Patents by Inventor A. L. Smith

A. L. Smith 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: 6837212
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for delivering fuel to at least two combustion chambers of an engine. A fuel controller receives a first fuel quantity signal indicative of a first desired quantity of fuel to be delivered to each combustion chamber of the engine during a combustion cycle. The fuel controller transmits at least one second fuel quantity signal as a function of the first fuel quantity signal, and transmits at least one third fuel quantity signal as a function of the first fuel quantity signal. The second and third fuel quantity signals are indicative of a respective second and third desired quantities of fuel to be delivered during a combustion cycle. The sum of the fuel quantities corresponding to the second fuel quantity signals transmitted during a combustion cycle are less than the first desired fuel quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jason K. Bloms, Brian G. McGee, David Andrew Pierpont, Jeffrey A. L. Smith
  • Patent number: 5000122
    Abstract: A horse feeder includes a ground supported frame with a basket portion pivotally mounted on the frame for holding hay or similar feeding material. The basket has forward and rearward walls formed of racks to allow horses to pull hay through the rack for feeding. A pair of side walls connect the racks and orient them so as to diverge from the lower end, to receive hay between the forward and rearward racks. The basket is pivotally mounted for selective pivotal movement between a generally upright feeding position and a loading position with the basket pivoted to one side. A handle with a projecting leg is operably mounted to the ground supported frame such that the projecting leg may be selectively journaled through a hole in the adjacent side panel of the basket portion. One hole is located in the basket portion such that the basket will be locked in an upright position. A second hole is located such that the basket will be locked in the loading position, oriented to one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Inventor: A. L. Smith