Patents by Inventor Robert Suggitt

Robert Suggitt 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).

  • Publication number: 20060091166
    Abstract: A garment hanger has a spring urging a pair of clamp arms from first positions, in which the clamp arms are spaced apart from one another, towards second positions, in which the clamp arms are adjacent another; and a slide member in wedging engagement with the arms. By displacing the slide member longitudinally between the arms, the arms can be displaced from the second positions to the first positions against the action of the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventor: Robert Suggitt
  • Patent number: 6812713
    Abstract: An internal fault indicator for an electrical device is triggered by a sudden increase in pressure as occurs when an insulation failure creates an electric arc. The heat released in the arc is transferred onto the surrounding volume causing localized overheating, vaporization and decomposition of the insulating material. The resulting pressure surge moves a diaphragm. The movement of the diaphragm releases a spring driven plunger from a barrel which extends through the housing of the electrical device. Prior to activation the plunger is held in an “armed” position by a retaining pin. Upon triggering, the plunger is pushed by the spring until it protrudes from the housing to provide a visual signal of the internal fault. A pressure relief valve may be integrated with the internal fault indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: I.F.D. Internal Fault Detector Corp.
    Inventors: Nikola Cuk, Stuart H. Hicks, Robert Suggitt
  • Publication number: 20030117145
    Abstract: An internal fault indicator for an electrical device is triggered by a sudden increase in pressure as occurs when an insulation failure creates an electric arc. The heat released in the arc is transferred onto the surrounding volume causing localized overheating, vaporization and decomposition of the insulating material. The resulting pressure surge moves a diaphragm. The movement of the diaphragm releases a spring driven plunger from a barrel which extends through the housing of the electrical device. Prior to activation the plunger is held in an “armed” position by a retaining pin. Upon triggering, the plunger is pushed by the spring until it protrudes from the housing to provide a visual signal of the internal fault. A pressure relief valve may be integrated with the internal fault indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Nikola Cuk, Stuart H. Hicks, Robert Suggitt
  • Patent number: 6429662
    Abstract: An internal fault indicator for an electrical device is triggered by a sudden increase in pressure as occurs when an insulation failure creates an electric arc. The heat released in the arc is transferred onto the surrounding volume causing localized overheating, vaporization and decomposition of the insulating material. The resulting pressure surge moves a diaphragm. The movement of the diaphragm releases a spring driven plunger from a barrel which extends through the housing of the electrical device. Prior to activation the plunger is held in an “armed” position by a retaining pin. Upon triggering, the plunger is pushed by the spring until it protrudes from the housing to provide a visual signal of the internal fault. A pressure relief valve may be integrated with the internal fault indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: IFD Corporation
    Inventors: Nikola Cuk, Stuart H. Hicks, Robert Suggitt