Patents by Inventor W. Richard Blake

W. Richard Blake 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).

  • Conduit securing means for a lighting fixture
    Patent number: 5041697
    Abstract: This lighting fixture enclosure comprises a back housing and an adjacent front housing separable from the back housing. The back housing includes a base; and the front housing includes a cavity in front of the base and a wall partially surrounding the cavity and terminating in a free end adjacent the base. The back housing includes a cradle on said base for receiving a peripheral portion of one end of a wire feed-through conduit. The front housing includes a notch in the free end of said wall for receiving another peripheral portion of the conduit. A projecting leg on said front-housing wall receives clamping means which, upon operation, forces the front housing toward the back-housing base, loading the leg in a bending mode, and also clamping the conduit end between said cradle and the wall portion bordering the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Warren Halper, W. Richard Blake
  • Exterior luminaire or similar article
    Patent number: D313483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Inventor: W. Richard Blake