Patents by Inventor James A. Wright

James A. Wright 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: 5383519
    Abstract: An apparatus for rotating a tubing string of a pumping wellhead is described which includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and an interior. The first end has a stationary external coupling communicating with the interior. The second end is adapted for attachment to a wellhead. A drive assembly is disposed in the interior. The drive assembly includes a rotatable tubular member having a first end and a second end. The first end of the tubular member is disposed within the interior of the housing in fluid communication with the stationary external coupling. The second end of the tubular member extends past the second end of the housing thereby providing a rotatable coupling engagable with a tubing string. The drive assembly rotates the tubular member. Bearings are disposed between the tubular member and the interior of the housing thereby facilitating rotation of the tubular member. Dynamic seals are disposed between the tubular member and the interior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: 569396 Alberta Ltd.
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Curtis P. Ring
  • Patent number: 5361397
    Abstract: The present invention allows for communication devices (106 and 108) operating in a communication system (100) to be guaranteed of not missing any important system message sent by the communication system controller (104). By transmitting a system time code to the communication devices (106 and 108) the system controller (104) can inform the communication devices when they need to be ready to receive information from the system controller (104). Once the time to receive a message is determined, the communication devices (106 and 108) turn on even if they were presently turned off or in a battery saving (low power) condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: James A. Wright
  • Patent number: 5355126
    Abstract: An on-site selective call receiver interacts with a wide area selective call system to increase the probability of timely message reception by a selective call receiver capable of operating in either the wide area or the on-site selective call system. A frequency shifting signal is transmitted from the wide area system in response to addition of the selective call receiver to the on-site registry or automatic detection of entry of the selective call receiver into the on-site selective call system coverage area. The selective call receiver shifts to the wide area frequency in response to detecting that the receiver is out of range of the on-site system signal or in response to a signal transmitted by the on-site system in response to deletion of the receiver from the on-site registry or detection of the exit of the receiver from the on-site coverage area. The on-site system increases message throughput by interleaving data messages with voice messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard E. Nelson, Darrell A. Pfeffer, James A. Wright
  • Patent number: 5315635
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reliably delivering messages (200) from a central terminal (102) to a communication receiver (130) in a communication system (100), such as an electronic mail system. The central terminal (102) sequentially transmits messages (200) to the communication receiver (130) and the communication receiver (130) receives transmitted messages (200) over a first communication medium (122). The communication receiver (130) reconciles messages that it failed to receive over the first communication medium (122) with the central terminal (102) over a second communication medium (152). The reconciliation between the communication receiver (130) and the central terminal (102) utilizes message sequence identifiers (208) transmitted with the messages (200) that identify the transmission sequence of the sequentially transmitted messages (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Kane, Robert J. Schwendeman, James A. Wright
  • Patent number: 5097094
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn line, designated PHP60. This invention thus relates to the plants and seeds of inbred corn line PHP60 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line PHP60 with itself or with another corn plant. This invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PHP60 with another corn line or plant and to crosses with related species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. Martin, Robert R. Fincher, James A. Wright
  • Patent number: 5041761
    Abstract: A magnetic automotive lamp current sensor has a coil 12 connected in series with an automotive lamp 14 (FIG. 2). The coil is mounted on a core 15 having a channel 16 through which the turns of the coil pass an has an opening 18 in which a magnetic flux sensor 20 is inserted. Whenever the lamp is powered and functioning, a current flows through the coil inducing a magnetic field in the core which concentrates in the opening. The flux sensor detects the magnetic field and generates an output which is regulated by a transistor 50 to drive an automotive circuit 53 that monitors the operation of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: United Technologies Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Wright, Nathaniel Webb, Harry F. Olmstead, Frank Buccinna
  • Patent number: 4941258
    Abstract: An electrical, multi-wire interconnection between the hinged, movable door (3) of a vehicle and its main body (7) across the hinge gap in the form of a planar cable array (10) having a flat, laterally extended cross-section (FIG. 3), provided with a modular trim panel (3A). It includes at its distal, "A" pillar end an end connector (5A), which mates with an electrical connector (5B) in the "A" pillar. The cable fits in an embossed channel, to which it is like configured, in the door frame. When the door is closed, it is sealingly sandwiched between the metal door frame member (3B) and the rubber door seal on the vehicle body. The door may include a remote multiplexing (remux) unit (30), allowing the use of, for example, as few as about eight wires (11), even though the door is fully powered. The planar cable array can be pre-manufactured as, for example, flat ribbon cable, or made on site using a hardenable plastic (FIG. 5A) or tape-type (FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: United Technologies Automotive, Inc.
    Inventor: James A. Wright
  • Patent number: 4862011
    Abstract: An electrical, multi-wire interconnection between the hinged, movable door (3) of a vehicle and its main body (7) across the hinge gap in the form of a planar cable array (10) having a flat, laterally extended cross-section (FIG. 3), provided with a modular trim panel (3A). It includes at its distal, "A" pillar end an end connector (5A), which mates with an electrical connector (5B) in the "A" pillar. The cable fits in an embossed channel, to which it is like configured, in the door frame. When the door is closed, it is sealingly sandwiched between the metal door frame member (3B) and the rubber door seal on the vehicle body. The door may include a remote multiplexing (remux) unit (30), allowing the use of, for example, as few as about eight wires (11), even though the door is fully powered. The planar cable array can be pre-manufactured as, for example, flat ribbon cable, or made on site using a hardenable plastic (FIG. 5A) or tape-type (FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: United Technologies Automotive, Inc.
    Inventor: James A. Wright
  • Patent number: 4333633
    Abstract: A pneumatic sensor for connection to the sensor port of a bleed-pressure piloted valve and which is responsive to engagement by an article the presence of which is to be detected to block air from escaping said sensor port. The sensor includes a body having a bore and a target slightly smaller than the bore disposed in the bore and having an aperture the axis of which extends transversely to that of the bore. A tube connected to the sensing port and slightly smaller than the aperture extends through the body and into the aperture. The tube has an opening disposed in the aperture and extending generally toward the end of the target to be engaged by the article. The target is movable between an extended position and a retracted position in which the target blocks the opening, air pressure biasing the target to its extended position and the surface of the target defining the aperture being arcuate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Casimir M. Guzay, James A. Wright
  • Patent number: D323538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: James A. Wright
    Inventor: James A. Wright