Patents by Inventor Andrew N. Enger

Andrew N. Enger 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).

  • Patent number: 12320163
    Abstract: A multicable lockout device comprises a housing including at least two cable end securement points, a stationary cleat fixed relative to the housing, and at least two rotatable cleats attached to the housing. Each of the rotatable cleats is positioned adjacent to the stationary cleat with a respective cable-receiving pathway being defined between the shared stationary cleat and each of the respective rotatable cleats. The respective rotatable cleats each have a tip biased towards the shared stationary cleat to facilitate one-way gripping action of a cable along the respective cable-receiving pathway. This structure permits two cable loops to be independently formed utilizing only three cleats for gripping the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Patent number: 12252904
    Abstract: A lockout device is able to secure a door on a panel. The lockout device includes a housing and a flexible line. The housing has a first mounting portion adapted for securement to one side of the panel and the flexible line has on one end thereof a second mounting portion adapted for securement to another side of the panel from the first mounting portion. The housing further supports at least one line engagement element, and the flexible line extends through at least a portion of the housing including the at least one line engagement element for selective engagement therewith. In use, the mounting portions may be affixed or attached to opposing sides or edges of the panel, the flexible line drawn taut, and the line engagement element(s) of the housing used to engage the flexible line to hold it in position with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Publication number: 20250087431
    Abstract: A lockout device for securing a rotary circuit breaker switch is provided. The lockout device is provided in the form of an outer housing having a plurality of side walls extending away from a base wall to define a cavity and at least one of the side walls having a slot formed therein. The lockout device further includes an inner housing received within a portion of the cavity. The inner housing has a first component and a second component to receive the rotary circuit breaker switch therein. The lockout device has a biasing element positioned between the base wall and the inner housing to translate the inner housing axially relative to the outer housing, and a fastener with a thumbwheel having at least one projection designed to be positioned within the slot of the outer housing to hold the fastening mechanism and the lockout device in a locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Patent number: 12085188
    Abstract: A handle lockout device can be placed around a handle of a valve to prevent operation of the handle by rotation of the handle about a stem. The handle lockout device includes a housing and one or more adjustable slides. The housing has an internal cavity, in which the housing is bifurcated into two halves at a parting line with a stem opening positioned on the housing along the parting line. The two halves are movable relative to one another between an opened position in which the two halves are separated at the parting line to provide access to the internal cavity and a closed position in which the two halves are bought together at the parting line. The adjustable slide(s) are positioned adjacent to the stem opening, are slidable relative to the housing, and have an edge that can alter a size of the stem opening of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Patent number: 12044040
    Abstract: A cable lockout device includes a housing receiving a cable in which the cable forms a loop external to the housing. The housing has a passageway extending therethrough through which the cable extends and has a cable gripping location positioned along the passageway. The cable lockout device further includes a locking arm rotationally coupled to the housing that actuates a cleat or cam spaced from the axis of the locking arm, which cleat or cam can be brought towards another cleat or cam in the cable gripping location (upon closure) or away from the other cleat or cam (upon opening). In a closed position of the locking arm, the locking arm is lockable relative to the body to prevent movement of the locking arm back to the opened position without first unlocking the locking arm relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Patent number: 12034244
    Abstract: A battery connector lockout device is configured to lockout a battery connector including a connector head connected to a wire. The device includes an enclosure body having a first base wall and a second base wall opposite one another that are selectively movable in relative to one another between an open and closed positions. A cavity is defined by the enclosure body and dimensioned to receive the connector head and a wire access opening extends through the enclosure body into the cavity. A peg projects into the cavity from the enclosure body. A locking mechanism is configured to be selectively locked to hold the first base wall and the second base wall in the closed position thereby retaining the connector head in the cavity (that is, locking out the battery connector in the lockout device so that the connector head cannot be used).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Alexis D. Morales
  • Publication number: 20240026991
    Abstract: A lockout device can be used to secure a valve, a valve stem, or other control. The lockout device includes a cover having an internal cavity and an opening about the internal cavity, a cable that is flexible, a cable attachment point attached to the cover to which the cable is attached at its securable end, and a cable lockout module attached to the cover. The cable lockout module includes a cable engagement element having a cable-receiving pathway extending therethrough for reception of a free end of the cable and selective securement thereof to create a cable loop. The cable lockout module further has a door. When the door is in a closed position, the cable engagement element is securely covered by the door and the door is lockable relative to a remainder of the cable lockout module to prevent the door from being opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Andrew N. Enger
  • Publication number: 20240003167
    Abstract: A multicable lockout device comprises a housing including at least two cable end securement points, a stationary cleat fixed relative to the housing, and at least two rotatable cleats attached to the housing. Each of the rotatable cleats is positioned adjacent to the stationary cleat with a respective cable-receiving pathway being defined between the shared stationary cleat and each of the respective rotatable cleats. The respective rotatable cleats each have a tip biased towards the shared stationary cleat to facilitate one-way gripping action of a cable along the respective cable-receiving pathway. This structure permits two cable loops to be independently formed utilizing only three cleats for gripping the cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Publication number: 20230304601
