Patents by Inventor Mark F. Rusnak

Mark F. Rusnak 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: 5861683
    Abstract: A panelboard for power lines and loads includes a housing; a plurality of circuit breakers housed by the housing; and a panelboard controller substantially housed by the housing. Some of the circuit breakers, which switch a circuit from one or more of the power lines to the loads, include remotely controllable actuating circuits for actuating the circuit breakers and switching a circuit from one or more of the power lines to one or more of the loads. The panelboard controller includes a monitoring circuit for monitoring power or energy consumed in the circuits of the circuit breakers and a control circuit for controlling the remotely controllable actuating circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph C. Engel, Mark F. Rusnak, John C. Schlotterer
  • Patent number: 5023822
    Abstract: A programmable system for providing a programmable ratio of output pulses to input pulses. The programmable system receives pulses from an electric power meter and outputs a programmable number of pulses representing a number of kilowatt hours consumed. Various electric power meter disk patterns can be processed by the programmable system. The programmable ratio can be applied via input pins and/or via an external memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Inventors: John C. Schlotterer, Paul M. Johnston, Mark F. Rusnak, Lawrence T. Pillage, Thomas M. Byrd, Jr.