Patents by Inventor Floyd E. Moreland

Floyd E. Moreland 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: 9731362
    Abstract: A table saw has a base assembly, a table assembly supported by the base assembly, the table assembly, and a saw assembly supported by at least one of the table assembly and the base assembly. The saw assembly has a saw blade extending through the table assembly. The base assembly has at least one foot having a substantially horizontal surface, a substantially vertical surface, and a curved surface disposed between the substantially horizontal surface and the substantially vertical surface. The substantially vertical surface is substantially coplanar with a surface of the table assembly so that the table saw can be disposed on the substantially vertical surface and the surface of the table assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Warren A. Ceroll, James D. Schroeder, Peter Chaikowsky, Floyd E. Moreland, Ross A. Billings, Christian V. Elder, Jeremy D. Leasure
  • Publication number: 20170106490
    Abstract: A handheld grinder includes an elongated housing, an electric motor, an output shaft, a wall, a planar circuit board, and a motor drive circuit. The elongated housing defines a cavity therein and includes a motor case disposed at a front end and a handle portion to a rear end. The electric motor has a drive shaft that is mounted within the motor case. The output shaft is drivably coupled to the drive shaft of the electric motor. The wall separates the cavity between the motor case and the handle portion of the housing. The planar circuit board disposed in the handle portion of the housing. The motor drive circuit is accommodated entirely within the handle portion of the housing on the planar circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Zollie W. PRIVETT, JR., Craig A. OKTAVEC, David J. SMITH, Mathew J. VELDERMAN, Colin C. CROSBY, Pradeep PANT, Kyle J. CHRISTOPHERSEN, Daniel F. NACE, James H. STILES, III, Floyd E. MORELAND, IV
  • Publication number: 20170110935
    Abstract: A handheld grinder includes an elongated housing, an electric motor, an output shaft, a wall, a planar circuit board, and a motor drive circuit. The elongated housing defines a cavity therein and includes a motor case disposed at a front end and a handle portion to a rear end. The electric motor has a drive shaft that is mounted within the motor case. The output shaft is drivably coupled to the drive shaft of the electric motor. The wall separates the cavity between the motor case and the handle portion of the housing. The planar circuit board disposed in the handle portion of the housing. The motor drive circuit is accommodated entirely within the handle portion of the housing on the planar circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Craig A. OKTAVEC, David J. SMITH, Colin C. CROSBY, Matthew J. VELDERMAN, Zollie W. PRIVETT, Jr., Pradeep PANT, Kyle J. CHRISTOPHERSEN, Daniel F. NACE, James H. STILES, III, Floyd E. MORELAND, IV
  • Publication number: 20150107429
    Abstract: A table saw has a base assembly, a table assembly supported by the base assembly, the table assembly, and a saw assembly supported by at least one of the table assembly and the base assembly. The saw assembly has a saw blade extending through the table assembly. The base assembly has at least one foot having a substantially horizontal surface, a substantially vertical surface, and a curved surface disposed between the substantially horizontal surface and the substantially vertical surface. The substantially vertical surface is substantially coplanar with a surface of the table assembly so that the table saw can be disposed on the substantially vertical surface and the surface of the table assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Warren A. Ceroll, James D. Schroeder, Peter Chaikowsky, Floyd E. Moreland, Ross A. Billings, Christian V. Elder, Jeremy D. Leasure
  • Publication number: 20150048563
    Abstract: A portable work bench may include a body, legs connected to the body for supporting the body, the legs being movable between an open position and a closed position, at least one wheel connected to the body, and a handle connected to the body. A surface of the handle and a surface of the wheel define a plane. The workbench does not have any portions that extend below the plane when the legs are in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Ross A. Billings, Warren A. Ceroll, Peter Chaikowsky, Floyd E. Moreland, Christian V. Elder
  • Patent number: D715338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Christian V. Elder, John E. Buck, Floyd E. Moreland, Ross A. Billings, Warren A. Ceroll, James D. Schroeder, Peter Chaikowsky