Patents by Inventor Richard Prohaska

Richard Prohaska 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: 10634701
    Abstract: A voltmeter probe has a metal probe tip projecting from an elongated insulating handle. The handle has a longitudinal axis and a radially projecting finger guard with an inner diameter and an outer diameter. A barrier covers the terminal. The barrier has an aperture configured to provide access for the probe tip to be inserted through the barrier into contact with the terminal, including access for the finger guard to be inserted through the barrier. The aperture has dimensions of length and width, including no width that is not less than the outer diameter of the finger guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intellectual Power Limited
    Inventors: Richard Prohaska, Rudy Beaty, James W. Adams
  • Patent number: 10607796
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a switch having alternately open and closed conditions, and a shunt trip mechanism configured to detect and respond to an electrical fault condition. The apparatus further includes an operating mechanism including a spring assembly. The operating mechanism is actuatable manually to deflect the spring assembly into a stressed condition, and is actuatable automatically in response to the shunt trip mechanism to shift the switch into the open condition upon return deflection of the spring assembly from the stressed condition. The spring assembly may include springs connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Rishabh Dixit, Richard Prohaska, Romil Vaishnavi, Somnath Devarde, Prashant Savgave
  • Publication number: 20190154732
    Abstract: A voltmeter probe has a metal probe tip projecting from an elongated insulating handle. The handle has a longitudinal axis and a radially projecting finger guard with an inner diameter and an outer diameter. A barrier covers the terminal. The barrier has an aperture configured to provide access for the probe tip to be inserted through the barrier into contact with the terminal, including access for the finger guard to be inserted through the barrier. The aperture has dimensions of length and width, including no width that is not less than the outer diameter of the finger guard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Prohaska, Rudy Beaty, James W. Adams
  • Publication number: 20190131090
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a switch having alternately open and closed conditions, and a shunt trip mechanism configured to detect and respond to an electrical fault condition. The apparatus further includes an operating mechanism including a spring assembly. The operating mechanism is actuatable manually to deflect the spring assembly into a stressed condition, and is actuatable automatically in response to the shunt trip mechanism to shift the switch into the open condition upon return deflection of the spring assembly from the stressed condition. The spring assembly may include springs connected in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Rishabh Dixit, Richard Prohaska, Romil Vaishnavi, Somnath Devarde, Prashant Savgave
  • Publication number: 20150347547
    Abstract: A method and system for replication in a noSQL database using a global transaction identifier (GTID) unique to each transaction and stored with an associated operations log. The GTID specifies the applicable primary, the sequence of the transaction, and, optionally, also includes information on whether the transaction was applied to a given primary, and for secondaries whether the transaction was applied to the collections. This method and system provides recovery for a crashed primary, re-integrating the crashed primary as a secondary, and point-in-time recovery, optionally having user-specified parameters from which recovery commences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Zardosht Kasheff, Leif Walsh, John Esmet, Richard Prohaska
  • Publication number: 20070049114
    Abstract: An enclosed switching apparatus includes an enclosure and a primary power supply disconnect mounted in the enclosure. The primary power supply disconnect has first and second terminals, the first terminals are electrically connectable to a primary power source and the second terminals are electrically connectable to a load. An auxiliary power supply unit includes an auxiliary power supply disconnect having third and fourth terminals. The third terminals are electrically connectable to the primary power source. A transformer has fifth and sixth terminals, the fifth terminals are electrically connected to the fourth terminals of the auxiliary power supply disconnect. An auxiliary fusible element has seventh and eighth terminals, the seventh terminal is electrically connected to one of the sixth terminals of the transformer. A receptacle has ninth terminals thereon. One of the ninth terminals is electrically connected to the eighth terminal of the auxiliary fusible element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: William Wilkie, Richard Prohaska, Warren Sipe, Mark Schmidt, Brendan Foley, Douglas Bender, Eddie Carson