Patents by Inventor Gerald Ballard

Gerald Ballard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20100073939
    Abstract: A roadway luminaire generally includes a housing and a door pivotably connected to the housing. The housing includes a rear wall having an opening sized and shaped to receive a mounting arm for mounting the luminaire thereto, a top wall extending from the rear wall and an arm receiving channel formed in the top wall adjacent the rear wall for receiving an end of the mounting arm. The channel is formed with a step arrangement having a plurality of steps ascending in order along a length of the channel. The steps permit angular mounting adjustment of the housing with respect to the mounting arm depending on which step the end of the mounting arm rests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Rick Kauffman, Edward Bilson, Barbara Bilson, Gerald Ballard
  • Patent number: 7637766
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly for a twist-lock photocontrol that is mounted on a luminaire housing. The assembly includes a receptacle and a spring clamp. The receptacle has a disc portion with a hub extending from the central portion of the back side, a perimeter side wall with a castellated bottom edge that engages stops on the luminaire housing. Three fingers extend from the back side of the disc and terminate at a lip edge. The spring clamp has a substantially flat, ring-shaped body that includes a top surface, an opening, an inner edge, an outer edge, and at least one pair of spring members. The receptacle is attached to a luminaire housing using the spring clamp. The orientation of the receptacle can be adjusted and can be locked into a stationary position without tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Howard Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Kauffman, Jason Cook, Gerald Ballard, William E. Lee
  • Publication number: 20090088021
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly for a twist-lock photocontrol that is mounted on a luminaire housing. The assembly includes a receptacle and a spring clamp. The receptacle has a disc portion with a hub extending from the central portion of the back side, a perimeter side wall with a castellated bottom edge that engages stops on the luminaire housing. Three fingers extend from the back side of the disc and terminate at a lip edge. The spring clamp has a substantially flat, ring-shaped body that includes a top surface, an opening, an inner edge, an outer edge, and at least one pair of spring members. The receptacle is attached to a luminaire housing using the spring clamp. The orientation of the receptacle can be adjusted and can be locked into a stationary position without tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Rick Kauffman, Jason Cook, Gerald Ballard, William E. Lee
  • Patent number: D572857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Howard Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Kauffman, Gerald Ballard
  • Patent number: D615238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Howard Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Kauffman, Edward Bilson, Barbara Bilson, legal representative, Gerald Ballard