Patents by Inventor Clifford Randy Helmer
Clifford Randy Helmer 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).
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Patent number: 9052097Abstract: Support clips and systems thereof are provided. Support clips include a web, a lower flange, and an upper flange. The lower flange extends from the web orthogonally. The upper flange extends from the web, towards the lower flange, at an angle. The lower flange includes an aperture for receiving a fastener. Systems include support clips of the present invention coupling a ballast housing to a mounting module. The lower flange is secured to the housing, and the upper flange engages the mounting module, such that the housing is supported by the support clip against the mounting module when in a latched position. A user is able to secure a fastener through the support clip aperture and openings in the housing and mounting module without having to use additional hands.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Patrick Stephen Blincoe, Clifford Randy Helmer
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Publication number: 20110211356Abstract: Support clips and systems thereof are provided. Support clips include a web, a lower flange, and an upper flange. The lower flange extends from the web orthogonally. The upper flange extends from the web, towards the lower flange, at an angle. The lower flange includes an aperture for receiving a fastener. Systems include support clips of the present invention coupling a ballast housing to a mounting module. The lower flange is secured to the housing, and the upper flange engages the mounting module, such that the housing is supported by the support clip against the mounting module when in a latched position. A user is able to secure a fastener through the support clip aperture and openings in the housing and mounting module without having to use additional hands.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Patrick Stephen Blincoe, Clifford Randy Helmer
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Patent number: 7952039Abstract: A system and method according to which one or more sliders are actuated in order to, for example, operate one or more switches such as, for example, one or more circuit breaker switches.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Joseph Michael Manahan, Clifford Randy Helmer
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Patent number: 7883246Abstract: Lighting fixtures and associated methods are provided herein. Generally, the lighting fixtures of the present invention include a lamp, a power coupler, a high-frequency generator, a mounting block adapted to receive heat from the high-frequency generator, and a device adapted to receive heat from the power coupler. In some embodiments, methods include consuming at least about 165+/?10% watts of power using a lighting fixture of the present invention, providing at least about 12,000 initial lumens using the lighting fixture, and providing the lamp with an average life of at least about 100,000 hours with a 50% failure rate. In some embodiments, methods include consuming at least about 165+/?10% watts of power using a lighting fixture of the present invention, and maintaining the temperature rise above ambient of at least a portion of the high-frequency generator at less than about 32 degrees C.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Patrick Stephen Blincoe, Clifford Randy Helmer
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Publication number: 20100263994Abstract: A system and method according to which one or more sliders are actuated in order to, for example, operate one or more switches such as, for example, one or more circuit breaker switches.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Joseph Michael Manahan, Clifford Randy Helmer
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Patent number: 7772510Abstract: A system and method according to which one or more sliders are actuated in order to, for example, operate one or more switches such as, for example, one or more circuit breaker switches.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Joseph Michael Manahan, Clifford Randy Helmer
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Publication number: 20090084782Abstract: An apparatus and method according to which a seal is provided between an enclosure and an enclosure cover. The enclosure cover includes an enclosure engagement surface for coupling to enclosure. The apparatus includes a gasket positioned in a gasket channel located on the enclosure engagement surface to provide a seal between the enclosure and the enclosure cover. The enclosure engagement surface also includes a flame path surface adjacent the gasket channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: Clifford Randy Helmer
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Publication number: 20080266868Abstract: Lighting fixtures and associated methods are provided herein. Generally, the lighting fixtures of the present invention include a lamp, a power coupler, a high-frequency generator, a mounting block adapted to receive heat from the high-frequency generator, and a device adapted to receive heat from the power coupler. In some embodiments, methods include consuming at least about 165+/?10% watts of power using a lighting fixture of the present invention, providing at least about 12,000 initial lumens using the lighting fixture, and providing the lamp with an average life of at least about 100,000 hours with a 50% failure rate. In some embodiments, methods include consuming at least about 165+/?10% watts of power using a lighting fixture of the present invention, and maintaining the temperature rise above ambient of at least a portion of the high-frequency generator at less than about 32 degrees C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Patrick Stephen Blincoe, Clifford Randy Helmer
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Patent number: 5857563Abstract: A circuit breaker panelbox includes a circuit breaker receiving area for receiving a plurality of circuit breakers; a sliding arm for each of the plurality of circuit breakers, each of the sliding arms including a device for engaging a toggle switch of the respective circuit breaker; a frame for supporting the sliding arms such that the sliding arms can slide with respect to their respective circuit breakers; first and second contacts on each of the sliding arms at spaced locations; and an actuator for each of the sliding arms, the actuator including a device for contacting one of the first and second contacts of the respective sliding arm in order to actuate the respective circuit breaker.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1997Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.Inventors: Clifford Randy Helmer, Lawrence Carl Lindsey
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Patent number: D642732Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Patrick Stephen Blincoe, Clifford Randy Helmer, Andrew Adams Litteer
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Patent number: D657490Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Patrick Stephen Blincoe, Clifford Randy Helmer, Andrew Adams Litteer
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Patent number: D657491Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Patrick Stephen Blincoe, Clifford Randy Helmer, Andrew Adams Litteer
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Patent number: D657492Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Patrick Stephen Blincoe, Clifford Randy Helmer, Andrew Adams Litteer
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Patent number: D657908Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Patrick Stephen Blincoe, Clifford Randy Helmer, Andrew Adams Litteer
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Patent number: D664291Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Patrick Stephen Blincoe, Clifford Randy Helmer, Andrew Adams Litteer