Patents by Inventor Nelson P. Adams

Nelson P. Adams 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: 5001357
    Abstract: This linear gravitational generator is designed to produce electric current by induction. Primarily, it consists of a pair of coils wound upon cores, and an external drive source drives a pulley train that passes a multiple number of spaced magnetic buckets through the coils on a pair of cables of the pulley train, which induces electric current into the coils for industrial use and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Inventor: Nelson P. Adams
  • Patent number: 4948985
    Abstract: This external penstock is designed to direct a portion of water from a waterfall to a water wheel coupled to a generator that produces electrical power for inductrial and other use. Primarily, it consist of a telescoping sleeve assembly securable to a cliff face behind a water fall, and a nozzle on the bottom of the assembly directs the downward flow of water against blades of a water wheel mounted to a platform also secured to the cliff face behind the waterfall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Inventor: Nelson P. Adams