Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Sanner

Kenneth W. Sanner 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: 7348872
    Abstract: A fuse having a plurality of configurable thermal ceilings. The fuse includes a housing, a first conductive cap, a second conductive cap, a plurality of conductive elements extending through the housing, and a conductive connector that is electrically coupled to a conductive element. One or more conductive elements are electrically connected to the first conductive cap at any one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert N. Parry, James J. Benke, Chad A. Eckhardt, Kenneth W. Sanner, Jianqiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20030081987
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for locating and retaining a nut plate utilizing at least one peg having tapered, crushable ribs, dimensioned and configured to frictionally engage a corresponding aperture in the nut plate, thereby locating and retaining the nut plate until a bolt is threadedly secured to the nut plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Frank K. Ostrowski, Kenneth W. Sanner
  • Patent number: 4983939
    Abstract: A circuit breaker has a magnetic trip assembly which can be adjusted to trip the breaker for low level overcurrents in the range of five to ten times rated current. The magnet trip includes for each pole of the breaker a helical torsion spring having one torsion arm which biases an armature against an adjusting bar to form a gap between the armature and a stationary magnetic structure in which magnetic flux strong enough to attract the armature and trip the breaker is induced by overcurrent. A second torsion arm of the spring has a first portion which bears against and slides along a pivot member carried by the adjusting bar to adjust the bias force applied to the armature by a given amount per unit travel of the adjusting bar over a low trip current portion of the range of travel of the adjusting bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: John J. Shea, Richard P. Sabol, Louis Paich, Ronald A. Cheski, Kenneth W. Sanner, William E. Beatty, Jr.