Patents by Inventor Steve Miles Ledbetter

Steve Miles Ledbetter 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).

  • Switch having stackable fuses
    Patent number: 5746306
    Abstract: The present invention provides an interior assembly for an electrical distribution device having a fuse for each phase in a circuit. The interior assembly includes a plurality of modules having an operating mechanism for opening and closing a switch contact. The switch contact is connected to each fuse and phase of the circuit. Each module has a housing and means for demountably securing one of the modules to at least one adjacent module. The securing means is manually operated and integrally formed with the housing of each module. The present invention also provides a method of assembling the interior assembly of an electrical distribution device having a fuse for each phase in a circuit. The step of the method includes manually and demountably affixing a plurality of modules to one another without discrete fasteners. The plurality of modules have an operating mechanism for opening and closing a switch contact. The switch contact is connected to each fuse and phase of the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: Terry Allen Cassity, David Emerson Greer, Jeffrey James Buchanan, Steve Miles Ledbetter, Jonathan Hans Van Camp