With Closure For Face Plate Opening Patents (Class 174/67)
  • Patent number: 11955795
    Abstract: A storage compartment is provided. The device includes a housing unit with a door. The housing unit is designed to be concealed within a wall. The housing unit is secured to the wall by a plurality of fasteners. The door is pivotally connected to the housing unit via a plurality of hinges. The door provides access to an interior volume of the housing unit. The door includes more than one spring-loaded latch that secures the door to the housing unit. A plurality of electrical outlets is disposed on the interior walls of the housing unit. A recessed area of the housing unit provides a storage area for electrical cords, surge protectors, and other items. The door includes an aperture that allows for electrical cords within the storage area to be accessed when the door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Edward Gerald Orsak, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11956911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bottom part (1) of an enclosure, comprising a bottom (2) and a locking member to attach a cover (8) to the bottom part To allow the use of the same bottom part (1) with covers (8) of different kinds, and for the bottom part to allow the opening direction of the cover to be changed, the first wall (3) of the bottom part comprises a locking member (30a1) which comprises a form-locking piece (7b) which is detachably adapted in a recess in the first wall (3) of the bottom part (1), and a second wall of the bottom part, which is opposite to the first wall, comprises a locking member (40a1) which comprises a form-locking piece detachably adapted in a recess in the second wall, whereby the locking member (30a1) of the first wall (3) is diametrically located opposite to the locking member (40a1) of the second wall, and the form-locking pieces (7b) comprise a planar outer surface which is in the same plane as the outer surface of said walls of the bottom part to which walls the form-locking
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FIBOX OY AB
    Inventor: Kenneth Weber
  • Patent number: 11950385
    Abstract: A veneer for a wall-mounted keypad may include indicia that are laser cut therethrough and that are representative of functions that may be performed by the keypad. The veneer may include a recess that extends into an inner surface of the veneer, proximate to the indicia. The recess may be shaped such that a perceived aesthetic of an outer surface of the veneer is preserved during formation of the indicia. The recess may for example have an organic shape defined by a curved outer perimeter that does not define any corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy Vinokurov, Daniel C. Raneri, Alexander W. Gage
  • Patent number: 11942725
    Abstract: A tamper resistant nightlight for placement in an electrical receptacle, the nightlight includes a body that has a base with an LED circuit and plug blades extending from the body. A housing includes a locking element configured to restrict a child from removing the nightlight from the electrical receptacle through a flange that extends away from the body to be positioned behind a rear surface of an electrical wall plate associated with the electrical receptacle to prevent the tamper resistant nightlight from being removed from the electrical receptacle while the electrical wall plate is coupled to the electrical receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Titan3 Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11923639
    Abstract: A tamper resistant nightlight for placement in an electrical receptacle, the nightlight includes a body that has a base with an LED circuit and plug blades extending from the body. A housing includes a locking element configured to restrict a child from removing the nightlight from the electrical receptacle through a flange that extends away from the body to be positioned behind a rear surface of an electrical wall plate associated with the electrical receptacle to prevent the tamper resistant nightlight from being removed from the electrical receptacle while the electrical wall plate is coupled to the electrical receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Titan3 Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11901664
    Abstract: A safety plug assembly includes a connector configured to be inserted behind a front plate of an electrical outlet. The connector comprises a first body member including a central axis, a first side, and a second side radially opposite the first side with respect to the central axis. The first body member includes a ramped surface that extends from the first side to an abutment surface. A thickness of the first body member tapers when moving along the ramped surface from the abutment surface toward the first side. In addition, the safety plug assembly includes a safety plug coupled to the connector. The safety plug comprises a plug member that is configured to be inserted within a contact opening of the electrical outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Besvin, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter J. Colvonen
  • Patent number: 11876361
    Abstract: A horizontal surface cover with a cover plate, at least one opening, and at least one access door. The cover plate is configured to cover an electrical device within an electrical box. The at least one opening extends through the cover plate and is sized to allow access to the electrical device through the at least one opening. The at least one access door is sized and shaped to fit within the at least one opening, and has a hinge with a hinge axis. The at least one access door is configured to translate along the hinge axis and rotate about the hinge axis to move between a closed position and an open position. The at least one access door is aligned with and inside of the at least one opening when in the closed position, and is misaligned with the at least one opening when in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Titan3 Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin
