Patents by Inventor Rob A. Frei

Rob A. Frei 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: 6817733
    Abstract: A light for an industrial stringlight includes a cap having wire channels receiving insulated conductors. Non-interchangeable contact elements are placed in a screw-shell adapted to hold a lamp, and the cap and screw-shell are forced together. The cap is secured to the screw-shell, and insulation-piercing points on the contact elements establish electrical continuity with their associated conductors. The assembly is then overmolded for protection and sealing. A lamp guard is assembled to the overmold and has a bottom section hinged about a horizontal axis to permit replacing the lamp from beneath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Woodhead Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Rob A. Frei, Scott A. Hagen, Michael P. Mackin, Sheena Kantharia, Yih-Chyuan Chiou, Servando Cedillo
  • Publication number: 20020136008
    Abstract: A light for an industrial stringlight includes a cap having wire channels receiving insulated conductors. Non-interchangeable contact elements are placed in a screw-shell adapted to hold a lamp, and the cap and screw-shell are forced together. The cap is secured to the screw-shell, and insulation-piercing points on the contact elements establish electrical continuity with their associated conductors. The assembly is then overmolded for protection and sealing. A lamp guard is assembled to the overmold and has a bottom section hinged about a horizontal axis to permit replacing the lamp from beneath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: Woodhead Industries, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation)
    Inventors: Rob A. Frei, Scott A. Hagen, Michael P. Mackin, Sheena Kantharia, Yih-Chyuan Chiou, Servando Cedillo
  • Patent number: 5883364
    Abstract: The clean room heating jacket comprises an inner liner and an outer cover formed from flexible, static-dissipative, substantially particle-free fabric, an intermediate layer of resilient, substantially fiber-free insulative material and a flexible heating element disposed between the inner liner and the intermediate insulative layer. The inner liner, intermediate insulative layer and outer cover are configured to conform generally to the shape and size of the processing vessel for which the heating jacket is adapted. The jacket is of clamshell design wherein relatively opposing free edge portions are disposed in closely spaced relation to one another when the jacket is in a closed position and in generally planar, outwardly spaced relation to one another when the jacket is in an open position. A flap is attached to the outer cover in overlying relation to one of the free edge portions, and VELCROC.RTM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventors: Rob A. Frei, Heath Watson, Clark Garn, Steve Hall, Larry Marcum