Patents by Inventor Edward Higgins, Jr.

Edward Higgins, Jr. 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: 4536064
    Abstract: In a clear viewing screen of the kind comprising a fixed screen element; a disk-like screen element supported for rotation at the outside of the window; a motor for driving the rotatable disk-like screen element supported at the inside of the fixed screen element; the motor to coupled the rotatable disk-like screen element, the motor mounted at the periphery of said rotatable disk-like screen element, and a magnetic coupling having first and second coupling halves is provided, one coupling half coupled to the motor, and the other coupling half coupled to the rotatable disk-like screen element, the coupling members disposed opposite each other on opposite sides of the fixed screen element so that coupling can take place without making a hole in the fixed screen element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Arnold Schindel, Edward Higgins, Jr.