Patents by Inventor Ryan Crouthamel

Ryan Crouthamel 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).

  • Open back box with ground screw bump
    Patent number: 8779284
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides for an electrical device housing that includes a protrusion, or bump, for securing a electrical ground wire to the housing. The housing may include a plurality of walls defining an interior space for housing the electrical device, including at least one side wall and a back wall orthogonal to the at least one side wall. The back wall may include an opening configured to allow access to the interior space of the housing. A protrusion may extend forward from the back wall into the interior space of the housing, and may include a mounting surface offset from the back wall in a direction toward the interior space of the housing, and a hole formed in the mounting surface for receiving a fastener to secure a ground wire to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: William Wagner, John Mure, Ryan Crouthamel
  • OPEN BACK BOX WITH GROUND SCREW BUMP
    Publication number: 20120067612
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides for an electrical device housing that includes a protrusion, or bump, for securing a electrical ground wire to the housing. The housing may include a plurality of walls defining an interior space for housing the electrical device, including at least one side wall and a back wall orthogonal to the at least one side wall. The back wall may include an opening configured to allow access to the interior space of the housing. A protrusion may extend forward from the back wall into the interior space of the housing, and may include a mounting surface offset from the back wall in a direction toward the interior space of the housing, and a hole formed in the mounting surface for receiving a fastener to secure a ground wire to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: William Wagner, John Mure, Ryan Crouthamel
  • Open back box with ground screw bump
    Patent number: D679252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: William Wagner, Ryan Crouthamel, John Mure