Patents by Inventor James Keeven
James Keeven 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: 9496626Abstract: A two-gang insulation displacement connector with enhanced electrically connectivity and a method of making the two-gang insulation displacement connector with the insulation displacement connector having a first gang of wire engaging blades having at least two sets of wire engaging blades, which are laterally spaced from each other, and a second gang of wire engaging blades with at least two sets of wire engaging blades with a base of each set of the wire engaging blades in the first gang having a link connecting to a base of each of a set of wire engaging blades in the second gang so that insertion of an insulation covered wire into wire engaging blades of each of gangs forms multiple electrical connections between the wire engaging blades of each gang of the wire engaging blades.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLCInventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven
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Patent number: 9472869Abstract: A field friendly wire connector for on-the-go connecting insulation coated electrical wires to each other without having to remove the wire insulation coating from either of the wires and without having to cut the wires with the wire connector including a flexible electrical conductor mounted in a connector base and a pair of slotted pivot arms sandwiching the flexible electrical conductor therein as the slotted pivot arms push the electrical wires into electrical contact with the electrical connector and a dual mode housing that forms a hand grip when attached to a first side of the connector base to provide a hand grip or support to the wire connector during formation of electrical connections and when the dual mode housing is attached to an opposite side of the connector base the dual mode housing forms a protective covering over the electrical connections.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLCInventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Willaim Hiner
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Publication number: 20160299178Abstract: A shock detector having an electrical detector having a set of water immersible electrodes for detecting hazardous water conditions through the determination of the presence of either an electrical current in a body of water, a voltage in the body of water or a voltage gradient in the body of water and then providing an alert to the existence of hazardous electrical conditions in the body of water which in some cases may transmitted to a power source to shut off a power source thereby removing the hazardous water condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: L. Herbert King, JR., James Keeven, Frank Vlasaty, Nathan C. Burns, Justin McKinney
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Publication number: 20160218444Abstract: A two-gang insulation displacement connector with enhanced electrically connectivity and a method of making the two-gang insulation displacement connector with the insulation displacement connector having a first gang of wire engaging blades having at least two sets of wire engaging blades, which are laterally spaced from each other, and a second gang of wire engaging blades with at least two sets of wire engaging blades with a base of each set of the wire engaging blades in the first gang having a link connecting to a base of each of a set of wire engaging blades in the second gang so that insertion of an insulation covered wire into wire engaging blades of each of gangs forms multiple electrical connections between the wire engaging blades of each gang of the wire engaging blades.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: L. Herbert King, JR., James Keeven
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Patent number: 9358676Abstract: A foldable pocket field tool having a foldable pliers and a set of specialty field tool bits to enable the foldable pocket tool to be carried on a person and used on-the-go with the field tool having a set of tool bits tool bits extendable or retractable into a handle and with each of the tool bits operable for efficiently performing a unique service tasks that may occur when installing or servicing a field system such as an irrigation system. The tool bits may be arranged to provide a two-part handle for use in manipulating an adjacent tool bit about a central axis as the tool bit is supported by the foldable pocket tool.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Patent Store LLCInventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Steven Rhea
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Publication number: 20160154036Abstract: A shock detector having an electrical detector having a set of water immersible electrodes for detecting hazardous water conditions through the determination of the presence of either an electrical current in a body of water, a voltage in the body of water or a voltage gradient in the body of water and then providing an alert to the existence of hazardous electrical conditions in the body of water which in some cases may transmitted to a power source to shut off a power source thereby removing the hazardous water condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: L. Herbert King, JR., James Keeven, Justin McKinney, Nathan C. Burns, Frank Vlasaty
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Publication number: 20160136800Abstract: A landscape lighting pocket tool having a set of foldable retractable tool bits for working on an article to enable on the go and on the spot adjusting or repairing an article or a system as well as one or more tool bits that may an angle adjustable level for determining a level condition of an article, a drywall saw blade that allows the handle of the foldable pocket tool to be used as a handle of the drywall saw blade and a set of bevel cutting edges in the jaws of the foldable pocket tool to allow a person to both cut and strip insulation from a variety of different wire sizes wire without damaging the wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: L. Herbert King, JR., James Keeven, Steven Rhea
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Patent number: 9285396Abstract: A shock detector having an electrical detector having a set of water immersible electrodes for detecting hazardous water conditions through the determination of the presence of either an electrical current in a body of water, a voltage in the body of water or a voltage gradient in the body of water and then providing an alert to the existence of hazardous electrical conditions in the body of water which in some cases may transmitted to a power source to shut off a power source thereby removing the hazardous water condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: BIRCHTREE, LLCInventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Justin McKinney, Nathan C. Burns, Frank Vlasaty
