Patents by Inventor Simon C. Kwok

Simon C. Kwok 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).

  • AUTOMOTIVE CIRCUIT BREAKER INCLUDING CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH INTEGRATED SECONDARY CURRENT PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20160042903
    Abstract: Featured is a current interruption device including first and second terminal members, each terminal member having at least first and second through apertures and a terminal portion. The first and second through apertures of each terminal member are arranged spaced from each other and in a predetermined pattern. Also included is a plurality of pin structures, one pin structure for each pair of through apertures, where one pin structure is secured in the first through apertures of the respective first and second terminal members and another pin structure is secured in the second through apertures of the respective first and second terminal members. Such securing results in the first and second terminal members being maintained in fixed relation. Such a device is located within a housing so that the terminal portions extend outwardly from a housing end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Zachary W. Stebbings, Simon C. Kwok, Derek H. Turner
  • Method and apparatus for control of failed thermistor devices
    Patent number: 8174354
    Abstract: A thermistor device includes include supports, contacts and offset posts configured to assist the fracturing of failed thermistor “pills” and to distribute the fragments of the fractured pills into compartment away from electrically conductive contacts in order to minimize arcing and overheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Sensata Technologies Massachusetts, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan F. Cohen, Gabriel Porto, Simon C. Kwok, Christian V. Pellon
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF FAILED THERMISTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120019348
    Abstract: A thermistor device includes include supports, contacts and offset posts configured to assist the fracturing of failed thermistor “pills” and to distribute the fragments of the fractured pills into compartment away from electrically conductive contacts in order to minimize arcing and overheating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Jonathan F. Cohen, Gabriel Porto, Simon C. Kwok, Christian V. Pellon