Patents by Inventor John E. Dunne

John E. Dunne 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: 7460344
    Abstract: A battery disconnect includes a housing, battery and load terminals, separable contacts electrically connected between the battery and load terminals, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the contacts, and a manual operator cooperating with the operating mechanism to open and close the contacts. A current sensor is structured to sense current flowing between the battery and load terminals. A circuit cooperates with the current sensor and the operating mechanism to trip open the contacts responsive to arc fault, overload and short circuit conditions associated with the sensed current. The circuit includes a first input structured to receive a remote on/off signal and a second input structured to receive an inhibit signal. The circuit cooperates with the operating mechanism to open and close the contacts responsive to the on/off signal, and to inhibit detection of the arc fault, overload and short circuit conditions responsive to the inhibit signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome K. Hastings, Birger Pahl, Susan A. Glowinska, Mark G. Solveson, Steven C. Schmalz, James R. Sumara, Davin R. Lee, Gilbert G. Jones, John E. Dunne
  • Publication number: 20080143461
    Abstract: A battery disconnect includes a housing, battery and load terminals, separable contacts electrically connected between the battery and load terminals, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the contacts, and a manual operator cooperating with the operating mechanism to open and close the contacts. A current sensor is structured to sense current flowing between the battery and load terminals. A circuit cooperates with the current sensor and the operating mechanism to trip open the contacts responsive to arc fault, overload and short circuit conditions associated with the sensed current. The circuit includes a first input structured to receive a remote on/off signal and a second input structured to receive an inhibit signal. The circuit cooperates with the operating mechanism to open and close the contacts responsive to the on/off signal, and to inhibit detection of the arc fault, overload and short circuit conditions responsive to the inhibit signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: JEROME K. HASTINGS, Birger Pahl, Susan A. Glowinska, Mark G. Solveson, Steven C. Schmalz, James R. Sumara, Davin R. Lee, Gilbert G. Jones, John E. Dunne
  • Patent number: 4888577
    Abstract: A transmission system (10) including a control display (2, 302) is provided. The control display comprised of three sections, a currently engaged gear ratio section (2'") a maximum permissible consecutive upshift indicating section (2') and a maximum permissible consecutive downshift indicating section (2"). The central processing unit (38) includes circuitry and logic rules to process input signals to determine the currently permissible gear ratios and will indicate said gear ratios, in the form of maximum permissible upshifts and downshifts, at said display. The central processing unit also includes circuitry and logic rules to sense the existence of a fault condition, to assign a predetermined code ("18") thereto and to issue command output signals to the display to cause the second and third sections to assume a fault condition indicating display and to cause said first section to display to assigned code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Dunkley, John E. Stainton, John E. Dunne