Patents by Inventor C. Gireesh Rao

C. Gireesh Rao 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: 7137721
    Abstract: A weatherproof outdoor pivoting light assembly includes a front gasket on a metallic lamp housing having spaced sealing rings for locally compressively engaging to seal the floodlight envelope and a rear gasket for sealing the power cord thereby providing a sealed cartridge for the electrical socket enabling mounting at ground and structure location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Inventors: C. Gireesh Rao, Ashok Sathyanarayana Alilughatta, Tushar Han Godbole
  • Patent number: 7129413
    Abstract: A weatherproof outlet plate cover assembly provides a weatherproof a universal lid that is diagonally hinged at a corner of the cover plate for unobstructed lateral and downward routing of electrical cables in either a horizontal of vertical location. The universal lid carries a sealing gasket that is spring biased against a projecting rim that circumscribes a center panel provided with a center opening(s) for use with either duplex or GFCI receptacles. The hinge design allows the use of one product in each formal for two applications—vertical plus horizontal mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventors: C. Gireesh Rao, David L. Scheer, Ashok Sathyanarayana Alilughatta
  • Patent number: 6992252
    Abstract: A removable reducer bushing is carried in a threaded port of an outlet box for coupling with a small threaded conduit and electively removable for coupling with a large threaded conduit thereby permitting a single box to handle multiple conduit sizes without separately procured parts. The bushing includes a deformable thread interruption resisting bushing rotation during removal of the small threaded conduit and frontal slots for manual removal of the bushing with a screwdriver against the resistance of the thread interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: C. Gireesh Rao, David L. Scheer, Ashok Sathyanarayana Alilughatta