William E Wilkie

US Patent:

7348510, Mar 25, 2008

Filed:

Feb 12, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/673753

Inventors:

Brendan A. Foley - Cleveland TN, US
Eddie D. Carson - Cleveland TN, US
Douglas R. Bender - Cleveland TN, US
William E. Wilkie - Pinehurst NC, US
Richard D. Prohaska - Cleveland TN, US

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H02B 13/02

US Classification:

200293, 200 51 R, 200304

Abstract:

An electrical connector assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus including an enclosure, separable contacts housed by the enclosure, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts. The enclosure has a back panel, sidewalls extending outwardly from the back panel, an exterior and an interior having a plurality of compartments. A first compartment houses the separable contacts and includes a first cover. A second compartment is disposed adjacent the first compartment and includes a second cover. The electrical connector assembly includes a plate member disposed between the first and second compartments, and a plurality of electrical connectors coupled to the plate member and being substantially disposed within the second compartment. The electrical connectors are structured to be electrically connected to the separable contacts, and are substantially inaccessible when the second compartment is covered by the second cover.

US Patent:

8465305, Jun 18, 2013

Filed:

Apr 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/085570

Inventors:

William Edward Wilkie - Fletcher NC, US
Michael Howard Abrahamsen - Greenwood SC, US
Michael Davis Pearce - Plum Branch SC, US

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H01R 13/44

US Classification:

439137, 439140

Abstract:

A shutter assembly is provided for an electrical system including at least one withdrawable electric apparatus, such as a circuit breaker, and an electrical bus member. A protruding structure of the circuit breaker is removably coupled to a corresponding primary contact of the electrical bus member to electrically connect the circuit breaker and the electrical bus member. The shutter assembly includes a pair of cover members that each have a ramped engagement surface and that are movable between a first position in which the corresponding primary contact of the electrical bus member is isolated and a second position in which the cover members are offset from the primary contact to allow the circuit breaker to be connected with the primary contact and the electrical bus member.

US Patent:

20070049114, Mar 1, 2007

Filed:

Aug 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/215266

Inventors:

William Wilkie - Cleveland TN, US
Richard Prohaska - Cleveland TN, US
Warren Sipe - Cleveland TN, US
Mark Schmidt - Aliquippa PA, US
Brendan Foley - Cleveland TN, US
Douglas Bender - Cleveland TN, US
Eddie Carson - Cleveland TN, US

International Classification:

H01R 13/40

US Classification:

439595000

Abstract:

An enclosed switching apparatus includes an enclosure and a primary power supply disconnect mounted in the enclosure. The primary power supply disconnect has first and second terminals, the first terminals are electrically connectable to a primary power source and the second terminals are electrically connectable to a load. An auxiliary power supply unit includes an auxiliary power supply disconnect having third and fourth terminals. The third terminals are electrically connectable to the primary power source. A transformer has fifth and sixth terminals, the fifth terminals are electrically connected to the fourth terminals of the auxiliary power supply disconnect. An auxiliary fusible element has seventh and eighth terminals, the seventh terminal is electrically connected to one of the sixth terminals of the transformer. A receptacle has ninth terminals thereon. One of the ninth terminals is electrically connected to the eighth terminal of the auxiliary fusible element.

US Patent:

20130116886, May 9, 2013

Filed:

Nov 9, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/292310

Inventors:

Geraldo NOJIMA - Asheville NC, US
William E. WILKIE - Fletcher NC, US

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

701 344, 180 6521, 903903

Abstract:

A monitoring system is for an electric vehicle and an electric vehicle supply equipment. The electric vehicle supply equipment is structured to communicate with the electric vehicle to charge the electric vehicle. The monitoring system includes a monitoring component structured to monitor communication and monitor energy or power flow between the electric vehicle supply equipment and the electric vehicle, a storage component cooperating with the monitoring component to store information corresponding to the monitored communication and the monitored energy or power flow between the electric vehicle supply equipment and the electric vehicle, and a power supply structured to power at least one of the monitoring component and the storage component.

