Patents by Inventor Louis L. Runge

Louis L. Runge 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: 5482333
    Abstract: A sliding, door latch has a latch member and a spring member integrally molded in one-piece. The latch member, which can be secured in a latch opening in a thin door panel without the use of tools, includes a planar base member which covers and slides reciprocally in the opening. An integral actuator extends traversely from the back of the base member through the opening and has integral bosses on its sides which form grooves engaging tangs in the sides of the latch opening. An integrally molded latch finger projects from the actuator toward the door panel edge. The spring member includes a first pair of spaced apart elongated elements integrally hinged to the actuator, a second pair of elongated elements integrally hinged at one end to the first pair, a beam integrally hinged to and connecting the other ends of the second pair of elongated elements, and a hook integrally molded to the center of the beam and engaging the rear edge of latch opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Donald F. Gehrs, Louis L. Runge, Percy A. White
  • Patent number: 5420749
    Abstract: In an improved panel interior assembly of the type in which elongated bus bars are snap-fit into an insulating support structure a plurality of integrally molded pins are attached to the insulating support structure positioned to extend through holes in a pan to which the insulating support structure is to be attached. These pins are ultrasonically staked to securely hold the insulating support structure and bus bars attached thereto on the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Donald F. Gehrs, Louis L. Runge
  • Patent number: 5340945
    Abstract: In an improved panel interior assembly of the type in which elongated bus bars are snap-fit into an insulating support structure a plurality of integrally molded pins are attached to the insulating support structure positioned to extend through holes in a pan to which the insulating support structure is to be attached. These pins are ultrasonically staked to securely hold the insulating support structure and bus bars attached thereto on the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Donald F. Gehrs, Louis L. Runge
  • Patent number: 5204803
    Abstract: An insulated neutral bus has a base, top and conductive bus therebetween. Ribs extend from the base and frictionally engage ribs extending from the top. A recess is preferably provided in the bus so that the bus may fit behind a removable panelboard interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Louis L. Runge
  • Patent number: 5189596
    Abstract: In an electrical transition a nonconductive base has at least one side rail and at least one interior rail spaced apart from a side rail and a wire connector fitted therebetween. The side rail and interior rail prevent the connector from moving across the base. A bus bar is placed on the base and has a tab extending into the opening of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Louis L. Runge
  • Patent number: 5181165
    Abstract: In an improved panel interior assembly of the type in which elongated bus bars are snap-fit into an insulating support structure a plurality of integrally molded pins are attached to the insulating support structure positioned to extend through holes in a pan to which the insulating support structure is to be attached. These pins are ultrasonically staked to securely hold the insulating support structure and bus bars attached thereto on the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Donald F. Gehrs, Louis L. Runge