Patents by Inventor Thomas D. Hirt

Thomas D. Hirt 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: 7368882
    Abstract: A protection circuit for an HID dimming circuit is provided. A resistive component limits the initial current after a relay closes and current flows from a charged capacitor to a second capacitor. An inductive component limits the rate of change of current through the circuit. A voltage limited device limits voltage across the contacts of a solid state relay. The circuit is preferably formed in a small module that is adapted to be plugged into an HID lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher A. Hudson, Thomas D. Hirt
  • Patent number: 7129653
    Abstract: A protection circuit for an HID dimming circuit is provided. A resistive component limits the initial current after a relay closes and current flows from a charged capacitor to a second capacitor. An inductive component limits the rate of change of current through the circuit. A voltage limited device limits voltage across the contacts of a solid state relay. The circuit is preferably formed in a small module that is adapted to be plugged into an HID lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher A. Hudson, Thomas D. Hirt
  • Patent number: 5201157
    Abstract: A pole top cover assembly includes a generally flat cover plate adapted to overlie an open top end of a tubular hollow pole, an elongated arcuate-shaped bracket formed of yieldably resilient, semi-rigid, semi-flexible deformable material and being disposable along one side of the cover plate, and an elongated fastener rotatably mounted through both an aperture in the cover plate and a hole in the bracket and having external threads threadably engaged with portions of the plate and bracket which form the respective aperture and hole thereof. Rotation of the fastener in one direction relative to the cover plate and bracket causes the arcuate-shaped bracket to engage the plate and to deform and draw toward the one side of the cover plate and thereby expand in length and forcibly engage at opposite ends with portions of an interior surface of the hollow tubular pole so as to retain the cover plate on the pole top end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerry F. Thornton, Thomas D. Hirt
  • Patent number: 4162779
    Abstract: A light fixture mounting device is disclosed wherein a service outlet box has a mounting adaptor with light fixture suspension means providing temporary suspension of a light fixture during installation and connection of the electrical wiring and subsequent maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1979
    Assignee: The Miller Company
    Inventors: Frank Van Steenhoven, Thomas D. Hirt