<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../4_X02.xsl"?><ownershipDocument>    <schemaVersion>X0304</schemaVersion>    <documentType>4</documentType>    <periodOfReport>2012-02-16</periodOfReport>    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>    <issuer>        <issuerCik>0000031277</issuerCik>        <issuerName>EATON CORP</issuerName>        <issuerTradingSymbol>ETN</issuerTradingSymbol>    </issuer>    <reportingOwner>        <reportingOwnerId>            <rptOwnerCik>0001299345</rptOwnerCik>            <rptOwnerName>McGill James W</rptOwnerName>        </reportingOwnerId>        <reportingOwnerAddress>            <rptOwnerStreet1>EATON CENTER</rptOwnerStreet1>            <rptOwnerStreet2>1111 SUPERIOR AVE.</rptOwnerStreet2>            <rptOwnerCity>CLEVELAND</rptOwnerCity>            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>            <rptOwnerZipCode>44114</rptOwnerZipCode>            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>        </reportingOwnerAddress>        <reportingOwnerRelationship>            <isDirector>0</isDirector>            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>            <isOther>0</isOther>            <officerTitle>EVP - Human Resources</officerTitle>        </reportingOwnerRelationship>    </reportingOwner>    <nonDerivativeTable>        <nonDerivativeTransaction>            <securityTitle>                <value>Common Shares</value>            </securityTitle>            <transactionDate>                <value>2012-02-16</value>            </transactionDate>            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>            <transactionCoding>                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>            </transactionCoding>            <transactionTimeliness>                <value></value>            </transactionTimeliness>            <transactionAmounts>                <transactionShares>                    <value>16000</value>                </transactionShares>                <transactionPricePerShare>                    <value>29.535</value>                </transactionPricePerShare>                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>                    <value>A</value>                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>            </transactionAmounts>            <postTransactionAmounts>                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>                    <value>88900</value>                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>            </postTransactionAmounts>            <ownershipNature>                <directOrIndirectOwnership>                    <value>D</value>                </directOrIndirectOwnership>            </ownershipNature>        </nonDerivativeTransaction>        <nonDerivativeTransaction>            <securityTitle>                <value>Common Shares</value>            </securityTitle>            <transactionDate>                <value>2012-02-16</value>            </transactionDate>            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>            <transactionCoding>                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>            </transactionCoding>            <transactionTimeliness>                <value></value>            </transactionTimeliness>            <transactionAmounts>                <transactionShares>                    <value>1991</value>                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>                </transactionShares>                <transactionPricePerShare>                    <value>50.695</value>                </transactionPricePerShare>                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>                    <value>D</value>                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>            </transactionAmounts>            <postTransactionAmounts>                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>                    <value>86909</value>                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>            </postTransactionAmounts>            <ownershipNature>                <directOrIndirectOwnership>                    <value>D</value>                </directOrIndirectOwnership>            </ownershipNature>        </nonDerivativeTransaction>        <nonDerivativeTransaction>            <securityTitle>                <value>Common Shares</value>            </securityTitle>            <transactionDate>                <value>2012-02-16</value>            </transactionDate>            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>            <transactionCoding>                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>            </transactionCoding>            <transactionTimeliness>                <value></value>            </transactionTimeliness>            <transactionAmounts>                <transactionShares>                    <value>32582</value>                </transactionShares>                <transactionPricePerShare>                    <value>50.7414</value>                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>                </transactionPricePerShare>                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>                    <value>D</value>                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>            </transactionAmounts>            <postTransactionAmounts>                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>                    <value>54327</value>                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>            </postTransactionAmounts>            <ownershipNature>                <directOrIndirectOwnership>                    <value>D</value>                </directOrIndirectOwnership>            </ownershipNature>        </nonDerivativeTransaction>        <nonDerivativeHolding>            <securityTitle>                <value>Common Shares</value>            </securityTitle>            <postTransactionAmounts>                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>                    <value>8787.866</value>                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>            </postTransactionAmounts>            <ownershipNature>                <directOrIndirectOwnership>                    <value>I</value>                </directOrIndirectOwnership>                <natureOfOwnership>                    <value>by trustee of ESP</value>                </natureOfOwnership>            </ownershipNature>        </nonDerivativeHolding>    </nonDerivativeTable>    <derivativeTable>        <derivativeTransaction>            <securityTitle>                <value>Stock Option</value>            </securityTitle>            <conversionOrExercisePrice>                <value>29.535</value>            </conversionOrExercisePrice>            <transactionDate>                <value>2012-02-16</value>            </transactionDate>            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>            <transactionCoding>                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>            </transactionCoding>            <transactionTimeliness>                <value></value>            </transactionTimeliness>            <transactionAmounts>                <transactionShares>                    <value>16000</value>                </transactionShares>                <transactionPricePerShare>                    <value>0.00</value>                </transactionPricePerShare>                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>                    <value>D</value>                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>            </transactionAmounts>            <exerciseDate>                <value>2005-02-24</value>            </exerciseDate>            <expirationDate>                <value>2014-02-24</value>            </expirationDate>            <underlyingSecurity>                <underlyingSecurityTitle>                    <value>Common Shares</value>                </underlyingSecurityTitle>                <underlyingSecurityShares>                    <value>16000</value>                </underlyingSecurityShares>            </underlyingSecurity>            <postTransactionAmounts>                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>                    <value>0</value>                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>            </postTransactionAmounts>            <ownershipNature>                <directOrIndirectOwnership>                    <value>D</value>                </directOrIndirectOwnership>            </ownershipNature>        </derivativeTransaction>    </derivativeTable>    <footnotes>        <footnote id="F1">These shares were delivered to the issuer to pay for the applicable option exercise price and withholding tax.</footnote>        <footnote id="F2">Price reported constitutes the average weighted price of shares sold.  Shares were sold at varying prices in the range of $50.750 - $50.845. The reporting person hereby undertakes, upon request of the Commission, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, to provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.</footnote>        <footnote id="F3">These shares are held in the Eaton Savings Plan.</footnote>    </footnotes>    <remarks></remarks>    <ownerSignature>        <signatureName>/s/Kathleen S. O'Connor, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>        <signatureDate>2012-02-17</signatureDate>    </ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>