Patents by Inventor Kurt R. Van Wormer

Kurt R. Van Wormer 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: 5406449
    Abstract: A rigid insulating shield has tabs at a lower end inserted in slots in a case and a press-in fastener at an upper end inserted within a hole in a switch base assembly for securing said shield within the case. A handle pullout has a large flange extending over the shield when inserted in the switch base assembly to prevent removal or displacement of the shield while the handle pullout is inserted in an ON position of the switch. The flange is sufficiently large to block direct access to termination means on the switch base assembly when the shield is removed and the handle pullout is inserted in the switch ON position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Loy A. Hicks, Richard A. Reiner, David M. Tallman, Kurt R. Van Wormer
  • Patent number: 4906059
    Abstract: One end of an internal barrier assembly is attached to a forward side of a cabinet below a door of the cabinet by bolt and nut fasteners threadably assembled together at the exterior of the cabinet to be readily visible to an observer inspecting similar bolt and nut fasteners for the cabinet door, all such fasteners preferably being disposed on a common face of the cabinet. The bolt and nut fasteners have holes therein through which a wire loop of a lead security seal is wound and the integrity of all seals may be visibly observed without opening the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Reiner, John E. Swedowski, Robert J. Clarey, Kurt R. Van Wormer