Steven C Walker

US Patent:

6445585, Sep 3, 2002

Filed:

Jul 27, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/626573

Inventors:

Steven Dale Walker - Arden NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H05K 502

US Classification:

361724, 361610, 361740, 292145, 292164

Abstract:

A door comprising a panel member having a first side and a second side and an opening therebetween; a hinge disposed adjacent to said opening; a control module; said control module hingedly attached to said panel by said hinge; said control module includes an electronic unit which has a first side; said control module being pivotable on said hinge between a first position wherein said electronic unit first side is visible through said opening from said panel first side and a second position where said electronic unit first side is visible from said panel second side.

US Patent:

6827540, Dec 7, 2004

Filed:

Jan 8, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/338305

Inventors:

Steven D. Walker - Etowah NC
William R. Hudson - Hendersonville NC
Irving A. Gibbs - Fletcher NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

B65G 100

US Classification:

414281, 414286, 414427, 414495

Abstract:

A power bridge rollout service system for removing and installing a power bridge, the power bridge having a housing with an external bus assembly. The power bridge rollout service system includes a roller assembly, an enclosure assembly, and a dolly assembly. The roller assembly is structured to support the power bridge and has a plurality of wheels. The enclosure assembly has a frame assembly structured to support the power bridge and has two wheel tracks. The dolly assembly has a frame assembly, a vertical lifting device, and a plurality of wheels. The vertical lifting device and wheels are coupled to the dolly frame assembly. The vertical lifting device acts upon a work platform such as a skid table assembly. The skid table assembly has a generally flat lifting plate. The skid table assembly may be raised so that the lifting plate is at the same general height as the frame assembly wheel tracks.

US Patent:

6946602, Sep 20, 2005

Filed:

Jun 9, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/864910

Inventors:

Irving Albert Gibbs - Fletcher NC, US
Steven Dale Walker - Etowah NC, US
Thomas Arthur Farr - Candler NC, US
Marcus Eugene Case - Morganton NC, US
Tap Van Pham - Asheville NC, US
Rafael Gutierrez - Asheville NC, US

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H05K005/06

US Classification:

174 523, 174 50, 174 52 R, 174 521, 174 5054, 174 53, 220241, 220242, 220 32, 220 38, 361683, 361725

Abstract:

A housing assembly, structured to enclose a plurality of electrical components and flexible cables, each the electrical component coupled at least one other electrical component or to an input device by the cables, includes a plurality of mounting plate members and a plurality of vertical walls. The plurality of mounting plate members includes at least a bottom mounting plate member and at least one movable mounting plate member. Each mounting plate structured to support one or more electrical components. The plurality of vertical walls include a front wall coupled to, and extending generally perpendicular to, the base plate member, a first side wall coupled to, and extending generally perpendicular to, the base plate member, a second side wall coupled to, and extending generally perpendicular to, the base plate member, a back wall coupled to, and extending generally perpendicular to, the base plate member. The movable mounting plate member is pivotally coupled to the at least one vertical wall and is structured to move between a first, closed position and a second open position. Thus, a plurality of electronic components may be coupled to each plate in the plurality of plates, and whereby the electronic components remain coupled to each other as the movable mounting plates move between the first, closed position and the second, open position.

US Patent:

20070160178, Jul 12, 2007

Filed:

Jan 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/330020

Inventors:

Steven Walker - Etowah NC, US
Soroush Adib - Asheville NC, US

International Classification:

G21C 3/10

US Classification:

376451000

Abstract:

An insert is for the structural assembly of an electrical enclosure. The structural assembly includes a channel member having a generally flat portion with an aperture and a retaining mechanism, a side sheet coupled to the channel member, and a fastener coupling the channel member to the side sheet. The insert includes a first end portion inserted into the aperture and abutting the side sheet, a second end portion distal from the first end portion, a shoulder portion proximate the second end portion and being engaged by the retaining mechanism, and a tapered portion between the first end portion and the shoulder portion. An axial opening extends through the first end portion, the tapered portion, and the second end portion in order to receive the fastener. Tabs and corresponding notches facilitate proper assembly of the electrical enclosure and the fastener secures the electrical enclosure, once assembled.

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:

62050176, Mar 20, 2001

Filed:

Jan 21, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/489436

Inventors:

William Edward Wilkie - Fletcher NC
Steven Dale Walker - Arden NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H02B 104

US Classification:

361605

Abstract:

Power switches are fix mounted in a switchgear cabinet by providing terminal sections on power conductors at the rear face of the switch housing which extend vertically beyond the housing. The power switches slide into cells in the cabinet through a front opening with projections on the sides of the switch engaging slots in mounting panels in the cabinet. The terminal sections of the power conductors are then accessible through the front opening for connection to the buses in the switchgear cabinet. Runbacks secured to the lower power conductors on the bottom power switch extend into a rear compartment in the cabinet for the connection to power cables as the power switch is inserted into the front compartment. A unitary arc shield/wire tray slides into the front compartment above the power switches after connection of the terminal sections to the buses and is removable to provide subsequent access to the power connections.

US Patent:

60419490, Mar 28, 2000

Filed:

Apr 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/301940

Inventors:

Steven D. Walker - Arden NC
William Edward Wilkie - Fletcher NC
Daniel E. Hrncir - Fletcher NC
Kenneth W. Tucker - Denison TX
John H. Dileo - Pittsburgh PA

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

B66C 1706

US Classification:

212179

Abstract:

A lifting assembly for lifting an electrical switching apparatus for placement in an electrical cabinet includes a support frame moveable along first and second rail members mounted on the electrical cabinet. The lifting assembly also includes a winch having a spool, and a cable having a first end attached to the winch and a second end for lifting the electrical switching apparatus. The cable passes over a pivotable, rotatable cable support member mounted upon the support frame to provide even distribution of the cable on the spool. A plurality of wheels rotatable about either a horizontal axis or vertical axes are attached to the support frame for movement of the support frame along the rail members.

US Patent:

60721596, Jun 6, 2000

Filed:

Nov 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/189012

Inventors:

William Edward Wilkie - Fletcher NC
Steven Dale Walker - Arden NC

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H02B 112
H05B 300

US Classification:

219403

Abstract:

A heater for the middle, bus bar compartment of a switchgear cabinet is inserted from the rear compartment through an opening in a vertical panel at the rear of the middle compartment and is supported within the middle compartment by a bracket cantilevered from the panel. The bracket is U-shaped with a horizontal base and a pair of upstanding side walls forming rails on which the heater slides. The heater includes an inverted U-shaped guard over the heater element forming downwardly facing slots which engage the bracket rails. The guard and the bracket are perforated for convective circulation of air induced by the heater.