Patents by Inventor Neal Edward Rowe

Neal Edward Rowe 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: 11342137
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Publication number: 20200373101
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Patent number: 10692665
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Patent number: 10290438
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Publication number: 20190057822
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Patent number: 10083802
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Publication number: 20160284486
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Patent number: 9368947
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Publication number: 20160118776
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Patent number: 8305736
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be refracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Scott E. McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Publication number: 20100157512
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be refracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert Allan Morris, Scott Edward McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Patent number: 7688572
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert Allan Morris, Scott Edward McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Publication number: 20080023211
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Edgar Yee, Robert Allan Morris, Scott Edward McPherren, Neal Edward Rowe
  • Patent number: 7173810
    Abstract: A bus assembly that is structured to be coupled to a multiple pole circuit breaker and to a plurality of horizontally aligned vertical line conductors is disclosed. The circuit breaker has a back side with a line terminal and a load terminal for each pole extending therefrom. At least two terminals are associated with different poles are vertically aligned. The bus assembly includes a first set of line buses structured to be coupled to the line terminals, and include at least one line bus having a horizontal offset, as well as a second set of load buses structured to be coupled to the load terminals and extending in a direction generally parallel to the load terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Neal Edward Rowe, Michael Howard Abrahamsen
  • Patent number: 7173811
    Abstract: An offset assembly for a circuit breaker includes at least one two plane member having a first plate and a second plate. The first and second plates are joined at an edge and extend generally perpendicular to each other. The second plate is structured to be coupled to the quick disconnect and the first plate is structured to be coupled to the circuit breaker terminal so that the second plate is not aligned with the centerline of the circuit breaker terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Howard Abrahamsen, Neal Edward Rowe, Stanley Ervin Moore, Timothy Fair, Marlyce Jean Scott
  • Patent number: 7064641
    Abstract: A shutter assembly for a shuttered bus assembly is provided. The shuttered bus assembly is coupled to a circuit breaker housing assembly. The circuit breaker housing assembly is structured to enclose a circuit breaker assembly. The circuit breaker assembly is structured to move generally horizontally in and out of the circuit breaker housing assembly. The circuit breaker assembly has a plurality of finger connectors extending generally horizontally from the back side of the circuit breaker assembly. The shuttered bus assembly has at least one pair of conductors which extend toward the front of said housing assembly. The finger connectors are structured to engage the conductors. The shutter assembly includes a mounting assembly and a door panel. The mounting assembly is structured to be coupled to the housing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Neal Edward Rowe, Michael Howard Abrahamsen, Stanley Ervin Moore, Timothy Fair, Marlyce Jean Scott
  • Patent number: 6459054
    Abstract: An adjustable circuit breaker portion of a multiple contact secondary contact assembly for mating with spaced, non-adjustable contact terminals of a circuit breaker enclosure, which includes a mounting rail and at least two contact modules. The contact modules a disposed on the mounting rail so that the contact modules align with the contact terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Neal Edward Rowe, Ronnie Vance Witherspoon, Steven Louis Glover
  • Patent number: 6215654
    Abstract: A switchgear assembly in which a number of cells housing electrical switching apparatus such as circuit breakers are vertically stacked in a forward compartment has combined arc shield/wire trays between cells for terminating secondary wiring for easy access through front doors on the switchgear assembly and for protecting the secondary wiring from circuit breaker arc gases. The arc gases are deflected by an upwardly and rearwardly inclined panel forming the back wall of the wire tray. A vertical wall forward of the inclined panel mounts a lower horizontal row of terminal blocks forward of an upper row. A wireway has a vertical section in a forward corner of the cabinet beside the vertically stacked cells which communicates with the wire trays, and a horizontal section extending rearward under the top wall of the cabinet. An inclined gutter provides a transition between the top of the vertical section and the forward end of the horizontal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: William Edward Wilkie, II, Douglas Kim Frantz, Neal Edward Rowe, John Bartholomew
  • Patent number: 6176747
    Abstract: A terminal block has a molded electrically insulative housing with through compartments containing terminal members each having a rectangular planar front section with a tapped hole for a terminal screw and three male terminal blades extending rearward from edges of the rectangular planar front section. The rectangular front section seats on ledges formed by bands integrally molded on opposing side walls of the compartments. Barbs projecting laterally from two facing male terminal blades engage the molded bands to secure the terminal member in the compartment. Partitions extending transversely between the front openings of the compartments provide electrical isolation between the screw terminals, and extend laterally beyond the molded body of the housing at both ends of the partitions to form mounting shoulders, which together with shoulders on projections molded on the housing body, secure the terminal block in an opening in a mounting panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignees: Eaton Corporation, Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Neal Edward Rowe, Robert Lewis Newton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6169248
    Abstract: The cross buses extending through side-by-side cabinets in a switchgear assembly are mounted on the metal cabinet frames by supports having a molded body with a bus bar mounting surface laterally spaced from a support mounting surface to form a gap between the bus bar and the metal frame. A planar barrier inserted between the cabinets has a cutout aligned with this gap. The molded support further has a barrier surface which extends across the gap and blocks the cutout. The barrier surfaces of supports mounted on side-by-side cabinets abut and parallel flanges on the molded bodies adjacent the barrier surfaces form grooves in which the planar barrier is clamped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Neal Edward Rowe, William Edward Wilkie, II, Steven Dale Walker, John Stewart Bartholomew