Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Greer, Burns & Crain, Lt
  • Patent number: 7125277
    Abstract: A retaining system including a power cord retaining system and a cord plug retaining system for use with a power tool. The power cord retaining system is configured for accommodating an extension cord and includes a cord capture formation for retaining the extension cord disposed on the tool, and a cord channel disposed on the tool and configured for supporting a loop of the cord substantially along an arc defined by the loop. In the preferred embodiment, the cord capture formation defines an enclosed aperture for retaining the cord at two points, and the cord channel defines a semi-circular arc for supporting the cord loop substantially along its apex. The plug retaining system is configured for maintaining electrical continuity between the plug and the receptacle and includes a contact portion for engaging a plug or a cord, and an attachment device for attaching the contact portion to the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Credo Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Z. Wascow, Robert Hollis, Jason Schickerling, William H. Schultz, Peter Domeny
  • Patent number: 6303863
    Abstract: An access cover assembly for use in removably covering an access opening of a utility pole, the opening having a width, a height which is longer than the width and a pair of side edges; the assembly includes a cover having edges configured for engaging the pole, being provided in a sufficient size to cover the opening, and a claw tool having a central portion and a pair of opposing ends, the central portion having a fastener chamber for lockingly engaging a threaded fastener, the fastener chamber constructed and arranged so that the fastener may be pushed axially into the chamber and held there to secure the cover to the pole to cover the opening, and so that the fastener may be removed by unthreading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Inventor: Jason J. Raasch
  • Patent number: 6271985
    Abstract: A magnetic disk device includes a base and a cover to enclose magnetic disks and magnetic heads therein. The cover has side flange portions extending downward from a top cover portion and an end flange portion extending downward from the top cover portion. The height of the end flange portion is greater than the height of the side flange portions. A bar code label can be attached to the end flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Masato Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6243276
    Abstract: A power supply converts an AC input voltage to a DC output voltage and supplies the DC output voltage to power devices. The power supply includes a housing, a transformer provided in the housing for reducing a voltage level of the AC input voltage and a thermal protection device thermally connected between the AC input voltage and the transformer for electrically disconnecting the AC input voltage from the transformer when activated responsive to the transformer exceeding a predetermined temperature. A rectifier is electrically connected to the transformer for rectifying the AC input voltage reduced by the transformer into the DC output voltage which is supplied to the power devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: S-B Power Tool Company
    Inventor: Peter W. Neumann