Patents by Inventor William R. Latimer

William R. Latimer 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: 6023030
    Abstract: An improved bus plug door interlock for use with a bus plug in conjunction with an electrical power busway distribution system is described. The bus plug includes the bus plug door interlock, a door, a housing and an electrical switch. The bus plug door interlock prevents the bus plug door from opening when the electrical switch is in the "on" position and prevents the power from being turned "on" when the door is open. The bus plug door interlock includes a door interlock pivot with a single flat surface and a elongated slot with a narrow and a wide section. When the door interlock pivot is in the narrow section of the elongated, the single flat surface engages narrow section of the elongated, preventing the electrical switch from being turned "on". When the door interlock pivot is in the wide section of the elongated slot, the door interlock pivot can rotate freely, allowing the electrical switch to be turned "on".
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Latimer, Daryl R. Van Brocklin, Jill M. Post
  • Patent number: 4160137
    Abstract: An L-shaped member and a generally flat member are secured together by one-way screw to form a bracket assembly mounted on the front of a circuit breaker housing to receive a padlock for blocking movement of the circuit breaker handle to the ON position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1979
    Assignee: Gould Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph C. Clement, William R. Latimer
  • Patent number: 4017816
    Abstract: A ferrule fuse terminal clip with a pivoted U-shaped rejector member extending between its complementary curved clip legs. The pivotable rejector member facilitates the insertion and removal of a low rated-current cartridge fuse having a grooved ferrule end terminal and prevents the insertion of a non-grooved ferrule terminal of a cartridge fuse having a higher rated current. The rejector member is easily installed in a conventional ferrule fuse terminal clip and cannot be removed therefrom utilizing common tools without rendering the fuse terminal clip unusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1977
    Assignee: I-T-E Imperial Corporation
    Inventor: William R. Latimer, Jr.