Patents Assigned to Erico International Corporation
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Patent number: 10816107Abstract: A clamp can be configured to secure a circular object and can include a first clamp member and a second clamp member. The first clamp member can include a first clamp portion and the second clamp member can include a second clamp portion. The first clamp portion and the second clamp portion can be configured to receive the circular object therebetween, and to secure the circular object within the clamp with the second clamp member nested with the first clamp member.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Scott Ernest Anderson
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Patent number: 10756461Abstract: An adapter for a housing opening in a housing of a splice block can include an adapter body that is movably coupled to the housing and includes a conductor passage. The adapter body can be selectively movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration, in which the conductor passage is, respectively, in and out of alignment with the housing opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Ernest Richard-Dean Buehman, Steven D. Rois, Frederic Bizet, Thomas Bockstoce
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Patent number: 10749326Abstract: A busbar is provided for attaching a conductor to a support structure. The busbar can include a base wall and first and second side walls extending away from the base wall. A first flap can extend at an angle from the first side wall towards the second side wall and a second flap can extend at an angle from the second side wall towards the first side wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew Ritosa, Derek Gregg, Steve Szczencinski
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Patent number: 10662990Abstract: A hanger-rod clip can be configured for use with a strut that at least partially surrounds a hanger rod to provide stiffness to the hanger rod. The hanger-rod clip can include a handle portion and a rod-clamping portion. The rod-clamping portion can be configured to urge the hanger rod into engagement with an internal surface of the strut as the handle portion is moved towards the strut.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Daniel C. Duggan
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Patent number: 10650296Abstract: A mobile card reader can be configured to connect to an input module of a mobile device. The mobile card reader can scan a magnetic stripe card from a structure exposed to lightning strikes in order to output a lightning-indicator signal to the input module. The lightning-indicator signal can be analyzed to determine a magnitude of a lightning strike to which the magnetic stripe card and the structure have been exposed.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Greg Martinjak, Bradford McIntyre
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Patent number: 10578137Abstract: A device for securing threaded rod can include a housing with a tapered inner surface, a biasing member, a backplate, and a set of plunger pieces, each of which includes an inner threaded surface and a sloped outer surface. The housing can be configured to be embedded in concrete, without the concrete covering a hole for a threaded rod to be inserted into the housing to engage the inner threaded surfaces of the plunger pieces.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Michael H. -S. Oh
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Patent number: 10519999Abstract: A toggle can secure a cable relative to a structure with a fixing aperture. A body of the toggle can include a cable portion and a set of side walls. The cable portion can receive and secure the cable. The side walls can extend away from the cable portion to define a channel, with the channel being at least partly open along one or more sides of the toggle body. The toggle body can be configured to engage the structure along a loading side of the body to secure the cable relative to the structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Eric J. Wilson
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Patent number: 10490991Abstract: A busbar is provided for attaching a conductor to a support structure. The busbar can include a main bonding wall, a first mounting wall extending away from a first end of the main bonding wall, a second mounting wall extending away from a second end of the main bonding wall. A first flap can extend at an angle from the first mounting wall towards the second mounting wall and the main bonding wall, or a second flap can extend at an angle from the second mounting wall towards the first mounting wall and the main bonding wall.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew Ritosa, Derek Gregg, Steve Szczencinski
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Patent number: 10468871Abstract: A modular distribution block for a high-current power system includes a ground module and one or more phase modules. The ground module includes a grounding clamp configured to electrically and mechanically connect to a DIN rail and to retain the distribution block in place with respect to the DIN rail. The phase module(s) include: a conductive splice block that connects a line current from a power supply to a powered device; and, a first surge protective device (SPD) terminal and a second SPD terminal configured to together receive and electrically connect to an SPD module, such connection forming a surge protection circuit within the distribution block, the first SPD terminal electrically connecting to the bus terminal and the second SPD terminal electrically connecting, to the splice block. A rigid bus bar electrically connects the ground module to the phase module(s).Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Christian Barcey, Thomas Bendlak, Thomas Bockstoce
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Patent number: 10393290Abstract: A clamp can be configured to secure a circular object and can include a first clamp member and a second clamp member. The first clamp member can include a first clamp portion and the second clamp member can include a second clamp portion. The first clamp portion and the second clamp portion can be configured to receive the circular object therebetween, and to secure the circular object within the clamp with the second clamp member nested with the first clamp member.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Scott Ernest Anderson
