Patents by Inventor Kevin McArdle

Kevin McArdle 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: 5142104
    Abstract: A corrona test set has at least a reactor and power separation filter placed in an oil-filled conductive tank of a conductive material such as sheet steel. The exciter optionally may also be placed in the same tank enclosure which is of much smaller size than the equivalent voltage rating rest set in air. High voltage taken from the circuit passes out of the tank through high voltage bushings. A preferred form of bushing is a quick coupling cable receiving device having an insulator extending into the tank and a frustoconical metallic extension extending away from the tank with a tubular internal wall connected to these respective parts at opposite ends to form a further oil-filled compartment separate from the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: James G. Biddle Co.
    Inventor: Kevin McArdle
  • Patent number: 5128620
    Abstract: A corrona test set has at least a reactor and power separation filter placed in an oil-filled conductive tank of a conductive material such as sheet steel. The exciter optionally may also be placed in the same tank enclosure which is of much smaller size than the equivalent voltage rating test set in air. High voltage taken from the circuit passes out of the tank through high voltage bushings. A preferred form of bushing is a quick coupling cable receiving device having an insulator extending into the tank and a frustoconical metallic extension extending away from the tank with a tubular internal wall connected to these respective parts at opposite ends to form a further oil-filled compartment separate from the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: James G. Biddle Co.
    Inventor: Kevin McArdle