Patents by Inventor Robert B. Wilson

Robert B. Wilson 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: 4241457
    Abstract: A bullet-proof or similar protective garment incorporates therewithin segmented panels. The panels are employed to resist penetration of a bullet or other projectile. The panels are configured such that they are flexible or hinged under ordinary conditions, but rigid upon projectile impact. The hinging is achieved by the disposition of the segments of the panel in relationship to the adjacent segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Inventors: John M. Klein, Robert B. Wilson
  • Patent number: 4240535
    Abstract: A clutch assembly connectable to an electric motor and to another rotating unit includes a housing securable at one end to the housing of the electric motor and securable at the opposite end to the housing of the other rotating unit. A driven body within the clutch housing is rotatably mounted in a bearing supported in the clutch housing and is connectable in a driving manner to the other rotating unit. A drive body is connectable to the electric motor so as to be driven thereby and has radially movable centrifugal weights which engage and drive the driven body when the rotational speed of the drive body exceeds a predetermined value and which are disengaged from the driven body when the rotational speed is below the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: BLM Automatic Clutch Limited
    Inventors: Robert B. Pierce, Robert B. Wilson
  • Patent number: 4049119
    Abstract: Filing unit for the storage of recording tape cassettes in which one or more loose leaf pages or sheets are insertable in a loose leaf ring binder. Each sheet has a plurality of retainer clips affixed thereto. The clips are formed from a strip of resilient material with a base portion and upwardly extending post portions spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the reel spacing of the cassettes to be held thereby. Each post extends generally perpendicularly from the base and includes an upwardly opening slot defining two spring finger portions, each having an outwardly extending lug at its upper edge to snugly engage the wall within the reel opening of the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: National Blank Book Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert B. Wilson
  • Patent number: 4038768
    Abstract: A binder for filing microfiche cards together with a portable card viewer, said binder having a pair of hinged cover panels connected by a U-shaped assembly and a looseleaf binding mechanism mounted between the sides of said assembly above the back panel thereof thereby forming a compartment between said binding mechanism and said back panel. Said back panel being provided with an opening for receiving the barrel of the card viewer when said viewer is held against said back panel of said assembly by a releasable retainer flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: National Blank Book Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Wilson, Raymond T. Cassidy