Patents by Inventor Louis C. Beggs

Louis C. Beggs 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).

  • Protected refrigerator compressor motor systems and motor protectors therefor
    Patent number: 4701824
    Abstract: A motor protector having a thermostat metal element thermally coupled to an electrical motor in a refrigerator compressor motor system has a heater responsive to motor current thermally coupled to the thermostat metal element and has an improved component arrangement to provide locked rotor and ultimate trip protection for the motor without requiring calibration of the operating temperature for the protector after assembly or after incorporation in the motor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Louis C. Beggs, John R. D'Entremont
  • Electrical switching apparatus
    Patent number: 4237510
    Abstract: A housing is disclosed in which a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) of resistivity element is mounted a selected distance from but in thermal communication with a thermostatic switch also mounted within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Herbert A. Thompson, Jr., Ronald E. Senor, Louis C. Beggs