  • Patent number: 11840867
    Abstract: A utility meter assembly having a base that is secured to a front cover. The assembly includes a dual locking system having a first locking position and a second locking position. In the first locking position, the front cover is removably secured with the base. In the second locking position, the front cover is permanently secured with the base to prevent separation of the two components unless one or both components are destroyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bahadur Singh Rathore, Nikhil Tanwani
  • Patent number: 11823812
    Abstract: A wire end of a wire harness is protected. The wire harness includes a wire bundle and a connector connected therewith. The wire bundle includes the wire end, and the wire end includes a bent portion and faces the connector. First, a sheet member is folded perpendicularly to a wire lead-out surface of the connector, thereby forming, concurrently, counter sides facing the wire lead-out surface, side surface covering portions, and a tip end protection portion. Next, the side surface covering portions are folded along a top protection portion formation portion, thereby forming, concurrently, side surface protection portions, a top protection portion and an extending portion. Next, a wire end protection portion is secured, with a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or the like, to a wire bundle portion while the relative position of the counter sides with respect to the wire lead-out surface is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumiko Kasugai, Takuya Fujimura, Tomoya Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11811208
    Abstract: An outlet cover designed to prevent airborne contaminants from entering electrical outlets. The outlet cover is formed with an upper section that includes a lip portion and a top portion, a front section attached to the top portion of the upper section, a right-side section attached to the front section and the upper section, and a left-side section attached to the front section and the upper section. The lip portion extends downward and is positioned generally parallel to the front section. The right-side section is planar shaped comprising right-side bottom side, right-side front side, right-side back side, and right-side top side. Likewise, the left-side section is planar shaped comprising left-side bottom side, left-side front side, left-side back side, and left-side top side. The top portion of the upper section slants downward and towards the front section of the outlet cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Grease Armor USA, Inc.
    Inventor: James Fabiszewski
  • Patent number: 11811207
    Abstract: Various components and subcomponents of a pluggable modular system for electrical junction boxes are described herein. In various embodiments, a jbox interface chassis is configured to be wired and fastened within an electrical junction box to provide a hot-swappable pluggable interface between the wires in the electrical junction box and each of a plurality of hot-swappable pluggable modular devices. The jbox interface chassis may include a front pluggable interface configured to electrically mate with a corresponding rear pluggable interface on a casing of each pluggable modular device. As an example, the jbox interface chassis may include a plurality of slots or holes to receive a corresponding plurality of blades or pins on the casing of each pluggable modular device. Additionally, device adapters are described herein to convert a wide variety of legacy electrical devices into pluggable modular devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony James Booyse, Samuel Esteban Albornoz, Robert Thomas Berry, Andrea Diane Booyse
  • Patent number: 11784477
    Abstract: A weather-resistant electrical device enclosure that includes a base defining an interior and a rear wall for being mounted to a supporting structure, at least one opening in the rear wall for receiving an insert plate having an electrical device opening for receiving an electrical device, a forwardly-facing access opening for accessing the interior of the base, and a peripheral front rim surrounding the access opening remote from the rear wall of the base. A cover is pivotally-mounted in relation to the base and movable between a closed position and an open position. The cover includes a peripheral cover flange terminating at an outer edge extending around the cover and outwardly from the peripheral front rim of the base when in the closed position to define a parametrical water-deflecting overhang.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NSi Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Allen John Ustianowski
  • Patent number: 11767948
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wall mount bracket having an adjustable receiving area to engage and hold multiports of varying sizes. In some embodiments, the bracket comprises: an attachment plate; a pivot plate coupled to the attachment plate; an adjustable plate coupled to the pivot plate to define a receiving area, wherein the adjustable plate adjustably couples to the pivot plate such that a width of the receiving area can be adjusted to accommodate different size multiports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventor: Dayne Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11749932
