Patents by Inventor S. Douglas Copeland

S. Douglas Copeland 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).

  • Wound-in tenon/wound-in tenon collar for attachment of luminaire
    Patent number: 7363751
    Abstract: A modular pole system for a luminaire includes an elongated pole section formed from a continuous filament winding process with a tenon or tenon collar wound into a tip end of the pole section. A method for making a modular pole system includes placing a tenon or tenon collar over a trunion end of a mandrel and winding a pre-selected thickness of a filament along the length of the mandrel up to and including a pre-selected length of the tenon or tenon collar to produce a tenon or tenon collar wound into a pole section of the modular pole system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Shakespeare Composite Structures, LLC
    Inventors: S. Douglas Copeland, Gerti Bajraktari, William Griffin, Gregory S Hosford
  • Wound-in tenon for attachment of luminaire
    Patent number: 7284356
    Abstract: A modular pole system for a luminaire includes an elongated pole section formed from a continuous filament winding process with a tenon wound into a tip end of the pole section. A method for making a modular pole system includes placing a tenon over a trunion end of a mandrel and winding a pre-selected thickness of a filament along the length of the mandrel up to and including a pre-selected length of the tenon to produce a tenon wound into a pole section of the modular pole system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Genlyte Thomas Group, LLC
    Inventor: S. Douglas Copeland