Patents by Inventor Stewart John Harding

Stewart John Harding 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: 12196790
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to an energy metering assembly configured to measure current and voltage of a one or more primary conductors, the energy metering assembly comprising a core; a coil having a plurality of turns, the coil being positioned around the core when securing the core to the one or more primary conductors; a voltage sensor, the voltage sensor being configured to sense a voltage of a one or more primary conductors; and a controller coupled to the coil and the voltage sensor, the controller being configured to determine a voltage of the one or more primary conductors, determine a current of the one or more primary conductors, and responsive to determining the voltage and the current, determine the power carried by the one or more primary conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: Colin N. Gunn, Stewart John Harding, Benedikt Theodor Huber
  • Publication number: 20240210453
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to an energy metering assembly configured to measure current and voltage of a one or more primary conductors, the energy metering assembly comprising a core; a coil having a plurality of turns, the coil being positioned around the core when securing the core to the one or more primary conductors; a voltage sensor, the voltage sensor being configured to sense a voltage of a one or more primary conductors; and a controller coupled to the coil and the voltage sensor, the controller being configured to determine a voltage of the one or more primary conductors, determine a current of the one or more primary conductors, and responsive to determining the voltage and the current, determine the power carried by the one or more primary conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Colin N. Gunn, Stewart John Harding, Benedikt Theodor Huber
  • Publication number: 20240210451
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to an energy metering assembly configured to measure current and voltage of a one or more primary conductors, the energy metering assembly comprising a core; a coil having a plurality of turns, the coil being positioned around the core when securing the core to the one or more primary conductors; a voltage sensor coupled to the coil, the voltage sensor being configured to sense a voltage of a one or more primary conductors; and a controller coupled to the coil and the voltage sensor, the controller being configured to determine a voltage of the one or more primary conductors, determine a current of the one or more primary conductors, and responsive to determining the voltage and the current, determine the power and/or energy carried by the one or more primary conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Colin N. Gunn, Stewart John Harding, Benedikt Theodor Huber
  • Publication number: 20240171488
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a multi-function energy meter apparatus is described. The multi-function energy meter apparatus includes (a) measurement circuitry configured to measure one or more energy-related parameters; and (b) three independent ethernet ports communicatively coupled to the measurement circuitry, each independent ethernet port being configured to connect to a respective local area network (LAN) and to communicate the measured energy-related parameters to that LAN. A related system is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Piotr Boleslaw Przydatek, Stewart John Harding, Marc Alan Ricci
  • Patent number: 10274128
    Abstract: An adapter assembly is used to secure a base unit and a display unit to a panel, with the base unit including a housing, the panel including an opening formed in the panel, and the display unit including a body. The adapter assembly includes an adapter disposed between the base unit and the panel. The adapter includes a primary wall. One of the display unit and the adapter includes a formation that extends from the body of the display unit or the primary wall of the adapter, and the other of the display unit and the adapter includes a mechanism configured to engage and secure the display unit to the panel without disturbing a securement of the base unit to the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: Marc Alan Ricci, Stewart John Harding
  • Publication number: 20180027678
    Abstract: An adapter assembly is used to secure a base unit and a display unit to a panel, with the base unit including a housing, the panel including an opening formed in the panel, and the display unit including a body. The adapter assembly includes an adapter disposed between the base unit and the panel. The adapter includes a primary wall. One of the display unit and the adapter includes a formation that extends from the body of the display unit or the primary wall of the adapter, and the other of the display unit and the adapter includes a mechanism configured to engage and secure the display unit to the panel without disturbing a securement of the base unit to the adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Marc Alan Ricci, Stewart John Harding
  • Patent number: 9632112
    Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (100) for metering a characteristic of electricity that has a rear opening (214) and a side opening (216) in a housing of the device for accepting a connector of an expansion module through one or the other opening. The device can be configured with an integrated display module (120) that protrudes through a panel of an enclosure, and in this configuration, the expansion module connects to the device through the rear opening of the housing. The device can also be configured to be mounted on a DIN rail, and in this configuration, the expansion module connects through the side opening of the housing. The same module can be used in either configuration, without requiring that different versions of the module be made for the different configurations and without having to mount the device in an awkward orientation that makes it difficult to access external connections around the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: Stewart John Harding, Darrin Graham Marr, Colin Murray Slade, Marc Alan Ricci, David Andrew Hanke
  • Patent number: 9568374
    Abstract: Methods and devices for mounting a sensor are presented herein. A temperature sensor assembly for a capacitor bank is disclosed that includes two opposing substrates, and a plurality of contact temperature sensors attached to each substrate. Each temperature sensor is configured to directly contact a surface of one of the capacitor cans in the capacitor bank and therefrom generate a signal indicative of the temperature of the capacitor can. A biasing member attaches the two substrates together. The biasing member is configured to selectively contract, such that the width of the sensor assembly is less than the gap distance between adjacent sets of tandem capacitor cans and the sensor assembly can insert between the sets of capacitor cans, and expand, such that the width of the sensor assembly is greater than the gap distance and the sensor assembly is tensioned against and thereby secured between the sets of capacitor cans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Farago, Marcelo A. Perez, Stewart John Harding
  • Publication number: 20150241480
    Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (100) for metering a characteristic of electricity that has a rear opening (214) and a side opening (216) in a housing of the device for accepting a connector of an expansion module through one or the other opening. The device can be configured with an integrated display module (120) that protrudes through a panel of an enclosure, and in this configuration, the expansion module connects to the device through the rear opening of the housing. The device can also be configured to be mounted on a DIN rail, and in this configuration, the expansion module connects through the side opening of the housing. The same module can be used in either configuration, without requiring that different versions of the module be made for the different configurations and without having to mount the device in an awkward orientation that makes it difficult to access external connections around the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: Stewart John Harding, Darrin Graham Marr, Colin Murray Slade, Marc Alan Ricci, David Andrew Hanke
  • Publication number: 20150049787
    Abstract: Methods and devices for mounting a sensor are presented herein. A temperature sensor assembly for a capacitor bank is disclosed that includes two opposing substrates, and a plurality of contact temperature sensors attached to each substrate. Each temperature sensor is configured to directly contact a surface of one of the capacitor cans in the capacitor bank and therefrom generate a signal indicative of the temperature of the capacitor can. A biasing member attaches the two substrates together. The biasing member is configured to selectively contract, such that the width of the sensor assembly is less than the gap distance between adjacent sets of tandem capacitor cans and the sensor assembly can insert between the sets of capacitor cans, and expand, such that the width of the sensor assembly is greater than the gap distance and the sensor assembly is tensioned against and thereby secured between the sets of capacitor cans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Farago, Marcelo A. Perez, Stewart John Harding