Patents by Inventor Nathan Joseph Petek

Nathan Joseph Petek 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: 20220213988
    Abstract: A clip is provided for supporting a cylindrical object on a strut channel. The clip can include a clip body extending along a clip axis and can have a first end with a notch. The notch can be sized to receive a cylindrical object during installation of the clip to the strut channel when the clip body is positioned around the cylindrical object with the clip axis obliquely angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical object. The clip can also have a first set of arms extending from the first end of the clip body adapted to engage a first reentrant lip of a strut channel when the cylindrical object is received in the notch and a second set of arms extending from a second end of the clip body adapted to be resiliently flexible for engagement with a second reentrant lip of the strut channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Wilson, Nathan Joseph Petek, Eric J. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11355906
    Abstract: An attachment can secure an electrical box to a support structure without the use of fasteners. An attachment body can be configured to be secured to the support structure. One or more engagement arrangements can include first and second arms that are configured to engage first and second mounting openings of an electrical box without use of a separate fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ERICO International Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Laughlin, Nathan Joseph Petek, Raymond Michael Olle
  • Publication number: 20190393688
    Abstract: An attachment can secure an electrical box to a support structure without the use of fasteners. An attachment body can be configured to be secured to the support structure. One or more engagement arrangements can include first and second arms that are configured to engage first and second mounting openings of an electrical box without use of a separate fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Laughlin, Nathan Joseph Petek, Raymond Michael Olle