Patents by Inventor Curtis Alan Roys

Curtis Alan Roys 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: 20170066643
    Abstract: A device is provided to prevent the accidental introduction of an incorrect liquid into a tank, such as the introduction of gasoline into the fuel system of a diesel fuel container. The device discriminates between nozzle diameters, allowing entrance of nozzle diameters at or greater than a predetermined minimum diameter while inhibiting entrance of nozzles having diameters less than the predetermined minimum diameter. A closure mechanism prevents access to a fuel container interior and a releasable locking mechanism responsive to nozzle diameters allows the closure mechanism to open and close to allow access to the fuel container interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventor: Curtis Alan Roys
  • Publication number: 20170030530
    Abstract: A lamp base that fits into an incandescent lamp holder and accepts an LED support structure onto which LEDs can be mounted. A driver preferably in the lamp base provides power through a connector to the LEDs. Different LED support structures can be inserted and removed from the lamp base to customize the LED lamp. In some embodiments, customized lamp covers can be installed over the LEDs. In some embodiments, the LEDs are pre-mounted on the LED support structures. In some embodiments, the LED support structure can be cut to a desired length. In some embodiments, the pre-mounted LEDs are on a chain that is configured to be terminated when the LED support structure is cut to the desired length. In other embodiments, the LED chain is cut to length and then mounted on the LED support structure that is cut to length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Curtis Alan Roys
  • Publication number: 20170023186
    Abstract: End caps that attach to any standard tubing to facilitate mounting a tube with LEDs into an existing fluorescent lamp cabinet. The tube can be cut to a desired length. The end caps can be supported by the fluorescent fixtures or mounting brackets in the cabinet. An assembly comprising a light emitting diode (LED) lamp for replacing fluorescent tube lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Sidney Howard Norton, Curtis Alan Roys
  • Patent number: 9415995
    Abstract: A method and structure are described for preventing the accidental introduction of an incorrect liquid into a tank, such as the introduction of gasoline into the fuel system of a diesel-powered vehicle. In a first embodiment, the entrance to a fill tube of a diesel-powered vehicle is configured with a sensor ring. When an incorrect fueling operation is attempted, such as the introduction of gasoline into the fuel tank of a diesel-powered vehicle, at least one but fewer than all of displaceable mechanical elements are displaced, and the sensor ring alerts the operator visually and/or audibly before fueling starts, thereby preventing incorrect fueling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Inventor: Curtis Alan Roys
  • Publication number: 20160016784
    Abstract: A method and structure are described for preventing the accidental introduction of an incorrect liquid into a tank, such as the introduction of gasoline into the fuel system of a diesel-powered vehicle. In a first embodiment, the entrance to a fill tube of a diesel-powered vehicle is configured with a sensor ring. When an incorrect fueling operation is attempted, such as the introduction of gasoline into the fuel tank of a diesel-powered vehicle, at least one but fewer than all of displaceable mechanical elements are displaced, and the sensor ring alerts the operator visually and/or audibly before fueling starts, thereby preventing incorrect fueling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Curtis Alan Roys