Patents by Inventor Jeffery D. Kennedy

Jeffery D. Kennedy 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: 10023425
    Abstract: A system to store, maneuver and pay-out material stored on reels, which reels have a central hub and a pair of reel flanges, includes a shaft for positioning through a center of the hub and a pair of flanges. The flanges are mountable to the shaft on opposite sides of the reel. Each flange is mounted to the shaft for rotation independent of the other flange and independent of the shaft. Each flange has a loading assembly for moving the shaft from a loading/unloading position eccentric of the flange to a loaded position concentric with the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CERRO WIRE LLC
    Inventors: Stephen E. Mickey, Kevin L. Dalrymple, Jeffery D. Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20170081147
    Abstract: A system to store, maneuver and pay-out material stored on reels, which reels have a central hub and a pair of reel flanges, includes a shaft for positioning through a center of the hub and a pair of flanges. The flanges are mountable to the shaft on opposite sides of the reel. Each flange is mounted to the shaft for rotation independent of the other flange and independent of the shaft. Each flange has a loading assembly for moving the shaft from a loading/unloading position eccentric of the flange to a loaded position concentric with the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen E. Mickey, Kevin L. Dalrymple, Jeffery D. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9573258
    Abstract: A pulling head work station for attaching the lugs of pulling heads to cables, so that the cables may be pulled simultaneously through a conduit. The pulling head work station includes staggered cable receiving jigs, each jig having two clamps to hold a corresponding cable in place during attachment of a pulling lug. A chop saw to cut the cables and a crimper to secure a pulling lug to each stripped end portion of a cable may be slidably mounted to a work surface of the work station. A wire stripper may be removably attached to the work station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: CERRO WIRE LLC
    Inventors: Douglas P. Henderson, Joshua K. Young, Jeffery D. Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20150151417
    Abstract: A pulling head work station for attaching the lugs of pulling heads to cables, so that the cables may be pulled simultaneously through a conduit. The pulling head work station includes staggered cable receiving jigs, each jig having two clamps to hold a corresponding cable in place during attachment of a pulling lug. A chop saw to cut the cables and a crimper to secure a pulling lug to each stripped end portion of a cable may be slidably mounted to a work surface of the work station. A wire stripper may be removably attached to the work station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Douglas P. HENDERSON, Joshua K. YOUNG, Jeffery D. KENNEDY
  • Patent number: 8973235
    Abstract: A pulling head work station for attaching the lugs of pulling heads to cables, so that the cables may be pulled simultaneously through a conduit. The pulling head work station includes staggered cable receiving jigs, each jig having two clamps to hold a corresponding cable in place during attachment of a pulling lug. A chop saw to cut the cables and a crimper to secure a pulling lug to each stripped end portion of a cable may be slidably mounted to a work surface of the work station. A wire stripper may be removably attached to the work station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Cerro Wire LLC
    Inventors: Douglas P. Henderson, Joshua K. Young, Jeffery D. Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20140109388
    Abstract: A pulling head work station for attaching the lugs of pulling heads to cables, so that the cables may be pulled simultaneously through a conduit. The pulling head work station includes staggered cable receiving jigs, each jig having two clamps to hold a corresponding cable in place during attachment of a pulling lug. A chop saw to cut the cables and a crimper to secure a pulling lug to each stripped end portion of a cable may be slidably mounted to a work surface of the work station. A wire stripper may be removably attached to the work station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Cerro Wire LLC
    Inventors: DOUGLAS P. HENDERSON, John K. Young, Jeffery D. Kennedy