Patents by Inventor Ronald David Ciarcia

Ronald David Ciarcia 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).

  • Circuit breaker accessories incorporating improved auxiliary switch
    Patent number: 3973230
    Abstract: An auxiliary switch is incorporated in an accessorial molded circuit breaker case juxtaposed with one or more molded case circuit breakers and operatively interconnected therewith by an internal common trip bar and an external handle tie. The auxiliary switch arm is variously positioned by the common trip bar in relation to a contact variously positioned by the accessorial case handle so as to selectively control an external operating or indicating circuit depending on the relative positions of the trip bar and accessorial case handle. The auxiliary switch may be utilized in a shunt trip solenoid energizing circuit or in a trip alarm circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ronald David Ciarcia, James Edward McGann, Jr.