Patents by Inventor Kurt R. Mickler

Kurt R. Mickler 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).

  • Publication number: 20240097432
    Abstract: An industrial system includes a load control assembly, an integrated absence of voltage tester (AVT), and an absence of voltage indicator. The load control assembly has a supply input, a load output, a disconnecting device, and a load controller coupled to the load output, with the disconnecting device coupled between the supply input and the load controller. The AVT is integrated into one of the disconnecting device and the load controller, and the AVT configured to detect an absence of an operating voltage of the load control assembly. The absence of voltage indicator is coupled to the AVT and configured to indicate the absence of an operating voltage of the load control assembly detected by the AVT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Sampaio Marques, Philip M. Hamilton, Troy Micheal Bellows, Todd Richard Sauve, Kurt R. Mickler, Robert Stafford Dilgard
  • Patent number: 11581152
    Abstract: A reversible fuse support block includes a molding, a terminal, and a fuser interface. The molding may be installed within a housing in a first position and a second position, wherein the second position is rotated 180 degrees relative to the first position. The terminal couples to the molding and includes a plurality of apertures disposed in a pattern. The fuse interface receives a first end of a fuse. The fuse interface couples to the terminal in a first arrangement and a second arrangement such that when the fuse interface is installed in the first arrangement and the molding is installed in the first position, the fuse interface is disposed in substantially the same position relative to a corresponding fuse interface on a fuse support block as when the fuse interface is installed in the second arrangement and the molding is installed in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, Douglas R. Berger, Robert G. Rushmer, Ganesh B. Gaikwad
  • Patent number: 11233387
    Abstract: Described herein are improvements for a power system by operating the power system using updated performance characteristics for a protection device. In one example, a method includes operating the power system based on a first operational curve for a first protection device of the one or more protection devices. The first operational curve indicates conditions upon which the first protection device will trip. The method also provides obtaining trip information describing conditions that cause the first protection device to trip at each of one or more trip occurrences during operation of the power system. The method further provides adjusting the first operational curve to generate an adjusted first operational curve that reflects the trip information and operating the power system based on the adjusted first operational curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David C. Mazur, Troy M. Bellows, Rob A. Entzminger, Kurt R. Mickler, Bruce K. Venne, John A. Kay, Scott D. Day
  • Publication number: 20210287859
    Abstract: A reversible fuse support block includes a molding, a terminal, and a fuser interface. The molding may be installed within a housing in a first position and a second position, wherein the second position is rotated 180 degrees relative to the first position. The terminal couples to the molding and includes a plurality of apertures disposed in a pattern. The fuse interface receives a first end of a fuse. The fuse interface couples to the terminal in a first arrangement and a second arrangement such that when the fuse interface is installed in the first arrangement and the molding is installed in the first position, the fuse interface is disposed in substantially the same position relative to a corresponding fuse interface on a fuse support block as when the fuse interface is installed in the second arrangement and the molding is installed in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, Douglas R. Berger, Robert G. Rushmer, Ganesh B. Gaikwad
  • Patent number: 11049669
    Abstract: A reversible fuse support block includes a molding, a terminal, and a fuser interface. The molding may be installed within a housing in a first position and a second position, wherein the second position is rotated 180 degrees relative to the first position. The terminal couples to the molding and includes a plurality of apertures disposed in a pattern. The fuse interface receives a first end of a fuse. The fuse interface couples to the terminal in a first arrangement and a second arrangement such that when the fuse interface is installed in the first arrangement and the molding is installed in the first position, the fuse interface is disposed in substantially the same position relative to a corresponding fuse interface on a fuse support block as when the fuse interface is installed in the second arrangement and the molding is installed in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, Douglas R. Berger, Robert G. Rushmer, Ganesh B. Gaikwad
  • Publication number: 20200328037
