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Richard E. Bernier — 27 Patents

GE: 25 patents #970 of 36,430Top 3%
DIDallaire Industries: 2 patents #6 of 11Top 55%
Plainville, CT: #5 of 147 inventorsTop 4%
Connecticut: #1,328 of 34,797 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Richard E. Bernier has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in June 2015. Richard E. Bernier ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Richard E. Bernier in Plainville, CT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D731677 Window sash extrusion 2015-06-09
D619729 Patio door frame 2010-07-13
6603075 Vertical bus power connector Gilbert Soares, James Brown Hestetune 2003-08-05 $109,750,000
6506986 Alternate door interlock defeater Gilbert Soares, Charles Piper, Edgar Yee 2003-01-14 $44,273,000
6424519 Plug-in draw out unit Gilbert Soares, Charles Piper, Edgar Yee, John Joseph Struble, Jr., Edward Bynum 2002-07-23 $57,337,000
6378825 Control and power terminal block quick insert/disconnect Edgar Yee, Gilbert Soares, Charles Piper 2002-04-30 $64,421,000
6357804 Door latch for electrical equipment enclosure Gilbert Soares, James H. Cook 2002-03-19 $66,872,000
6313981 Bus bar connection assembly Gilbert Soares, Subrahmanyam Thota, Peter D. Muse 2001-11-06 $162,178,000
6301094 Drawout unit and load/line terminal assembly Gilbert Soares, John Joseph Struble, Jr., Charles Piper 2001-10-09 $100,290,000
6284989 Motor control center interlock assembly Gilbert Soares, Edgar Yee 2001-09-04 $138,380,000
6280216 Lug adapter assembly having reduced force clips Charles Piper, Gilbert Soares, Edgar Yee, John Joseph Struble, Jr., Edward Bynum 2001-08-28 $152,513,000
6087602 Motor control center circuit breaker assembly Gilbert Soares, Edgar Yee 2000-07-11 $241,772,000
5934115 Circuit breaker panelboard lock assembly Kevin Farrelly Nolan, Michael Kevin NANNEY 1999-08-10 $101,128,000
5515236 Motor control center universal electrical connector Kevin Farrelly Nolan, Valerie R. Padilla, Gilbert Soares 1996-05-07 $21,906,000
5252937 Molded case circuit breaker modular bell alarm unit Joseph G. Nagy, Ira B. Goldman 1993-10-12 $12,880,000
5126708 Molded case circuit breaker braid conductor with strain relief Franklin P. Palaia, Michael C. von Kannewurff, Joseph M. Palmieri, Erich J. Pannenborg, Roger N. Castonguay 1992-06-30 $9,661,000
5109142 Circuit breaker handle tie for automated assembly Michael C. von Kannewurff, Samuel E. Eskridge 1992-04-28 $15,892,000
5008499 Bi-stable interlock arrangement for molded case circuit breakers Edgar Yee 1991-04-16 $20,546,000
4939490 Molded case circuit breaker bell alarm unit Joseph G. Nagy 1990-07-03 $12,342,000
4913503 Molded case circuit breaker actuator-accessory unit reset mechanism Roger N. Castonguay, Joseph G. Nagy, Ronald Ciarcia, Keith W. Klein 1990-04-03 $11,738,000
4912439 Molded case circuit breaker auxiliary switch unit Joseph G. Nagy, Carin B. Benway 1990-03-27 $8,300,000
4894631 Molded case circuit breaker actuator-accessory unit Roger N. Castonguay, Joseph G. Nagy, Ronald Ciarcia, Keith W. Klein 1990-01-16 $8,381,000
4742321 Molded case circuit breaker with accessory functions Joseph G. Nagy, Gregory DiVincenzo 1988-05-03 $17,826,000
4731921 Method of fabricating a molded case circuit breaker Ronald Ciarcia, Gregory DiVincenzo, Joseph G. Nagy 1988-03-22 $9,514,000
4698903 Circuit breaker highspeed assembly Ronald Ciarcia, Gregory DiVincenzo, Dennis J. Doughty 1987-10-13 $22,009,000