Patents Assigned to Cooper Technologies
  • Patent number: 9743482
    Abstract: An image picker interface can include a display configured to show a first image, where the first image comprises a plurality of colors. The image picker interface can also include an image color control application communicably coupled to the display. The image color control application can detect at least one user selection on the display, where the at least one user selection on the display corresponds to at least one portion of the image. The image color control application can generate at least one generated selection on the display based on the at least one user selection, where the at least one generated selection corresponds to at least one additional portion of the image, where the at least one user selection and the at least one generated selection comprise a selection grouping. Each light fixture outputs a color that corresponds to a selection of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Jonathan Robert Hole
  • Patent number: 9739464
    Abstract: A plaster frame for a luminaire includes a first attachment tab on a side of the plaster frame and a second attachment tab on the side of the plaster frame. The plaster frame further includes a back wall. The first attachment tab and the second attachment tab each include a rib protruding toward the back wall. The back wall and the first attachment tab define a first space for a hanger bar assembly to extend therethrough, and the back wall and the second attachment tab define a second space for the hanger bar assembly to extend therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Grzegorz Wronski, Jared Michael Davis, Huang Rongxiu, Russell Green
  • Patent number: 9741482
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator includes a housing and a bobbin positioned within the housing and secured relative thereto so as to be centered therein, the bobbin comprising a bobbin formed of a non-magnetic material. The electromagnetic actuator also includes a coil wound about the bobbin and a magnetic circuit comprising a plurality of actuator components positioned within the housing and on or adjacent to the bobbin. The actuator components include a permanent magnet that induces a magnetic flux flow through the magnetic circuit so as to generate a magnetic force, and an armature selectively movable within an opening formed through the bobbin responsive to the magnetic force and to current selectively provided to the coil. The bobbin locates and centers the components of the magnetic circuit about the central axis and provides a bearing surface for the armature as it moves within the opening formed through the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Rose Ellen Weisburgh, Michael Patrick Culhane, Mark Allan Juds
  • Patent number: 9739467
    Abstract: A portable light device includes a headlight disposed at one end of the portable light device. The headlight is adjustable and can be directed to a variety of angles. The headlight includes a reflector with facets and at least one light source positioned approximately in an optic center of the reflector. Further, the portable light device includes a floodlight panel disposed at a front side of the portable light device. The flood light panel includes one or more light sources and each light source is covered by a primary optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Gregg Lehman, Adam Green, Anthony Ryan Gibbs, James Richard Christ
  • Patent number: 9732904
    Abstract: A hanger bar assembly includes a first hanger bar member and a first attachment head coupled to the first hanger bar member by a first coupling segment that is horizontally offset from the first hanger bar member. The hanger bar assembly further includes a second hanger bar member and a second attachment head coupled to the second hanger bar member by a second coupling segment. The first hanger bar member and the second hanger bar member are designed to interlock with each other. An end portion of the first hanger bar member is designed to extend past the second attachment head, and an end portion of the second hanger bar member is designed to extend past the first attachment head through a gap that is between the first hanger bar member and first attachment head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Grzegorz Wronski
  • Patent number: 9732947
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes an enclosure, a trim, and at least one attachment mechanism. The enclosure can include at least one heat-generating device and an enclosure collar, where the enclosure is made of a first thermally conductive material. The trim can include a trim collar and at least one wall that defines a passage, where the trim collar abuts the enclosure collar, and where the passage has a reflector and a LED is disposed therein. The least one attachment mechanism can removably couple the trim collar to the enclosure collar, where the at least one attachment mechanism includes a back plate that is mechanically coupled to an upper flange and a lower flange, where the upper flange contacts the enclosure collar and the lower flange contacts the trim collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: James Richard Christ, Jared Davis, Jyoti Kathawate
  • Patent number: 9732887
    Abstract: A twist-locking fitting for securing a strut to a rod includes first and second fitting pieces. Each fitting piece includes a half-nut portion having an interior surface defining an axis extending through first and second axial ends of the half-nut portion. Each fitting piece includes an outer flange extending outward from adjacent the first axial end of the half-nut portion and an inner flange extending outward from adjacent the second axial end of the half-nut portion. The inner flange is spaced axially apart from the outer flange to define a clearance gap. The fitting pieces are positionable on the strut in an unsecured position in which the fitting pieces are movable relative to one another. The fitting pieces are rotatable relative to the strut to move from the unsecured position to a secured position, in which the fitting pieces are fixed relative to one another on the strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Zhihui Zhang, Christopher Lee Greenwalt
  • Patent number: 9730291
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source that emits an illumination light. The light source includes a first group of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emits a first light and a second group of LEDs that emits a second light. The first light has a first Correlated Color Temperature (CCT), and the second light causes the illumination light to have a warmer CCT. The lighting device further includes a differential amplifier to adjust a current flow through the second group of LEDs. The second light is switched on when a current provided to the light source is below a threshold corresponding to the adjustable reference voltage. The lighting device also includes a current sensor to provide a sensor output signal to a second input of the differential amplifier, the sensor output signal having a second voltage corresponding to the current provided to the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Raymond George Janik, Russell Scott Trask
