Patents by Inventor Nathan E. Kolbe

Nathan E. Kolbe 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: 8939787
    Abstract: A ground clip for a PIU of a busway system has a two part assembly made with two different materials, a first hard material designed to remove dielectric coating on the busway section and a second highly conductive material to establish necessary electrical contact, cooperating together as the PIU is installed on the busway case to establish a reliable ground automatically and without tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan E. Kolbe, James R. Ramsey
  • Publication number: 20140134855
    Abstract: A ground clip for a PIU of a busway system has a two part assembly made with two different materials, a first hard material designed to remove dielectric coating on the busway section and a second highly conductive material to establish necessary electrical contact, cooperating together as the PIU is installed on the busway case to establish a reliable ground automatically and without tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan E. Kolbe, James R. Ramsey
  • Patent number: 5419235
    Abstract: A steering gear assembly (12) for a vehicle having steerable wheels includes a housing (14) defining a chamber (16) and a piston (18) movable through a work stroke in the chamber. The piston (18) is connected for movement with the steerable wheels of the vehicle. An actuator assembly (10) for adjusting the end-of-stroke position of the piston (18) is mounted in the housing (14) in a first orientation. The adjusting assembly (10) is removable from the housing (14), and is mountable in the housing in a second orientation opposite to the first orientation to reset the end-of-stroke position of the piston. The adjusting assembly (10) includes a pin (130) press fit in a sleeve (110) and movable in the sleeve to set the end-of-stroke position of the piston (18). The pin (130) and sleeve (110) are movable from a first position mounted in the housing (14) in a first orientation to a second position in which the pin and sleeve are mounted in the housing in a second orientation opposite to the first orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell L. Gilbert, Nathan E. Kolbe