Patents by Inventor Antonios Efantis

Antonios Efantis 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: 7332124
    Abstract: A socket for a lamp comprising housing; a lamp holder displaceable relative said housing between an engaged and disengaged position; power cord associated with one of said housing; a lamp holder for powering said lamp in said engaged position; inhibiting displacement of said housing relative said lamp holder in said engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Miller Thomson, LLP
    Inventors: Horea Gheorghe Trifu, Jon N. Baswick, Raymond L. R. Morrish, Antonios Efantis, Faiek Dabiet, Cynthia Desjardins, Douglas Pilch
  • Publication number: 20050238531
    Abstract: A socket for a lamp comprising housing; a lamp holder displaceable relative said housing between an engaged and disengaged position; power cord associated with one of said housing; a lamp holder for powering said lamp in said engaged position; inhibiting displacement of said housing relative said lamp holder in said engaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Horea Trifu, Jon Baswick, Raymond Morrish, Antonios Efantis, Faiek Dabiet, Cynthia Desjardins, Douglas Pilch
  • Patent number: 6909289
    Abstract: An electrical high tension test device having first and second contacts connectable to a high tension circuit, a first electrode connected to one contact; a second electrode connected to the second contact, the first and second electrodes being spaced apart from one another by an air gap defining a predetermined resistance preset to a resistance corresponding to the high tension voltage in the high tension circuit to be tested, and, a signal device responsive to high tension discharge across said air gap to generate a signal such that when a predetermined high tension voltage is applied to the first and second contacts, a spark will jump the gap between them and in this way activating the signal device, and when a high tension voltage is applied which is less than the predetermined voltage no spark will jump the gap, and no signal will be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Allanson International Inc.
    Inventor: Antonios Efantis
  • Publication number: 20040189320
    Abstract: An electrical high tension test device having first and second contacts connectable to a high tension circuit, a first electrode connected to one contact; a second electrode connected to the second contact, the first and second electrodes being spaced apart from one another by an air gap defining a predetermined resistance preset to a resistance corresponding to the high tension voltage in the high tension circuit to be tested, and, a signal device responsive to high tension discharge across said air gap to generate a signal such that when a predetermined high tension voltage is applied to the first and second contacts, a spark will jump the gap between them and in this way activating the signal device, and when a high tension voltage is applied which is less than the predetermined voltage no spark will jump the gap, and no signal will be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Antonios Efantis
  • Patent number: 5847910
    Abstract: A fault protection device incorporated in a transformer having a primary winding and at least two secondary windings connected to ground, and having a sensing coil to sense the fluxes generated by each of the secondary windings and generating a flux signal when an imbalance in the fluxes in the secondaries is detected and in which the sensing coil is in the form of at least two sensing coil portions, the sensing coil portions being positioned near but spaced from the sides of the secondary windings, the flux signal being constituted by a voltage induced in the sensing coil by fluxes produced by the secondary windings, and a switch connected to the sensing coil and connected in series with a power supply and at least one terminal of the primary winding, the switch being conditioned to an open condition in response to the flux signal to isolate the primary winding from the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Allanson International Inc.
    Inventors: Antonios Efantis, Nicolas Alexandris
  • Patent number: 5241443
    Abstract: A transformer ground fault protector is provided and includes sensing means in the form of at least one conductive plate adjacent but spaced from the output of each secondary winding in a transformer having its secondary windings connected in series and at the midpoint of the series circuit to ground. The at least one conductive plate forms a capacitive circuit with the windings and provides an output voltage when the secondary windings are energized and unbalanced. The output voltage generated by the at least one conductive plate in normal operation of the transformer, is substantially equal to zero volts. However, when a fault occurs in the transformer, the output voltage induced in the at least one conductive plate has a magnitude greater than zero. The resultant voltage in turn is conveyed to a comparator which compares the magnitude of the resultant voltage with a predetermined threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Jannock Electrical Products Inc.
    Inventor: Antonios Efantis
  • Patent number: D494290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Allanson International Inc.
    Inventors: Horea Gheorghe Trifu, Jon N. Baswick, Raymond L. R. Morrish, Antonios Efantis, Faiek Dabiet, Cynthia Desjardins, Douglas Pilch