Patents Assigned to Cooper Technologies Company
  • Patent number: 9945533
    Abstract: A downlight fixture includes a housing reflector member having a top edge that defines a first aperture, a bottom edge that defines a second aperture, and a body that extends from the top edge to the bottom edge. Further, the downlight fixture includes a top reflector panel coupled to the housing reflector member such that it covers the first aperture. Furthermore, the downlight fixture includes a lens that is coupled to the housing reflector member such that it covers the second aperture. An inner surface of the body and a surface of the top reflector member facing the lens are reflective. Additionally, the downlight fixture includes a plurality of light sources disposed on the top reflector member adjacent a perimeter of the top reflector panel such that the plurality of light sources are outside a perimeter of the lens and facing the inner surface of the housing reflector member's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Orestes Orbe
  • Patent number: 9946013
    Abstract: An indicator light is disclosed herein. The indicator light can include a housing having at least one wall, where the at least one wall forms a cavity, and where the housing has a first length. The indicator light can also include a light guide disposed within the housing at a distal end of the housing, where the light guide has a second length that is less than the first length. The indicator light can further include a light source disposed adjacent to the light guide. The housing and the light guide can form a flame path therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Yi Yang, Joseph Edward Platt, Andrew James Butler
  • Patent number: 9945522
    Abstract: A light module can comprise a light emitting diode that generates light and an optic that manipulates or manages the resulting light. The optic can direct the generated light off axis, resulting in an illumination pattern that is biased towards one side of the light module, for example in a desired direction. Thus, the optic can transform the emission pattern of the light emitting diode to create an illumination pattern that is aimed in a desired direction. The optic can comprise a light-blocking shield to suppress, manage, or redirect light that would otherwise emanate from the light module in an unintended direction, for example opposite the desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Bryant, Kevin Charles Broughton
  • Patent number: 9946012
    Abstract: A lighting fixture that includes a frame, a heat sink assembly, an LED assembly, and a reflector. The frame includes a first end plate and a second end plate, each end plate including a slot formed therein. The slot extends from a top edge of the end plates towards a bottom edge of the end plates. The heat sink assembly includes one or more LEDs and a lightguide having a first longitudinal edge that receives light emitted from the LEDs. A first edge and a second edge of the lightguide are slidably inserted respective slots. The heat sink assembly includes a heat sink base and a heat sink cap coupled thereto which forms a first cavity for housing the LEDs and a second cavity adjacent the first cavity for housing a portion of the lightguide. The reflector is coupled to the end plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: James H. Blessitt, Paul W. Lewis, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180101245
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a visual display and input devices that are movable between a neutral state and non-neutral state. The control apparatus visually outputs on the visual display a visual output that is representative of a non-neutral state of an input device and whose position on the visual display is representative of the location on the control apparatus where the non-neutral input device is situated. The control apparatus can be configured to control any of a variety of pieces of equipment and employs a configuration file that is deployed on the control apparatus in order to configure it to enable it to communicate with a particular piece of equipment. Equipment-specific firmware drivers serve as an interface between the input devices and a graphics engine without the graphics engine needing to know anything about the piece of equipment itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Ray Mihir Rao Sewlochan, Dung Chi Trinh, Bruce Edward Butler
  • Patent number: 9935439
    Abstract: A stud mounting bracket for a junction box includes a mounting extension extending outward from a longitudinal end margin of a main body. The mounting extension includes a mounting body connected to the longitudinal end margin of the main body and an extension tab connected to the mounting body. The extension tab is pivotable relative to the mounting body about an axis from a compact configuration to an extended configuration to increase the length of the mounting extension. A box mounting bracket for mounting a junction box on a stud mounting bracket includes first and second jaws. The first and second jaws engage the stud mounting bracket for use in attaching the box mounting bracket to the stud mounting bracket. The first and second jaws are resiliently deflectable both relative to the base and independent of one another when attaching the box mounting bracket to the stud mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Martin Lee Witherbee, Lalit Subhash Khairnar, Sagar Ashok Patil
  • Patent number: 9936557