    Abstract: A reversible fuse support block includes a molding, a terminal, and a fuser interface. The molding may be installed within a housing in a first position and a second position, wherein the second position is rotated 180 degrees relative to the first position. The terminal couples to the molding and includes a plurality of apertures disposed in a pattern. The fuse interface receives a first end of a fuse. The fuse interface couples to the terminal in a first arrangement and a second arrangement such that when the fuse interface is installed in the first arrangement and the molding is installed in the first position, the fuse interface is disposed in substantially the same position relative to a corresponding fuse interface on a fuse support block as when the fuse interface is installed in the second arrangement and the molding is installed in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, Douglas R. Berger, Robert G. Rushmer, Ganesh B. Gaikwad
  • Publication number: 20200259323
    Abstract: Described herein are improvements for a power system by operating the power system using updated performance characteristics for a protection device. In one example, a method includes operating the power system based on a first operational curve for a first protection device of the one or more protection devices. The first operational curve indicates conditions upon which the first protection device will trip. The method also provides obtaining trip information describing conditions that cause the first protection device to trip at each of one or more trip occurrences during operation of the power system. The method further provides adjusting the first operational curve to generate an adjusted first operational curve that reflects the trip information and operating the power system based on the adjusted first operational curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: David C. Mazur, Troy M. Bellows, Rob A. Entzminger, Kurt R. Mickler, Bruce K. Venne, John A. Kay, Scott D. Day
  • Patent number: 10720286
    Abstract: A reversible fuse support block includes a molding, a terminal, and a fuser interface. The molding may be installed within a housing in a first position and a second position, wherein the second position is rotated 180 degrees relative to the first position. The terminal couples to the molding and includes a plurality of apertures disposed in a pattern. The fuse interface receives a first end of a fuse. The fuse interface couples to the terminal in a first arrangement and a second arrangement such that when the fuse interface is installed in the first arrangement and the molding is installed in the first position, the fuse interface is disposed in substantially the same position relative to a corresponding fuse interface on a fuse support block as when the fuse interface is installed in the second arrangement and the molding is installed in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technoloigies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, Douglas R. Berger, Robert G. Rushmer, Ganesh B. Gaikwad
  • Publication number: 20200219677
    Abstract: A reversible fuse support block includes a molding, a terminal, and a fuser interface. The molding may be installed within a housing in a first position and a second position, wherein the second position is rotated 180 degrees relative to the first position. The terminal couples to the molding and includes a plurality of apertures disposed in a pattern. The fuse interface receives a first end of a fuse. The fuse interface couples to the terminal in a first arrangement and a second arrangement such that when the fuse interface is installed in the first arrangement and the molding is installed in the first position, the fuse interface is disposed in substantially the same position relative to a corresponding fuse interface on a fuse support block as when the fuse interface is installed in the second arrangement and the molding is installed in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, Douglas R. Berger, Robert G. Rushmer, Ganesh B. Gaikwad
  • Patent number: 10305282
    Abstract: For initiating a control function based on a real time available fault current measurement, a measurement module measures an operating voltage, a short voltage, and a ring parameter of alternating current power lines. A processor calculates an impedance of the power lines as a function of the operating voltage, the short voltage, and the ring parameter. The processor further calculates a dynamic available fault current as a function of the impedance. In addition, the processor initiates a control function based on the available fault current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, David C. Mazur
  • Publication number: 20180309290
    Abstract: For initiating a control function based on a real time available fault current measurement, a measurement module measures an operating voltage, a short voltage, and a ring parameter of alternating current power lines. A processor calculates an impedance of the power lines as a function of the operating voltage, the short voltage, and the ring parameter. The processor further calculates a dynamic available fault current as a function of the impedance. In addition, the processor initiates a control function based on the available fault current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, David C. Mazur
  • Patent number: D894840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, Douglas R. Berger, Robert G. Rushmer, Ganesh B. Gaikwad
  • Patent number: D894841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, Douglas R. Berger, Robert G. Rushmer, Ganesh B. Gaikwad
  • Patent number: D910575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, Douglas R. Berger, Robert G. Rushmer, Ganesh B. Gaikwad
  • Patent number: D940007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Mickler, Douglas R. Berger, Robert G. Rushmer, Ganesh B. Gaikwad