Patents by Inventor Robert E. Black

Robert E. Black 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: 4630014
    Abstract: A stationary contact assembly is provided for a current limiting circuit breaker. The contact assembly includes a curved input arm which has a contact fastened thereon and a generally straight output arm which also has a contact fastened thereon and which has an opening for receiving the contact end of the input arm. The contacts are encapsulated in an insulating material which separates the contact arms from each other. A magnetic element is also embedded in the encapsulation material between the input and output contact arms. As current flows through the contact arms, a field is developed about the magnetic element which draws in an armature which reduces the opening force of the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. McClellan, John M. Brown, Jr., Robert E. Black
  • Patent number: 4318271
    Abstract: A rocket motor equipped with a movable nozzle is provided with pneumatic pressure system for the operation of the mechanism for moving the nozzle with a gas for the pneumatic supplied from a gas generating propellant separate from the main propellant but located within the motor itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: Thiokol Corporation
    Inventors: Harry W. Doukakis, Robert E. Black, Jr.