Patents by Inventor Morris Tampa

Morris Tampa 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: 9105427
    Abstract: Current path structure provides a current path between an interrupter assembly and a resistor assembly of a dead tank circuit breaker and includes an electrically conductive fixed support having first and second ends. The first end is fixed to one of the interrupter assembly or the resistor assembly. A substantially hollow, electrically conductive conductor has first and second ends, with a connector at the first end thereof. The connector is removably connected to the other of the interrupter assembly or the resistor assembly. Coupling structure removably couples the conductor with the fixed support such that when coupled, the current path structure is in an operative position electrically connecting the interrupter assembly with the resistor assembly, and when decoupled, the fixed support can be moved into telescoping relation within the conductor defining a collapsed position of the current path structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Matthew Cuppett, Morris Tampa, Beth Dahm, Carl Kurinko, Brant Suhrie
  • Patent number: 9064647
    Abstract: Contact alignment structure aligns a contact of a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes the contact fixed to a conductor, and a resistor tube having a longitudinal axis. The contact alignment structure includes a tube clamp assembly for selectively coupling to a periphery of the resistor tube. A rocker assembly is coupled with the tube clamp assembly and with the conductor so that the conductor is supported by the rocker assembly only at one end of the conductor. When the rocker assembly is coupled to the conductor, the tube clamp assembly can be rotated about the periphery of the resistor tube to change a position of the contact in a first degree of freedom, and a portion of the rocker arm assembly can be moved to change a position of the contact in a second degree of freedom that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the resistor tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Matthew Cuppett, Morris Tampa, Beth Dahm, Carl Kurinko, Brant Suhrie
  • Publication number: 20140076853
    Abstract: Current path structure provides a current path between an interrupter assembly and a resistor assembly of a dead tank circuit breaker and includes an electrically conductive fixed support having first and second ends. The first end is fixed to one of the interrupter assembly or the resistor assembly. A substantially hollow, electrically conductive conductor has first and second ends, with a connector at the first end thereof. The connector is removably connected to the other of the interrupter assembly or the resistor assembly. Coupling structure removably couples the conductor with the fixed support such that when coupled, the current path structure is in an operative position electrically connecting the interrupter assembly with the resistor assembly, and when decoupled, the fixed support can be moved into telescoping relation within the conductor defining a collapsed position of the current path structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Matthew Cuppett, Morris Tampa, Beth Dahm, Carl Kurinko, Brant Suhrie
  • Publication number: 20140061162
    Abstract: Contact alignment structure aligns a contact of a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes the contact fixed to a conductor, and a resistor tube having a longitudinal axis. The contact alignment structure includes a tube clamp assembly for selectively coupling to a periphery of the resistor tube. A rocker assembly is coupled with the tube clamp assembly and with the conductor so that the conductor is supported by the rocker assembly only at one end of the conductor. When the rocker assembly is coupled to the conductor, the tube clamp assembly can be rotated about the periphery of the resistor tube to change a position of the contact in a first degree of freedom, and a portion of the rocker arm assembly can be moved to change a position of the contact in a second degree of freedom that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the resistor tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Matthew Cuppett, Morris Tampa, Beth Dahm, Carl Kurinko, Brant Suhrie
  • Patent number: 4628932
    Abstract: A knee ice pack for cooling the affected area of a knee including a body member having left, center and right compartments open along the top portions thereof and adapted to receive ice therein, the center compartment having a through opening intended to be aligned with the patella to preclude the patella from being subjected to the cooling effects of the ice, a closure fastener for permitting opening and closing of the top portions of the compartments to provide access thereto, and a fastener for securing the ice pack to the knee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Inventor: Morris Tampa