Patents by Inventor Roger D. Kroes

Roger D. Kroes 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: 5164883
    Abstract: A contactor interlock assembly operable with a racking arrangement for engaging and disengaging a contactor unit with a bus bar arrangement disposed relative to a contactor unit support structure. The contactor interlock assembly includes an arrangement for disabling the racking arrangement when the contactor unit is "ON." A cable connects the racking arrangement to a lever bracket supported by the support structure which is operated by a lever on the contractor unit. The lever operates the lever bracket which causes the cable to disable the racking arrangement. The interlock assembly may also include a second lever bracket associated with a second contactor unit. The second lever bracket is coupled to the first lever bracket by a cable such that the contactor units are also interlocked, such that the operation of one contactor unit is made dependent upon the operation of the other contactor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Little, Roger D. Kroes