Patents by Inventor Paul A. Metivier

Paul A. Metivier 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).

  • Modular construction distribution switchboard system cubicles with draw-out and fixed apparatus mounting flexibility
    Patent number: 5295041
    Abstract: A distribution switchboard cubicle has upper and lower ring channels; left and right corner posts attached to the ring channels for forming a support skeleton for a front face of the cubicle; and left and right intermediate posts attached to the ring channels for forming in conjunction with a corresponding corner post and the ring channels a support skeleton for left and right sides of the cubicle. First and second vertically aligned, selectively reconfigurable cubicle sections are defined within the cubicle. The first cubicle section includes at least one generally horizontally oriented mounting member for connecting each pair of corner and intermediate posts on the left and right sides of the cubicle. Left and right breaker mounting angles are connected to each respective horizontally oriented mounting member for mounting a first electrical apparatus thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Metivier, Joseph Juliano