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Patent number: 9231313Abstract: A finger friendly twist-on wire connector having a spiral coil and an open end rigid shell secured to the spiral coil with the rigid shell having an outer surface with a circumferential band and a closed end supporting a finger cushion material integral to at least a portion of the outer surface of the rigid shell with the finger cushion material including a plurality of circumferentially spaced elongated ribs resiliently deformable in response to radially and tangential finger forces thereon as rotational finger forces are transmitted to the rigid shell through the finger cushion material to thereby inhibit finger fatigue and finger injury while allowing the user to maintain a feel of the wire engagement within the wire connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLCInventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Steven Rhea
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Publication number: 20150288078Abstract: A field friendly wire connector for on-the-go connecting insulation coated electrical wires to each other without having to remove the wire insulation coating from either of the wires and without having to cut the wires with the wire connector including a flexible electrical conductor mounted in a connector base and a pair of slotted pivot arms sandwiching the flexible electrical conductor therein as the slotted pivot arms push the electrical wires into electrical contact with the electrical connector and a dual mode housing that forms a hand grip when attached to a first side of the connector base to provide a hand grip or support to the wire connector during formation of electrical connections and when the dual mode housing is attached to an opposite side of the connector base the dual mode housing forms a protective covering over the electrical connections.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: L. Herbert King, JR., James Keeven, Willaim Hiner
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Publication number: 20150082953Abstract: A foldable pocket field tool having a foldable pliers and a set of specialty field tool bits to enable the foldable pocket tool to be carried on a person and used on-the-go with the field tool having a set of tool bits tool bits extendable or retractable into a handle and with each of the tool bits operable for efficiently performing a unique service tasks that may occur when installing or servicing a field system such as an irrigation system. The tool bits may be arranged to provide a two-part handle for use in manipulating an adjacent tool bit about a central axis as the tool bit is supported by the foldable pocket tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: L. Herbert King, JR., James Keeven, Steven Rhea
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Publication number: 20140082938Abstract: A waterproof wire connector comprising a push in wire connector having a wire chamber therein for receiving and forming electrical engagement with an electrical wire axially inserted therein with the wire connector having a wire port with a self healing member extending across the entry to the wire port to prevent moisture from entering the wire connector whereby pushing the wire into the wire connector forces the end of an electrical wire to pierce the self healing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Herbert King, JR., William Hiner, James Keeven
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Publication number: 20140062512Abstract: A shock detector having an electrical detector having a set of water immersible electrodes for detecting hazardous water conditions through the determination of the presence of either an electrical current in a body of water, a voltage in the body of water or a voltage gradient in the body of water and then providing an alert to the existence of hazardous electrical conditions in the body of water which in some cases may transmitted to a power source to shut off a power source thereby removing the hazardous water condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: IIoyd Herbert Kiing, JR., James Keeven, Justin McKinney, Nathan Burns, Frank Vlasaty
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Publication number: 20140041895Abstract: A finger friendly twist-on wire connector having a spiral coil and an open end rigid shell secured to the spiral coil with the rigid shell having an outer surface with a circumferential band and a closed end supporting a finger cushion material integral to at least a portion of the outer surface of the rigid shell with the finger cushion material including a plurality of circumferentially spaced elongated ribs resiliently deformable in response to radially and tangential finger forces thereon as rotational finger forces are transmitted to the rigid shell through the finger cushion material to thereby inhibit finger fatigue and finger injury while allowing the user to maintain a feel of the wire engagement within the wire connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: J. Herbert King, JR., James Keeven, Steven Rhea
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Patent number: 8525026Abstract: An epidermal friendly twist-on wire connector and a method of applying an epidermal twist-on wire connector having a resilient gripping region including a set of low profile, resilient ribs that are circumferentially spaced so that a users thumb and fingers can compressively and sequentially engage and compress at least a portion of a plurality of ribs as well as the valley between the ribs during application of a wire securement torque to the twist-on wire connector while at the same time inhibiting or preventing epidermal trauma in a users thumb and fingers.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: The Patent Store LLCInventors: Steven Rhea, James Keeven, Frank Vlasaty, William Hiner, L. Herbert King, Jr.
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Patent number: 8431824Abstract: A direct bury kit having an elongated housing having a chamber for inserting a wire connector therein with the housing and the cover each having at least one jaw to clamp a portion of a wire against the jaws to thereby inhibit or prevent disruption of an electrical connection while maintaining the electrical connection in a waterproof condition.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: The Patent Store LLCInventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., William Hiner, James Keeven
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Publication number: 20130014831Abstract: A suction pump coupler for replacement of the immersible one-way valve with the pump coupler securable to the inlet end of a suction pump for forming a leakproof connection to an intake pipe to enable use of the suction pump in a location wherein the suction pump is remote from the fluid being pumped with the pump coupler operable for securing an inlet pipe to the suction pump in a leakproof condition through rotational engagement of pump coupler with respect to the inlet pipe even with the presence of the suction pump cantileverly mounted thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Steven Rhea, L. Herbert King, JR., James Keeven
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Patent number: D731270Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: The Patent Store LLCInventors: Lloyd Herbert King, James Keeven, Steven Rhea
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Patent number: D742714Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: THE PATENT STORE, LLCInventors: L Herbert King, Jr., James Keeven, Steven Rhea
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Patent number: D743234Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, James Keeven, Steven Rhea