Patents by Inventor Billy Dean Watkins

Billy Dean Watkins 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: 5996348
    Abstract: An improved wastegate valve for turbochargers having bifurcated exhaust gas inlets includes a first bypass port communicating with a first portion of the exhaust inlet, a first poppet which engages and seals a seat surrounding the first port, a second bypass port communicating with a second portion of an exhaust inlet, and a second poppet which engages and seals a seat surrounding the second port. Actuation of the poppets is accomplished by a first substantially tubular shaft supported for rotation about an axis and having a central bore and a second substantially tubular shaft extending through the central bore of the first shaft and supported therein for rotation about the axis. The two shafts are concurrently rotated by a lever arm which is connected to the first shaft, at an opposite end to the radial arm, with a weld bead which extends across the end face of the first shaft, the bore, and a coplanar end of the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventor: Billy Dean Watkins