Patents by Inventor Steven James Johnson

Steven James Johnson 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).

  • Publication number: 20250084639
    Abstract: A brace assembly for mounting an electrical box between support members, the brace assembly including a hangar body having a first end and a second end, an extension assembly operatively coupled to the first end of the hangar body, the extension assembly being selectively movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the hangar body and configured to lock when in the retracted position and when in the extended position, an adjustment member operatively coupled to the extension assembly such that the adjustment member can move axially relative to the extension assembly and a mounting bracket mounted to the brace assembly for releasably mounting the electrical box to the brace assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 12163333
    Abstract: A mounting assembly is provided for quick and easy attachment to engineered joists. The mounting assembly includes a brace assembly and a mounting bracket. The mounting assembly may also include an electrical box. The brace assembly is an adjustable member that extends between flanges of engineered ceiling joists. The brace assembly has two low profile end caps that can engage the flanges of engineered ceiling joists and apply a force against the flanges when tightened. The mounting bracket is connected to a hanger body of the brace assembly by a snap fit and the electrical box is attached to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240063620
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved electrical box and conduit support plates that allow for central mounting of an electrical box to a support plate and mounting of electrical conduits for suspended installations in various orientations. The support plate includes a body having a plurality of built-in offsets, a plurality of built-in hanger tabs, and a plurality of clip mounting apertures that may be arranged as pairs. Each built-in offset preferably has two side walls extending from the body and a mounting arm between the side walls. Each mounting arm includes a plurality of clamp mounting apertures used to attach a conduit clamp to the mounting arm. Each of the plurality of built-in hanger tabs are preferably bendable relative to the body. Box and conduit support kits that includes a body and a plurality of hanger clips are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 11837859
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved electrical box and conduit support plates that allow for central mounting of an electrical box to a support plate and mounting of electrical conduits for suspended installations in various orientations. The support plate includes a body having a plurality of built-in offsets, a plurality of built-in hanger tabs, and a plurality of clip mounting apertures that may be arranged as pairs. Each built-in offset preferably has two side walls extending from the body and a mounting arm between the side walls. Each mounting arm includes a plurality of clamp mounting apertures used to attach a conduit clamp to the mounting arm. Each of the plurality of built-in hanger tabs are preferably bendable relative to the body. Box and conduit support kits that includes a body and a plurality of hanger clips are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Steven James Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230300998
    Abstract: An electrical box assembly is provided that includes an electrical box and a bracket connected to the electrical box with the bracket being configured to mount the electrical box to a stud, a brace assembly, in a gang application, or, when the electrical box is a first electrical box and the bracket is a first bracket that is mounted to a first side of the stud, a second bracket connected to a second electrical box can be mounted to a second side of the stud at the same time that the first bracket is mounted to the first side of the stud so that at least a portion of the first bracket is at the same height of at least a portion of the second bracket on the stud. A flat blank for a brace is additionally provided that includes a middle portion connected between a first strip and a second strip, a first cutout being formed between the first strip and the middle portion, and a second cutout being between the second strip and the middle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Victor BERISTANY, Krzysztof Wojciech KORCZ, Steven James JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20230141158
    Abstract: A mounting assembly is provided for quick and easy attachment to engineered joists. The mounting assembly includes a brace assembly and a mounting bracket. The mounting assembly may also include an electrical box. The brace assembly is an adjustable member that extends between flanges of engineered ceiling joists. The brace assembly has two low profile end caps that can engage the flanges of engineered ceiling joists and apply a force against the flanges when tightened. The mounting bracket is connected to a hanger body of the brace assembly by a snap fit and the electrical box is attached to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230138590
    Abstract: A non-fan rated ceiling junction box is provided. The junction box includes a main body, an outlet, and fasteners that connect the outlet in the main body. The fasteners have a feature selected from a group consisting of: non-removable, removable only using a non-standard tool, inaccessible without a special tool, positioned on the main body so as to be inaccessible when installed, and any combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 11581718
    Abstract: Electrical box assemblies are provided that have a support that is adjustable to different sizes. The electrical box assemblies provided also include a cable support that moves from a shipping position to an installed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 11536029
    Abstract: A mounting assembly is provided for quick and easy attachment to engineered joists. The mounting assembly includes a brace assembly and a mounting bracket. The mounting assembly may also include an electrical box. The brace assembly is an adjustable member that extends between flanges of engineered ceiling joists. The brace assembly has two low profile end caps that can engage the flanges of engineered ceiling joists and apply a force against the flanges when tightened. The mounting bracket is connected to a hanger body of the brace assembly by a snap fit and the electrical box is attached to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Publication number: 20220302690
