Patents by Inventor Frederick W. John

Frederick W. John 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: 4698731
    Abstract: A mechanic's creeper including a body member having a forward end and a rearward end, a plurality of rollers attached to the body member for rollably supporting the mechanic with respect to a target area of an automobile or the like, a light member for selectively illuminating the target area, and an extension member fixedly secured to the forward end of the body member, the light member being secured to the extension member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Inventor: Frederick W. Johns, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4274225
    Abstract: An electrical circuit module easily assembled by hand and especially adapted for use in a circuit package for a model includes an insulator substrate with an upper surface and a plurality of apertures extending through the substrate from the upper surface. A plurality of circuit components on the upper surface of the insulator substrate have leads extending into the apertures. A conductive eyelet extends into each aperture and is dimensioned to form a friction fit with the leads of the components and any additional connecting wires in each aperture. The circuit module may then be mounted in a base including a control panel for an electrical circuit including the module on the base. Light, sound and similar effects are generated by the circuit for a model mounted on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Assignee: Revell, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert J. Knauff, David R. Fisher, Kenneth D. Johnson, Darrell B. Zipp, Frederick W. John
  • Patent number: 4034491
    Abstract: A display device such as a model of a blimp has an aperture formed on one side thereof for display of information carried on a screen within the blimp. Means are provided to rotate the screen and to illuminate the screen interior so as to sequentially display the information through the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: Revell, Incorporated
    Inventors: David R. Fisher, Don C. Willis, Frederick W. John, James R. Powers, James M. Doyle, Lonnie D. Cooper, Dennis C. Rich