Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Basa

Thomas P. Basa 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).

  • Fuse assembly, for a cutout, with accelerated arc extinction
    Patent number: 4945333
    Abstract: A fuse assembly for an electrical cutout is provided with capability for rapid arc extinction by a capsule of pressurized insulating gas being located within a fuse tube above the fusible element so that when the fusible element melts and an arc is produced, gas is released from the gas cylinder that quenches and cools the arc and also assists a spring loaded flipper mechanism in expelling a lower conductor from the fuse tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Stroud, Andrew S. Sweetana, Jr., Frederick J. Brown, Thomas P. Basa
  • Electric cutout
    Patent number: 4480245
    Abstract: An electrical cutout having a support insulator with a line terminal and fuse support assembly at each end, each of which includes a line terminal, a fuse support element and means for their support on the insulator and also includes a contact element more highly conductive than the other elements of the assembly that extends from line terminal to the fuse support element for a continuous highly conductive path therebetween free of mechanical joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1984
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Charles H. Carothers, John E. Garau, Thomas P. Basa