    Abstract: A weatherproof electrical cover for an electrical outlet having an electrical cover plate has a base having an open back surface. An opening is formed in a front surface of the base. A lid is hingly coupled to a front surface of the base. A securing device attaches the base over the electrical cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Roy Brownell
  • Patent number: 11735863
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing body with a peripheral region and a central region. A hinge support protrudes from the housing body. A curved wall portion extends outward from the central region. A lid has a hollow portion arranged for rotation with respect to the hinge support. A spring or resilient member is configured to bias the lid in a closed state against an electrical socket with one or more electrically conductive terminals in an interior of the electrical socket. A slider is arranged to slide radially along the curved wall portion between an open position and a closed position, where the closed position holds the lid in the closed state and where the open position allows the lid to be rotationally raised or flipped upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Gregory K. Harmelink, Patrick R. Brandt, Vince Segal, Antoine P. Duval, Jay A. Mosbrucker
  • Patent number: 11708551
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus and method of improving temperature uniformity and suppressing well plate warping. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a barrier configured to be positioned above at least one well configured to contain a liquid sample, where a vessel includes the at least one well, where the vessel is transparent and is configured to be placed within a measurement chamber, where a light measurement apparatus includes the measurement chamber, where the light measurement apparatus is configured to measure light scattered from the liquid sample, where the barrier is configured to seal the at least one well from the measurement chamber, and a weighted lid configured to press a bottom surface of the vessel against a well plate retainer of the measurement chamber, thereby spreading heat among the at least one well and preventing the vessel from warping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: WYATT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven P. Trainoff, Shiva Ramini
  • Patent number: 11695238
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a connector head assembly for an electrical cable attached to one or more receptacle connectors. The connector head assembly may include an elongate overmold having a longitudinal extent that is longer than a height or width thereof. The elongate overmold may be configured to encase a terminal end of the electrical cable coupled to the one or more receptacle connectors inside the elongate overmold. The connector head assembly may also include a pull tab pivotally attached to the elongate overmold on an upper surface thereof. A pulling force applied to the pull tab may be configured to separate the receptacle connector from a receptacle in which the receptacle connector is configured to be held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: VEEA INC.
    Inventors: Robert Migliorino, Michael Mirabella, Shaun Joseph Greaney, Michael Liccone
  • Patent number: 11683897
    Abstract: A veneer for a wall-mounted keypad may include indicia that are laser cut therethrough and that are representative of functions that may be performed by the keypad. The veneer may include a recess that extends into an inner surface of the veneer, proximate to the indicia. The recess may be shaped such that a perceived aesthetic of an outer surface of the veneer is preserved during formation of the indicia. The recess may for example have an organic shape defined by a curved outer perimeter that does not define any corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy Vinokurov, Daniel C. Raneri, Alexander W. Gage
  • Patent number: 11682887
    Abstract: Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to enclosures, such as, electrical enclosures, for example, explosion-proof enclosures, and including advantageous features and methods usable with such enclosures. Disclosed features and techniques relate to: an enclosure fastening device; a visual indicator; an enclosure handling assist arrangement; a control handle; and a reset controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Adam Douglas Ledgerwood, Terry Lee Tuper, Graig Edmund DeCarr
  • Patent number: 11666045
    Abstract: The submersible light apparatus is a device that can provide a wireless and/or corded portable battery-operated underwater light that can provide light in multiple directions as well as attract marine life simultaneously. To that end, the device includes a center structure that houses associated electric circuitry that can power all the light sources of the device. Further, the device includes a chum (fish feed) housing, that is mounted around the center housing, and can disperse fish feed when submersed in water. The device may further include a retrieving line and a bridle that enables a user to pull the light from under water or from farther distances. Furthermore, the device includes a charging port and a switch that enables to turn the lights on/off or dim the lights. Additionally, the device includes a spherical transparent cover that provides a convenient and aesthetically pleasing protective covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Joseph Marques
  • Patent number: 11658445
