Patents Assigned to Inventions, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12282043
    Abstract: A meter collar adapter including a housing, a plurality of contacts to electrically connect the meter collar adapter to a meter socket and to a utility meter, and a load management device within the housing to manage electrical load to an interface circuit with external, co-located electric equipment. The load management device includes an interface circuit to electrically connect to either the line side or load side of an electrical service via the utility meter an external, co-located electric equipment. An interface contact to electrically connect the co-located electric equipment to the interface circuit, an overcurrent protection device electrically connected in series with the interface circuit, an adjustable electrical switch electrically configured to control electric load, and an energy management unit to control, monitor, and/or report a position of the adjustable electrical switch to manage the electrical loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Infinite Invention Inc.
    Inventors: Whitman Fulton, John Schroeder, Benjamin Lewis, Jon Knauer, Khanti Munro, Akash Dani
  • Publication number: 20240117586
    Abstract: A retaining wall block including a pair of curved engagement surfaces extending convexly from a rear side of the block and being symmetrical about a transverse axis are configured to engage a planar surface of a setback lip of similar overlying blocks when stacked in successive courses to form a wall structure, where the curved engagement surfaces maintain a desired setback distance successive courses for straight, convex, and concave wall structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Ness
  • Patent number: 11693031
    Abstract: A meter collar is an adapter that may be inserted between a meter socket box and the meter. The meter collar may include a housing that is provided with first contacts to facilitate a mechanical and electrical connection with utility-side contacts of the meter socket box and second contacts to facilitate a mechanical and electrical connection with customer-side contacts of the meter socket box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: INFINITE INVENTION INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian Hassell, John Schroeder, Jon Knauer, Katie Bentley, Whitman Fulton
  • Patent number: 11674282
    Abstract: A retaining wall block including a pair of curved engagement surfaces extending convexly from a rear side of the block and being symmetrical about a transverse axis are configured to engage a planar surface of a setback lip of similar overlying blocks when stacked in successive courses to form a wall structure, where the curved engagement surfaces maintain a desired setback distance successive courses for straight, convex, and concave wall structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Ness
  • Publication number: 20220074161
    Abstract: A retaining wall block including a pair of curved engagement surfaces extending convexly from a rear side of the block and being symmetrical about a transverse axis are configured to engage a planar surface of a setback lip of similar overlying blocks when stacked in successive courses to form a wall structure, where the curved engagement surfaces maintain a desired setback distance successive courses for straight, convex, and concave wall structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Ness
  • Patent number: 11180898
    Abstract: A retaining wall block including a pair of curved engagement surfaces extending convexly from a rear side of the block and being symmetrical about a transverse axis are configured to engage a planar surface of a setback lip of similar overlying blocks when stacked in successive courses to form a wall structure, where the curved engagement surfaces maintain a desired setback distance successive courses for straight, convex, and concave wall structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Ness
  • Publication number: 20210010220
    Abstract: A retaining wall block including a pair of curved engagement surfaces extending convexly from a rear side of the block and being symmetrical about a transverse axis are configured to engage a planar surface of a setback lip of similar overlying blocks when stacked in successive courses to form a wall structure, where the curved engagement surfaces maintain a desired setback distance successive courses for straight, convex, and concave wall structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Ness
  • Patent number: 10830802
    Abstract: A watt-hour meter may include one or more electrical junction points that interface a Distributed Energy Resource to an energy-consuming structure and to the electrical distribution grid, while maintaining compliance with interconnection requirements for safety, power quality and automatic disconnect capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Infinite Invention Inc.
    Inventors: Whitman Fulton, Adam Koeppel, Jon Knauer, Ben Lewis, Josh Konstantinos, John Schroeder, Al Iaconangelo
  • Patent number: 10626614
    Abstract: A masonry block includes a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, a front surface and an opposing rear surface, a first side surface and an opposing second side surface, an x-direction defined as extending parallel to the rear and bottom surfaces between the first and second side surfaces, and a y-direction defined as extending perpendicular to the x-direction between the front and rear surfaces, and a set of three leveling pads disposed on the rear surface. The set of three leveling pads being positioned on the rear surface such that the three leveling pads provide four regions of overlap with leveling pads of two similar blocks in both block courses above and below the given block when the blocks are arranged in a running bond pattern, such that the four regions of overlap form four load transfer lines through each block in the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Ness
  • Patent number: 10431986
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes a centralized generation and control system of an electrical grid operator. A distributed generator integration device connects a distributed generator to the electrical grid, and automatically initiates machine-to-machine communications with the distributed generator to: gather specification and performance data, control the distributed generator, and automatically add and configure the distributed generator to the centralized generation control of the monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: INFINITE INVENTION INC.
    Inventors: Whitman Fulton, Adam Koeppel
  • Publication number: 20190136533
    Abstract: A masonry block includes a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, a front surface and an opposing rear surface, a first side surface and an opposing second side surface, an x-direction defined as extending parallel to the rear and bottom surfaces between the first and second side surfaces, and a y-direction defined as extending perpendicular to the x-direction between the front and rear surfaces, and a set of three leveling pads disposed on the rear surface. The set of three leveling pads being positioned on the rear surface such that the three leveling pads provide four regions of overlap with leveling pads of two similar blocks in both block courses above and below the given block when the blocks are arranged in a running bond pattern, such that the four regions of overlap form four load transfer lines through each block in the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Ness
  • Patent number: D802866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Willberk Inventions Inc.
    Inventors: David Edward Williams, Guustaaf Gysbert Berkelaar
  • Patent number: D811857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Willberk Inventions Inc.
    Inventors: David Edward Williams, Guustaaf Gysbert Berkelaar
  • Patent number: D830579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: John T Ness
  • Patent number: D830580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: John T Ness
  • Patent number: D830581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: John T Ness
  • Patent number: D830582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: John T Ness
  • Patent number: D830583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: John T Ness
  • Patent number: D901184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ingenious Inventions, Inc.
    Inventors: Irina Novikov, Boris Vernovsky
  • Patent number: D1036707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Ness