Patents by Inventor Jack W. Nelson

Jack W. Nelson 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: 6938519
    Abstract: A die assembly adapted to be attached to one of a wrench first arm and a wrench second arm. The die assembly includes a die having a pipe facing front spaced apart from but parallel to the pipe longitudinal axis, a wrench facing rear, and two spaced apart opposed sides, each connected to the die front and die rear. The die is thick on one side and thin on the other side so that the die facing front has a face that recedes from the pipe from one edge to the other edge so that contact between the die facing front varies depending upon the diameter of the pipe. The die rear also has a convex curve so that the die has a thick mid section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Harnischfeger Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Boyd, Jack W. Nelson
  • Patent number: 6298926
    Abstract: A blasthole drill including a deck wrench for holding a drill pipe section to facilitate the unthreading of an adjoining drill pipe section from an overall drill pipe string. The deck wrench includes an engagement surface which is selectively engageable with an engagement surface of a drill pipe section to substantially prevent rotation of the drill pipe section in either direction about its longitudinal axis. The deck wrench is engageable with an upper drill pipe section so that a joint between the upper drill pipe section and a rotary head can be tightened when the rotary head is rotated in one direction. The deck wrench is engageable with a lower drill pipe section so that a joint between the lower drill pipe section and the upper drill pipe section can be broken when the rotary head is rotated in an opposite direction. The joint between the rotary head and the upper drill pipe section, once tightened, should be stronger than the joint between the upper drill pipe section and the lower drill pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Harnischfeger Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia H. Dalkert, Jack W. Nelson, David A. Kaphingst, Curt L. Silvestri
  • Patent number: 5081566
    Abstract: A concealable surgical light device, such as for a birthing room, has a fixed housing and a single door for supporting the light on one side and decorative ceiling panels on the other side. The door is rotatably attached to the fixed housing. In a closed position of the door, the light is concealed within the ceiling structure, and the decorative panels are flush with the ceiling. In an open position, the light is deployable as it faces into the room. Rotation of the door between the two positions is powered by a motor acting through an actuator and a linkage system. The linkage system includes two first arms rotatably connected to an actuator rod and fixed to a pivot shaft such that extension and retraction of the rod pivot the shaft. Two second arms are fixed to opposite ends of the shaft and pivotally connect to two third arms, in turn connected to the door. Pivoting the shaft rotates the second arms which, in turn, move the third arms up or down to close or open the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: ALM Surgical Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Crispin, Thomas C. Ziolkowski, Kamlesh N. Soni, Jack W. Nelson