Patents by Inventor William Thomas Sharp

William Thomas Sharp 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: 4119020
    Abstract: A device for providing a cavity in a bun for receiving a filling such as a sausage comprises a heating probe adapted to be inserted into a bun to compress the material of the bun to form the cavity and to toast the surface of the cavity so that the cavity remains after removal of the probe therefrom and locating means in the form of a cradle for locating a bun in alignment with the heating probe. Relative reciprocable movement between the probe and the locating means causes the probe to be inserted into and removed from a bun located in the locating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Inventors: Douglas Cecil William Thomas Sharp, Frank Ellis
  • Patent number: 4025886
    Abstract: This electric circuit breaker contains electromagnetic-assist means for opposing the contact-repulsion forces developed when a high current flows through the breaker. The assist means comprises a rigid supporting member which can be restrained in a fixed position to render the assist means capable of transmitting closing force to the movable contact of the breaker but which supporting member is releasable to render said assist means generally ineffective to transmit closing force to said movable contact. The assist means further comprises a toggle connected between the supporting member and the movable contact for imparting a closing force to the movable contact when forced toward an in-line position while said supporting member is restrained.For forcing the toggle toward its in-line position, there is provided magnetic structure cooperating with a conductor connected in series with the circuit breaker contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1977
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Philip Barkan, William Thomas Sharp
  • Patent number: D868508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason White Sprong, William Thomas Sharp, David James Knecht, Gwolih Chung, Eric Smidt
  • Patent number: D915109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Harbor Freight Tools USA, INC.
    Inventor: William Thomas Sharp
  • Patent number: D916326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Harbor Freight Tools USA, INC.
    Inventor: William Thomas Sharp
  • Patent number: D916327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Harbor Freight Tools USA, INC.
    Inventor: William Thomas Sharp
  • Patent number: D961356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Harbor Freight Tools USA, INC.
    Inventors: William Thomas Sharp, Michael Matteo
  • Patent number: D968191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA, INC.
    Inventors: William Thomas Sharp, Michael Matteo
  • Patent number: D973007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
    Inventors: William Thomas Sharp, Thomas Joseph Barcanic