Patents Assigned to Cooper Technologies
  • Joiner for channel raceway assembly
    Patent number: 9484728
    Abstract: A joiner system for a channel raceway includes a joiner body with first and second posts, and a joiner wall panel separate from the joiner body. The joiner wall panel connects to the joiner body between the first and second posts to form a wall between the first and second posts. First and second connecting projections extend outward from adjacent the respective first and second posts. The first and second connecting projections are spaced apart from one another and in generally opposing relationship with respect to one another. The joiner body has a snap-fit component on the lower side of a base of the joiner body. The snap-fit component mates in a snap-fit connection with a splice plate to interconnect the joiner body and at least two pieces of channel framing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Stephen Nathaniel Thompson, Martin Lee Witherbee, Jacob Johnson
  • Fitting for connecting two pieces of channel framing to one another
    Patent number: 9470339
    Abstract: A fitting for connecting first and second pieces of channel framing to one another includes a coupling component having first and second coupling portions. The first coupling portion has a dovetail cross-sectional shape, and the second coupling portion having a dovetail cross-sectional shape which is inverted relative to the first coupling portion. The first coupling portion is configured for reception in a fitting groove of the first piece of channel framing, and the second coupling portion is configured for reception in a fitting groove of the second piece of channel framing to connect the first and second pieces of channel framing to one another such that the fitting sides of the first and second pieces of channel framing are juxtaposed and face one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Zhihui Zhang, William E. McCarthy, James A. Knutson
  • Systems and methods for wiring solar panel arrays
    Patent number: 9472701
    Abstract: A solar power system may include a combiner module, one or more rows of solar panels connected to the combiner module, and one or more wiring circuits connecting the one or more rows of solar panels to the combiner module. Each circuit may include an inter-module wiring arrangement that connects individual solar panels to each other in series, and a return wiring arrangement that connects the inter-module wiring arrangement to the combiner module. Each inter-module wiring arrangement may be arranged such that at least some solar panels are wired to other solar panels in the same row in a substantially alternating manner, such that non-adjacent solar panels in the same row are wired directly in series to each other. This arrangement may reduce the total length of harness wires needed to connect the one or more panel rows to the combiner box, as compared with conventional wiring schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Rahul Natwar Goyal
  • Systems, methods, and devices for providing rotatable light modules and hinged mount in a luminaire
    Patent number: 9464790
    Abstract: Present embodiments provide a light fixture having rotatable light modules and an extendable hinged mounting assembly. The light modules are electrically coupled to the light fixture via a cord and a grommet/bracket feature which provides strain relief and a waterproof barrier. The extendable hinged mounting assembly allows the light fixture to be mounted onto a ceiling or other structure while providing a mounted position and an install position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Caleb Timothy Badley, Philip Dean Winters, Timothy Glen Wright, Reed Alan Bradford, Kenneth Hayes
  • Vibration stabilizer for enclosure cooling fins
    Patent number: 9466414
    Abstract: An enclosure for an electrical apparatus includes a tank having a bank of corrugate affixed to one or more walls thereof, with the bank of corrugate including a plurality of cooling fins in fluid communication with a volume of the tank via a plurality of openings formed in the walls, such that cooling fluid can flow into the cooling fins. A cross member is affixed to the bank of corrugate along each of a top surface and a bottom surface thereof and extends along a length of the corrugate at a distal end of the cooling fins. Vibration stabilizers are provided to control vibrations in the corrugate bank, with the vibration stabilizer having a gusset plate joined to the cross member and extending between a pair of adjacent cooling fins and stabilizer with a first end attached to the tank and a second end attached to the gusset plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Jeramie Allen Cooper, Scott Liston Bunyer, Nole Thomas Martin
  • Distributed electricity demand-reserve prediction
    Patent number: 9461470
    Abstract: A load control receiver (LCS) for controlling an electrical load. The LCS includes a power sensing arrangement that monitors power usage of the load; a processor that predicts future power usage based on prior power usage; a transceiver that receives load shedding commands; and a controllable switch that can interrupt power supplied to the attached loads, based on load shedding commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Cox, Corey G. Plender, Andrew J. Sowada, Roger W. Rognli
  • Systems and methods for heater control by current level step detection
    Patent number: 9462649
    Abstract: An airfield lighting system can comprise a control system, a constant current regulator, and a plurality of light fixtures. The control system can command the constant current regulator to output a current level transition sequence. One or more light fixtures of the plurality of light fixtures can detect the current level transition sequence and execute a command at the light fixture, such as actuating a heating element or adjusting the intensity of light emitted by a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: John Schneider, Vinicius Marcilli Petroni
  • Method and system for managing light from a light emitting diode
    Patent number: 9458983
