Patents by Inventor Ralph W. Sutherland

Ralph W. Sutherland 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: 7083308
    Abstract: A luminaire housing transfers mechanical loads and stresses imparted by an electrical power supply through a bracket to a support, thereby preventing damage to the luminaire housing. The luminaire housing has an aperture that is adapted to receive the electrical power supply. A first fastener hole in the luminaire housing is adapted to receive a first fastener to secure the luminaire housing to the support. A bracket has a first opening aligned with the luminaire housing aperture and a second opening aligned with the first fastener hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Lewis W. Kenyon, Ralph W. Sutherland
  • Patent number: 5532911
    Abstract: A lighting fixture housing has a lamp cavity and two electrical sockets adjacent the opposite sides of the housing in the lamp cavity. Side barriers are adjacent the opposite sides and overlie the sockets such that each socket is located between a barrier and a housing side and is recessed behind the barrier by a distance. Lamp receiving openings in the barriers are coaxially aligned with the sockets to permit a lamp to extend through the openings and connect the lamp to the sockets. A channel in one barrier has a first portion extending along a peripheral edge of the barrier and a second portion extending from the first portion and terminating in the lamp receiving opening of the barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Ralph W. Sutherland