Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Puskar

Michael Paul Puskar 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: 9548170
    Abstract: A guard assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus of an electrical system. The electrical system includes a number of conductors each having an insulated portion and an exposed portion that meet at a junction. The electrical switching apparatus includes a housing and a number of terminals connected to the exposed portion of a conductor. The guard assembly comprises: an interconnect member coupled to the housing; and a number of guard members each comprising: a first portion coupled to the interconnect member, and a second portion extending from the first portion away from the housing, the second portion comprising: a first distal end located at the first portion, and a second distal end opposite and distal from the first distal end. Each of the guard members has an opening. The opening receives a conductor. Each junction is located between a second distal end and a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Michael Crooks, Charles Bradley Anderson, Michael Paul Puskar, David Michael Olszewski, Javvad Qasimi
  • Publication number: 20160211093
    Abstract: A guard assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus of an electrical system. The electrical system includes a number of conductors each having an insulated portion and an exposed portion that meet at a junction. The electrical switching apparatus includes a housing and a number of terminals connected to the exposed portion of a conductor. The guard assembly comprises: an interconnect member coupled to the housing; and a number of guard members each comprising: a first portion coupled to the interconnect member, and a second portion extending from the first portion away from the housing, the second portion comprising: a first distal end located at the first portion, and a second distal end opposite and distal from the first distal end. Each of the guard members has an opening. The opening receives a conductor. Each junction is located between a second distal end and a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Michael Crooks, Charles Bradley Anderson, Michael Paul Puskar, David Michael Olszewski, Javvad Qasimi
  • Patent number: 7544063
    Abstract: A rotating display device enables a user to view, in a variety of viewing orientations, a value of an electrical apparatus to which the rotating display device is electrically and mechanically connected. The rotating display device includes a housing having a first half and a second half, a display for displaying the value, a rotating member disposed within the second half, a retention member slideably received into the rotating member, and a wiring harness secured to the rotating member by the retention member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Paul Puskar, William Michael Randal, Thomas Alan Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20080047179
    Abstract: A rotating display device enables a user to view, in a variety of viewing orientations, a value of an electrical apparatus to which the rotating display device is electrically and mechanically connected. The rotating display device includes a housing having a first half and a second half, a display for displaying the value, a rotating member disposed within the second half, a retention member slideably received into the rotating member, and a wiring harness secured to the rotating member by the retention member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Paul Puskar, William Michael Randal, Thomas Alan Whitaker