Patents by Inventor Elton L. Watson

Elton L. Watson 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: 20250121389
    Abstract: A paint sprayer may include a housing enclosing an internal space. A paint sprayer may include a nozzle assembly coupled to the housing. A paint sprayer may include a pump assembly fluidly coupled to the nozzle assembly and positioned within a first region of the internal space. A paint sprayer may include a reservoir fluidly coupled to the pump assembly and configured to hold a spray liquid, the reservoir being positioned within a second region of the internal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Edward A. Pomeroy, Elton L. Watson, Michael Bester
  • Publication number: 20240219069
    Abstract: A heater including a housing, a heater unit, a control interface, and a fan unit. The housing includes a base. The heater unit is supported on the base and includes an ignitor mechanism and a heater element having an external surface configured to emit heat. The control interface is supported on an exterior of the housing and includes an actuator operable by a user. The fan unit is coupled to the base or the heater unit and is positioned to induce an airflow through the heater unit within the heater element to heat the airflow. The fan unit includes a fan shroud having an air outlet to direct the heated airflow radially outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler H. Knight, Patrick Sullivan, Elton L. Watson, Michael J. Caso, III, Pramod Narayan Bangalore, Brianna E. Williams
  • Publication number: 20240149416
    Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a housing, a nosepiece extending from the housing, a driver blade movable within the nosepiece between a top-dead-center (TDC) position and a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position, a piston coupled to the driver blade for movement therewith, a driver cylinder within which the piston is movable and in fluid communication with a pressurized gas acting on the piston, a magazine coupled to the nosepiece in which collated fasteners are receivable, a fastener delivery mechanism for loading individual fasteners into the nosepiece from the magazine, and a lifter assembly including a lifter housing, a drive shaft rotatably disposed within the lifter housing, a lifter sprocket disposed on the drive shaft for moving the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position, and a cam rotatable in response to rotation of the drive shaft for actuating the fastener delivery mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Scott A. Sutherland, Curt A. Laugh, Elton L. Watson, Edward A. Pomeroy
  • Publication number: 20240100671
    Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a first cylinder, a first piston positioned within the first cylinder, a second cylinder in fluid communication with the first cylinder, and a second piston positioned within the second cylinder. The second piston is moveable between a top-dead-center position and a bottom-dead-center position to initiate a fastener driving cycle. A drive blade is coupled to the second piston for movement therewith and a drive mechanism is configured to drive the first piston between the top-dead-center position and at or near the bottom-dead-center position. The drive mechanism includes a crank arm configured to rotate less than 360 degrees in a first direction to complete a first fastener driving cycle and less than 360 degrees in an opposite, second direction to complete a subsequent second fastener driving cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Edward A. Pomeroy, Elton L. Watson, Justin Clack
  • Publication number: 20240030784
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor of a power tool including performing a load test on a battery pack of the power tool, determining, via a first controller, a first mechanism control scheme based on the load test, receiving, via the first controller, a user input indicative of beginning an operation cycle of the power tool, and isolating the first controller from a second controller. The method further including controlling, via the first controller, the motor based on the first mechanism control scheme, sensing a dataset indicative of a result of the operation cycle based on the first mechanism control scheme, receiving, via the second controller, the dataset, connecting the first controller to the second controller upon completion of the operation cycle, transmitting, via the second controller, the dataset to the first controller, and determining, via the first controller, a second mechanism control scheme based on the dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Edward A. Pomeroy, Elton L. Watson, Justin Clack, Henry T. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11850714
    Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a first cylinder, a first piston positioned within the first cylinder, a second cylinder in fluid communication with the first cylinder, and a second piston positioned within the second cylinder. The first piston is moveable between a top-dead-center position and at or near a bottom-dead-center position and the second piston is moveable between a top-dead-center position and a bottom-dead-center position to initiate a fastener driving cycle. A drive blade is coupled to the second piston for movement therewith and a drive mechanism is configured to drive the first piston between the top-dead-center position and at or near the bottom-dead-center position. The drive mechanism includes a crank arm that rotates less than 360 degrees for moving the first piston from at or near the bottom-dead-center position and the top-dead-center position and then back to at or near the bottom-dead-center position to complete the fastener driving cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Edward A. Pomeroy, Elton L. Watson, Justin Clack
