Patents by Inventor Leonard S. Scheuring

Leonard S. Scheuring 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).

  • Shunt trip control circuits using shunt trip signal accumulator and methods of operating the same
    Patent number: 9577419
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter provide an apparatus for driving a shunt trip actuator for a circuit breaker or other switch. The apparatus includes an energy storage device and an accumulator circuit configured to store energy in the energy storage device responsive to a shunt trip control signal. The apparatus further includes a detector circuit configured to generate a detection signal responsive to a state of the energy storage device meeting a predetermined criterion and a driver circuit configured to drive the shunt trip actuator using the energy stored in the energy storage device responsive to the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Jon E. Hymel, Leonard S. Scheuring
  • SHUNT TRIP CONTROL CIRCUITS USING SHUNT TRIP SIGNAL ACCUMULATOR AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150171614
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter provide an apparatus for driving a shunt trip actuator for a circuit breaker or other switch. The apparatus includes an energy storage device and an accumulator circuit configured to store energy in the energy storage device responsive to a shunt trip control signal. The apparatus further includes a detector circuit configured to generate a detection signal responsive to a state of the energy storage device meeting a predetermined criterion and a driver circuit configured to drive the shunt trip actuator using the energy stored in the energy storage device responsive to the detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Jon E. Hymel, Leonard S. Scheuring