William Scott Wilkie

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:

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.

US Patent:

60396121, Mar 21, 2000

Filed:

Mar 3, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/261796

Inventors:

Jack L. Brown - Hendersonville NC
Rodney William Bruner - Fletcher NC
Neal Edward Rowe - Asheville NC
William Edward Wilkie - Fletcher NC
Robert Yanniello - Asheville NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H01R 926

US Classification:

439716

Abstract:

A flexible arrangement for providing secondary terminations, such as for switchgear in electric power distribution systems, includes a plurality of molded blocks each having at least one pair of oppositely directed hooks extending from a rear face. The hooks pass through complimentary notches in a mounting slot in a mounting panel, and engage the mounting panel with the molded blocks displaced along the mounting slot so that the hooks are out of registration with the notches. A locking member blocks the realignment of the hooks with the notches. Molded filler blocks without the terminal members can be substituted for one or more molded terminal blocks when fewer terminations are needed. There filler blocks have hand grips such as preferably a longitudinal rib molded on a front face, for inserting and removing the filler block from the slot.

US Patent:

6020558, Feb 1, 2000

Filed:

Jun 12, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/096948

Inventors:

William Edward Wilkie - Fletcher NC
Reid Kimel Hartman - Hendersonville NC
Daniel Edward Hrncir - Fletcher NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H02G 318

US Classification:

174 65R

Abstract:

Electrical insulation and environmental protection for electrical joints between cables and flat conductors in an electric power distribution system is provided by a flexible, electrically insulative boot which has a pair of shell halves joined by a living hinge. The two shell halves have free edges which mate to form a seam when the shell is closed to form an enclosure around the joint. The flat conductor extends through the seam in the rear face of the shell adjacent the living hinge. Pairs of cable openings in the shell halves are spaced along the front face of the boot. Additional faces at each end of the front face also have pairs of cable openings to accommodate angled mounting of the cables. Slits extend from the free edges of the shell halves to the cable openings to allow installation over assembled joints. The cable openings are serrated to accommodate a range of cable sizes.

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