Patents by Inventor James B. Nelson

James B. Nelson 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).

  • Gun stock pivot
    Patent number: 7024812
    Abstract: A mechanism, which may be integral with the gun parts or may be manufactured as an after-market item, which permits the butt of a shoulder-fired weapon to be pivoted about an axis substantially parallel to the axis of the gun barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Inventor: James B. Nelson
  • Methods for enhanced resolution of hydrocarbon continuous emulsions or dispersions with conductivity modifiers
    Patent number: 6113765
    Abstract: A method of increasing the efficiency of the electrostatic separation of a continuous hydrocarbon emulsions or dispersion by increasing the electrical conductivity of the emulsion or dispersion. An increase in electrical conductivity is provided with an effective amount of an electrically conductive agent (conductivity modifier). Examples of electrically conductive agents are antistatic agents such as anionic, cationic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: John P. Wagner, James B. Nelson
  • Fan motor having reversible rotor
    Patent number: 4224544
    Abstract: A fan motor which has unique design elements and configuration to allow reversible disposition of the rotor so as to make same either clockwise or counterclockwise rotatable. The motor also utilizes unique mounting elements and arrangements so as to facilitate co-assembly with the device with which it is to be used, more specifically, so that the motor may be utilized to drive a fan in domestic and commercial refrigerators and like refrigeration appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Inventors: Eugene T. McKinnon, Alvin S. Drutz, James B. Nelson, deceased, Lorraine Nelson, executrix
  • Fan motor
    Patent number: D258056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Inventors: Eugene T. McKinnon, Alvin S. Drutz, James B. Nelson, deceased, by Lorraine Nelson, executrix