    Abstract: A light source, for example a light emitting diode, can emit light and have an associated optical axis. The source can be deployed in applications where it is desirable to have illumination biased laterally relative to the optical axis, such as in a street luminaire where directing light towards a street is beneficial. The source can be coupled to an optic that comprises an inner surface facing the source and an outer surface that is opposite the inner surface. The inner surface can comprise a refractive surface that receives light headed away from the optical axis of the light source, for example opposite the street. The refractive surface can form the received light into a beam. The outer surface of the optic can reflect the beam back across the optical axis, for example so that light headed away from the street is redirected towards the street.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Kevin Charles Broughton
  • Trapeze hanger system including twist-locking fitting
    Patent number: 9458952
    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: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Zhihui Zhang, Christopher Lee Greenwalt
  • Fitting including clip for channel framing
    Patent number: 9453592
    Abstract: A fitting for channel framing includes a first clip arm configured to extend into a first external fitting groove of the channel framing and clip onto the channel framing, and a second clip arm configured to extend into a second external fitting groove of the channel framing and clip onto the channel framing. An outer portion connected to and extending between the first and second clip arms is configured to span across the continuous slot when the first and second clip arms extend into the respective first and second external fitting grooves and are clipped onto the channel framing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Zhihui Zhang, William E. McCarthy, James A. Knutson
  • Hanger for hanging object from support rod including hooks
    Patent number: 9447914
    Abstract: A hanger for hanging an object from a generally vertical support rod includes a hanger body, a first set of one or more hooks on the hanger body defining a first hook-defined recess, and a second set of one or more hooks on the hanger body defining a second hook-defined recess. The first and second hook-defined recesses have different transverse dimensions for receiving support rods having respective first and second different diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Bruce Alan Neace
  • Multi-piece frames
    Patent number: 9447950
    Abstract: A frame piece of a frame for a luminaire is disclosed. The frame piece can include an inner wall, a first frame coupling feature disposed at a first end of the frame piece, and a second frame coupling feature disposed at a second end of the frame piece. The first frame coupling feature can be configured to mechanically couple to the second frame coupling feature of a first adjacent frame piece. The second frame coupling feature can be configured to mechanically couple to the first frame coupling feature of a second adjacent frame piece. The inner wall can have a first shape and a first size that is substantially similar to a second shape and a second size of a portion of a housing of the luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Grzegorz Wronski, Huang Rongxiu, Michael Troy Winslett
  • Adjustable hanger bars with detachment stop
    Patent number: 9447917
    Abstract: A hanger bar assembly includes a first hanger bar member and a second hanger bar member. The first hanger bar member includes a first rail segment, a first channel segment including a first channel, and a first stoppage tab extending up above an edge of the first channel segment. The second hanger bar member includes a second rail segment positioned in the first channel of the first channel segment and a second channel segment that includes a second channel. The first rail segment is positioned in the second channel. The second hanger bar member further includes a second stoppage tab extending out in a horizontal direction. The first stoppage tab and the second stoppage tab are designed to abut against each other to prevent unintended disengagement of the first hanger bar member from the second hanger bar member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Grzegorz Wronski, Rongxiu Huang, Jared Michael Davis
  • Adjustable lighting driver
    Patent number: 9451666
    Abstract: A method of adjusting output power of a lighting driver includes setting output power of the driver to a maximum output power of the driver, the maximum output power of the driver corresponding to a brightest setting of a dimmer. The output power of the driver is adjustable by adjusting a dim level setting of the dimmer. The method further includes adjusting the dim level setting of the dimmer to a new setting that is different from the brightest setting of the dimmer. The new setting of the dimmer corresponds to an amount of the output power of the driver that is less than the maximum output power of the driver. The method also includes associating, by the driver, the brightest setting of the dimmer with the amount of the output power of the driver that is less than the maximum output power of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Nam Chin Cho, Vaske Mikani
  • Glass-based light emitting panel
    Patent number: 9448354
    Abstract: A glass-based light emitting panel (LEP) includes a glass layer that has a light receiving edge. The glass-based LEP also includes a silicone layer attached to the glass layer. The silicone layer includes an optic control pattern. The glass-based LEP is designed to receive light through the light receiving edge of the glass. The glass-based LEP is also designed to emit a portion of the light through the silicone layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Timothy Glen Wright
  • Area light fixture
    Patent number: D766485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Christopher Ladewig, Timothy Wright
  • Light emitting diode floodlight
    Patent number: D767191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Dustin Andrew DeMaio, James Michael Parascandola
  • Pair of hanger bar mounting heads
    Patent number: D767199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Grzegorz Wronski, Rongxiu Huang
  • Trim for a recessed luminaire
    Patent number: D767808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Gregg Lehman
  • Touch screen wiring device
    Patent number: D768578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Carlos Eduardo Restrepo, Du Li Li, Zhang Xian Zhen