Patents by Inventor Steven L. Siems

Steven L. Siems 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: 5690419
    Abstract: An optical reflector mounting assembly includes a base with a gasket for sealingly mounting the base on a cross-arm of a unitary support assembly for flood lights. There is a light socket for receiving a flood lamp, and a mounting socket for holding the light socket and for dissipating heat generated by the light socket in operation. There are fins on the outside of the mounting socket for dissipating heat, and a device for pivotally mounting the mounting socket on the base for pivotal movement of the mounting socket and the light socket relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Steven L. Siems
  • Patent number: 5550708
    Abstract: Remote access disconnect and fusing arrangement including an assembly having a housing with at least one wall panel; an arrangement for ducting ac-power into the housing; the ac-power including at least two non-grounded hot conductors, a disconnect arrangement in the housing connected in series with the hot conductors; a distribution terminal assembly having a plurality of input terminals each connected to a respective one of the hot conductors, and a plurality of groups of output terminals, each group of output terminals connected in parallel to a respective one of the input terminals; a plurality of current limiting elements each having an element input connected to a respective one of the output terminals and an element output; and at least one female plug connector mounted on the wall panel, having a plurality of female receive terminals, each female receive terminal connected to a respective element output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Inventor: Steven L. Siems
  • Patent number: 5371442
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a remote ballast circuit assembly comprising at least one ballast circuit; a housing having a top panel, an optional perforated bottom panel, two lateral side panels and a back panel, the panels defining a housing interior; the interior being divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber, the upper chamber having exterior vent openings; at least one ballast coil in the ballast circuit disposed in the upper chamber; at least one resonating capacitor connected with the ballast coil disposed in the lower chamber; primary power connecting means for connecting primary power to the ballast circuit; and load connecting means for connecting a load to the ballast circuit. According to a further feature, the remote ballast circuit assembly according to the invention includes a hinged door panel hingedly attached to the housing for providing access to the housing interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Inventor: Steven L. Siems
  • Patent number: 5342993
    Abstract: An electric outlet apparatus for outdoor use includes a housing having a top portion and an opening in the top portion, a receptacle panel structure having a first face and including a receptacle circuit, a receptacle mounted in the first face of the receptacle panel structure, a mechanism for movably connecting the panel to the housing so that the panel can move between a position wherein the panel first face is directed essentially downward inside the housing and an open position wherein the panel extends out of the top opening, and a substantially air tight compartment defined below the first face of the receptacle panel structure for preventing any water collected within the housing from rising to meet the receptacle panel structure. The housing also preferably includes a trap door adjacent to the receptacle panel structure for keeping rain out when the trap door is closed and for receiving a plug and cord when the trap door is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Inventor: Steven L. Siems
  • Patent number: 4894759
    Abstract: A pre-wired unitary support assembly for mounting floodlights on a pole. The support assembly has a vertically elongated rigid channel that is to be bolted to the pole, a junction box on the front of the channel, a hollow cross arm on the front of the channel above the junction box, electrical wiring extending from inside the junction box up into the cross arm through a tube assembly between them and out along the inside of the cross arm to wiring fittings on the front where insulated cables for the corresponding floodlights extend into the cross arm, adapters on the top of the cross arm near the wiring fittings for the attachment of the usual support yokes for the floodlights, removable access plates on the bottom of the cross arm adjacent the wiring fittings on the front, and a protective wiring sleeve extending down from the junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1990
    Inventor: Steven L. Siems