Patents by Inventor Andrew Cakebread

Andrew Cakebread has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220206048
    Abstract: An ingress protection assembly for leading a wire, such as a signal and/or a supply line, through a partition wall of an electrical device is provided. The ingress protection assembly includes a first wall section provided with a receiving slot extending through the first wall section in a lead-through direction and opening at an inlet facing in an assembly direction of the ingress protection assembly; and a second wall section provided with a counter slot extending through the second wall section in the lead-through direction and opening at a counter inlet facing against the assembly direction, wherein at least in a fully assembled state of the ingress protection assembly, the first wall section and the second wall section are at least partially superimposed in a projection along the lead-through direction such that the receiving slot and the counter slot together form an aperture configured for tightly encompassing the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew Cakebread
  • Patent number: 11199427
    Abstract: An enclosure assembly includes a first enclosure portion and a second enclosure portion which in a fully assembled state of the enclosure assembly enclose at least a part of an inner space for accommodating a metering device; and a fixation arrangement for affixing the first enclosure portion to the second enclosure portion in the fully assembled state, wherein the fixation arrangement in a fixation position prevents the first enclosure portion and the second enclosure portion from being separated from each other. The fixation arrangement includes at least one latching element arranged at the first enclosure portion and at least one counter latching element arranged at the second enclosure portion. In the fixation position, the at least one latching element is in engagement with the at least one counter latching element, and a blocking element prevents a disengagement of the at least one latching element and the at least one counter latching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr AG
    Inventor: Andrew Cakebread
  • Publication number: 20200191615
    Abstract: An enclosure assembly includes a first enclosure portion and a second enclosure portion which in a fully assembled state of the enclosure assembly enclose at least a part of an inner space for accommodating a metering device; and a fixation arrangement for affixing the first enclosure portion to the second enclosure portion in the fully assembled state, wherein the fixation arrangement in a fixation position prevents the first enclosure portion and the second enclosure portion from being separated from each other. The fixation arrangement includes at least one latching element arranged at the first enclosure portion and at least one counter latching element arranged at the second enclosure potion. In the fixation position, the at least one latching element is in engagement with the at least one counter latching element, and a blocking element prevents a disengagement of the at least one latching element and the at least one counter latching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew Cakebread