    Abstract: A cord management device securable to objects lacking a cord management system. An embodiment includes a flexible substratum on which two outwardly facing hooks are secured in a longitudinally spaced manner. An embodiment further includes a receptacle adapted to receiving and temporarily house the prongs on an electrical cord. The flexible substratum preferably includes an adhesive, magnet, or fastener to temporarily or permanently secure the device to objects. The device is thereby attachable to an object to aid in the securement of an electrical cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Brian M. Aumiller
  • Patent number: 11652312
    Abstract: An indoor electrical wall outlet cover permitting functional use of an electrical wall outlet while concealing the plug contact openings of the outlet. The cover has a functional electrical plug that inserts into the wall outlet and is connected to an extended electrical cord having at its distal end a direct connection to a small appliance, lamp, or electronic device for indirect use of the wall outlet. In one embodiment, the cover is essentially featureless in outward appearance, and when positioned over the wall outlet, the cover fully hides the wall outlet from view. The functional electrical plug has electrical connection pins that are bent at a angle enabling the cover to function without extending any significant degree outward of the wall outlet, so that furniture or the connected appliance, lamp, or device may be positioned effectively flush against the wall in front of the covered wall outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Socket Soluons, LLC
    Inventor: Michael George Insalaco
  • Patent number: 11644137
    Abstract: A cover for a connector, wherein the cover is adapted to be locateable over at least a portion of the connector, and wherein the connector has a fluid pathway formed therethrough. The connector has a first portion and a second portion, and wherein, when the cover is located over the portion of the connector, ingress of impurities into the fluid pathway is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: IAMADILLO PTY LTD
    Inventor: Darren John Dillon
  • Patent number: 11626261
    Abstract: A mounting frame may be configured as a self-adjusting mounting frame that biases itself against a surface of structure. The mounting frame may be a component, for example, of a remote control device or a faceplate assembly. The mounting frame may be configured to bias a rear surface of the mounting frame against the surface of a structure. The mounting frame may include biasing members. Each biasing member may include an attachment portion and a pair of resilient spring arms that suspend the attachment portion relative to a perimeter wall of the mounting frame such that the attachment portion is spaced further from the rear surface of the mounting frame than locations where the spring arms extend from the mounting frame. The rear surface of the mounting frame may be defined by the perimeter wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Dimberg, Matthew Philip McDonald
  • Patent number: 11624210
    Abstract: A utility meter assembly having a base that is secured to a front cover. The assembly includes a dual locking system having a first locking position and a second locking position. In the first locking position, the front cover is removably secured with the base. In the second locking position, the front cover is permanently secured with the base to prevent separation of the two components unless one or both components are destroyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LANDIS+GYR INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Bahadur Singh Rathore, Nikhil Tanwani
  • Patent number: 11594867
    Abstract: An enclosure assembly for isolating an electrical interface includes a cover plate adapted to frame the electrical interface or a box form having an open end leaving open access to the electrical interface, and a dome cover dimensionally and geometrically adapted to connect to the cover plate or box form via a pair of materially flexible, locking tabs having thicker interfacing edges and thinner tab bodies spaced-apart and aligning with a pair of connector through slots on the cover plate or box form, the cover dome lock able to the cover plate or box form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Yuanli Shentu
  • Patent number: 11588310
    Abstract: A horizontal surface cover with a cover plate, at least one opening, and at least one access door. The cover plate is configured to cover an electrical device within an electrical box. The at least one opening extends through the cover plate and is sized to allow access to the electrical device through the at least one opening. The at least one access door is sized and shaped to fit within the at least one opening, and has a hinge with a hinge axis. The at least one access door is configured to translate along the hinge axis and rotate about the hinge axis to move between a closed position and an open position. The at least one access door is aligned with and inside of the at least one opening when in the closed position, and is misaligned with the at least one opening when in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Titan3 Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin
  • Patent number: 11584586
    Abstract: A storage container with a drain feature is disclosed. In one embodiment, the storage container includes an inner compartment having a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls, a vertical post extending from the bottom wall, the vertical post having at least one opening formed on a front side, and at least one latch rod formed on a back side, and a drain feature positioned the back side of the vertical post, the drain feature including a guard, a ramp, and a sump. The drain feature interacts with the at least one latch rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: WERNER CO.
