Patents by Inventor Leslie Lindenstraus
Leslie Lindenstraus 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: 7279636Abstract: The instant invention overcomes the difficulties encountered with respect to mounting electrical wiring devices to a common box and then positioning the devices relative to each other prior to attaching a wall plate. Some of the difficulties encountered are positioning the wiring devices to be in alignment with each other, locating the wiring devices to be parallel to each other, adjusting the spacing between the different devices to be equal and uniform and fixing all of the devices to be flat against the wall. In the prior art, the wiring devices are first loosely attached to a box and then moved back and forth, and up and down to fit within cut outs in a wall plate which is then attached to the wiring devices with screws. A time consuming and tedious job. This invention overcomes these deficiencies by providing wiring devices that have locating openings for engaging alignment pins located on a plate that is subsequently attached to a box.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Dennis A. Oddsen, Leslie Lindenstraus, Anthony Tufano, Steve Zacharevitz
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Publication number: 20070212953Abstract: The instant invention discloses a receptacle having a shape along the width of its face that is flat in one plane and along its length that has a constant radius. The shape of the face of the receptacle allows for the proper seating of an inserted plug. The shape of a wall plate around the receptacle along a section which runs along its vertical axis defines a surface of positive first differential and zero second differential, comprised of a combination of splines drawn between points of varying distance from a datum plane. The surface has zero second differential when the rate of height increase of individual splines is constant. When ganged with a switch, the front surface of the switch follows the shape of the cover plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Inventors: Leslie Lindenstraus, Steve Zacharevitz, Dennis Oddsen
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Patent number: 7247792Abstract: There is disclosed a wall plate with a single opening for receiving one or a gang of wiring devices within the single opening. The wall plate has along its vertical axis, a surface of positive first differential and zero second differential, comprised of a combination of splines drawn between points of varying distance from a datum plane. The surface has zero second differential when the rate of height increase of individual splines is constant. The wall plate, when composed of non-conducting material, has a conductive coating on its front surface, on its back surface or on both its front and back surfaces. When the wiring device is a switch, the surface of the switch face follows that of the wall plate. When the wiring device is a receptacle, the surface along the receptacle face is flat in one plane to allow for proper seating of an inserted plug.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2004Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Anthony Tufano, Dennis A. Oddsen, Leslie Lindenstraus, Steve Zacharevitz, Paul Endres
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Patent number: 7244891Abstract: There is disclosed a wall plate for a winning device. The wall plate has a single opening for receiving one or a gang of two or more wiring devices within the single opening. The wall plate has a long its vertical axis, a surface of positive first differential and zero second differential, comprised of a combination of splines drawn between points of varying distance from a datum plane. The surface has zero second differential when the rate of height increase of individual splines is constant. The wall plate, when composed of non-conducting material, has a conductive coating on its front surface, on its back surface or on both its front and back surfaces. When the wiring device is a switch, the surface of the switch face follows that of the wall plate. When the wiring device is a receptacle, the surface along the receptacle face is flat in one plane to allow for the proper seating of an inserted plug.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, Leslie Lindenstraus, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfit
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Patent number: 7230183Abstract: The instant invention overcomes the difficulties encountered with respect to mounting electrical wiring devices to a common box and then positioning the devices relative to each other prior to attaching a wall plate. Some of the difficulties encountered are positioning the wiring devices to be in alignment with each other, locating the wiring devices to be parallel to each other, adjusting the spacing between the different devices to be equal and uniform and fixing all of the devices to be flat against the wall. In the prior art, the wiring devices are first loosely attached to a box and then moved back and forth, and up and down to fit within cut outs in a wall plate which is then attached to the wiring devices with screws. A time consuming and tedious job. This invention overcomes these deficiencies by providing wiring devices that have locating openings for engaging alignment pins located on a plate that is subsequently attached to a box.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2006Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Dennis A. Oddsen, Leslie Lindenstraus, Anthony Tufano, Steve Zacharevitz
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Patent number: 7176380Abstract: There is disclosed structure which overcomes the difficulties encountered with respect to mounting wiring devices such as a receptacle and/or a switch to a box and then attaching a wall plate. Some of the difficulties encountered are positioning the wiring devices to be in alignment with each other, locating the wiring devices to be parallel to each other, adjusting the spacing between the different devices to be equal and uniform and fixing all of the devices to be flat against the wall. These deficiencies are overcome by an alignment plate having a single centrally located opening sized to receive one of more wiring devices and a set of alignment pins for each wiring device. Each set of alignment pins on the alignment plate is located on a vertical axis which defines the center for a wiring device and each wiring device has openings for frictionally receiving and holding captive a set of alignment pins.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2006Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Anthony Tufano, Dennis A. Oddsen, Leslie Lindenstraus, Steve Zacharevitz, Paul Endres
