Patents by Inventor Kenneth Whelan

Kenneth Whelan 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: 5372299
    Abstract: A combined shipping and display box is provided which is formed from a one-piece blank of box-board material configured such that, when erected, the box will include bottom, front and rear walls as well as an opposed pair of side walls. The side walls are each formed from respective side panels having a central sub-panel and a pair of divider sub-panels extending in opposite directions from the central sub-panel. These divider sub-panels are inwardly foldable onto their respective central sub-panel along predetermined fold lines so as to not only be positioned in adjacent contact with the central sub-panel, but also to establish protruding interior dividers for the shipping/display box. When erected, therefore, the terminal edges of each respective pair of divider sub-panels will abut one another such that each of the interior dividers is paired with a similar interior divider associated with the opposite side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Edgerton, Jr., John D. Jannone, Kenneth Whelan, William C. Bauer
  • Patent number: 4773944
    Abstract: A large area, high current, low voltage photovoltaic module including a common bottom electrode upon which a means adapted to collect and transport photogenerated current is disposed. By electrically interconnecting a plurality of said large area modules in series, the voltage obtained therefrom can be added so as to obtain any desired voltage output therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Prem Nath, Timothy Laarman, Craig Vogeli, Kenneth Whelan, Bernard Kelly
  • Patent number: D356680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Edgerton, Jr., John D. Jannone, Kenneth Whelan, William C. Bauer