Patents by Inventor James C. Black

James C. Black 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: 6340105
    Abstract: A portable cylinder carrier arrangement for holding at least one gas cylinder to a storing surface for storing or transporting, includes a supporter device firmly affixed on a storing surface for storing or transporting, at least a carrier shell forming at least a receiving cavity for holding a gas cylinder therein, a restraining device for securing said gas cylinder in position inside said receiving cavity of said carrier shell, and a mounting seat for securing said carrier shell to said supporter device. The portable cylinder carrier is adapted for the secure transport and storage of fire extinguishers or cylindrical gas cylinders, allowing for the carrier to be easily moved from a mounted storage position to a mounted transport position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Inventor: James C. Black
  • Patent number: 4818475
    Abstract: An improved boiling water reactor emergency coolant injection system network uses condensate pumps in the feedwater train to function in alternate duty as short-term low-pressure coolant injection pumps. These low-pressure pumps use a reliable power supply consisting of the addition of one or more auxiliary generators, of small size and generating capacity relative to the size of the power station's main generator, which are direct-coupled mechanically to the shaft of the main turbine-generator and which use the spindown energy of the main turbine-generator to power the low-pressure coolant injection pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Douglas M. Gluntz, James C. Black