Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Scanzillo

Thomas L. Scanzillo 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: 20230045040
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev
  • Publication number: 20230036314
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides cam activated wire termination assemblies for electrical wiring devices. The electrical wiring devices include a cover and a base. The base has a wire chamber supporting a wire termination assembly. The wire termination assembly includes a wire fastening member and a conductive member. The wire fastening member has a cam surface and is rotatable between an open position and a securing position. The conductive member is positioned in close proximity to the wire fastening member such that a gap is provided between the wire fastening member and the conductive member when the wire fastening member is in the open position. When the wire fastening member is rotated from the open position to the securing position, the cam surface rotates to reduce the size of the gap between the wire fastening member and the conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Matthew Jared Varney, Thomas Joseph Conti, Connor Thomas Grant
  • Publication number: 20230024505
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev
  • Patent number: 11563281
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev
  • Publication number: 20220415588
    Abstract: A power switch including a line input configured to receive a line voltage, a load output configured to output the line voltage, and a contact configured to selectively electrically connect the line input to the load output. The contact has a closed position in which the line input is electrically connected to the load output, and an open position in which the line input is not electrically connected to the load output. The power switch further includes a switch configured to selectively control the contact between the open position and the closed position, a housing, and a mounting foot configured to secure the housing to a surface. The mounting foot includes a molding and an insert contained within the molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher A. Carbone, Thomas L. Scanzillo, Greg McAleer, Roy Itzler, Robert Simon, Steve Liscinsky
  • Publication number: 20220393371
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev
  • Patent number: 11495895
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides cam activated wire termination assemblies for electrical wiring devices. The electrical wiring devices include a cover and a base. The base has a wire chamber supporting a wire termination assembly. The wire termination assembly includes a wire fastening member and a conductive member. The wire fastening member has a cam surface and is rotatable between an open position and a securing position. The conductive member is positioned in close proximity to the wire fastening member such that a gap is provided between the wire fastening member and the conductive member when the wire fastening member is in the open position. When the wire fastening member is rotated from the open position to the securing position, the cam surface rotates to reduce the size of the gap between the wire fastening member and the conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Matthew Jared Varney, Thomas Joseph Conti, Connor Thomas Grant
  • Patent number: 11437203
    Abstract: A power switch including a line input configured to receive a line voltage, a load output configured to output the line voltage, a contact, a switch, a housing including a rear portion and a front cover coupled to the rear portion, an indicator supported by the front cover, the indicator configured to provide an indication of the power switch, and an indicator lens positioned between the indicator and the front cover. The contact is configured to selectively electrically connect the line input to the load output, the contact having a closed position in which the line input is electrically connected to the load output, and an open position in which the line input is not electrically connected to the load output. The switch is configured to selectively control the contract between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher A. Carbone, Thomas L. Scanzillo, Greg McAleer, Roy Itzler, Robert Simon, Steve Liscinsky
  • Publication number: 20210203087
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev
  • Publication number: 20210098979
    Abstract: A floor box for housing electrical components includes a bottom and a plurality of walls extending from the bottom to at least partially define an interior and to at least partially define a central opening accessible to a user. A top plate having an inner portion at least partially defining a first wiring compartment facing the central opening and a second wiring compartment facing the central opening is connected to at least one of the plurality of walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Michael J. Marchetti, Christopher A. Carbone, Ryan G. Papageorge
  • Patent number: 10965042
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev
  • Patent number: 10958009
    Abstract: Tamper resistant cartridges for electrical devices are provided. The tamper resistant cartridges include a housing and one or more tamper resistant assemblies configured to normally block access to electrical contacts with the electrical device, and to permit access to such electrical contacts when the line phase prongs of a plug are inserted into the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Mozdzer, Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev, Jason Zachary Walker
  • Patent number: 10879684
    Abstract: A floor box for housing electrical components includes a bottom and a plurality of walls extending from the bottom to at least partially define an interior and to at least partially define a central opening accessible to a user. A top plate having an inner portion at least partially defining a first wiring compartment facing the central opening and a second wiring compartment facing the central opening is connected to at least one of the plurality of walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Michael J. Marchetti, Christopher A. Carbone, Ryan G. Papageorge
  • Publication number: 20200350706
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides cam activated wire termination assemblies for electrical wiring devices. The electrical wiring devices include a cover and a base. The base has a wire chamber supporting a wire termination assembly. The wire termination assembly includes a wire fastening member and a conductive member. The wire fastening member has a cam surface and is rotatable between an open position and a securing position. The conductive member is positioned in close proximity to the wire fastening member such that a gap is provided between the wire fastening member and the conductive member when the wire fastening member is in the open position. When the wire fastening member is rotated from the open position to the securing position, the cam surface rotates to reduce the size of the gap between the wire fastening member and the conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Matthew Jared Varney, Thomas Joseph Conti, Connor Thomas Grant
  • Publication number: 20200235499
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev
  • Publication number: 20200144002
    Abstract: A power switch including a line input configured to receive a line voltage, a load output configured to output the line voltage, a contact, a switch, a housing including a rear portion and a front cover coupled to the rear portion, an indicator supported by the front cover, the indicator configured to provide an indication of the power switch, and an indicator lens positioned between the indicator and the front cover. The contact is configured to selectively electrically connect the line input to the load output, the contact having a closed position in which the line input is electrically connected to the load output, and an open position in which the line input is not electrically connected to the load output. The switch is configured to selectively control the contract between the open position and the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher A. Carbone, Thomas L. Scanzillo, Greg McAleer, Roy Itzler, Robert Simon, Steve Liscinsky
  • Patent number: 10637165
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev
  • Publication number: 20200059015
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev
  • Publication number: 20200014141
    Abstract: Tamper resistant cartridges for electrical devices are provided. The tamper resistant cartridges include a housing and one or more tamper resistant assemblies configured to normally block access to electrical contacts with the electrical device, and to permit access to such electrical contacts when the line phase prongs of a plug are inserted into the electrical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Mozdzer, Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev, Jason Zachary Walker
  • Patent number: 10522305
    Abstract: A power switch including a contact configured to selectively electrically connect a line input to a load output, a switch configured to selectively control the contract, and an indicator. The contact has a closed position in which the line input is electrically connected to the load output, and an open position in which the line input is not electrically connected to the load output. The switch has an on position wherein the contact is controlled to be in the closed position, and an off position wherein the contact is controlled to be in the open position. The indicator provides a normal on status, a normal off status, and an error on status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher A. Carbone, Thomas L. Scanzillo, Greg McAleer, Roy Itzler, Robert Simon, Steve Liscinsky