Patents by Inventor Bruce S. Morgan

Bruce S. Morgan 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).

  • Cantilever paddlewheel apparatus
    Patent number: 5297933
    Abstract: This invention is a paddlewheel apparatus having an epicyclic gear train in a rotatable holder at an end of a plurality of cantilevered paddles. The paddles are maintained substantially vertical throughout the rotation of the holder and they are completely unobstructed by any other part of the apparatus in all phases of operation. A housing which extends over the holder and the paddles is open at the bottom to pass the downwardly hanging paddles into the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Inventor: Bruce S. Morgan
  • Paddlewheel apparatus
    Patent number: 5195872
    Abstract: This invention is a paddlewheel apparatus having epicyclic gear trains in rotatable holders at opposite ends of a plurality of paddles. The paddles are maintained substantially vertical throughout the rotation of the holders and they are completely unobstructed by any other part of the apparatus in all phases of operation. A housing which extends over the holders and the paddles is open at the bottom to pass the downwardly hanging paddles into the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Inventor: Bruce S. Morgan
  • Paddlewheel apparatus
    Patent number: 5082423
    Abstract: This invention is a paddlewheel apparatus having epicyclic gear trains in rotatable holders at opposite ends of a plurality of paddles. The paddles are maintained substantially vertical throughout the rotation of the holders and they are completely unobstructed by any other part of the apparatus in all phases of operation. A housing which extends over the holders and the paddles is open at the bottom to pass the downwardly hanging paddles into the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Inventor: Bruce S. Morgan