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William E. Grass — 12 Patents

EAEaton: 12 patents #196 of 3,708Top 6%
Whitefish Bay, WI: #24 of 211 inventorsTop 15%
Wisconsin: #3,851 of 40,088 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
William E. Grass has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at Eaton. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in September 1999. William E. Grass ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list William E. Grass in Whitefish Bay, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 1999Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1994.peak 31984: 1 patents19841985: 1 patents19851988: 1 patents19881989: 1 patents19891990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents19911994: 3 patents19941997: 1 patents19971999: 2 patents1999

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5952739 Remotely operated meter disconnect switch Earl T. Piber 1999-09-14 $6,781,000
5861596 Dual baffle apparatus for electrical switching device Amelia M. Stay, Earl T. Piber, Roger E. Walker 1999-01-19 $10,619,000
5667711 Circuit breaker incorporating trip coil as shunt resistor in parallel with current limiting polymer Hemant K. Mody 1997-09-16 $6,798,000
5373411 Remote control circuit breaker system Herbert R. Streich, Robert J. Clarey, Peter K. Moldovan 1994-12-13 $5,040,000
5301083 Remote control residential circuit breaker Peter K. Moldovan, Earl T. Piber, Robert J. Clarey, James R. Jaeschke, Robert A. Kihn +2 more 1994-04-05 $7,083,000
5290979 Handle block for electrical switching device 1994-03-01 $4,406,000
5047604 Adapter providing unitary mounting capability for standard circuit breaker Robert J. Clarey 1991-09-10 $5,442,000
4912598 Heat dissipating electrical connector joining circuit breaker terminal and panel supply conductor 1990-03-27 $2,541,000
4821144 Circuit breaker with mounting clip 1989-04-11 $1,856,000
4791525 Circuit breaker with retainer for filler plate Donald R. Sladek 1988-12-13 $1,098,000
4546337 Residential circuit breaker with one piece slot motor Dennis J. Petrie, Robert B. Bridges, Jerome K. Hastings 1985-10-08 $2,479,000
4430631 Circuit breaker with increased current interrupting capacity Kenneth A. Forsell, Peter J. Theisen, Michael J. Fajner 1984-02-07 $4,323,000