Patents by Inventor Douglas Watchorn

Douglas Watchorn 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).

  • Heat sensing electrical receptacle
    Patent number: 7501926
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle has an outlet and senses the operating temperature and automatically turns off when the temperature rises above a predetermined threshold. The receptacle has a reset button that must be manually operated to enable operation of the outlet to resume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: B Safe Electrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Watchorn, Barry Littlewood, Robert Z. Kopelman
  • Electrical receptacle with multiple heat sensors
    Patent number: 7489227
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle has multiple thermal sensors, each of which can trigger automatic shut off when the temperature rises above a predetermined threshold. After automatically turning off, the receptacle remains permanently non-conducting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: BSafe Electrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Fabian, Michael Nordmeyer, Douglas Watchorn
  • One-shot heat sensing electrical receptacle
    Patent number: 7385473
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle senses its operating temperature and automatically turns off when the temperature rises above a predetermined threshold. The receptacle has a button that visually indicates when the receptacle has reached its temperature threshold. After automatically turning off, the receptacle remains permanently non-conducting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: BSafe Electrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Fabian, Douglas Watchorn
  • Electrical receptacle with multiple heat sensors
    Publication number: 20070257763
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle has multiple thermal sensors, each of which can trigger automatic shut off when the temperature rises above a predetermined threshold. After automatically turning off, the receptacle remains permanently non-conducting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: BSAFE ELECTRIX, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Fabian, Michael Nordmeyer, Douglas Watchorn
  • One-shot heat sensing electrical receptacle
    Publication number: 20060028316
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle senses its operating temperature and automatically turns off when the temperature rises above a predetermined threshold. The receptacle has button that visually indicates when the receptacle has reached its temperature threshold. After automatically turning off, the receptacle remains permanently non-conducting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: BSAFE ELECTRIX, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Fabian, Douglas Watchorn
  • Heat sensing electrical receptacle
    Publication number: 20050212646
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle has an outlet and senses the operating temperature and automatically turns off when the temperature rises above a predetermined threshold. The receptacle has a reset button that must be manually operated to enable operation of the outlet to resume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: BSAFE ELECTRIX, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Watchorn, Barry Littlewood, Robert Kopelman