Patents by Inventor Vernon Perkins

Vernon Perkins 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: 9431808
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting an electrical conduit to a wall of a junction box having an opening therein and having edges surrounding the opening. The connector includes a connector body defining a conduit-supporting passageway having a conduit central axis, a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall extending between the proximal and distal ends, the distal end formed with a locating collar substantially encircling the connector body, the locating collar functioning to engage the edges of the opening in the junction box. The connector further includes a pressure lock mechanism for selectively and removably securing the connector body to the opening in the junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Vernon Perkins
  • Patent number: 5789706
    Abstract: An electrical cable to utilization device quick connector that quickly and securely connects an electrical cable to a utilization device from the exterior of the utilization device without having to access the interior of the utilization device to turn a locking nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Inventor: Vernon Perkins