Patents by Inventor Pankaj Agrawal

Pankaj Agrawal 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).

  • Contact assembly of circuit breaker
    Patent number: 7935902
    Abstract: A contact arm assembly including a plurality of substantially parallel plates having a space between each of the plurality of substantially parallel plates and a plurality of finger assemblies, at least one of the plurality of finger assemblies being pivotally attached to the plurality of substantially parallel plates and being located in the space between each of the plurality of substantially parallel plates, each of the plurality of finger assemblies having a body and an arc runner, the arc runner being locked against the body in at least two locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yatin Vilas Newase, Janakiraman Narayanan, Pankaj Agrawal, Soundararajan Narayanasamy, Mahesh Jaywant Rane
  • Arc chute assembly for a circuit breaker
    Patent number: 7705263
    Abstract: An arc chute assembly includes a housing having a lateral axis and a quenching portion disposed within the housing. The quenching portion includes at least two deion plates being spaced along the lateral axis of the housing and each having a cut portion wherein the cut portions are staggered along the lateral axis with respect to one another and are configured to mitigate an arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mahesh Jaywant Rane, Janakiraman Narayanan, Yatin Vilas Newase, Pankaj Agrawal
  • Secondary circuit terminal block design for fixed type circuit breakers
    Patent number: 7663867
    Abstract: A circuit breaker apparatus is provided and includes a circuit breaker, having a housing surface perpendicular to a plane of a front side of the circuit breaker and internal components, a terminal block structurally coupled to the housing surface, first terminal housings arrayed on the terminal block to each support first components and to be receptive of second terminal housings each of which supports second components, at least some of which are electrically coupled to the internal components, to be electrically coupled to at least some of the first components, and an access block. The access block is disposed on the terminal block and has apertures defined therein to provide for front-side access to the first terminal housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mahesh Jaywant Rane, Simhadri Ramalingeswara Rao Gupta, Janakiraman Narayanan, Pankaj Agrawal
  • Arc chute assembly for a circuit breaker
    Publication number: 20090255906
    Abstract: An arc chute assembly includes a housing having a lateral axis and a quenching portion disposed within the housing. The quenching portion includes at least two deion plates being spaced along the lateral axis of the housing and each having a cut portion wherein the cut portions are staggered along the lateral axis with respect to one another and are configured to mitigate an arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Mahesh Jaywant Rane, Janakiraman Narayanan, Yatin Vilas Newase, Pankaj Agrawal
  • CONTACT ASSEMBLY OF CIRCUIT BREAKER
    Publication number: 20090255792
    Abstract: A contact arm assembly including a plurality of substantially parallel plates having a space between each of the plurality of substantially parallel plates and a plurality of finger assemblies, at least one of the plurality of finger assemblies being pivotally attached to the plurality of substantially parallel plates and being located in the space between each of the plurality of substantially parallel plates, each of the plurality of finger assemblies having a body and an arc runner, the arc runner being locked against the body in at least two locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Yatin Vilas Newase, Janakiraman Narayanan, Pankaj Agrawal, Soundararajan Narayanasamy, Mahesh Jaywant Rane
  • SECONDARY CIRCUIT TERMINAL BLOCK DESIGN FOR FIXED TYPE CIRCUIT BREAKERS
    Publication number: 20090257173
    Abstract: A circuit breaker apparatus is provided and includes a circuit breaker, having a housing surface perpendicular to a plane of a front side of the circuit breaker and internal components, a terminal block structurally coupled to the housing surface, first terminal housings arrayed on the terminal block to each support first components and to be receptive of second terminal housings each of which supports second components, at least some of which are electrically coupled to the internal components, to be electrically coupled to at least some of the first components, and an access block. The access block is disposed on the terminal block and has apertures defined therein to provide for front-side access to the first terminal housings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Mahesh Jaywant Rane, Simhadri Ramalingeswara R. Gupta, Janakiraman Narayanan, Pankaj Agrawal