Patents Assigned to Erico International Corporation
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Patent number: 11962135Abstract: A splice clip for coupling discrete sections of a wire mesh cable tray. The splice clip can include a bolt with a base, a first ledge, and a second ledge opposing the first ledge. The base and the first and second ledges can define a passageway along the bolt. The splice clip can also include a retainer with a set of pockets, including a first pocket and a second pocket, and a set of guidance features configured to translate within the passageway to guide the bolt along and in engagement with the retainer. The first pocket can be configured to receive a first wire of a first discrete cable tray section and the second pocket can be configured to receive a second wire of a second discrete cable tray section. The bolt can be movable along the retainer between an open position and a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventors: Eric J. Wilson, Jeffrey Alan Wilson, Sameer Alam Salmani
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Patent number: 11959588Abstract: A mounting bracket for an electrical box can be configured for use with a support that has a first and a second rail. The mounting bracket can include a first attachment device that is secured to mounting body and a second attachment device that is secured to the mounting body opposite the first attachment device. To secure the mounting bracket to the support, the first attachment device can be configured to engage one of the first rail or the second rail and the second attachment device can be configured to engage the other of the first rail or the second rail. Each of the first and second attachment devices can include a first arm configured to extend on a first side of the corresponding first or second rail, and a second arm configured to extend on a second side of the corresponding rail, opposite the first arm.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventors: Michael Hung-Sun Oh, James Anthony Bukowski, Kevin Jacobs
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Patent number: 11962134Abstract: An in-deck conduit for installation on a form for a concrete deck can provide a passage for wiring or other components within the concrete deck. The in-deck conduit can have a body with a base end, a deck end, and an internal passage extending from the base end to the deck end. One or more support legs can extend from the deck end of the body laterally relative to the passage to support the body on the form.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Scott Ernest Anderson
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Patent number: 11881694Abstract: A cable support includes a support body, a mounting tab, and at least one extension connecting the mounting tab to the support body. The support body includes a saddle configured to support cables and a stem extending in a first direction from a rear end of the saddle, which is opposite a front end. The mounting tab is configured to be secured to a support structure and includes a secondary tab. The at least one extension is bendable to move the mounting tab between a wall-mount configuration and a rod-mount configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventors: Eric J. Wilson, Daniel A. Kozlowski, Jeff A. Wilson, Raymond M. Olle, Paul Bryson Allen
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Patent number: 11881687Abstract: A bracket system for mounting an electrical box and other components to a ceiling structure can include a support bar and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket can be configured to receive an end of the support bar and selectively secure the support bar at any of a plurality of positions relative to the mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Scott Ernest Anderson
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Patent number: 11855433Abstract: A support assembly, for supporting one or more conductors of a low voltage power distribution system, can include an adjustable clip subassembly. The adjustable clip subassembly can include a housing, a clip, and a biasing element. The housing can define a receiving space, and the clip can define a receiving region. The clip can be positioned within the receiving space so that the receiving region receives the housing. The biasing element can be disposed between the clip and the housing and configured to bias the clip away from the housing. The subassembly can be configured to move between an open configuration and a closed configuration. In the open configuration, the clip can compress the biasing element against the housing, allowing for insertion of a conductor into the receiving space. In the closed configuration, clip can be laterally translated, relative to the open configuration, to engage the conductor.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventors: Steven Rois, Pascal Godard, Frederic Bizet
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Patent number: 11817687Abstract: A cable tray clip can couple sections of a wire mesh cable tray. The cable tray clip can include a base and a retainer rotatably coupled to the base. The retainer can be rotated to a closed position to retain one or more wires within one or more pockets on the base.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventors: Eric J. Wilson, Jeff Wilson, Scott Laughlin
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Patent number: 11817688Abstract: A support for electrical boxes can include a body plate, first and second mounting arms, and first and second side flanges. The body plate can include mounting features configured to secure an electrical box to the body plate. The first and second mounting arms can extend from the body plate and receive a threaded rod to support the body plate in a horizontal orientation. The first and second side flange extend from opposing sides of the body and include an aperture to receive a threaded rod that can support the body plate in a vertical orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Scott Ernest Anderson
