David E Thorn, Age 673309 Doral Ct, Burlington, NC 27215

6423913, Jul 23, 2002

Feb 28, 2001

09/795206

Pankaj Gupta - Uttranchal, IN
Ranjit Sunil Acharya - Nagpur, IN
Amit Narang - Chandigarh, IN
Edgar Yee - Chapel Hill NC
David Edward Thorn - Burlington NC
Elwood Rau Combs - Mebane NC

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

H01H 920

200 5011, 200 4311, 200 4314, 200 4315, 200 5021

A locking device for use on an electric disconnect switch having a handle operator assembly. The locking device includes a slide plate slidably positioned within the housing and a first lock arranged to engage said slide plate and secure the handle operator assembly in an engaged position.

6437262, Aug 20, 2002

Feb 28, 2001

09/795205

Pankaj Gupta - Uttranchal, IN
Ranjit Sunil Acharya - Nagpur, IN
Amit Narang - Chandigarh, IN
Edgar Yee - Chapel Hill NC
David Edward Thorn - Burlington NC
Elwood Rau Combs - Mebane NC

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

H01H 920

200 5019, 200400, 200330, 200331, 200334

A handle operating assembly suitable for use with an electric disconnect switch assembly having a circuit breaker. The handle operating assembly comprises a handle operator extending outward from the electric disconnect switch and movable between an ON and an OFF position and a face plate having a slot therein. The handle operator slidably moves in the slot between the OFF position and the ON position. The face plate mounts to the electric disconnect switch assembly and is positionable between a first position to prevent access to the circuit breaker and a second position to provide access to the circuit breaker. The handle operating assembly provides ease of accessibility to the electrical disconnect switch and ease of assembly.

6438800, Aug 27, 2002

Jan 22, 2001

09/767122

Amit Narang - Hyderbad, IN
Pankaj Gupta - Hyderabad, IN
Edgar Yee - Chapel Hill NC
David Thorn - Burlington NC
Gilbert A. Soares - Mebane NC
Harry Marvin - Mebane NC
Robert Bruce Wallace - Mebane NC

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

E05D 506

16389, 16380, 16386, 16262, 16229

A door hinge assembly for use in an electrical appliance cabinet includes a door hinge member having a door plate attached to one side of an elbow, a hinge pin sleeve attached to the opposite side of the elbow, and a flange extending upwardly from the elbow. A hinge pin is removably engageable with the hinge pin sleeve, which is further removably engageable with a top edge on the flange.

6512192, Jan 28, 2003

Oct 2, 2001

09/682653

Edgar Yee - Chapel Hill NC
Andre Joseph MSadoques - Southington CT
Lloyd Eugene Wentler - Efland NC
David Edward Thorn - Burlington NC

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

H01H 3302

218157, 335201, 335202

A circuit breaker fitted with an exhaust arc gas manifold arranged over ventilation slots of the circuit breaker and disposed at a line end thereof to redirect the arc exhaust gases exiting the ventilation slots. The exhaust arc gas manifold is fixedly attached to the circuit breaker and includes: an electrically-insulated body having an upper wall and a lower wall joined by a back wall extending generally perpendicular to the upper and lower walls; a pair of electrically-insulated walls extending generally perpendicular from the back wall between the upper and lower walls defining a first section, a second section, and a third section; the first section is closed at a bottom, back and both sides thereof; the second section is closed at a top, bottom and both sides thereof; the third section closed at a bottom, back and both sides thereof; and the upper wall configured to attach the electrically-insulated body to one end of the circuit breaker, wherein exhaust arc gas is emitted from a top of the first and third sections and from a back of said second section.