    Inventors: Sang Oh, Michael Gong, Robert A. Bergum, Jose R. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11569645
    Abstract: Disclosed is a while-in-use cover assembly for an electric wire box, having: a base having a front surface and a bottom surface; a lid that selectively covers the base front surface, wherein a first geometric shape is formed by a top profile of the lid, and the while-in-use cover assembly is confined to the first geometric shape when closed; and a ball-joint connecting the lid and the base, wherein the lid can pivot relative to the base, about the ball-joint, for positioning the lid against the base and away from the base, wherein: when the lid is positioned against the base the while-in-use cover assembly is closed; and when the lid is positioned away from the base, the while-in-use cover assembly is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SIGMA ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vinayak Manohar Chavan, Prashant Balkrishna Jade, Mustaq Mahamad Hanif Naikwadi
  • Patent number: 11564320
    Abstract: An electrical outlet may be stored (e.g., stocked at a manufacturer and/or a warehouse) in a bulk form and may be constructed to have a desired color, finish, and/or material prior to shipment to a customer. The outlet may comprise a rear bezel portion having a front surface with openings configured to receive blades of a plug of an electrical device for electrically connecting the electrical device to a power source and a front bezel portion configured to be mounted over the rear bezel portion. The rear bezel portion may have openings aligned with the respective openings of the rear bezel portion for receiving the blades of the plug. In addition, the electrical outlet may have a temporary bezel when stocked at the manufacturer and/or the warehouse. The temporary bezel may be removed from the outlet and a permanent bezel may be installed on the outlet prior to shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Walter S. Zaharchuk, Jason Edwards Jennings, Jason O. Adams, Jonathan Dersch, Matt Rad, Karla Sabram
  • Patent number: 11555649
    Abstract: A cable harness supplies a plurality of electric devices which are in a distributed arrangement in a device housing. A first connection point of the cable harness has a plug connector on the side of the cable harness. At least the electric devices which are supplied via the first connection point are connected to the first plug connector on the side of the cable harness by way of a device-side plug connector and an adapter that is plugged together with both plug connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Wiedenmann, Harald Krauss, Thomas Werts, Xiang Xiao
  • Patent number: 11539196
    Abstract: An electrical outlet cover with a lid having an adjustable enclosure. The electrical outlet cover includes a base coupled to an electrical outlet and a hinged lid. The lid includes a frame with a central aperture and a telescoping enclosure with a flange at a front edge of a sleeve, the flange extending outward from the sleeve. The sleeve may include a ledge extending outward from the sleeve adjacent a back edge of the sleeve on at least two sides of the sleeve. The sleeve is slidably coupled within the central aperture and movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position. A front surface of the sleeve enclosure may include a window that extends forward of the sleeve walls and may further bulge forward of the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11509077
    Abstract: A cover includes a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall facing the first side wall, and a lock releasing portion. The first side wall includes a locking portion engageable with a locked portion of a covered body. The second side wall includes an opposed locking portion engageable with an opposed locked portion of the covered body. The lock releasing portion includes: a release operation portion inclined and projecting from the top wall in a cover mounting direction; and a connecting portion connecting the release operation portion with the first side wall around the locking portion or the release operation portion with the locking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Yamaguchi, Ryu Okada
  • Patent number: 11456583
    Abstract: A lid for a junction box includes a structure which is arranged to connect and seal an opening of the junction box. The sealing prevents the ingress of foreign matter such as liquids or solid particles into the junction box. The structure is, or includes, a window that is transparent to visible light to enable visual inspection inside the junction box. The lid includes a cover that is opaque to UV or UV-IR wavelengths and is arranged to selectively: (a) shield the transparent portion of the structure from direct impingement of a wavelength or a band of wavelengths to prevent transmission of the wavelength or a band of wavelengths into the junction box; and (b) enable visual inspection inside of the junction box through the transparent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Woodside Energy Technologies Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Darren Shanahan
  • Patent number: 11421833
    Abstract: A portable light may comprise: a light source including plural light emitting diodes (LEDs); a signaling light source; and plural actuators including: a first actuator for selecting of the plural LEDs; a second actuator coupling the selected LED for producing light; and a third actuator coupling the signaling light source to produce modulated light. A rotatable actuator thereof may comprise: a central cylindrical part of a tapered actuator member in a hollow cylindrical support with its wider base within the body and its narrower tip extending therefrom with the selector knob fixed thereto and rotatable therewith in the hollow cylindrical support, and an actuator ring around the hollow cylindrical support. A safety cover for an actuator may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Streamlight, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond L. Sharrah, Brandon Jay Rogers
  • Patent number: 11387596
