Patents by Inventor Arthur Thompson

Arthur Thompson 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: 4360001
    Abstract: An array for a log fire is described which promotes ignition and even burning of the logs. The array includes at least three logs, split or unsplit, which are maintained in a nested spaced apart relationship by an implement which creates a V-shaped locus between the facing log surfaces. One such implement is described as having a central rectilinear portion having affixed at each end thereof similar V-shaped portions upstanding therefrom, and oriented so as to form intersecting parallel planes. Another implement is described as having a central rectilinear portion, each end of which is bent to about a right angle therefrom and at a degree of displacement from the angle to which the other end is bent so that each end falls within one of two intersecting planes whose intersection lies along the rectilinear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Inventor: E. Arthur Thompson
  • Patent number: 4271817
    Abstract: An array for a log fire is described which promotes ignition and even burning of the logs. The array includes at least three logs, split or unsplit, which are maintained in a nested spaced apart relationship by an implement which creates a V-shaped locus between the facing log surfaces. One such implement is described as having a central rectilinear portion having affixed at each end thereof similar V-shaped portions upstanding therefrom, and oriented so as to form intersecting parallel planes. Another implement is described as having a central rectilinear portion, each end of which is bent to about a right angle therefrom and at a degree of displacement from the angle to which the other end is bent so that each end falls within one of two intersecting planes whose intersection lies along the rectilinear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Inventor: E. Arthur Thompson
  • Patent number: 4023831
    Abstract: A pipe fitting of polyethylene is provided wherein the pipe fitting is of integral construction and includes (1) a tubular body member that is fusion bonded at each end to (2) a coupling member, and (3) a movable tubular member that engages one coupling member for axial movement in relation thereto, i.e., telescoping action. The pipe fitting is useful for repairing a damaged pipe in that the one coupling member thereof may be bonded to one exposed end of the damaged pipe while the telescoped tubular member may be moved into engagement with and bonded to the other exposed end of the damaged pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Dexter Mac Arthur Thompson
  • Patent number: 4004472
    Abstract: A vehicle differential unit in which an input or drive pinion is mounted on a shaft which is supported on two axially spaced bearing assemblies carried by a housing which encloses the unit. The housing is provided with first and second apertures, the second aperture, which is provided with a detachable cover, being of sufficient size to pass the drive pinion and the first aperture not allowing the passage therethrough of the drive pinion. A first bearing assembly, which is supported in the first aperture, supports a first end portion of the shaft with which a vehicle drive shaft is normally associated and a second bearing assembly, located on the other side of the drive pinion from the first bearing assembly, supports a second end portion of the shaft which is located within the housing adjacent a crown wheel of the differential unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: GKN Transmissions Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Hughes Millward, Terence Leslie Eustace, Barrie Arthur Thompson
  • Patent number: D385228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignees: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australian Sports Commission
    Inventors: Lachlan Arthur Thompson, Trevor Mark McDonald, Vaughan Edward Bolwell, Rodney Alan Peck
  • Patent number: D393433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignees: Australian Sports Commission, Royal Melvourne Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Lachlan Arthur Thompson