Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Francis Kane

Jeffrey Francis Kane 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).

  • Patent number: 8445778
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a wiring box. The wiring box can include: a cavity formed by walls having an internal surface inside the cavity and an external surface; and a cable entry device disposed through a hole in a first wall of the walls. The cable entry device can include: a support element that retains a grommet in the hole, wherein the support element includes a stop, a grip extending from the stop, and shutters extending from the stop and defining an opening, wherein the opening converges away from the stop, the grip attaches the support element to the first wall, and wherein the grommet includes a rim, a sidewall extending from the rim and converging toward a diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Emerson Merritt, Chandrakanthtrao Gireeshrao, Jeffrey Francis Kane, Robert Alan Krosky
  • Publication number: 20110308832
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a wiring box. The wiring box can comprise: a cavity formed by walls having an internal surface inside the cavity and an external surface; and a cable entry device disposed through a hole in a first wall of the walls. The cable entry device can comprise: a support element that retains a grommet in the hole, wherein the support element comprises a stop, a grip extending from the stop, and shutters extending from the stop and defining an opening, wherein the opening converges away from the stop, the grip attaches the support element to the first wall, and wherein the grommet comprises a rim, a sidewall extending from the rim and converging toward a diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SIGMA ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Emerson MERRITT, Chandrakanthtrao GIREESHRAO, Jeffrey Francis KANE, Robert Alan KROSKY
  • Patent number: 5979668
    Abstract: Use of a disposable filtration capsule with a non-occluded membrane filter element in the place of a standard spiral wound cartridge allows for the more rapid and quantitative filtration, recovery, and quantitation of microorganisms in liquid, particularly surface waters, well water, tap water, and the like. The capsule allows a severe reduction in the water sample size tested, substantially minimizes risks of cross-contamination, and provides a leak-proof vessel for shipment. Risk of infection of laboratory personnel and time of analysis are both reduced. Costs of measuring contamination by microorganisms such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium is lowered significantly while increasing the accuracy and dependability of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Francis Kane, Noel Tod Borton
  • Patent number: 5820767
    Abstract: Use of a disposable filtration capsule with a non-occluded membrane filter element in the place of a standard spiral wound cartridge allows for the more rapid and quantitative filtration, recovery, and quantitation of microorganisms in liquid, particularly surface waters, well water, tap water, and the like. The capsule allows a severe reduction in the water sample size tested, substantially minimizes risks of cross-contamination, and provides a leak-proof vessel for shipment. Risk of infection of laboratory personnel and time of analysis are both reduced. Costs of measuring contamination by microorganisms such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium is lowered significantly while increasing the accuracy and dependability of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: PALL Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Francis Kane, Noel Tod Borton