Patents by Inventor Ron J. Bilas

Ron J. Bilas 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: 5455760
    Abstract: An energy management loadpanel arrangement includes a loadpanel enclosure having a plurality of circuit breakers, each of which opens and closes in response to a control signal so as to interrupt an associated current path. A microcomputer generates the control signals to control the position of the circuit breakers and their associated current paths. The circuit breakers include a digital code circuit which is manually set to indicate the type of circuit breaker, for example, a one, two or three pole circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: Ron J. Bilas, Drew A. Reid
  • Patent number: 5315499
    Abstract: An energy management loadpanel arrangement includes a load panel enclosure having a plurality of circuit breakers, each of which opens and closes in response to a control signal so as to interrupt an associated current path. A microcomputer generates the control signals to control the position of the circuit breakers and their associated current paths, and a volatile memory circuit, for example, RAM, stores time-event data which is used to indicate when the control signals should be generated. A charged electronic double-layered capacitor is coupled to the volatile memory so that, in the event of a power outage, operating power is provided to the volatile memory for extended periods of time. In this manner, the time-event data is retained during the power outage so that the circuit breakers are timely controlled, despite the power outage, in response to said control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: Ron J. Bilas, Drew A. Reid, Martin J. Wittrock