Patents by Inventor James M. Welsh

James M. Welsh 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).

  • Publication number: 20240175450
    Abstract: Jet pump clamps fit to modified jet pump assemblies at the riser pipe-restrainer bracket junction. The clamp can secure the restrainer bracket and riser pipe, relieving any welds between the same stress in the same, while preventing the restrainer bracket from moving. The clamp may include multiple members on either side of the restrainer bracket that fit into surfaces of the riser pipe. When these members are drawn together through clamping action, the underlying riser pipe is compressed. Similarly, vertically-adjustable members may seat into and/or through the restrainer bracket to hold the bracket steady. Jet pump assemblies may be prepared by forming grooves in the riser pipe and hole(s) in the restrainer bracket(s) and spherical indentations about the same. Clamps may then be installed on the grooves and through the hole(s) at installation or during a maintenance outage in a commercial nuclear power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Kayla R. KELLEY, Mark SUMMER, Jack T. MATSUMOTO, Christopher M. WELSH, James SCAVO
  • Patent number: 6199932
    Abstract: A portable, removable sun shade comprised of sun reflective mesh material for use in an open cockpit vehicle having a roof structure or other supporting members, if and as required, depending upon the roof configuration resting upon the supporting members of the vehicle, which shades and protects the occupants and some interior components of the vehicle by absorbing, filtering and reflecting a significant portion of the sun's rays and flying objects while the vehicle is in motion. The sun shade effectively serves to reduce the temperature in the seating compartment as compared to the exterior ambient temperature while exposed to the sun's rays. The sun shade method of attachment to the vehicle is by virtue of a fastening strap comprised of the sun reflective mesh material which wraps around supporting members of the vehicle and then, utilizing a fastening method to the sun shade, fastens to the sun shade itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Inventors: James M. Welsh, Joe LePire, Jr.