    Abstract: A lighting device include a first string of light emitting diodes (LEDs) to emit a white light having a warm white Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) and a second string of LEDs. The second string of LEDs includes blue light LEDs that emit a blue light and green light LEDs that emit a green light. The lighting device further includes a tuning circuit to adjust an amount of current flowing through the second string of LEDs. The warm white light, the blue light and the green light produce a combined light, and a CCT of the combined light is tuned by adjusting the amount of current flowing through the second string of LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Raymond George Janik, Russell Scott Trask
  • Publication number: 20180088947
    Abstract: Systems and methods associated with a multi-producer single consumer lock-free queue capable of accumulating traces is described herein. In a non-limiting embodiment, data is determined to be allocated, and a first head/tail pair indicating a location along a queue is received, the location indicating where a data bucket is able to be placed. A first data bucket to use for storing the data is determined, and the data is stored using the first data bucket. The first data bucket is then placed on the queue, and a first instruction to decrement a first reference count for the first head/tail pair is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: RONALD LANDHEER
  • Patent number: 9929549
    Abstract: A stud mounting bracket for a junction box includes a mounting extension extending outward from a longitudinal end margin of a main body. The mounting extension includes a mounting body connected to the longitudinal end margin of the main body and an extension tab connected to the mounting body. The extension tab is pivotable relative to the mounting body about an axis from a compact configuration to an extended configuration to increase the length of the mounting extension. A box mounting bracket for mounting a junction box on a stud mounting bracket includes first and second jaws. The first and second jaws engage the stud mounting bracket for use in attaching the box mounting bracket to the stud mounting bracket. The first and second jaws are resiliently deflectable both relative to the base and independent of one another when attaching the box mounting bracket to the stud mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Martin Lee Witherbee, Lalit Subhash Khairnar, Sagar Ashok Patil
  • Patent number: 9930747
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fail-safe LED system including an LED circuit arrangement. The LED circuit arrangement includes a plurality of LED strings arranged in parallel with respect to each other. The LED circuit arrangement is supplied with electrical current from a constant current power supply. The fail-safe LED system includes structure for detecting a in at least one of the LED strings a failure that causes increased current to pass through remaining operational LED strings of the plurality of LED strings. The fail-safe LED system also includes a current correction string arranged in parallel with respect to the plurality of LED strings. When activated in response to the detection of a failure, the current correction string accommodates current from the constant current power supply such that the current passing through each operational LED string is reduced to a corrected current level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Manahan, Hui Zhang
  • Patent number: 9930758
    Abstract: A light fixture is described herein. The light fixture can include a housing having at least one wall that forms a cavity. The light fixture can also include a controller configured to control and communicate with at least one sensor located outside the housing. The light fixture can further include at least one light fixture component coupled to the controller and disposed within the cavity of the housing, where the controller further controls the at least one light fixture component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Adikaramge Asiri Jayawardena, Joseph Michael Manahan
  • Patent number: 9926957
    Abstract: A fitting for connecting first and second pieces of strut to one another includes a coupling component. The coupling component has first and second coupling portions configured for reception in respective fitting grooves of the first and second pieces of strut when the coupling component is in a first orientation. Each of the coupling portions are rotatable within the respective fitting grooves from the first orientation to a second orientation to connect the first and second pieces of strut to one another. An anti-rotation plate is connected to the coupling component. The anti-rotation plate has an unlocked position relative to the coupling component to allow the first and second coupling portions to be received in the respective fitting grooves, and a locked position relative to the coupling component to inhibit rotation of each of the first and second coupling portions from the second orientation to the first orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Zhihui Zhang, Qiang Li
  • Patent number: 9921368
    Abstract: An edge-lit light guide panel includes a gripper and one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) positioned within the gripper. The edge-lit light guide panel further includes a light guide having a narrow edge positioned within the gripper. The narrow edge is positioned proximal to the one or more LEDs. The light guide is to receive light from the one or more LEDs through the narrow edge and to emit a portion of the light through at least one broad side of the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Valerica Grigore