  • Patent number: 11728538
    Abstract: A power tool battery pack receptacle includes a cavity in which a portion of a battery pack is receivable, an insertion end, a closed end opposite the insertion end along an insertion axis of the battery pack, and a rail extending between the insertion end and the closed end. The rail includes a first portion having a variable height and a second portion having a substantially constant height. The first portion is positioned adjacent the insertion end and the second portion is spaced from the insertion end. The rail is configured to be received within a groove of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Krishna Sai Teja Kalavala, Elton L. Watson
  • Publication number: 20230020670
    Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a first cylinder, a first piston positioned within the first cylinder, a second cylinder in fluid communication with the first cylinder, and a second piston positioned within the second cylinder. The first piston is moveable between a top-dead-center position and at or near a bottom-dead-center position and the second piston is moveable between a top-dead-center position and a bottom-dead-center position to initiate a fastener driving cycle. A drive blade is coupled to the second piston for movement therewith and a drive mechanism is configured to drive the first piston between the top-dead-center position and at or near the bottom-dead-center position. The drive mechanism includes a crank arm that rotates less than 360 degrees for moving the first piston from at or near the bottom-dead-center position and the top-dead-center position and then back to at or near the bottom-dead-center position to complete the fastener driving cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Edward A. Pomeroy, Elton L. Watson, Justin Clack
  • Publication number: 20220168870
    Abstract: A rotary tool including a tool body defining an axis extending between a rear end and an opposite working end, a motor configured to receive power from a power source, a drive shaft coupled to the motor with the motor, a chuck coupled to the drive shaft, and an axial adjustment mechanism. The axial adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment shaft having an axial end defining a floor of the chuck, where the floor limits an insertion depth within the chuck, and where the adjustment shaft is movable in a direction parallel to the axis between a first position defining a first insertion depth and a second position defining a second insertion depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Tyler H. Knight, Edward A. Pomeroy, Elton L. Watson
  • Publication number: 20220093900
    Abstract: A power tool battery pack receptacle includes a cavity in which a portion of a battery pack is receivable, an insertion end, a closed end opposite the insertion end along an insertion axis of the battery pack, and a rail extending between the insertion end and the closed end. The rail includes a first portion having a variable height and a second portion having a substantially constant height. The first portion is positioned adjacent the insertion end and the second portion is spaced from the insertion end. The rail is configured to be received within a groove of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Krishna Sai Teja Kalavala, Elton L. Watson
  • Publication number: 20120192440
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a motor supported by the housing and having an output shaft, a planetary transmission coupled to the output shaft and having an output carrier, a dual-eccentric scotch yoke mechanism coupled to the output carrier and drivable by the planetary transmission in response to rotation of the output shaft, and a blade coupled to the dual-eccentric scotch yoke mechanism for movement in a reciprocating manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Jesse J. Jerabek, Thomas Parel, Ronald C. McCurry, Taku Ohi, Ryan Harrison, Elton L. Watson
  • Patent number: 6997633
    Abstract: A power tool coupling system for coupling two boom members of a split-boom power tool. The coupling system includes a first section and a second section. The first section is adapted to be fixedly attached to an end of a first one of the boom members. The first section includes an aperture for receiving a locating member on a second one of the boom members. The second section is movably connected to the first section. The second section is adapted to depress the locating member, while the locating member is located in the aperture of the first section, when the second section is moved from a first to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Homelite Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Thomas, Ernest W. Spangler, III, Kenneth M. Brazell, Taku Ohi, Elton L. Watson, Ronald C. McCurry
  • Publication number: 20040060274
    Abstract: A power tool coupling system for coupling two boom members of a split-boom power tool. The coupling system includes a first section and a second section. The first section is adapted to be fixedly attached to an end of a first one of the boom members. The first section includes an aperture for receiving a locating member on a second one of the boom members. The second section is movably connected to the first section. The second section is adapted to depress the locating member, while the locating member is located in the aperture of the first section, when the second section is moved from a first to a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Homelite Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Thomas, Ernest W. Spangler, Kenneth M. Brazell, Taku Ohi, Elton L. Watson, Ronald C. McCurry