US Patent:

20130257146, Oct 3, 2013

Filed:

Apr 3, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/438002

Inventors:

GERALDO NOJIMA - Asheville NC, US
William E. Wilkie - Fletcher NC, US

International Classification:

B60L 1/00

US Classification:

307 91

Abstract:

Electric vehicle supply equipment includes an alternating current to direct current converter having an alternating current input and a direct current output. A direct current bus is electrically interconnected with the direct current output of the alternating current to direct current converter. Each of a plurality of direct current to direct current converters includes an input powered by the direct current bus and an output structured to charge a corresponding one of a plurality of different electric vehicles.

US Patent:

60409762, Mar 21, 2000

Filed:

Nov 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/188721

Inventors:

Rodney William Bruner - Fletcher NC
William Edward Wilkie - Fletcher NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H02B 120

US Classification:

361611

Abstract:

Hollow risers in switchgear are preferably formed by a confronting pair of spaced apart U-channels. Stab conductors for connecting switching apparatus in the switchgear to the risers have a pair of flat members straddling and secured to the two U-channels by mounts which include backing plates bearing against the inner surfaces of the confronting legs of two U-channels and bolts extending through the stab conductors and U-channel legs and engaging threaded apertures in the backing plates. To accommodate a range of current ratings, the confronting channels can have first and second leg thicknesses t. sub. 1 and t. sub. 2, which can be different but the outer widths of the channels are all the same. The backing plates have a first surface with a third thickness in one section and a fourth thickness in a second section. This first surface bears against the U-channel legs when the legs are of different thicknesses and t. sub. 1 plus t. sub.

US Patent:

61692484, Jan 2, 2001

Filed:

Nov 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/188480

Inventors:

Neal Edward Rowe - Asheville NC
William Edward Wilkie - Fletcher NC
Steven Dale Walker - Arden NC
John Stewart Bartholomew - Hendersonville NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H02G 500

US Classification:

174 50

Abstract:

The cross buses extending through side-by-side cabinets in a switchgear assembly are mounted on the metal cabinet frames by supports having a molded body with a bus bar mounting surface laterally spaced from a support mounting surface to form a gap between the bus bar and the metal frame. A planar barrier inserted between the cabinets has a cutout aligned with this gap. The molded support further has a barrier surface which extends across the gap and blocks the cutout. The barrier surfaces of supports mounted on side-by-side cabinets abut and parallel flanges on the molded bodies adjacent the barrier surfaces form grooves in which the planar barrier is clamped.

US Patent:

62156543, Apr 10, 2001

Filed:

Jun 3, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/325308

Inventors:

William Edward Wilkie - Fletcher NC
Douglas Kim Frantz - Hendersonville NC
Neal Edward Rowe - Asheville NC
John Bartholomew - Hendersonville NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H02B 500
H02B 120

US Classification:

361605

Abstract:

A switchgear assembly in which a number of cells housing electrical switching apparatus such as circuit breakers are vertically stacked in a forward compartment has combined arc shield/wire trays between cells for terminating secondary wiring for easy access through front doors on the switchgear assembly and for protecting the secondary wiring from circuit breaker arc gases. The arc gases are deflected by an upwardly and rearwardly inclined panel forming the back wall of the wire tray. A vertical wall forward of the inclined panel mounts a lower horizontal row of terminal blocks forward of an upper row. A wireway has a vertical section in a forward corner of the cabinet beside the vertically stacked cells which communicates with the wire trays, and a horizontal section extending rearward under the top wall of the cabinet. An inclined gutter provides a transition between the top of the vertical section and the forward end of the horizontal section. External wiring enters the wireway either through a bottom access opening aligned with the vertical section or a top access opening in the horizontal section.

Author:

William L. Wilkie

ISBN #:

0268013829

Author:

William L. Wilkie

ISBN #:

0268013837

Author:

William L. Wilkie

ISBN #:

0324304307

Author:

William L. Wilkie

ISBN #:

0471078514

Author:

William L. Wilkie

ISBN #:

0471545171

Author:

William L. Wilkie

ISBN #:

0471613525

Author:

William L. Wilkie

ISBN #:

0915552043

Author:

William E. Wilkie

ISBN #:

0521203325