KEITH W KLEIN
Engineering in Simsbury, CT

4913503, Apr 3, 1990

Oct 7, 1988

7/254754

Roger N. Castonguay - Terryville CT
Joseph G. Nagy - Plainville CT
Richard E. Bernier - Southington CT
Ronald D. Ciarcia - Bristol CT
Keith W. Klein - Simsbury CT

General Electric Company - New York NY

H01H 900

335172

An integrated protection unit is a circuit breaker which includes basic overcurrent protection facility along with selective electrical accessories. A molded plastic accessory access cover secured to the integrated protection unit cover protects the accessory components contained within the integrated protection unit cover from the environment. A combined overcurrent trip actuator and multiple accessory unit can be field-installed within the integrated protection unit. The combined actuator-accessory unit includes electronic control circuitry for the accessories along with mechanical trip and reset interface components. The reset mechanism allows the actuator-accessory unit to become reset without interferring with the operation of the integrated protection unit.

4233639, Nov 11, 1980

Mar 26, 1979

6/024228

Keith W. Klein - Simsbury CT
Joseph M. Palmieri - Southington CT
Gregory C. Eckart - Southington CT

General Electric Company - New York NY

H02H 3347

361 44

A ground fault circuit interrupting (GFCI) device is utilized to control either an industrial circuit breaker or a contactor in protecting a large power distribution circuit against ground faults. The GFCI device is equipped with switch contacts which are actuated incident with tripping of the GFCI device. The switch contacts control energization of an actuator adapted to the circuit breaker or contactor. A ground fault sensor responds to ground faults on the distribution circuit by injecting a current imbalancing signal into the GFCI device, causing it to trip. The consequent switch contact actuation initiates operation of the circuit breaker or contactor to interrupt the distribution circuit.

4894631, Jan 16, 1990

Sep 6, 1988

7/240885

Roger N. Castonguay - Terryville CT
Joseph G. Nagy - Plainville CT
Richard E. Bernier - Southington CT
Ronald D. Ciarcia - Bristol CT
Keith W. Klein - Simsbury CT

General Electric Company - New York NY

H01H 920

335167

An integrated protection unit is a circuit breaker which includes basic overcurrent protection facility along with selective electrical accessories. A molded plastic accessory access cover secured to the integrated protection unit cover protects the accessory components contained within the integrated protection unit cover from the environment. A combined overcurrent trip actuator and multiple accessory unit can be field-installed within the integrated protection unit. The combined actuator-accessory unit includes electronic control circuitry for the accessories along with mechanical trip and reset interface components.

4209761, Jun 24, 1980

Sep 7, 1978

5/940417

Keith W. Klein - Simsbury CT
Joseph M. Palmieri - Southington CT

General Electric Company - New York NY

H01H 7312, H01H 7500, H01H 7300

335 17

Actuating elements, operatively coupled with an external circuit breaker manual operating handle and with a circuit breaker internal trip actuating member, are selectively operated to activate an auxiliary switch when the circuit breaker is opened either manually via its operating handle or automatically in response to an abnormal external circuit condition.

4156884, May 29, 1979

Nov 7, 1977

5/849065

Gregory C. Eckart - Southington CT
Keith W. Klein - Simsbury CT

General Electric Company - New York NY

H02H 328

361 46

A ground fault circuit interrupting (GFCI) device of the type utilized in low voltage, residential type circuits for personnel protection against ground faults is connected in circuit with a high voltage, high current source so as to trip in response to ground fault current returning to the source via a conductor path solidly connecting the source to ground.

4931603, Jun 5, 1990

Mar 23, 1989

7/327655

Roger N. Castonguay - Terryville CT
Keith W. Klein - Simsbury CT
David Arnold - Chester CT
Preston L. Ellis - New Holland PA

General Electric Company - New York NY

H01H 3302

200144R

A molded case circuit breaker movable contact arm electrically connects with the circuit breaker load terminal without requiring a flexible electrical conducting braid. The contact arm is pivotally arranged within a contact arm support to which the load terminal lug is attached. The contact arm pivot pin is supported on a pair of parallel support posts extending from the contact arm support and a pair of bifurcated shunt plates are positioned on the pivot pin, one on each side of the contact arm to promote good electric transport between the contact arm and the support posts during short circuit conditions without interfering with the rotational movement of the contact arm.

4156121, May 22, 1979

Jun 2, 1977

5/802620

Keith W. Klein - Simsbury CT
Morris J. Kornblit - Newington CT
Joseph M. Palmieri - Southington CT

General Electric Company - New York NY

H01H 158, H01H 902

200293

A molded circuit breaker case complete with line and load terminals is fashioned to house a molded case circuit breaker. Rigid conductive straps affixed to the outer case provide electrical connections between the case line and load terminals and the circuit breaker line and load terminals, respectively, and, in addition, serve to secure the circuit breaker in place. The circuit breaker operating handle protrudes through an opening in the outer case to facilitate manual circuit breaker operation.

4037185, Jul 19, 1977

Mar 11, 1976

5/665904

Keith W. Klein - Simsbury CT

General Electric Company - New York NY

H01H 8302

335 18

A ground fault circuit interrupting (GFCI) device includes a conventional circuit breaker equipped with a trip mechanism operable automatically to open the breaker contacts in response to overcurrent conditions. A GFCI module, responsive to ground leakage current, actuates a trip solenoid to open the breaker contacts via the trip mechanism in response to a ground fault. An indicator, carried by linkage interconnecting the solenoid and trip mechanism, is moved into registry with an opening in the breaker case only upon actuation of the solenoid to thus indicate the occurrence of a ground fault trip function.

4178661, Dec 18, 1979

Jun 1, 1978

5/911374

Keith W. Klein - Simsbury CT

F16G 1100

24130

A rope holder includes a body having anchoring means facilitating attachment to a member. The free end of a rope leading from an object to be tied down, is threaded through a first aperture and then a second aperture, both formed in the body. Also formed in body is a V-shaped notch having its wide end in open communication with the second aperture. The rope is pulled tight through the two apertures and then moved laterally out of the second aperture into the slot, where it is wedged to maintain the desired rope tightness.

4481491, Nov 6, 1984

Jan 6, 1983

6/456136

Eldon B. Heft - West Hartford CT
Keith W. Klein - Simsbury CT

General Electric Company - New York NY

H01H 7302

335 21

An electric circuit breaker includes an insulated latch and cradle mechanism to prevent deleterious arc formation between their points of separation when the circuit breaker contacts are opened under short circuit conditions. One embodiment employs an insulated latch mounted on the breaker armature.