  • Publication number: 20180076599
    Abstract: A submersible electrical enclosure is for a switchgear assembly. The switchgear assembly includes a number of electrical switching apparatus. The submersible electrical enclosure includes: a plurality of sides defining an interior, the interior receiving each of the electrical switching apparatus, each side including: a conductive polymeric layer facing away from the interior, and an insulative polymeric layer molded to the conductive polymeric layer. The insulative polymeric layer faces the interior and substantially overlays the conductive polymeric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: MARK FAULKNER, MICHAEL DAVIS PEARCE, TRAVIS SPOONE
  • Patent number: 9917379
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a conduit coupler including a hub and a lock nut that thread on the hub. In one example, the lock nut includes a ground connection location including a linear wire retention slot. The ground wire can be retained in the linear wire retention slot by a grounding bracket secured at the ground connection location by a grounding screw. The grounding bracket can be captive relative to the grounding screw. The grounding bracket can include integrated spring washer functionality. The ground connection location can be provided on a tower of the lock nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Pernot, Joseph Edward Platt, Eric Perry Cheney, Andrew F. Scarlata
  • Patent number: 9915417
    Abstract: A circular edge-lit lighting device includes a light emitting panel (LEP) and a first light emitting diode (LED) light source positioned proximal to a first location on a narrow outer perimeter edge of the LEP. The first LED light source is configured to emit a first light into the LEP through the narrow outer perimeter edge. The first light has a first intensity level. The circular edge-lit lighting device also includes a second LED light source positioned proximal to a second location on the narrow outer perimeter edge the LEP. The second LED light source is configured to emit a second light into the LEP through the narrow outer perimeter edge. The second light has a second intensity level. The first location and the second location are different locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Timothy Glen Wright, Adam Moore Foy, Eric Allyn Snyder
  • Publication number: 20180062879
    Abstract: A communications system capable of being used to add capacity to a wireless mesh network is described herein. In one exemplary embodiment, a communications system includes a primary gateway device having a first identifier, and a first plurality of communications devices assigned the first identifier. The primary gateway device provides network access to a communications server and describes a first segment of the communications system including the first plurality. The communications system also includes at least one auxiliary gateway device having a second identifier and an auxiliary gateway designation that allows hierarchical independence of the first segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Roger Kirk ALEXANDER
  • Patent number: 9906035
    Abstract: A method of operating an electrical feeder permits the electrical feeder voltage to be maintained at the minimum voltage within a voltage range based upon dynamic grouping together of electrical generators on the electrical feeder with demand response loads on the electrical feeder. A method of assessing the proper operation of a voltage control device on the electrical feeder involves detecting a number of properties of the electrical power in the electrical feeder both prior to and subsequent to a change in an operational parameter of a voltage control device. An expected effect upon the electrical feeder of one or more distributed generators is filtered from this in order to determine a net effect of the voltage control device itself on the electrical feeder. Based upon the detected net effect and a predicted baseline effect for the voltage control device, it can be determined whether the voltage control device is functioning properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Dongbo Zhao, Yigang Wang, Chinmaya Baburao Patil
  • Patent number: 9905378
    Abstract: A pushbutton and an electrical switch can be linked to one another so that movement of the pushbutton, for example by a user depressing the pushbutton, can control the switch. The switch can be in a closed position prior to being depressed and in an open position afterwards, or vice versa. A photodetector can be located on the switch side of the pushbutton. The pushbutton can be formed of a material that transmits light so that light can pass through the pushbutton for receipt by the photodetector. The pushbutton can additionally or alternatively be formed with an opening that is sized to receive an object inserted by a user. Insertion of the object can manipulate a second electrical switch, which may control flow of electricity from a battery, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Daniel Ray Hammer, Kevin Odith Porter
  • Patent number: D812802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Bradley Garrett, Travis Boyle, Alexander Ross, William Getzinger, John Leon