Patents by Inventor Craig Richard Dennis

Craig Richard Dennis 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: 7652395
    Abstract: A power control system includes a base having a housing configured for releasably receiving a control unit and a cavity within the housing for receiving a solid state relay having a hockey puck configuration. The base includes an input power terminal for coupling to an input power source, an output power terminal for coupling to a power receiving load, and coupling fixtures for fixedly and electrically coupling to input and output power terminals and control terminals of the received solid state relay. A control unit is configured to control the solid state relay for selectively providing, at least a portion of, the power received at the input power terminal to the output power terminal. The control unit has a housing adapted to be releasably coupled to the base housing. The control unit and base each configured to electrically couple the control unit to the control terminals of the received solid state relay as a function of the control unit being coupled to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Theodore Thomas Von Arx, Donald Leo Commare, Craig Richard Dennis, Leon J. McNutt, Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Keith Douglas Ness, Robert Allen Pape, John Frederic Lemke, Larry Emil Tiedemann, Stanton Hopkins Breitlow
  • Patent number: 7636615
    Abstract: A power control assembly for use in an integrated power control system has a base with a housing that defines a cavity adapted for receiving a power switch. The control assembly includes a control module configured for generating control signals for controlling the power switch for selectively providing power to a load. A control housing houses the control module and is adapted to be releasably coupled to the base housing and is configured for electrically coupling to control couplers on the base housing for providing the generated control signals to the power switch within the housing cavity upon coupling the control housing to the base housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Donald Leo Commare, Craig Richard Dennis, Leon J. McNutt, Theodore Thomas Von Arx, Keith Douglas Ness, Robert Allen Pape, John Frederic Lemke, Larry Emil Tiedemann, Stanton Hopkins Breitlow
  • Patent number: D605119
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Pape, Craig Richard Dennis, Donald L. Commare, Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Stanton Hopkins Breitlow, Keith Douglas Ness, John Frederic Lemke, Theodore Thomas Von Arx
  • Patent number: D605120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Pape, Craig Richard Dennis, Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Theodore Thomas Von Arx