Patents by Inventor Douglas A. Hopper

Douglas A. Hopper 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).

  • Publication number: 20250127145
    Abstract: A pet harness apparatus may include a vest configured to be removably adhered to a pet body. The vest may include a vest interior surface and a vest exterior surface. The apparatus may further include a rigid elongated member, a first attachment mechanism and a second attachment mechanism. The first attachment mechanism may be disposed on the vest exterior surface and the second attachment mechanism may be disposed on the rigid elongated member. The first attachment mechanism may be configured to be removably attached to the second attachment mechanism to enable removable attachment between the vest and the rigid elongated member. Further, a rigid elongated member longitudinal axis may be perpendicular to a pet body length when the first attachment mechanism may be attached to the second attachment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Picket Protector LLC
    Inventors: Douglas A. Hopper, Karen L. Hopper
  • Publication number: 20030035712
    Abstract: A drive mechanism for providing reciprocating, liner motion for a movable work piece relative to a stationary work piece is provided. The drive system includes a motor rotating a drum in forward and reverse directions about a first axis. The motor and drum are fixedly mounted with respect to the stationary work piece, such as to a housing or other structure. The system further includes an elongate, substantially non-flexible cable having a first and second ends fixed with respect to the stationary work piece. The cable further includes an intermediate portion extending between the first and second ends, with the intermediate portion being wound around the drum. First and second bearings are provided which are mounted to the movable work piece. The first bearing is positioned relative to the cable such that the intermediate portion of the cable is wound over the first bearing, and with the first bearing being positioned between the first end of the cable and the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Douglas A. Hopper, Gary Skaggs, Gregory R. Maes, Joel P. Harrison
  • Patent number: 6070913
    Abstract: A connector plug housing for an electrical connector assembly includes a plug body having a male end, a tubular shroud having a female end adapted to be received on the male end of the plug body, first and second complementary threads respectively formed on the male end of the plug body and the female end of the tubular shroud for providing a threaded connection therebetween by screwing the female end of the tubular shroud relative to and on the male end of the plug body, and a releasable self-locking clip arrangement provided on the plug body and tubular shroud in an interfacing relationship with the first and second threads thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Hubbel Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas A. Hopper, Michael W. Miller
  • Patent number: 5951309
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly includes a body adapted to receive a plug at one end, a cover, a hinge having a bifurcated end and pivotally mounting the cover to the body for movement between an open condition and a closed condition relative to the body and biasing the cover toward the closed condition, and position retention tabs formed on laterally spaced apart lugs defined on the bifurcated end of the hinge with each tab projecting outwardly therefrom and defining an arcuate-shaped shoulder such that the shoulders of the tabs and the body can retain a rod-shaped member therebetween for blocking movement of the cover from the open condition to the closed condition when the plug is not present at the one end of the body. The cover is also rotatable between an open position where the cover is removable from the body and a closed position where the cover is secured onto the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Douglas A. Hopper
  • Patent number: 5904599
    Abstract: An electrical connector pin device includes an elongated body and a wire spring insert. The body has an external surface and defines an axial bore and a radial slot therein. The radial slot extends radially outwardly from the axial bore to the external surface, opening at the external surface. The wire spring insert is disposed within the axial bore and radial slot of the body. The wire spring insert is movable between non-compressed and compressed conditions. In the non-compressed condition, a portion of the wire spring insert extends above the external surface of the body, while in the compressed condition, the wire spring insert is deformed by an annular wall of a sleeve of an external electrical receptacle and pushed below the external surface of the body and thereby generates a spring force creating contact pressure diametrically opposed to the annular wall of the sleeve of the receptacle so as to releasably retain the body within the sleeve of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael W. Miller, Michael J. Schinsky, Douglas A. Hopper
  • Patent number: 5634553
    Abstract: A handle assembly for use with a circuit breaker includes an elongated shaft mounted through a hole in a cover of an enclosure containing a circuit breaker having an actuator lever movable between a plurality of different positions. The shaft is mounted to the cover to undergo rotational movement about, but not translational movement along, a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The outer end portion of the shaft extends outwardly from an exterior side of the cover, while an inner end portion of the shaft extends inwardly from an interior side of the cover into the enclosure, terminating at a location spaced from the actuator lever of the circuit breaker in the enclosure. The handle assembly also includes a handle attached to the outer end portion of the shaft so as to undergo rotation with the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas A. Hopper, Michael W. Miller
  • Patent number: D406816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas A. Hopper, Michael J. Schinsky