Patents by Inventor David A. Vosika

David A. Vosika 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: 6132070
    Abstract: A structure for aligning a canopy for an exit sign with a standard wall-mounted electrical junction box. The structure is constituted of a separate plate which is adapted to be fastened to the back cover of an exit sign so as to form a mounting structure adapted for facilitating the attachment of the exit sign to a wall-mounted electrical junction box, and which incorporates slots adapted to be engaged by protuberances on the canopy for aligning the latter with the junction box in predetermined selective orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: David A. Vosika, Drusilla L. Underwood
  • Patent number: 6095670
    Abstract: A structure for mounting an exit sign to a standard wall-mounted electrical junction box. The structure is constituted of a separate plate which is adapted to be fastened to the back cover of an exit sign so as to form a mounting structure adapted for facilitating the attachment of the exit sign to a wall-mounted electrical junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: David A. Vosika, Drusilla L. Underwood
  • Patent number: 5929781
    Abstract: An system is provided for testing emergency lighting units using a receiver connected to the emergency lighting unit and a portable transmitter operable remotely with respect to the emergency lighting unit. The emergency lighting comprises a transfer relay for switching a battery between a primary power source and a lamp. A TEST button and the receiver each include a normally closed contact switch connected in series with each other, as well as with a primary power source input and transfer control circuitry. The transmitter generates encoded signals for wireless transmission to the receiver as long as a control switch on the transmitter is being activated by a user. The receiver receives and decodes the encoded signals and opens its normally closed relay as long as encoded signals are being received, causing the transfer control circuitry to activate the transfer relay to switch the battery from the primary power source to the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: David A. Vosika
  • Patent number: 5574423
    Abstract: A self-diagnostic circuit for an emergency lamphead is disclosed that is effective during standby operation of the lamphead to indicate whether the lamphead is capable of operating in an emergency mode. The self-diagnostic circuit includes a high-impedance circuit path connected in series with the lamphead and including an indicator, such as an LED, which is energized by a battery current passing through the circuit path and lamphead during the standby mode operation. The battery current is insufficient to illuminate the lamphead, but is sufficient to energize the LED whenever proper electrical continuity exists through the lamphead. A second high-impedance circuit path may be connected in parallel with the lamphead, in order to energize a second LED when proper continuity does not through the lamphead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: David A. Vosika, Robert S. Feldstein
  • Patent number: D380572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven W. Bodell, David A. Vosika
  • Patent number: D391992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: David A. Vosika, Steven W. Bodell