Patents by Inventor James Alan Harris

James Alan Harris 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: 9889045
    Abstract: User-friendly welding helmet assembly configurations to be worn on the head of a weldor are disclosed. The welding helmet assembly configurations include various advanced features including a spatter shield that is easily replaceable from an external front portion of a shell of the helmet assembly configuration, and an adjustable ratchet headgear within the shell having a repositionable lever adapted to easily adjust a detent position of the ratchet headgear with respect to the shell. Other user-friendly features are also provided, in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: William T. Matthews, James Alan Harris, Joseph Daniel Lynch, III, Dino Anthony Mariano, Eric R. Colburn, Gregoire Aby-Eva
  • Publication number: 20150164694
    Abstract: User-friendly welding helmet assembly configurations to be worn on the head of a weldor are disclosed. The welding helmet assembly configurations include various advanced features including a spatter shield that is easily replaceable from an external front portion of a shell of the helmet assembly configuration, and an adjustable ratchet headgear within the shell having a repositionable lever adapted to easily adjust a detent position of the ratchet headgear with respect to the shell. Other user-friendly features are also provided, in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: William T. MATTHEWS, James Alan HARRIS, Joseph Daniel LYNCH, III, Dino Anthony MARIANO, Eric R. COLBURN, Gregoire ABY-EVA
  • Patent number: 8990963
    Abstract: User-friendly welding helmet assembly configurations to be worn on the head of a weldor are disclosed. The welding helmet assembly configurations include various advanced features including a spatter shield that is easily replaceable from an external front portion of a shell of the helmet assembly configuration, and an adjustable ratchet headgear within the shell having a repositionable lever adapted to easily adjust a detent position of the ratchet headgear with respect to the shell. Other user-friendly features are also provided, in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Matthews, James Alan Harris, Joseph Daniel Lynch, III, Dino Anthony Mariano, Eric R. Colburn, Gregoire Aby-Eva
  • Publication number: 20130160175
    Abstract: User-friendly welding helmet assembly configurations to be worn on the head of a welder are disclosed. The welding helmet assembly configurations include various advanced features including a spatter shield that is easily replaceable from an external front portion of a shell of the helmet assembly configuration, and an adjustable ratchet headgear within the shell having a repositionable lever adapted to easily adjust a detent position of the ratchet headgear with respect to the shell. Other user-friendly features are also provided, in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: William T. Matthews, James Alan Harris, Joseph Daniel Lynch, III, Dino Anthony Mariano, Eric R. Colburn, Grégoire Aby-Eva
  • Patent number: 7781700
    Abstract: A welding power supply includes a user interface that allows the operator to adjust one or more welding parameters comprising a welding sequence for a welding process. The user interface may include a display, which may be a graphical display depicting the welding sequence and the one or more welding parameters. The user interface may further dynamically depict a pictograph, icon or other graphical image showing how changes to the one or more welding parameters will affect the welding process, which in an exemplary manner may be the welding bead profile and/or the welding arc profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: James Alan Harris
  • Publication number: 20090071949
    Abstract: A welding power supply includes a user interface that allows the operator to adjust one or more welding parameters comprising a welding sequence for a welding process. The user interface may include a display, which may be a graphical display depicting the welding sequence and the one or more welding parameters. The user interface may further dynamically depict a pictograph, icon or other graphical image showing how changes to the one or more welding parameters will affect the welding process, which in an exemplary manner may be the welding bead profile and/or the welding arc profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventor: James Alan Harris
  • Publication number: 20080060102
    Abstract: User-friendly welding helmet assembly configurations to be worn on the head of a weldor are disclosed. The welding helmet assembly configurations include various advanced features including a spatter shield that is easily replaceable from an external front portion of a shell of the helmet assembly configuration, and an adjustable ratchet headgear within the shell having a repositionable lever adapted to easily adjust a detent position of the ratchet headgear with respect to the shell. Other user-friendly features are also provided, in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: William T. MATTHEWS, James Alan HARRIS, Joseph Daniel LYNCH, Dino Anthony MARIANO, Eric R. COLBURN, Gregoire ABY-EVA