Patents by Inventor Stephen Skeels

Stephen Skeels 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: 11513154
    Abstract: A system is provided including a current sensor arranged to sense current drawn by an electric motor of a powered device through an AC power line from a power supply and provide current data related to the powered device; a monitoring device arranged to receive the current data from the electrical sensor, the monitoring device including a controller processing the current data to obtain performance data associated with the powered device, the performance data relating to load applied to the electric motor; a data communication device communicating with the monitoring device and arranged to receive the performance data associated with the powered device; and a computing device including a graphical user interface, the computer device receiving a user's selection of the powered device from a list of powered devices and presenting the performance data to the user via the graphical user interface in response to the user's selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Pasquino, Lara Kudryk-Traska, Dalton S. Dawkins, Raymond D. Brubaker, Grzegorz J. Kwiatkowski, Joshua M. Hooks, Stephen Skeels, Richard B. Lewis
  • Patent number: 9091289
    Abstract: A fastener having a clamp head which has a clamp with a clamp angle in a range of from 75 degrees to greater than 30 degrees. A nail having a clamp head which has a clamp with a clamp angle in a range of from 75 degrees to greater than 25 degrees. A nail stick having a collation angle which has a value greater than 25 degrees. A method of manufacturing a nail stick having a step of punching a collated band of wires to create clamp heads having clamps which respectively have a clamp angles in a range of from 60 degrees to 40 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: STANLEY FASTENING SYSTEMS, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen Skeels, Richard Waterman
  • Patent number: 8783671
    Abstract: A clamp includes a first jaw, a second jaw, a first connection, a second connection, and an actuator. The first jaw and the second jaw include a first clamp surface and a second clamp surface, respectively. The first connection operatively connects the first jaw to the second jaw in a manner that permits relative movement between the first jaw and the second jaw. The second connection is operatively connected between the first jaw and the second jaw. The actuator is configured to shorten a length of the second connection to thereby reduce a relative distance between the first clamp surface and the second clamp surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Ranieri, Stephen Rowlay, Robert Christie, Stephen Skeels
  • Publication number: 20110221110
    Abstract: A clamp includes a first jaw, a second jaw, a first connection, a second connection, and an actuator. The first jaw and the second jaw include a first clamp surface and a second clamp surface, respectively. The first connection operatively connects the first jaw to the second jaw in a manner that permits relative movement between the first jaw and the second jaw. The second connection is operatively connected between the first jaw and the second jaw. The actuator is configured to shorten a length of the second connection to thereby reduce a relative distance between the first clamp surface and the second clamp surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Ranieri, Stephen Rowlay, Robert Christie, Stephen Skeels