    Abstract: An outlet enclosure for enclosing an electrical outlet including a door to cover the electrical outlet. The outlet enclosure includes a base plate and an outlet cover which wraps partially around the electrical outlet to allow access to the door. The outlet cover includes tracks extending in a vertical direction along an outer surface of the outlet cover. An outer cylindrical cover wraps completely around the outlet cover. The outer cylindrical cover slides vertically via the tracks over the outlet cover from a lowered position fully enclosing the outlet cover to a raised position exposing the outlet cover and the door to allow access to the electrical outlet so that a plug can be inserted into a socket of the electrical outlet. When the outer cylindrical cover is lowered, it protects the electrical outlet from exposure to the elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LVL-USA
    Inventor: Jeffrey H. Smith
  • Patent number: 11378267
    Abstract: A wiring box is used for connecting an external wire to a driver circuit and for connecting the driver circuit to a lighting apparatus. The wiring box includes a container box and a foldable top cover. In some embodiments, it is preferable that the lighting apparatus have elongated shapes, like light tubes. The container box has a box opening. The foldable top cover includes a center plate and at least one lateral plate. The center plate is connected to the at least one lateral plate with an axial structure, the lateral plate is folded to align with the center plate in an elongated manner during shipping. The lateral plate is rotated with respect to the center plate along the axial structure to expand and to cover the box opening of the container box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Chunteng Chen, Xiaobin Chen
  • Patent number: 11332965
    Abstract: A locking bracket assembly prevents unauthorized opening of an irrigation timer box of the type having a cam lock mounted to a hinged cover. The locking bracket assembly includes a lower mounting bracket, locking hardware for attaching the lower mounting bracket to an outer surface of the timer box, and a vertical extension bracket for vertically adjustable attachment to the lower mounting bracket. An upper length of the vertical extension bracket extends at an acute angle from a lower length that is configured for parallel alignment with both the lower mounting bracket and a sidewall of the timer box. When the cover of the timer box is closed, the acute angle allows the upper length of the vertical extension bracket to pass into the timer box and emerge through a slot cut in the cover, and the cam lock can then be rotated to engage a slot formed in part of the upper length of the vertical extension bracket that remains within the timer box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventor: Kody J. Ketterling
  • Patent number: 11322890
    Abstract: Power outlet wall plates having retention components are described herein that are configured to be mounted around power outlets to thereby retain power cords in electrical engagement with sockets of the power outlets. The retention components can be secured to the structure using any suitable mechanism, such as by using fasteners, snap fit, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Keith Cyzen
  • Patent number: 11314021
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a device and system of devices including: a connector comprising a housing comprising a groove lengthwise in a surface of the housing and a push-pull tab comprising a protrusion, a widthwise recess on the connector housing accepting protrusions on a removable anchor device that retains the connector in a port, wherein the push-pull tab releases the connector from the port using protrusions on the anchor device and the receiver device comprising one or more ports for receiving one or more connector types; and the receiver device comprising one or more ports without an anchor; said port secures a second connector type comprising a latch release mechanism; and the receiver device ports are opposite one another; wherein the opposite ports can accept a first connector and a second connector; wherein the first connector release mechanism and differs from the second connector release mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Senko Advanced Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takano, Jeffrey Gniadek, Kim Man Wong, Siu Kei Ma
  • Patent number: 11309654
    Abstract: A field device includes an electronic module with a first electrical terminal, a first electrical plug with a cable clamp for receiving a cable core, wherein the first electrical plug is adapted to be detachably connected to the first electrical terminal of the electronic module, and a cover with a clamping element. A fastening device fastens the cover to the electronic module, with the cover being designed in a way that when the cover is fastened to the electronic module by the fastening device and the first electrical plug is connected to the first electrical terminal of the electronic module, the cover, together with the electronic module, forms a first chamber and encloses the first electrical plug in the first chamber, wherein the clamping element is arranged in a way that the clamping element prevents the first electrical plug from detaching from the first electrical terminal of the electronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich
  • Patent number: 11276996
    Abstract: An electrical outlet cover with a lid having a configurable protrusion or recess to accommodate different uses and weather resistance states. The electrical outlet cover includes a base coupled to an electrical outlet and a lid hingedly coupled to the base along a first side. The lid includes a frame with a central aperture and a telescoping enclosure with a flange at a front edge of a sleeve, the flange extending outward from the sleeve. The sleeve may include a ledge extending outward from the sleeve adjacent a back edge of the sleeve on at least two sides of the sleeve. The sleeve is slidably coupled within the central aperture and movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position. The flange may abut the frame in the collapsed position and the ledge may abut the frame in the expanded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11233382
