Patents by Inventor SANDY JIMENEZ
SANDY JIMENEZ 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).
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Publication number: 20240093808Abstract: A system for spacing and fastening tubular structures, and a related method. The system includes a spacer element configured to engage a plurality of tubular structures, to spatially separate the plurality of tubular structures from one another, and to distribute stress in the plurality of tubular structures. The system further includes a fastening element configured to extend around at least a portion of an outer surface of the plurality of tubular structures, and to fasten the plurality of tubular structures to the spacer element in an adaptively spaced configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Naleen Kumar Verma, Mario Alberto Bolaños Jimenez, Arun Ramachandra, Jeffrey P. Darnell, Michael E. Sandy, José Torre
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Patent number: 11817701Abstract: A multi-port split-phase power system that includes a control panel including a plurality of breakers, a multi-port converter including an AC port coupled to a second breaker, a DC port coupled to a DC energy source device, and galvanically isolated converters coupled to the AC port and DC port, where the AC port includes a first line, a second line, and a neutral and structured to supply, from the AC energy source device during islanded mode, at least one of 240V to the load device via the first line and the second line or 120V to the load device via the first line and the neutral, and an energy management system including a software for controlling the plurality of breakers, the energy management system structured to perform islanding, reconnection to the utility, and interlocking of the plurality of breakers during the islanding.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: David W. Ganger, Vijay Bhavaraju, Kathleen M. Romans, Sandy Jimenez, Marzieh Karami
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Patent number: 11721513Abstract: A remote load switching circuit breaker includes a primary contact; a secondary contact in series with the primary contact and coupled to a secondary contact driving circuit, where the secondary contact is switched on and off remotely by a user using a user device communicatively coupled to the remote load switching circuit breaker via wireless communications technologies; a shunt element structured to measure a shunt voltage drop and to tap power from a line side of the primary contact; a control circuit comprising a controller and a communication module, the controller including a firmware; and a power supply and sensing circuit structured to supply power to the control circuit and to sense various voltages, where the secondary contact is fully powered by the power supply and sensing circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Kamal Madhubhai Vaghasiya, Sandy Jimenez Gonzalez, Karthik Satyanarayanan, Shashank Kadam
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Patent number: 11527857Abstract: An adapter is for a metering assembly. The metering assembly includes an electrical switching apparatus and a socket assembly. The socket assembly has a plurality of jaw members. The adapter includes a base member and a plurality of electrical contacts each coupled to the base member and structured to be mechanically coupled and electrically connected to a corresponding one of the jaw members. Each of the electrical contacts is structured to be electrically connected to the electrical switching apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Patrick T. Walsh, Andrew Courson, Jay Haugen, Sandy Jimenez, Richard M. Eubanks, Jr.
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Publication number: 20220328273Abstract: A remote load switching circuit breaker includes a primary contact; a secondary contact in series with the primary contact and coupled to a secondary contact driving circuit, where the secondary contact is switched on and off remotely by a user using a user device communicatively coupled to the remote load switching circuit breaker via wireless communications technologies; a shunt element structured to measure a shunt voltage drop and to tap power from a line side of the primary contact; a control circuit comprising a controller and a communication module, the controller including a firmware; and a power supply and sensing circuit structured to supply power to the control circuit and to sense various voltages, where the secondary contact is fully powered by the power supply and sensing circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: KAMAL MADHUBHAI VAGHASIYA, SANDY JIMENEZ GONZALEZ, KARTHIK SATYANARAYANAN, SHASHANK KADAM
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Publication number: 20220247175Abstract: A multi-port split-phase power system that includes a control panel including a plurality of breakers, a multi-port converter including an AC port coupled to a second breaker, a DC port coupled to a DC energy source device, and galvanically isolated converters coupled to the AC port and DC port, where the AC port includes a first line, a second line, and a neutral and structured to supply, from the AC energy source device during islanded mode, at least one of 240V to the load device via the first line and the second line or 120V to the load device via the first line and the neutral, and an energy management system including a software for controlling the plurality of breakers, the energy management system structured to perform islanding, reconnection to the utility, and interlocking of the plurality of breakers during the islanding.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: David W. Ganger, Vijay Bhavaraju, Kathleen M. Romans, Sandy Jimenez, Marzieh Karami
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Publication number: 20200169050Abstract: An adapter is for a metering assembly. The metering assembly includes an electrical switching apparatus and a socket assembly. The socket assembly has a plurality of jaw members. The adapter includes a base member and a plurality of electrical contacts each coupled to the base member and structured to be mechanically coupled and electrically connected to a corresponding one of the jaw members. Each of the electrical contacts is structured to be electrically connected to the electrical switching apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: PATRICK T. WALSH, ANDREW COURSON, JAY HAUGEN, SANDY JIMENEZ, RICHARD M. EUBANKS, JR.
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Patent number: 10622801Abstract: A circuit interrupter for protecting a protected circuit includes separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to trip open the separable contacts, a current sensor structured to sense a current flowing through the protected circuit, a temperature sensor structured to sense a temperature of the protected circuit proximate the current sensor, and a processor configured to select a trip time based on the sensed current, to adjust the selected trip time based on the sensed temperature, and to cause the operating mechanism to trip open the separable contacts when the adjusted selected trip time is reached.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Sandy Jimenez, Jian Jiao
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Publication number: 20190036324Abstract: A circuit interrupter for protecting a protected circuit includes separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to trip open the separable contacts, a current sensor structured to sense a current flowing through the protected circuit, a temperature sensor structured to sense a temperature of the protected circuit proximate the current sensor, and a processor configured to select a trip time based on the sensed current, to adjust the selected trip time based on the sensed temperature, and to cause the operating mechanism to trip open the separable contacts when the adjusted selected trip time is reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: EATON CORPORATIONInventors: SANDY JIMENEZ, JIAN JIAO