Patents by Inventor Vance W. Young, Jr.

Vance W. Young, Jr. 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: 4973797
    Abstract: A switch or outlet box is formed with a substantially continuous channel around the front edges of the side walls of the box. The channel opens in the same direction as the box interior. A cover closes both the box and the channel, the cover having side walls which lie outwardly of the channel. The cover is dimensioned to loosely fit over the box so that gaps are formed to facilitate drainage of water from the channel. A latch structure holds the cover on. A hinged lid fits over a similar wall structure on the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert W. Jorgensen, Vance W. Young, Jr., Scott L. Misenar
  • Patent number: 4953898
    Abstract: A connector structure includes a body having a cylindrical recess dimensioned to receive the end of a piece of conduit and a retaining clip to hold the conduit in the recess. The cylindrical recess is provided with an annular recess. The clip comprises a ring with inwardly extending fingers bent out of the plane of the ring, one or more of the fingers having ends thereof bent to form latch tabs. When the conduit is inserted through the clip into the cylindrical recess, the rings are bent against the inner walls of the cylindrical recess so that the tabs enter the annular recess, the intermediate tabe engaging the outer surface of the conduit to hold the assembly together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert W. Jorgensen, Vance W. Young, Jr., Scott L. Misenar