Patents by Inventor Kenneth M. Fischer

Kenneth M. Fischer 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).

  • Cover for battery compartment and communications port
    Patent number: 5605467
    Abstract: A cover for a communications port and an aperture at a surface of an electrical switching device includes a cover mechanism for covering at least the communications port and the aperture; and a plug having a proximate end attached to the cover mechanism and having a distal end for insertion within a recess of the communications port. Alternatively, an electrical switching device comprises separable contacts; a housing for the separable contacts including a surface having an aperture and a communications port with a recess; a cover mechanism for covering at least the communications port and the aperture; and a plug having a proximate end attached to the cover mechanism and having a distal end for insertion within the recess of the communications port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: H. Richard Beck, Kenneth M. Fischer