Patents by Inventor Todd Kim Knapp
Todd Kim Knapp 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).
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Patent number: 8541684Abstract: An elbow terminator has a socket in which an electrical probe is disposed. The terminator is insertable onto an electrical bushing such that a tongue of the bushing is received in the socket of the terminator, and the probe of the terminator is electrically coupled to a contact sleeve disposed within the tongue. A latching mechanism produces positive latching between the tongue and socket when the tongue has been inserted to a predescribed depth within the socket. In order to enable an operator to visually observe that the tongue has been inserted to the prescribed depth, the bushing carries a color band which becomes completely disposed (invisible) in the socket when positive latching occurs. Alternatively, the bushing can be provided with gauge tabs which become aligned with a witness line formed on the terminator when positive latching occurs.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Andrew Edgar Meyer, Todd Kim Knapp, Frank John Muench
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Publication number: 20130149892Abstract: An elbow terminator has a socket in which an electrical probe is disposed. The terminator is insertable onto an electrical bushing such that a tongue of the bushing is received in the socket of the terminator, and the probe of the terminator is electrically coupled to a contact sleeve disposed within the tongue. A latching mechanism produces positive latching between the tongue and socket when the tongue has been inserted to a predescribed depth within the socket. In order to enable an operator to visually observe that the tongue has been inserted to the prescribed depth, the bushing carries a color band which becomes completely disposed (invisible) in the socket when positive latching occurs. Alternatively, the bushing can be provided with gauge tabs which become aligned with a witness line formed on the terminator when positive latching occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: Andrew Edgar Meyer, Todd Kim Knapp, Frank John Muench
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Patent number: 8399771Abstract: An elbow terminator has a socket in which an electrical probe is disposed. The terminator is insertable onto an electrical bushing such that a tongue of the bushing is received in the socket of the terminator, and the probe of the terminator is electrically coupled to a contact sleeve disposed within the tongue. A latching mechanism produces positive latching between the tongue and socket when the tongue has been inserted to a predescribed depth within the socket. In order to enable an operator to visually observe that the tongue has been inserted to the prescribed depth, the bushing carries a color band which becomes completely disposed (invisible) in the socket when positive latching occurs. Alternatively, the bushing can be provided with gauge tabs which become aligned with a witness line formed on the terminator when positive latching occurs.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Andrew Edgar Meyer, Todd Kim Knapp, Frank John Muench
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Publication number: 20100068907Abstract: An elbow terminator has a socket in which an electrical probe is disposed. The terminator is insertable onto an electrical bushing such that a tongue of the bushing is received in the socket of the terminator, and the probe of the terminator is electrically coupled to a contact sleeve disposed within the tongue. A latching mechanism produces positive latching between the tongue and socket when the tongue has been inserted to a predescribed depth within the socket. In order to enable an operator to visually observe that the tongue has been inserted to the prescribed depth, the bushing carries a color band which becomes completely disposed (invisible) in the socket when positive latching occurs. Alternatively, the bushing can be provided with gauge tabs which become aligned with a witness line formed on the terminator when positive latching occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Andrew Edgar Meyer, Todd Kim Knapp, Frank John Muench
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Patent number: 7642465Abstract: An elbow terminator has a socket in which an electrical probe is disposed. The terminator is insertable onto an electrical bushing such that a tongue of the bushing is received in the socket of the terminator, and the probe of the terminator is electrically coupled to a contact sleeve disposed within the tongue. A latching mechanism produces positive latching between the tongue and socket when the tongue has been inserted to a predescribed depth within the socket. In order to enable an operator to visually observe that the tongue has been inserted to the prescribed depth, the bushing carries a color band which becomes completely disposed (invisible) in the socket when positive latching occurs. Alternatively, the bushing can be provided with gauge tabs which become aligned with a witness line formed on the terminator when positive latching occurs.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Andrew Edgar Meyer, Todd Kim Knapp, Frank John Muench, Jr.
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Patent number: 6984791Abstract: An elbow terminator has a socket in which an electrical probe is disposed. The terminator is insertable onto an electrical bushing such that a tongue of the bushing is received in the socket of the terminator, and the probe of the terminator is electrically coupled to a contact sleeve disposed within the tongue. A latching mechanism produces positive latching between the tongue and socket when the tongue has been inserted to a predescribed depth within the socket. In order to enable an operator to visually observe that the tongue has been inserted to the prescribed depth, the bushing carries a color band which becomes completely disposed (invisible) in the socket when positive latching occurs. Alternatively, the bushing can be provided with gauge tabs which become aligned with a witness line formed on the terminator when positive latching occurs.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2003Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Andrew E. Meyer, Todd Kim Knapp, Frank J. Muench Jr.
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Patent number: 6504103Abstract: An elbow terminator has a socket in which an electrical probe is disposed. The terminator is insertable onto an electrical bushing such that a tongue of the bushing is received in the socket of the terminator, and the probe of the terminator is electrically coupled to a contact sleeve disposed within the tongue. A latching mechanism produces positive latching between the tongue and socket when the tongue has been inserted to a predescribed depth within the socket. In order to enable an operator to visually observe that the tongue has been inserted to the prescribed depth, the bushing carries a color band which becomes completely disposed (invisible) in the socket when positive latching occurs. Alternatively, the bushing can be provided with gauge tabs which become aligned with a witness line formed on the terminator when positive latching occurs.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1997Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Edgar Meyer, Todd Kim Knapp, Frank John Muench
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Patent number: 6111212Abstract: An interrupt assembly for a primary circuit breaker of a distribution transformer includes an elongated housing that is divided into separate chambers for holding insulating fluid that extinguish an arc generated when a high-voltage electrical path between two breaker contacts is broken. The elongated housing includes openings that allow for the rapid exit of the expanding gases generated as a result of the arc. Consequently, the separately held insulating fluid in each chamber presents a strong dielectric property to the arc, causing it to extinguish rapidly.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1998Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.Inventors: John Phillip DuPont, Todd Kim Knapp
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Patent number: 5663859Abstract: An electric device, such as a transformer, has a tank and an arrester for protection against high voltage surges, the arrester being grounded to a wall of the tank. A switch is mounted in the tank wall for enabling the ground connection to be disconnected from outside the tank. The switch includes a shaft extending slidably through an opening in the tank wall. A gripping handle is mounted on an outer end of the shaft, and a spring washer is mounted on an inner end of the shaft. The spring washer is electrically connected to a discharge side of the arrester and is movable toward the wall and into electrically conductive relationship therewith in response to sliding of the shaft. By sliding the shaft in a direction moving the washer away from the wall, the electrical connection is broken. The handle is threadedly mounted to the shaft to be reversible between a first position holding the shaft in its switch closed position, and a second position for enabling the shaft to be slid to its switch open position.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1996Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.Inventor: Todd Kim Knapp
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Patent number: D438844Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2000Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: McGraw-Edison CompanyInventors: Andrew E. Meyer, Todd Kim Knapp, Frank J. Muench, Jr.