Patents by Inventor Russell H. Powers

Russell H. Powers 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).

  • Stapler with guide
    Patent number: 7562801
    Abstract: A stapler includes a housing having a hand grip portion constructed and arranged to be manually grasped by an operator, a staple drive track disposed in the housing, a staple feed track leading to the staple drive track configured to guide staples toward the drive track, and a staple driver mounted within the staple drive track, the staple driver configured to drive staples into a workpiece. The stapler further includes a guide pivotally mounted in a body portion of the housing. The guide has an elongated member receiving region. The guide is configured to pivot between a stored position in which the guide is disposed within the housing and a deployed position in which the guide extends out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Timothy Lebeau, Russell H Powers
  • Device for sensing and locating objects hidden behind accessible surfaces of architectural structures
    Publication number: 20010007420
    Abstract: A hidden object sensor is described which senses and locates hidden objects hidden behind a surface of an architectural structure. The sensor includes sensing elements for sensing live wires behind the accessible surface, and separate sensing elements for respectively sensing metal and non-metallic objects behind the tested surface. A microprocessor alternates between the use of the various sensing elements and their associated circuits to detect live wires, metal objects, or wood studs. Visible and audible indicators are provided for indicating the device's mode of operation and the locations of sensed hidden objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Applicant: The Stanley Works
    Inventors: Viresh Bijawat, David L. Wakefield, Russell H. Powers
  • Hand-held hidden object sensor for sensing a location of objects hidden behind a surface of an architectural structure
    Patent number: 6211662
    Abstract: A hidden object sensor is described which senses and locates hidden objects hidden behind a surface of an architectural structure. The sensor includes sensing elements for sensing live wires behind the accessible surface, and separate sensing elements for respectively sensing metal and non-metallic objects behind the tested surface. A microprocessor alternates between the use of the various sensing elements and their associated circuits to detect live wires, metal objects, or wood studs. Visible and audible indicators are provided for indicating the device's mode of operation and the locations of sensed hidden objects. If a live wire is sensed, the processor may preclude an indication of a metal object or wood stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventors: Viresh Bijawat, David L. Wakefield, Russell H. Powers, Ronald Yim