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Patent number: 11773895Abstract: A spring nut for attaching a threaded object to a structure can include first and second arms extending from the base, and a wedge element. The wedge element can be configured to selectively operatively urge the first and second arms apart to release the threaded object from between the first and second arms.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventors: Eric J. Wilson, Raymond Scott Laughlin
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Patent number: 11773884Abstract: A device for securing threaded rod relative to concrete and plywood forms is provided. The device can include a housing with a securement portion and a plurality of plungers to engage with the threaded rod. The securement portion can be slidably received in a base configured to be seated on a setting structure. Fasteners can secure the device to the setting structure. A tapered portion of the housing can engage the plungers to secure a threaded rod.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Michael Hung-Sun Oh
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Patent number: 11739882Abstract: A bracket for adjustable-depth mounting of an electrical box relative to a support structure can include a support body and a support arm. The support body can be configured to be secured to the support structure. A fastener can be retained on the support arm and can be adjusted relative to the support arm to move the electrical box to be secured at any of a plurality of depths relative to the support body.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Alan Wilson, Michael Hung-Sun Oh, Kevin Jacobs
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Patent number: 11729925Abstract: A mounting bracket for electrical boxes that can include a mounting body with a plurality of mounting features. The plurality of mounting features can include a first set of mounting openings that can have respective elongate directions extending in parallel. The mounting body can have a mounting body axis extending across a shortest between opposing first and second sides of the mounting body. The elongate directions of the first set of mounting openings can be disposed at an acute angle relative to the mounting body axis. The first set of mounting openings can be configured to receive a plurality of fasteners to attach the mounting bracket to a first electrical box.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Michael Hung-Sun Oh
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Patent number: 11662041Abstract: A support clip can be configured to support objects relative to a cable support system having wire members. A support system engagement portion can have first, second, and third attachments, which can be removably attachable to the wire members of the cable support system. The first attachment can define a first partly cylindrical pocket with a first entrance, the second attachment can define a second partly cylindrical pocket with a second entrance, and the third attachment can define a hook that defines a third elongate pocket and a third entrance. The first and second attachments can be configured to receive respective wire members to attach the support clip to the cable support system in a first orientation and the second and third attachments can be configured to receive respective wire members to attach the support clip to the cable support system in a second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventors: Raymond Scott Laughlin, Daniel Kozlowski
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Patent number: 11649910Abstract: A clamp for supporting an electrical conductor on a structure and providing electrical continuity between the electrical conductor and the structure is provided. The clamp can include a mounting member with a through-hole and a strap, that can be configured to extend around the structure, coupled on one end to a first side of the mounting member and having a free end removably coupled to a second side of the mounting member. The clamp can include a clamping member with a through-hole and a main bolt extending through the through-holes of the mounting member and the clamping member. The main bolt can have a footer configured to contact the structure, which can be movable between a first configuration in which the footer is nested within a pocket of the mounting member and a second configuration in which at least a portion of the footer is positioned outside of the pocket.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventors: Thomas Bendlak, Erika Lynn Buehman, Gregory Holder, Caitlyn VonFeldt
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Patent number: 11639732Abstract: A hanger-rod clip can be configured for use with a strut that at least partially surrounds a hanger rod to provide stiffness to the hanger rod. The hanger-rod clip can include a handle portion and a rod-clamping portion. The rod-clamping portion can be configured to urge the hanger rod into engagement with an internal surface of the strut as the handle portion is moved towards the strut.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Daniel C. Duggan
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Patent number: 11572905Abstract: A device for securing threaded rod relative to concrete and plywood forms is provided. The device can include a housing with a securement portion and a plurality of plungers to engage with the threaded rod. The securement portion can be slidably received in a base configured to be seated on a setting structure. Fasteners can secure the device to the setting structure. A tapered portion of the housing can engage the plungers to secure a threaded rod.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Michael Hung-Sun Oh
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Patent number: D975530Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Scott Ernest Anderson
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Patent number: D983147Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Michael Hung-Sun Oh
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Patent number: D1019352Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Michael Hung-Sun Oh
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Patent number: D1024975Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Michael Hung-Sun Oh