Patents by Inventor Robert U. Connell

Robert U. Connell 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: 10995486
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a load transfer plate and load transfer plate pocket that co-act to transfer vertical or substantially vertical loads from one concrete slab to the adjacent slab in an enhanced manner by optimizing the positions of the load transfer plate relative to the adjacent concrete slabs for load transfers between the adjacent concrete slabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel K. Parkes, Robert U. Connell, David Graham Barnes, Nicholas Francis Jolly
  • Publication number: 20200199864
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a load transfer plate and load transfer plate pocket that co-act to transfer vertical or substantially vertical loads from one concrete slab to the adjacent slab in an enhanced manner by optimizing the positions of the load transfer plate relative to the adjacent concrete slabs for load transfers between the adjacent concrete slabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Nigel K. Parkes, Robert U. Connell, David Graham Barnes, Nicholas Francis Jolly
  • Patent number: 10590643
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a load transfer plate and load transfer plate pocket that co-act to transfer vertical or substantially vertical loads from one concrete slab to the adjacent slab in an enhanced manner by optimizing the positions of the load transfer plate relative to the adjacent concrete slabs for load transfers between the adjacent concrete slabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel K. Parkes, Robert U. Connell, David Graham Barnes, Nicholas Francis Jolly
  • Patent number: 10533292
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a load transfer plate including a non-symmetrically shaped body having a semi-cylindrical first portion configured to protrude into and be secured in the first cast-in-place concrete slab and a non-semi cylindrical second portion configured to protrude into a load transfer plate pocket secured in the second cast-in-place concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel K. Parkes, Robert U. Connell
  • Patent number: 10119281
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provides a joint edge assembly and a reusable multiple position height adjuster and method of positioning and installing joint edge assembly and the reusable multiple position height adjuster for forming two adjacent concrete slabs and a joint between such adjacent concrete slabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Robert U. Connell
  • Publication number: 20180171629
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a load transfer plate including a non-symmetrically shaped body having a semi-cylindrical first portion configured to protrude into and be secured in the first cast-in-place concrete slab and a non-semi cylindrical second portion configured to protrude into a load transfer plate pocket secured in the second cast-in-place concrete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Nigel K. Parkes, Robert U. Connell
  • Publication number: 20180148927
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a curb wall forming apparatus and method for forming a curb wall without causing damage to the adjacent concrete floor. In various embodiments, the curb wall forming apparatus includes one or more floor plates, one or more curb side wall forming panel supports, one or more stanchions, one or more end plates, one or more wall attachment plates, and one or more curb side wall forming panels which are used together to enable a curb wall to be formed. These components can be used together to enable a curb wall to be formed on a floor adjacent to an upstanding wall without causing damage to the wall or the area of the floor adjacent to the formed curb wall. The floor plates, the curb side wall forming panel supports, the stanchions, the end plates, and the wall attachment plates remain as part of the formed curb wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventor: Robert U. Connell
  • Patent number: 9982432
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a curb wall forming apparatus and method for forming a curb wall without causing damage to the adjacent concrete floor. In various embodiments, the curb wall forming apparatus includes one or more floor plates, one or more curb side wall forming panel supports, one or more stanchions, one or more end plates, one or more wall attachment plates, and one or more curb side wall forming panels which are used together to enable a curb wall to be formed. These components can be used together to enable a curb wall to be formed on a floor adjacent to an upstanding wall without causing damage to the wall or the area of the floor adjacent to the formed curb wall. The floor plates, the curb side wall forming panel supports, the stanchions, the end plates, and the wall attachment plates remain as part of the formed curb wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Robert U. Connell
  • Publication number: 20180135297
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a load transfer plate and load transfer plate pocket that co-act to transfer vertical or substantially vertical loads from one concrete slab to the adjacent slab in an enhanced manner by optimizing the positions of the load transfer plate relative to the adjacent concrete slabs for load transfers between the adjacent concrete slabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Nigel K. Parkes, Robert U. Connell, David Graham Barnes, Nicholas Francis Jolly
  • Patent number: 9879422
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a curb wall forming apparatus and method for forming a curb wall without causing damage to the adjacent concrete floor. In various embodiments, the curb wall forming apparatus includes one or more floor plates, one or more curb side wall forming panel supports, one or more stanchions, one or more end plates, one or more wall attachment plates, and one or more curb side wall forming panels which are used together to enable a curb wall to be formed. These components can be used together to enable a curb wall to be formed on a floor adjacent to an upstanding wall without causing damage to the wall or the area of the floor adjacent to the formed curb wall. The floor plates, the curb side wall forming panel supports, the stanchions, the end plates, and the wall attachment plates remain as part of the formed curb wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Robert U. Connell
  • Publication number: 20170321439
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provides a joint edge assembly and a reusable multiple position height adjuster and method of positioning and installing joint edge assembly and the reusable multiple position height adjuster for forming two adjacent concrete slabs and a joint between such adjacent concrete slabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Robert U. Connell
  • Publication number: 20170107714
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a curb wall forming apparatus and method for forming a curb wall without causing damage to the adjacent concrete floor. In various embodiments, the curb wall forming apparatus includes one or more floor plates, one or more curb side wall forming panel supports, one or more stanchions, one or more end plates, one or more wall attachment plates, and one or more curb side wall forming panels which are used together to enable a curb wall to be formed. These components can be used together to enable a curb wall to be formed on a floor adjacent to an upstanding wall without causing damage to the wall or the area of the floor adjacent to the formed curb wall. The floor plates, the curb side wall forming panel supports, the stanchions, the end plates, and the wall attachment plates remain as part of the formed curb wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Robert U. Connell
  • Publication number: 20160069066
    Abstract: In one aspect, a cast-in-place anchor apparatus is provided and includes a member configured to be cast into and unmovable relative to a substrate, and an anchor member coupled to and moveable relative to the member. The anchor member is configured to anchor an object relative to the substrate. In one aspect, the anchor member is moveable along two axes. In one aspect, the anchor member is moveable along three axes of a three-dimensional coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Robert U. Connell, Justin C. McMath, Richard J. Ernst