Patents by Inventor Duan E. Packard, III

Duan E. Packard, III 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: 9397413
    Abstract: An electric meter socket assembly includes a neutral-ground support and a neutral-ground terminal. The neutral-ground support includes a support body having a mounting surface and a support connector at the mounting surface of the body. The neutral-ground terminal includes a terminal body having a rear, an opening for receiving a neutral conductor, and a terminal connector at the rear of the terminal body configured to mate with the support connector such that the neutral-ground terminal is attachable to the neutral-ground support without use of a separate fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Duan E. Packard, III, Daniel Wayne Vosbrink
  • Publication number: 20150207282
    Abstract: An electric meter socket assembly includes a neutral-ground support and a neutral-ground terminal. The neutral-ground support includes a support body having a mounting surface and a support connector at the mounting surface of the body. The neutral-ground terminal includes a terminal body having a rear, an opening for receiving a neutral conductor, and a terminal connector at the rear of the terminal body configured to mate with the support connector such that the neutral-ground terminal is attachable to the neutral-ground support without use of a separate fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Duan E. Packard, III, Daniel Wayne Vosbrink
  • Patent number: 7762042
    Abstract: A quick-connect system for connecting two or more sections of wireway in generally longitudinal alignment along an X-axis. The system involves the a series of screws in the bottom and side walls of a generally U-shaped connector receivable in corresponding slots in the bottom and side walls of the two wireway sections. In one embodiment, the bottom wall slots are closed-ended slots and the side wall slots are open-end slots extending in from respective end edges of the wireway sections. The side walls slots are configured such that they have longitudinal centerlines having X-axis and Y-axis components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Duan E. Packard, III
  • Patent number: 7525044
    Abstract: A section of wireway having an elongate channel-shaped body and cover for the body. The cover has a releasable hinge connection with the body for swinging between open and closed positions. In one embodiment, the hinge connection comprising at least two T-shaped slots in a side wall of the body at locations spaced along the length of the body and at least two T-shaped hinge members on the cover receivable in said slots for hinging the cover to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Gary W. Howell, Duan E. Packard, III