Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Browne, Jr.

Thomas E. Browne, Jr. 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).

  • Compressed-gas circuit interrupter having insulated contacts
    Patent number: 4181837
    Abstract: A compressed-gas circuit interrupter characterized by at least one pair of separable contacts, each contact being tubular and having a tubular insulating liner on the inner surface thereof, each liner being recessed from the open end of the contact to provide an unlined tubular surface end portion, each liner having a restrictive cross-sectional area for maximum gas pressure gradient, and gas supply means for directing a flow of compressed gas into the tubular contacts when the contacts are opened to effect elongation and extinction of an arc created upon separation of the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1980
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Browne, Jr.