Patents by Inventor Daniel South
Daniel South 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: 10873179Abstract: Junction boxes and partitions for junction boxes are disclosed. The junction boxes have a central area for installation of a driver or another such component and at least one wrap-around compartment in which wire connections can be made. In many cases, the junction box may have two wrap-around compartments, often mirror images of one another, that provide separate spaces for high- and low-voltage wire connections. The interior walls or partitions that create the compartments may be carried by and arise from the base of a junction box, or they may be carried by a separate piece that inserts over the driver, fully encloses or caps it, and also carries partition portions to create fully-divided compartments when used in combination with a junction box base that has no partitions of its own.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.Inventors: Gilberto Lopez-Martinez, Daniel South, Andrew Lassen, David Greenspan
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Patent number: 10801716Abstract: Methods for making encapsulated linear lighting with opaque ends are disclosed. Linear lighting is placed in a polymeric channel, and the channel is filled with a resin in order to encapsulate the linear lighting. In order to prevent leaks, the channel is dammed at both ends of the linear lighting with stoppers. The channel has interior engaging features, such as grooves or ridges, that engage with complementary features on the sidewalls of the stoppers to form a seal between the channel and the stoppers. The resin within the channel is caused or allowed to cure. The stoppers are moved back from the cured mass to form a gap. An opaque resin may be poured into the channel and spills into the gap to coat the top and end face or faces of the linear lighting. Once all resin layers are cured, the stoppers are removed from the channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.Inventors: Gilberto Lopez-Martinez, Daniel South
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Patent number: 10753596Abstract: Methods for making encapsulated linear lighting are disclosed. In these methods, linear lighting is placed in a polymeric channel, and the channel is filled with a resin in order to encapsulate the linear lighting. In order to prevent leaks, the channel is dammed at both ends of the linear lighting with stoppers. The channel has interior engaging features, such as grooves or ridges, that engage with complementary features on the sidewalls of the stoppers to form a seal between the channel and the stoppers. The resin within the channel is caused or allowed to cure, and once cured, the stoppers are removed from the channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.Inventors: Gilberto Lopez-Martinez, Daniel South
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Publication number: 20200220342Abstract: Junction boxes and partitions for junction boxes are disclosed. The junction boxes have a central area for installation of a driver or another such component and at least one wrap-around compartment in which wire connections can be made. In many cases, the junction box may have two wrap-around compartments, often mirror images of one another, that provide separate spaces for high- and low-voltage wire connections. The interior walls or partitions that create the compartments may be carried by and arise from the base of a junction box, or they may be carried by a separate piece that inserts over the driver, fully encloses or caps it, and also carries partition portions to create fully-divided compartments when used in combination with a junction box base that has no partitions of its own.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Gilberto Lopez-Martinez, Daniel South, Andrew Lassen, David Greenspan
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Publication number: 20200161846Abstract: Junction boxes and partitions for junction boxes are disclosed. The junction boxes have a central area for installation of a driver or another such component and at least one wrap-around compartment in which wire connections can be made. In many cases, the junction box may have two wrap-around compartments, often mirror images of one another, that provide separate spaces for high- and low-voltage wire connections. The interior walls or partitions that create the compartments may be carried by and arise from the base of a junction box, or they may be carried by a separate piece that inserts over the driver, fully encloses or caps it, and also carries partition portions to create fully-divided compartments when used in combination with a junction box base that has no partitions of its own.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Gilberto Lopez-Martinez, Daniel South, Andrew Lassen, David Greenspan
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Patent number: 10644489Abstract: Junction boxes and partitions for junction boxes are disclosed. The junction boxes have a central area for installation of a driver or another such component and at least one wrap-around compartment in which wire connections can be made. In many cases, the junction box may have two wrap-around compartments, often mirror images of one another, that provide separate spaces for high- and low-voltage wire connections. The interior walls or partitions that create the compartments may be carried by and arise from the base of a junction box, or they may be carried by a separate piece that inserts over the driver, fully encloses or caps it, and also carries partition portions to create fully-divided compartments when used in combination with a junction box base that has no partitions of its own.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.Inventors: Gilberto Lopez-Martinez, Daniel South, Andrew Lassen, David Greenspan
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Patent number: 10622794Abstract: Assemblies are disclosed that allow a driver to be mounted in association with an electrical gang box. In one embodiment, the gang box has an opening in a bottom panel. The driver has a flange that is larger than the opening and a body that is smaller than the opening. The driver is inserted through the opening so that the flange rests on the interior surface of the bottom panel with at least a majority of the body of the driver extending outside of the gang box. In another embodiment, the gang box has an opening in a side or rear panel and an adapter mounts the driver outside of the gang box. These assemblies allow for the use of low-voltage and other types of electrical components while leaving space in the gang box for conventional electrical elements, such as switches and dimmers.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.Inventors: Randall Holleschau, Adam L. Pruitt, Daniel South
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Patent number: 10557600Abstract: An in-ground channel for linear lighting is disclosed. In the channel, two upright sidewalls are spaced apart by a bottom. Each of the sidewalls has an inwardly-extending upper support flange proximate to an upper end. The inwardly-extending upper support flanges are aligned with one another on respective sidewalls. A shelf is mounted between the two upright sidewalls at a position below the inwardly-extending support flanges. The shelf divides the in-ground channel into an upper section and a lower section. The upper section houses linear lighting and the lower section provides a raceway. The channel has only a single mounting flange attached to one of the two sidewalls at a position level with the bottom. The channel typically also includes a cover adapted to engage the upper support flanges. The shelf may be removable, mounted via a pair of inwardly-extending lower support flanges, for access to the lower section.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.Inventor: Daniel South
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Patent number: 10116127Abstract: Junction boxes and partitions for junction boxes are disclosed. The junction boxes have a central area for installation of a driver or another such component and at least one wrap-around compartment in which wire connections can be made. In many cases, the junction box may have two wrap-around compartments, often mirror images of one another, that provide separate spaces for high- and low-voltage wire connections. The interior walls or partitions that create the compartments may be carried by and arise from the base of a junction box, or they may be carried by a separate piece that inserts over the driver, fully encloses or caps it, and also carries partition portions to create fully-divided compartments when used in combination with a junction box base that has no partitions of its own.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.Inventors: Gilberto Uriel Lopez-Martinez, Daniel South, Andrew Lassen
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Publication number: 20110203273Abstract: With the discovery of the Hydrothermal Aspiration Concentration Method claimed herein a valuable new method of a system of components to extract thermal energy from a body of liquid and convert it to continue the operation of the device and perform other useful work is invented. Additionally the Hydrothermal Aspiration Extraction Process claimed herein defines the transformation of thermal energy present in bodies of liquids into kinetic energy utilizing the Hydrothermal Aspiration Concentration Method to achieve the transformation. The above method and process are applied to achieve the design of the Hydrostatic Aspiration Thermal Concentrator device, also claimed herein. The invention includes a method, process and apparatus for extracting and converting the thermal energy present in bodies of liquids utilizing a portion of the converted energy to operate the device, and also to perform other useful work.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventor: Daniel South
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Patent number: D603144Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Inventor: Brian Daniel South