Patents by Inventor Lance Thomas FUNSTON

Lance Thomas FUNSTON 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).

  • Lampholder-socket-supported electrical appliance
    Patent number: 8808023
    Abstract: An electrical appliance for a lampholder socket having a socket axis of rotation has a housing rotatable by an application of an applied torque thereto. A screw base is configured to be inserted in the lampholder socket and threadedly connected to the lampholder socket upon a rotation of the screw base in a first direction about the socket axis of rotation. A torque limiter is fixedly attached to the screw base for rotation therewith. The torque limiter couples the housing to the screw base for rotation therewith when the applied torque is less than a predetermined magnitude and couples the housing to the screw base for rotation relative thereto when the applied torque is greater than the predetermined magnitude. An electrical device is mounted in the housing and electrically connected to the screw base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventor: Lance Thomas Funston
  • LAMPHOLDER-SOCKET-SUPPORTED ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20130051019
    Abstract: An electrical appliance for a lampholder socket having a socket axis of rotation has a housing rotatable by an application of an applied torque thereto. A screw base is configured to be inserted in the lampholder socket and threadedly connected to the lampholder socket upon a rotation of the screw base in a first direction about the socket axis of rotation. A torque limiter is fixedly attached to the screw base for rotation therewith. The torque limiter couples the housing to the screw base for rotation therewith when the applied torque is less than a predetermined magnitude and couples the housing to the screw base for rotation relative thereto when the applied torque is greater than the predetermined magnitude. An electrical device is mounted in the housing and electrically connected to the screw base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Lance Thomas FUNSTON
  • Light-socket ceiling fan
    Patent number: D715420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventor: Lance Thomas Funston