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Publication number: 20060201694Abstract: The instant invention discloses a receptacle where the surface of the face along its width is flat in one plane and along its length has a constant radius. The shape of the face of the receptacle allows for the proper seating of an inserted plug. The receptacle is adapter to be located in a wall plate having a vertical axis of positive first differential and zero second differential, comprised of a combination of splines drawn between points of varying distance from a datum plane and zero second differential when the rate of height increase of individual splines is constant. The receptacle can be placed next to a switch, the front face of which follows the shape of the wall plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Inventors: Leslie Lindenstraus, Steve Zacharevitz, Dennis Oddsen
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Patent number: 7086892Abstract: An electrical connector, such as one for receiving a plug, having at least two prongs for insertion into the connector, and having an electrical cable connected to the prongs of the plug and the connector in the usual way, includes a series circuit having an LED. The LED is located within the connector behind a window, and light from the LED provides a visual indication to a user that the connector is connected to a live circuit. The series circuit is located in a module that can be pre-assembled before being located within the connector and, when in the connector, the series circuit is electrically coupled directly to the contacts in the connector by means of spring contacts located in passageways in the module. Indexing means is provided for aligning the LED in the module with the window in the connector to insure that a user can see if the LED is on or off.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Mehmet K. Tanacan, Alfredo Arenas, Leslie Lindenstraus, Eusebio Brinas
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Publication number: 20060157265Abstract: There is disclosed structure which overcomes the difficulties encountered with respect to mounting wiring devices such as a receptacle and/or a switch to a box and then attaching a wall plate. Some of the difficulties encountered are positioning the wiring devices to be in alignment with each other, locating the wiring devices to be parallel to each other, adjusting the spacing between the different devices to be equal and uniform and fixing all of the devices to be flat against the wall. These deficiencies are overcome by an alignment plate having a single centrally located opening sized to receive one of more wiring devices and a set of alignment pins for each wiring device. Each set of alignment pins on the alignment plate is located on a vertical axis which defines the center for a wiring device and each wiring device has openings for frictionally receiving and holding captive a set of alignment pins.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2006Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Anthony Tufano, Dennis Oddsen, Leslie Lindenstraus, Steve Zacharevitz, Paul Endres
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Publication number: 20060137892Abstract: The instant invention overcomes the difficulties encountered with respect to mounting electrical wiring devices to a common box and then positioning the devices relative to each other prior to attaching a wall plate. Some of the difficulties encountered are positioning the wiring devices to be in alignment with each other, locating the wiring devices to be parallel to each other, adjusting the spacing between the different devices to be equal and uniform and fixing all of the devices to be flat against the wall. In the prior art, the wiring devices are first loosely attached to a box and then moved back and forth, and up and down to fit within cut outs in a wall plate which is then attached to the wiring devices with screws. A time consuming and tedious job. This invention overcomes these deficiencies by providing wiring devices that have locating openings for engaging alignment pins located on a plate that is subsequently attached to a box.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2006Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Dennis Oddsen, Leslie Lindenstraus, Anthony Tufano, Steve Zacharevitz
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Patent number: D529787Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Stanley R. Swiencicki, Paul Kadar, Denise Chan-Richter, Leslie Lindenstraus, Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfitt
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Patent number: D532288Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Denise Chan-Richter, Leslie Lindenstraus, Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfitt
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Patent number: D532376Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Edward Bazayev, Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, Leslie Lindenstraus, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfitt
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Patent number: D532678Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2005Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Denise Chan-Richter, Leslie Lindenstraus, Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfitt
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Patent number: D535254Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Edward Bazayev, Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, Leslie Lindenstraus, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfitt
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Patent number: D535255Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Edward Bazayev, Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, Leslie Lindenstraus, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfitt
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Patent number: D539118Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Denise Chan-Richter, Leslie Lindenstraus, Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfitt
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Patent number: D539119Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Denise Chan-Richter, Leslie Lindenstraus, Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfitt
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Patent number: D542223Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Edward Bazayev, Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, Leslie Lindenstraus, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfitt
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Patent number: D551625Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Pieter Loftus, Kenneth J. Brown, Gerd Schmieta, Michael Meyer, Dennis A. Oddsen, Anthony Tufano, Leslie Lindenstraus, James J. Sherman, Tim Langfitt