Patents by Inventor James Alvin Davis

James Alvin Davis 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: 4096399
    Abstract: A semiconductor transmission circuit arrangement which utilizes symmetrical transmission transistors and bias circuitry which exhibits a high output impedance and is arranged to maintain equal d.c. bias currents in the base and the emitter/collectors of the transmission transistor. A multiple collector transistor is utilized as a primary current source and a current mirror circuit is used as a control arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: James Alvin Davis, William Jay Ooms
  • Patent number: 4007059
    Abstract: An ion permeable material particularly useful for electrode separators. The material is a uniform mixture of 30 to 70% by weight colloidal size asbestos fibers and 20 to 40% by weight unsintered fine polytetrafluoroethylene fibers, bonded together with uniformly dispersed particles of a fluorinated ethylene-propylene copolymer comprising about 5 to 15% by weight of the material. Colloidal size particles of an alkaline earth metal oxide are dispersed throughout the material. The material is initially prepared in a modified paper making process and then heated to a temperature high enough to fuse the fluorinated ethylene-propylene copolymer but not high enough to sinter the polytetrafluoroethylene fibers. An improved zinc-air hybrid fuel cell and an improved silver oxide-zinc secondary battery are made possible with electrode separators such as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1977
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Romeo Richard Witherspoon, Edward Marion Domanski, James Alvin Davis