Abstract: An electronic overload current breaker supports arc-fault and ground-fault (AFGF) detection along with built-in shunt calibration (BISCâ„¢). The breaker may include a current sensing shunt and a control circuit electrically coupled to the current sensing shunt. This control circuit is configured to calibrate the current sensing shunt in response to application of a calibration current to the breaker. The control circuit can: (i) determine a magnitude of the calibration current applied to the breaker, (ii) map the magnitude of the calibration current to a first one of a plurality of current ratings for the breaker, and (iii) set the breaker to monitor overload conditions at the first one of the plurality of current ratings. The plurality of current ratings for the breaker can be less than the magnitude of the calibration current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Jian Jiao, Jason Kohei Okerman, Sandy Omar Jimenez
  • Patent number: 9647430
    Abstract: A bus assembly is for a load center. The load center includes a cover apparatus and an electrical switching apparatus. The cover apparatus has a number of cover segments. The bus assembly comprises a bus stab structured to be coupled to the number of cover segments and the electrical switching apparatus; a bus bar structured to be coupled to the number of cover segments; and a connection device comprising an element extending from a corresponding one of the bus stab and the bus bar. The connection device is structured to move between a FIRST position corresponding to the element being electrically disconnected from the other of the corresponding one of the bus stab and the bus bar, and a SECOND position corresponding to the element being electrically connected to the other of the corresponding one of the bus stab and the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew William Courson, Jason Kohei Okerman