Patents by Inventor Edward Godson

Edward Godson 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).

  • Devices for converting rotary movement into linear movement
    Patent number: 4718291
    Abstract: A device is composed of relatively rotatable cylindrical components one of which has a groove forming a raceway or track of part-helical form containing a set of balls in contact with a plain surface of the other component. The raceway wedges with the balls to resist direct axial motion between the components. Rotation of one component causes the balls to move around the raceway and be guided from the end to the start thereof under sufficient traction to cause linear motion of the other component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: RHP Group PLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. E. Wood, Edward Godson, Harold E. Flory