    Abstract: A handle lockout device can be placed around a handle of a valve to prevent operation of the handle by rotation of the handle about a stem. The handle lockout device includes a housing and one or more adjustable slides. The housing has an internal cavity, in which the housing is bifurcated into two halves at a parting line with a stem opening positioned on the housing along the parting line. The two halves are movable relative to one another between an opened position in which the two halves are separated at the parting line to provide access to the internal cavity and a closed position in which the two halves are bought together at the parting line. The adjustable slide(s) are positioned adjacent to the stem opening, are slidable relative to the housing, and have an edge that can alter a size of the stem opening of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Patent number: 11757232
    Abstract: A lockout assembly is configured to lockout a battery connector including a connector head connected to a wire, The lockout assembly includes a connector cover part and a sliding part. The connector cover part includes a cupped portion providing a cavity and a guide rail extending away from the cavity in which the cavity is dimensioned to receive an end of the connector head. The sliding part is dimensioned to slidably engage the guide rail and has a hooking foot configured to selectively engage the connector head opposite the cavity of the connector cover part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Alexis D. Morales
  • Publication number: 20230077093
    Abstract: A lockout device is able to secure a door on a panel. The lockout device includes a housing and a flexible line. The housing has a first mounting portion adapted for securement to one side of the panel and the flexible line has on one end thereof a second mounting portion adapted for securement to another side of the panel from the first mounting portion. The housing further supports at least one line engagement element, and the flexible line extends through at least a portion of the housing including the at least one line engagement element for selective engagement therewith. In use, the mounting portions may be affixed or attached to opposing sides or edges of the panel, the flexible line drawn taut, and the line engagement element(s) of the housing used to engage the flexible line to hold it in position with respect to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Patent number: 11525284
    Abstract: A lockout device is able to secure a door on a panel. The lockout device includes a housing and a flexible line. The housing has a first mounting portion adapted for securement to one side of the panel and the flexible line has on one end thereof a second mounting portion adapted for securement to another side of the panel from the first mounting portion. The housing further supports at least one line engagement element and the flexible line extends through at least a portion of the housing including the at least one line engagement element for selective engagement therewith. In use, the mounting portions may be affixed or attached to opposing sides or edges of the panel, the flexible line drawn taut, and the line engagement element(s) of the housing used to engage the flexible line to hold it in positon with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Patent number: 11493147
    Abstract: A valve handle lockout device is configured to temporarily lock out a pull handle butterfly valve. The device includes an enclosure body, at least one lock hole, and a blocking wall. The enclosure body includes first and second enclosure portions having an opening at a proximal end of the enclosure body that is dimensioned to surround a base of the pull handle butterfly valve. The lock hole is configured to receive a locking member and thereby secure the device in a closed position on a handle of the pull handle butterfly valve. The blocking wall borders or is near to the opening and is configured to engage the pull handle butterfly valve when the enclosure body is secured in a locked position, thereby preventing removal of the device from the handle and the handle from being operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Mackenzie Carpenter, Gene Gladkov
  • Publication number: 20220316240
    Abstract: A cable lockout device includes a housing receiving a cable in which the cable forms a loop external to the housing. The housing has a passageway extending therethrough through which the cable extends and has a cable gripping location positioned along the passageway. The cable lockout device further includes a locking arm rotationally coupled to the housing that actuates a cleat or cam spaced from the axis of the locking arm, which cleat or cam can be brought towards another cleat or cam in the cable gripping location (upon closure) or away from the other cleat or cam (upon opening). In a closed position of the locking arm, the locking arm is lockable relative to the body to prevent movement of the locking arm back to the opened position without first unlocking the locking arm relative to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Publication number: 20220190523
    Abstract: A lockout assembly is configured to lockout a battery connector including a connector head connected to a wire, The lockout assembly includes a connector cover part and a sliding part. The connector cover part includes a cupped portion providing a cavity and a guide rail extending away from the cavity in which the cavity is dimensioned to receive an end of the connector head. The sliding part is dimensioned to slidably engage the guide rail and has a hooking foot configured to selectively engage the connector head opposite the cavity of the connector cover part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Alexis D. Morales
  • Publication number: 20220102900
    Abstract: A battery connector lockout device is configured to lockout a battery connector including a connector head connected to a wire. The device includes an enclosure body having a first base wall and a second base wall opposite one another that are selectively movable in relative to one another between an open and closed positions. A cavity is defined by the enclosure body and dimensioned to receive the connector head and a wire access opening extends through the enclosure body into the cavity. A peg projects into the cavity from the enclosure body. A locking mechanism is configured to be selectively locked to hold the first base wall and the second base wall in the closed position thereby retaining the connector head in the cavity (that is, locking out the battery connector in the lockout device so that the connector head cannot be used).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Alexis D. Morales
  • Patent number: D957084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Thomas K. Campbell
  • Patent number: D1037828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Patent number: D1043313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Enger, Gene Gladkov
  • Patent number: D1085357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew N. Enger