    Abstract: An electrical box assembly having an electrical box and a cable connector is provided. The cable connector includes a mounting bracket cable retaining member and a cable stop. The mounting bracket is secured to or integral with a side wall of the electrical box. The cable retaining member is secured to the mounting bracket and has a cable gripping portion extending into a cable receiving zone of the box. The cable stop extends from a bottom wall of the electrical box into the cable receiving zone. The cable stop permits one or more electrical wires from an electrical cable to pass through the cable stop while blocking sheathing of the electrical cable from passing through the cable stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 11387639
    Abstract: An electrical box assembly having an electrical box and a cable connector is provided. The cable connector includes a mounting bracket cable retaining member and a cable stop. The mounting bracket is secured to or integral with a side wall of the electrical box. The cable retaining member is secured to the mounting bracket and has a cable gripping portion extending into a cable receiving zone of the box. The cable stop extends from a bottom wall of the electrical box into the cable receiving zone. The cable stop permits one or more electrical wires from an electrical cable to pass through the cable stop while blocking sheathing of the electrical cable from passing through the cable stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Steven James Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210320485
    Abstract: Electrical box assemblies are provided that have a support that is adjustable to different sizes. The electrical box assemblies provided also include a cable support that moves from a shipping position to an installed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210218236
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved electrical box and conduit support plates that allow for central mounting of an electrical box to a support plate and mounting of electrical conduits for suspended installations in various orientations. The support plate includes a body having a plurality of built-in offsets, a plurality of built-in hanger tabs, and a plurality of clip mounting apertures that may be arranged as pairs. Each built-in offset preferably has two side walls extending from the body and a mounting arm between the side walls. Each mounting arm includes a plurality of clamp mounting apertures used to attach a conduit clamp to the mounting arm. Each of the plurality of built-in hanger tabs are preferably bendable relative to the body. Box and conduit support kits that includes a body and a plurality of hanger clips are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 11025043
    Abstract: An adjustable mud ring assembly is provided that includes a base plate, a movable ring, and an indexing screw con-figured to move the movable ring with respect to the base plate between a first position and a second position. The base plate has a junction box connecting portion, a support connecting portion, and a stationary ring. The base plate can have an offset distance (D2) between the junction box connecting portion and the sup-port connecting portion where the offset distance is sufficient to allow the movable ring to move into stationary ring to the first position without protruding, at a lowermost point, into a junction box connected to the junction box connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Krzysztof Wojceich Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210148117
    Abstract: A mounting assembly is provided for quick and easy attachment to engineered joists. The mounting assembly includes a brace assembly and a mounting bracket. The mounting assembly may also include an electrical box. The brace assembly is an adjustable member that extends between flanges of engineered ceiling joists. The brace assembly has two low profile end caps that can engage the flanges of engineered ceiling joists and apply a force against the flanges when tightened. The mounting bracket is connected to a hanger body of the brace assembly by a snap fit and the electrical box is attached to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 10673219
    Abstract: An electrical box assemblies and cable connectors are provided. The cable connectors include a frame and a cable retaining member releasably secured to the frame. The cable retaining members releasably secure an electrical cable to an electrical box by engaging the sheathing of the electrical cable. The electrical box assembly includes an electrical box and at least one cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Krzysztof W. Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 10644491
    Abstract: An electrical box assemblies and cable connectors are provided. The cable connectors include a frame and a cable retaining member releasably secured to the frame. The cable retaining members releasably secure an electrical cable to an electrical box by engaging the sheathing of the electrical cable. The electrical box assembly includes an electrical box and at least one cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Krzysztof W. Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 10559922
    Abstract: A connector for connecting control conductors provided in conduits also containing power conductors, the connector including a first guide for receiving a first at least one control conductor provided in a first conduit also containing at least one power conductor, a second guide for receiving a second at least one control conductor provided in a second conduit also containing at least one power conductor, at least one jumper for electrically connecting the first at least one control conductor and the second at least one control conductor and a housing for containing the first guide, second guide and the at least one jumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven James Johnson, Jason Peter Thomas
  • Patent number: D933021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: D952570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Steven James Johnson