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Patent number: 10378680Abstract: A telescoping stand for supporting an elevated object can include a first support member, a second support member, and a third support member. The second support member can be configured to telescopically engage with the first support member. The locking element can be configured to lock the first and second support members against relative telescopic movement to provide any one of a plurality of telescoped heights. The third support member can be adjusted relative to the first and second support members to support the elevated object at any one of a plurality of object heights above the first and second support members.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Scott Anderson
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Patent number: 10344743Abstract: A lightning protection system can include a socket, a receptor plug, a tip receptor, and a tip receptor mount. The socket can extend at least partly through a blade wall, and can include a socket body, a first retention shoulder, and a plurality of first teeth. The receptor plug can include a plug body, a plug conductor, a second retention shoulder, and a plurality of second teeth. The first retention shoulder can engage the second retention shoulder to secure the receptor plug to the socket. The first plurality of teeth can engage the second plurality of teeth to resist rotation of the receptor plug. The tip receptor mount can include latticed bonding wings that can be secured to a wind turbine blade with bonding material. The receptor plug can be accessed to be secured to the socket via an opening in another socket that is formed into the blade wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Bendlak, Matthew Flemming, Daniel Pfaff
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Patent number: 10125801Abstract: A locking retainer can be used with a slidable support that includes a two support member with respective sets of locking apertures, with the two support members slidably engaging each other to define a support profile. A strap can at least partly bound an internal area and can support a locking pin that extends into the internal area. The strap can have a locking configuration in which, with the slidable support disposed within the internal area, the locking pin extends into two of the locking apertures to lock the slidable support at a fixed length. A locking retainer can be installed by disposing the slidable support within the internal area, aligning two locking apertures of the slidable support, and applying lateral pressure to a side arm of the locking retainer to seat a locking pin in the aligned locking apertures.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Eric J. Wilson, Raymond S. Laughlin
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Patent number: 10100973Abstract: A flange adapter can include a plurality of walls, with at least one wall being an overlapping wall. The overlapping wall can include multiple layers formed from overlapping folded sections extending from at least two other walls, or from overlapping extensions of at least two other walls. The overlapping wall can receive a fastener through the multiple layers to secure a support structure to the flange adapter. A main body of the flange adapter, including the plurality of walls, can be integrally formed from a single-piece of material.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Scott Anderson
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Patent number: 10087967Abstract: The present invention is a clip for use with a strut that at least partially surrounds a hanger rod for the purpose of providing stiffness to the hanger rod. The clip includes a handle portion, a rod-clamping portion, and a fulcrum spaced away from the handle portion. The fulcrum is for being mounted to the strut. The rod-clamping portion is for forcing the hanger rod into tight engagement with an engagement surface of the strut in response to the handle being actuated to an operational position. The present invention also relates to a hanger rod stiffening system that uses a clip and a strut, whereby a handle of the clip is actuated to force a rod-clamping portion of the clip into tight engagement with an internal surface of the strut.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Daniel C. Duggan
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Patent number: 10041519Abstract: The present invention is a clip for use with a strut that at least partially surrounds a hanger rod for the purpose of providing stiffness to the hanger rod. The clip includes a handle portion, a rod-clamping portion, and a fulcrum spaced away from the handle portion. The fulcrum is for being mounted to the strut. The rod-clamping portion is for forcing the hanger rod into tight engagement with an engagement surface of the strut in response to the handle being actuated to an operational position. The present invention also relates to a hanger rod stiffening system that uses a clip and a strut, whereby a handle of the clip is actuated to force a rod-clamping portion of the clip into tight engagement with an internal surface of the strut.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Daniel C. Duggan
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Patent number: D858262Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey Alan Wilson, Eric John Wilson
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Patent number: D859957Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Calvin Flederbach, Michael Liao
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Patent number: D881136Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Bendlak, Matthew Flemming, Daniel Pfaff
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Patent number: D889937Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Scott Ernest Anderson, Jeffrey Kyle Jackson, Eric Christian Osborn