Patents by Inventor James A. Lee, Jr.

James A. Lee, 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: 5577649
    Abstract: An article carrier includes spaced longitudinal rails, at least one of the rails having an upper arm coupled by a hinge to a lower arm. A crossbar having an end portion adapted to be entrained between the upper and lower arm portions includes a conformingly shaped mating surface to one of the members of the longitudinal rail. Preferably, both ends of each crossbar include conforming surfaces that mate with corresponding configurations on the rail to fixedly position the crossbar along the longitudinal rail. The position of the crossbar is easily adjusted by opening the upper member of the longitudinal rail by displacement about the hinge, and the hinge axis may be transversely, longitudinally or vertically aligned as desired. Preferably, two upper arms are provided on a longitudinal rail, hinged at opposite ends of the longitudinal rails, and include overlapping portions retained by a single latch mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Advanced Accessory Systems L.L.C.
    Inventors: James A. Lee, Jr., Douglas L. Wickham, Gregory L. Eilers, William D. Batterson, Craig A. Stapleton
  • Patent number: 5411196
    Abstract: An article carrier includes spaced longitudinal rails, at least one of the rails having an upper arm coupled by a hinge to a lower arm. A crossbar having an end portion adapted to be entrained between the upper and lower arm portions includes a conformingly shaped mating surface to one of the members of the longitudinal rail. Preferably, both ends of each crossbar include conforming surfaces that mate with corresponding configurations on the rail to fixedly position the crossbar along the longitudinal rail. The position of the crossbar is easily adjusted by opening the upper member of the longitudinal rail by displacement about the hinge, and the hinge axis may be transversely, longitudinally or vertically aligned as desired. Preferably, two upper arms are provided on a longitudinal rail and supported by hinges located at opposite ends of the longitudinal rail. The opposite ends of the two upper arms include overlapping portions which can be retained by a single latch mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Masco/Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Lee, Jr., Douglas L. Wickham, Gregory L. Eilers, William D. Batterson, Craig A. Stapleton
  • Patent number: 4896128
    Abstract: A support structure for a superconducting solenoid magnet has a set of five symmetrically and coaxially arranged nonferrous support rings. The central support ring mounts two magnet coils and the other four rings each mount one magnet coil so as to restrain the magnet coils from collapsing toward the center along the magnet bore axis and also to resist radially and circumferentially acting hoop stresses to which the coils are subjected. Tubular struts are symmetrically arranged about the magnet bore axis between adjacent support rings and are seated at their ends in counterbores in the support rings to separate and space apart the support rings. Threaded rods extend through the tubular struts and adjacent support rings to fasten the adjacent rings together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John J. Wollan, Raghavan Jayakumar, Vincent Abruzzo, James Lee, Jr.