Compressive Engagement (e.g., Clamped, Crimped, Etc.) (15) Patents (Class D13/149)
  • Patent number: 9257795
    Abstract: A push-type grounding bushing has an electrically conductive body having a first end, a second end, a bore formed therethrough, and an intermediate shoulder stop to contact an end of a conduit. The bushing has with a locking device gripping tabs forming a helix so that the conduit can be pushed and held in the locking device and removed by rotating the conduit relative to the body. A throat insulator is placed into the second end of the body and has a flange to cover the second end. An electrically conducting lug is secured to the body and has a recess or bore for receipt of at least one electrical conductor to ground the bushing while a fastener mechanically and electrically secures the conductor to the lug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: D619967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: D621366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: International Development LLC
    Inventor: John H. Browder
  • Patent number: D622669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventors: Manu B Makhija, Benjamin L Garfinkle
  • Patent number: D629364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: William Smith, Daniel Cardin
  • Patent number: D635520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Kiely
  • Patent number: D639747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventor: Randall A. Holliday
  • Patent number: D648279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Kiely
  • Patent number: D648280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Tu Zhang, Ping-Chih Chen, Ming-Chiang Chen
  • Patent number: D649519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Alejandro Pineda, José L. Dimas, Carlos E. Martinez
  • Patent number: D651179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: International Development LLC
    Inventor: John H. Browder
  • Patent number: D651569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Kiely
  • Patent number: D657316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Kiely
  • Patent number: D666153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: D666976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel J. Gassner
  • Patent number: D668617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Kiely
  • Patent number: D668618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: D671500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Kettern, Alexander Bender
  • Patent number: D671897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Kettern, Alexander Bender
  • Patent number: D678211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: D694191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Switchlab Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Hung Lien, Chih Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: D694714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Edgar Bastida
  • Patent number: D700494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Senior Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe Francaviglia
  • Patent number: D709457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Connector Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas Polidori
  • Patent number: D709458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Connector Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas Polidori
  • Patent number: D709459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Connector Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas Polidori
  • Patent number: D711718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Senior Innudstries, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe Francaviglia
  • Patent number: D712226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Senior Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe Francaviglia
  • Patent number: D716732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: I+ME ACTIA Informatik und Mikro-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Neumann
  • Patent number: D721652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: D722966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: D726109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Noco Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, Sr., James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Patent number: D729742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Switchlab Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Wu, Su-Hui Lian
  • Patent number: D731982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: PACIFIC POLYMERS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Andrew Sorensen, Simon Wu
  • Patent number: D732480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Inventor: Carol Makinen
  • Patent number: D733062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Atsushi Takeshita, Yuichi Tagami
  • Patent number: D733063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Atsushi Takeshita, Yuichi Tagami
  • Patent number: D733064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: D734726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: THE NOCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, Sr., James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Patent number: D738825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: THE NOCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, Sr., James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Patent number: D741805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: PerfectVision Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Darwin Davidson, Jr.
  • Patent number: D741806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: PerfectVision Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Darwin Davidson, Jr.
  • Patent number: D749047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: D756934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: TARNG YU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsung-Chi Chen, Mu-Jung Huang
  • Patent number: D758972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Marco Ludwig
  • Patent number: D780565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: MCQ TECH GMBH
    Inventor: Hermann Stadler
  • Patent number: D781787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Seth Spiel
  • Patent number: D789892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Shinsuke Shibata
  • Patent number: D789893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Shinsuke Shibata
  • Patent number: D791708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Shinsuke Shibata