Patents by Inventor Edward B. Walton

Edward B. Walton 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: 5966073
    Abstract: The present invention is a vehicle with front side and/or front mounted, brake and turn signal lights. The respective front side mounted lights, when mounted on passenger vehicles, are generally mounted below the windshield, behind the front wheel and ahead of the forward edge of the front door where they are generally visible for almost 180 degrees. When so mounted the lights are below the operator's line of sight, so they do not interfere with or distract the operator. The brake lights on the rear of the vehicle are generally red, and those on the side and front of the vehicle are generally blue. When forward facing daytime running lights are provided, generally these lights are on so long as the ignition circuit is on, except when the brake lights are activated, then they are extinguished as the blue brake lights on the front side and/or front are illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Inventor: Edward B. Walton
  • Patent number: 5844479
    Abstract: The present invention is a front mounted, combination brake/signal/turn signal light. In one embodiment, an assembly with three light chambers is provided. The light in one chamber is connected to the ignition and brake circuits of the vehicle. Connection is made so that this first light lights when the vehicle is operating and goes out when the brakes are applied. The light in the second chamber is connected to the brake circuit of the vehicle. This second light is lighted whenever the brakes are applied. The light in the third chamber is connected to the turn signal circuit of the vehicle. The preferred colors are blue for the stop signal, white or clear for the daytime running lights and amber for the turn signal. Thus the assembly provides a visual signal that is white whenever the vehicle is in operation, changes from white to blue when the brakes are applied, changes from blue back to white again when the use of brakes is terminated and in addition flashes amber when the vehicle is turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Inventor: Edward B. Walton
  • Patent number: 4027643
    Abstract: An oil cooler control for the cooling of lubricating oil especially advantageous for engines of relatively low horsepower operating at relatively high R.P.M. makes use of a thermal responsive bypass valve device for altering the path of oil circulation over a cooling coil. The valve device has a valve chamber with a valve seat intermediate opposite ends and a valve element cooperates with the seat in response to a thermal drive element. When the oil is cool most of the oil is passed from the engine through the chamber and directly back to the engine. As the oil temperature increases the valve element is seated causing the oil to be passed through a cooling coil and then back to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Inventors: Patrick J. Feenan, Edward B. Walton
  • Patent number: 3990424
    Abstract: An assembly for the control and variable cooling of combustion engine oil for jet propelled boats is built as a compact unit containing a compact double construction cooling coil and a thermal responsive valve which selectively either bypasses the coil or directs oil through the coil. A jacket surrounds and provides for circulation of water around the coil and is served by orifices and water lines which remain open whether or not the engine is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1976
    Inventors: Roy T. Miersch, Edward B. Walton