  • Patent number: 9730360
    Abstract: A shroud that includes a body, a cavity, a curved outlet, and at least one non-linear channel. The body can have a top end and a bottom surface, as well as a first end and a second end located opposite the first end. The cavity can be located under the top end of the body and disposed toward the first end. The curved outlet can be disposed toward the second end of the body and have a banana-shaped vent that traverses at least two sides of the body. Each linear channel can include a bent passage, a third end, and a fourth end, where the third end adjoins the cavity, and where the fourth end adjoins a portion of the banana-shaped vent of the curved outlet. The curved outlet and the at least one non-linear channel can prevent substantially all liquids and solids outside the body from entering the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Manahan, Graig E. DeCarr, Hans D. Haselbacher
  • Patent number: 9728358
    Abstract: A control device for an enclosure is disclosed, where the control device includes a first portion positioned proximate to a back side of an enclosure surface of the enclosure, and a second portion positioned proximate to a front side of the enclosure surface. The first portion can include a plunger having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end is adjacent to the enclosure surface. The first portion can also include a first magnet having a first polarity and disposed at the proximal end of the plunger. The first portion can further include at least one contact in communication with the distal end of the plunger, where the at least one contact has a first state and a second state. The second portion can include a second magnet having a second polarity, where the second magnet has an engaged position and a disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Lewis T. Henderson
  • Patent number: 9720164
    Abstract: A lighting system can comprise an edgelit panel, for example a lightguide that may have a panel or slab shape with an edge that receives light from an array of light emitting diodes extending along the edge. The lightguide can guide the received light towards an opposing edge of the lightguide and gradually release light to provide illumination. An optic can manage light that reaches the opposing edge of the lightguide, for example via softening, spreading, concentrating, or diffusing the light. The optic can be mounted to or integrated in the opposing edge of the lightguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Jose Antonio Laso, Adam Moore Foy, Scott David Wegner
  • Patent number: 9719915
    Abstract: A cap for a gas sensor module is described herein. The cap can include at least one wall forming a cavity having a first portion and a second portion. The cap can also include an inlet tube coupling feature disposed in the at least one wall, where the first location is adjacent to the first portion of the cavity. The cap can further include an outlet tube coupling feature disposed in the at least one wall, where the second location is adjacent to the second portion of the cavity. The cap can also include a distribution channel coupling feature disposed in the at least one wall, where the third location is adjacent to the first portion of the cavity. The cap can further include a receiving channel coupling feature disposed in the at least one wall, where the fourth location is adjacent to the second portion of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Abhijeet Vikram Kshirsagar, Chinmaya Rajiv Dandekar, Sagar Shivajirao Chavan
  • Patent number: 9719812
    Abstract: A housing for a gas sensor module is described herein. The housing can include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can include at least one wall forming a cavity having a first cavity portion and a second cavity portion. The first portion can also include an inlet tube coupling feature and a distribution channel disposed adjacent to the first cavity portion. The first portion can further include an outlet tube coupling feature and a receiving channel disposed adjacent to the second cavity portion. The second portion can include a tuning fork coupling feature disposed adjacent to the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Abhijeet Vikram Kshirsagar, Chinmaya Rajiv Dandekar, Amit Barjatya
  • Patent number: 9719672
    Abstract: A light module includes a cover, a circuit board, a gasket, a bottom covering, and an optional optic assembly. The cover includes an inner and an outer wall extending outwardly from the cover, where the outer wall surrounds the inner wall and forms a groove therebetween. The circuit board is positioned within the inner wall's profile and includes a plurality of LEDs. The gasket is disposed within the groove. The bottom covering is positioned adjacent to the circuit board and is coupled to the cover. The gasket provides a seal between the cover and the bottom covering. The optic assembly is disposed within the inner wall's profile and between the cover and the circuit board. The optic assembly includes one or more apertures and one or more optics disposed around at least some of the apertures. Each optic is aligned with one or more LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Khurram Zeshan Moghal, Philip Dean Winters, Sridhar Reddy Nimma
  • Patent number: 9714752
    Abstract: A lighting system includes an array of domed light emitting diodes covering a surface area of a substrate and two optics for processing emitted light. The first optic includes an inner surface facing the array and an exterior surface facing away from the array. The second optic includes grooves extending away from the array. The inner surface of the first optic can form a cavity that is large relative to the array. For example, the cavity can have a volume exceeding the volume of a cube, where each side of the cube has the surface area of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Landon Brooks Gennetten, Anthony Ryan Gibbs, James Richard Christ
  • Patent number: 9715056
    Abstract: A lighting system can comprise an edgelit panel, for example a lightguide that may have a panel or slab shape with an edge that receives light from an array of light emitting diodes extending along the edge. The lightguide can guide the received light towards an opposing edge of the lightguide and gradually release light to provide illumination. An optic can manage light that reaches the opposing edge of the lightguide, for example via softening, spreading, concentrating, or diffusing the light. The optic can have a tubular shape and may have lengthwise extending features for light management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Scott David Wegner, Jerold Alan Tickner
  • Patent number: D793601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Christopher Ladewig, Timothy Wright
  • Patent number: D793606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Patent number: D794243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Bryant, James Richard Christ
  • Patent number: RE46516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Christopher Michael Bryant