    Abstract: A child-resistant cover apparatus for an electrical device in a wall comprising a housing, a cover door and a child safety latch. The housing surrounds the electrical outlet, and includes a planar baseplate having one or more openings therein for receiving the electrical device and a frame engaging the outer edges of the baseplate. The cover door is attached to the frame in a manner that permits the door to be selectively moved from an open position wherein the electrical device is exposed, and a closed position wherein the electrical device is covered by the cover door. The child safety latch is located proximate to an edge of the cover door and comprises a latch member disposed in an opening in the cover door. The latch member is selectively movable from a first unlocked position wherein a lip of the latch member is retracted into the opening in the cover door, and a second locked position wherein the lip is extended beyond the edge of the cover door and engages a slot in the frame of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: AO SQUARED, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Oliver, Alex Oliver
  • Patent number: 11217977
    Abstract: A floor electrical outlet cover may be disposed over and coupled to a floor electrical outlet, the floor electrical outlet cover comprising a first color and further comprising at least one opening aligned with the floor electrical outlet, and at least one flap coupled to the floor electrical outlet cover, the flap configured to move from a closed position that restricts access to the floor electrical outlet to an open position that provides access to the floor electrical outlet. A colored electrical plate cover may comprise a second color different from the first color and a structural element coupled to the floor electrical outlet cover. The colored electrical plate cover may further comprise at least one opening aligned with the at least one opening in the floor electrical outlet cover. At least one colored flap cover may be coupled to the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin
  • Patent number: 11183802
    Abstract: An in-floor electrical fitting includes a lower body, an upper body detachably connected to the lower body, and at least one detachable retention clip movable between a first position in which a portion of the at least one detachable retention clip extends outwardly past a periphery of the body and a second position in which the portion of the at least one detachable retention clip is moved inward from the periphery of the body. An angular position of the upper body may be reconfigurable relative to the lower body into at least two different orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: THE WIREMOLD COMPANY
    Inventors: Albert Carter, III, Timothy S. Bowman, Marc Galasso, Shaun Abbott
  • Patent number: 11114828
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle cover, comprising a cover base, configured to be affixed to an electrical receptacle assembly. The cover base including a base surface having at least one opening configured to be aligned with an electrical receptacle of the electrical receptacle assembly. The cover base includes a base wall disposed about and extending from a perimeter of the base surface and the base surface and the base wall together define a base cavity. There is a cover lid interconnected with the cover base and it is moveable, via a hinge, from an open position, in which the base cavity is exposed, to a closed position in which the base cover is substantially disposed within the base cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Sorin Ioan Mortun
  • Patent number: 11095105
    Abstract: A power distribution box for housing electrical components configured to retain its shape so as to retain a tight fit and the integrity of a storage space is provided. The power distribution box includes an upper housing assembly. The upper housing assembly is configured to couple with a bottom cover. The bottom cover includes a bottom wall bounding a peripheral edge of a floor so as to define a storage compartment for which electric components are housed. The bottom wall includes an outer wall opposite of an inner wall so as to define an opening there between. A top lateral wall closes off a top of the opening so as to define an open bottom between the inner wall and the outer wall. The top lateral wall provides structural rigidity to the bottom wall so as to prevent the bottom wall from warping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian Carnick, Bennie Malcom, Martin Magda
  • Patent number: 11088520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety cover for an electrical box mounted device. The safety cover is configured to be mounted between the device and a face plate to prevent access to exposed wires and energized terminals inside the electrical box when the face plate is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Price & Parker Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Price, Vance Parker
  • Patent number: 11056846
    Abstract: A cord management device securable to objects lacking a cord management system. An embodiment includes a flexible substratum on which two outwardly facing hooks are secured in a longitudinally spaced manner. An embodiment further includes a receptacle adapted to receiving and temporarily house the prongs on an electrical cord. The flexible substratum preferably includes an adhesive, magnet or fastener to temporarily or permanently secure the device to objects. The device is thereby attachable to an object to aid in the securement of an electrical cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Brian M. Aumiller
  • Patent number: RE49577
    Abstract: An easily-installed cover plate for hiding the face of sockets by covering an electrical outlet, including the face of the sockets. The cover plate is mounted over the receptacle and has apertures for plug blades. In the preferred embodiment, the cover plate is rectangularly shaped to cover a duplex receptacle, having apertures to receive plug blades, a center hole for receiving a screw which secures the cover plate over the duplex receptacle and a thickness at the apertures for receiving plug blades of not more than 0.075 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Edgar W. Maltby, Marcus J. Shotey