Patents by Inventor Joe L. Ammons

Joe L. Ammons 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: 5174724
    Abstract: Disclosed is a two cylinder water well pumping system which uses the wind as a primary driving force with an alternate electric motor drive for use when the wind force is not adequate. The wind drives a square wheel turbine which in turn drives a swash plate which provides a cam surface which then drives a semaphore assembly directly or indirectly connected to sucker cables in turn connected to two pistons carried, respectively, in two cylinder sleeves. The inclined angle of the swash plate alternately drives the pistons to pump water from a well into a storage tank also serving as a mainmast supporting said turbine. In an alterenative embodiment, an electric motor is connected to drive an osillatable bar on a mechancial relay. The oscillatable bar is connected by cables to the semaphore assembly, and may be disconnected from the semaphore assembly by a solenoid. In this embodiment, the sucker cables are connected to the rockable bar in the mechanical relay rather than to the semaphore assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Inventor: Joe L. Ammons
  • Patent number: 4792700
    Abstract: A wind driven electrical generating system consisting of a post with guyed cable supports, a spinner cage mounted on a square wheel on a circular race, sail elements on the spinner cage, a swash plate mounted upon under side of spinner cage and providing an inclined work surface, a rocker arm mounted for vertical displacement and having upper and lower ends, a caster follower member mounted on an upper end of the rocker arm for engaging the swash plate as it rotates, a double acting hydraulic cylinder driven by the lower end, and hydraulic motor responsive to the double acting hydraulic cylinder, and an electric generator driven by the hydraulic motor to produce electric current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Inventor: Joe L. Ammons