Patents by Inventor Tyler Holp

Tyler Holp 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: 12154734
    Abstract: A manual opening mechanism for use with an isolation switch of a circuit interrupter is fully integrated into the circuit interrupter. The manual opening mechanism includes a rotating handle that is accessible from the front panel of the circuit interrupter. Rotating the handle applies force to the centerline of the isolation switch drive shaft, which prevents uneven loading and thus optimizes robustness during manual opening of the isolation switch. In addition, the handle has an ergonomic design, and is proportioned to minimize the force that an operator must apply to the handle in order to open the isolation switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Tyler Holp, Brad R. Leccia, Douglas Michael Brandt, Logan Weigle, Xin Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240339277
    Abstract: A circuit interrupter includes separable contacts, a drive shaft coupled to the separable contacts and structured to move to open and close the separable contacts, a tapered drive shaft section coupled to the drive shaft and having tapered sides, and a friction assembly. The friction assembly includes a friction device structured to interact with the tapered sides of the tapered drive shaft, an armature coupled to the friction device, and a biasing member structured to bias the friction device and armature toward the tapered drive shaft section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Tyler Holp, Logan Dwight Weigle, Steven Z. Chen, Santhosh Kumar Chamarajanagar Govinda Nayaka, Robert Michael Slepian, Hongbin Wang, Brian J. Schaltenbrand, Eric D. Smith
  • Patent number: 11817695
    Abstract: A system and method for interrupting power in a three-phase power system interrupts power in the faulted phase and the next sequential phase at high speeds, while interrupting power in the remaining phase at a normal operation speed. Limiting high-speed interruption to only two phases requires significantly less energy storage than implementing high-speed interruption in all three phases. When hybrid circuit interrupters are used, the need to wait for a zero-crossing in the current signal in order to initiate interruption operations is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven Chen, Tyler Holp
  • Publication number: 20230290588
    Abstract: A manual opening mechanism for use with an isolation switch of a circuit interrupter is fully integrated into the circuit interrupter. The manual opening mechanism includes a rotating handle that is accessible from the front panel of the circuit interrupter. Rotating the handle applies force to the centerline of the isolation switch drive shaft, which prevents uneven loading and thus optimizes robustness during manual opening of the isolation switch. In addition, the handle has an ergonomic design, and is proportioned to minimize the force that an operator must apply to the handle in order to open the isolation switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Tyler Holp, Brad R. Leccia, Douglas Michael Brandt, Logan Weigle, Xin Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230283064
    Abstract: A system and method for interrupting power in a three-phase power system interrupts power in the faulted phase and the next sequential phase at high speeds, while interrupting power in the remaining phase at a normal operation speed. Limiting high-speed interruption to only two phases requires significantly less energy storage than implementing high-speed interruption in all three phases. When hybrid circuit interrupters are used, the need to wait for a zero-crossing in the current signal in order to initiate interruption operations is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven Chen, Tyler Holp
  • Publication number: 20220139654
    Abstract: Coil-based actuators for use in opening and closing the separable contacts of circuit interrupters provide increased initial velocity for opening strokes and improved damping at the end of opening strokes by utilizing current-based damping and omitting contact springs and contact dampeners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Tyler Holp, Brad R. Leccia, Steven Z. Chen, Xin Zhou, Andrew W. Lichauer, Koustubh D. Ashtekar, Michael Slepian
  • Patent number: 11183348
    Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a vacuum interrupter having a closed position and an open position. The circuit breaker includes a linkage operatively coupled to and extending from the vacuum interrupter and a high-speed actuator operatively connected to the linkage. The high-speed actuator is operable to move the linkage by a repulsion force and cause the vacuum interrupter to move to the open position. The circuit breaker includes a decelerator with an integrated latch assembly operatively coupled to the high-speed actuator. The decelerator decelerates the repulsion force of the high-speed actuator and latches the actuator with the integrated latch assembly to maintain the vacuum interrupter in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Brad Robert Leccia, Tyler Holp, Xin Zhou, Steven Zhenghong Chen
  • Patent number: 11152174
    Abstract: A vacuum interrupter including a first movable contact and electrode contained within a vacuum chamber, a second movable contact and electrode contained within the vacuum chamber, a first actuator operably coupled to the first movable contact, and a second actuator operably coupled to the second movable contact. The vacuum interrupter also includes a first bellows and first bellows plate operably coupled to the first movable electrode, as well as a second bellows and second bellows plate operably coupled to the second movable electrode. Additionally, the vacuum interrupter includes a first pressure chamber located between the first actuator and the vacuum chamber, and a second pressure chamber located between the second actuator and the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Brad Robert Leccia, Steven Zhenghong Chen, Tyler Holp
  • Publication number: 20200402752
    Abstract: A vacuum interrupter including a first movable contact and electrode contained within a vacuum chamber, a second movable contact and electrode contained within the vacuum chamber, a first actuator operably coupled to the first movable contact, and a second actuator operably coupled to the second movable contact. The vacuum interrupter also includes a first bellows and first bellows plate operably coupled to the first movable electrode, as well as a second bellows and second bellows plate operably coupled to the second movable electrode. Additionally, the vacuum interrupter includes a first pressure chamber located between the first actuator and the vacuum chamber, and a second pressure chamber located between the second actuator and the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Brad Robert Leccia, Steven Zhenghong Chen, Tyler Holp