Patents by Inventor Kevin L. Willmorth

Kevin L. Willmorth 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: 8097804
    Abstract: A cable protection system protects a cable, such as an insulated conductor, data line, fluid or gas conduit, power cord, communication line or the like. The cable passes through a pair of ferrules that are separated by a segment of the cable. A protective jacket made of braided metal strands or the like encloses the ferrules and the cable segment and is held in place to the ferrules by jacket securing means. In one embodiment, support collars surround a portion of the braided jacket and a portion of each ferrule so that the braided jacket is securely held between each ferrule and support collar combination when a loading force, such as a gravitational loading or suspension force, is applied to the cable segment, typically in an axial orientation. The braided jacket has a diameter that constricts when an axial loading force is applied, protecting the cable segment from damaging stress by gripping the ferrules and the cable segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Oldenburg Group Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark J. Briski, Mark J. Hastings, William H. Strohmenger, Kevin L. Willmorth
  • Patent number: 7338182
    Abstract: A lighting fixture housing includes two end caps, a reflector assembly, and a ballast box cover. The two end caps further include top and bottom flanges and mounting brackets having support tabs extending thereon. The lighting fixture housing is installed by first sliding the end caps into position at opposite ends of an opening in a suspended ceiling formed of a T-bar grid, and then attaching the reflector assembly to the end caps. The reflector assembly may be temporarily suspended from the end caps so that electrical connections to the assembly are made and the ballast box cover installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Oldenburg Group Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark J. Hastings, Kevin L. Willmorth
  • Patent number: D547897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Oldenburg Group Incorported
    Inventors: Kevin L. Willmorth, Michael A. Arndt, Christopher G. Arns
  • Patent number: D565786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Oldenburg Group Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin L. Willmorth, Gregory S. Reiff, David A. Briscoe
  • Patent number: D332151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Winona Lighting Studio, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin L. Willmorth