Patents by Inventor Charles C. Williams

Charles C. Williams 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).

  • Publication number: 20240391292
    Abstract: Novelty customized themed covers and shrouds for rooftop AC units on recreational vehicles which may have forward sloping aerodynamic front ends, two sides having air vents as necessary and a rear end having air exhaust openings. The themes may include without limitation various sport themes, such as racing, football, baseball or other sports, as well as advertising vehicles or any other desired theme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: Charles C. Williams
  • Publication number: 20180075457
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for generating and presenting providing one or more questions and/or prompts to a customers that enable the customer to identify, diagnose, and/or resolve any technical problems the customer may currently be facing. Administrators may provide input to an interface, such as a graphical user interface (“GUI”), to automatically develop, arrange, group, and/or generate the series of questions/prompts provided to the customer. Other interfaces may be generated to receive input corresponding to the questions from other users and react to the input received from such users with appropriate responses or further questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas F. Van Buskirk, Stephen A. Ziele, Charles C. Williams, Krista Louise Milholm, Robert Andrew McCarroll, Mustapha Iles
  • Publication number: 20140316997
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for generating and presenting providing one or more questions and/or prompts to a customers that enable the customer to identify, diagnose, and/or resolve any technical problems the customer may currently be facing. Administrators may provide input to an interface, such as a graphical user interface (“GUI”), to automatically develop, arrange, group, and/or generate the series of questions/prompts provided to the customer. Other interfaces may be generated to receive input corresponding to the questions from other users and react to the input received from such users with appropriate responses or further questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas F. Van Buskirk, Stephen A. Ziele, Charles C. Williams, Krista Louise Milholm, Robert Andrew McCarroll
  • Patent number: 4969627
    Abstract: The improved blowout preventer ram tail rod locking device of the present invention includes a housing, a body movable in the housing, having a threaded rod and coacting with the outer end of the ram tail rod to lock it in the ram closed position, a nut rotatably mounted within said housing, having ractchet teeth and engaging the threads onthe threaded rod, a braking piston slidably mounted within said housing and having ratchet teeth engaging withthe ratchet teeth of the nut, the ratchet teeth on said nut and piston allowing freedom of rotation of the nut during movement of the body into engagement with the ram tail road and preventing rotation of the nut in the opposite direction, and menas for exerting pressure on said braking piston to disengage the racthet teeth during retracting movement of the wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Cameron Iron Works USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles C. Williams, III