Patents by Inventor James C. Ferrell

James C. Ferrell 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).

  • Publication number: 20240081181
    Abstract: A mower including a handle assembly and a grip coupled to the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a cross member. The grip is moveable longitudinally relative to the cross member. The mower also includes a sensor operable to generate an output signal based on a position of the grip relative to the cross member, and a drive assembly configured to operate based on the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TECHTRONIC OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, William E. Colber, Dayu Feng
  • Patent number: 11856888
    Abstract: A mower including a handle assembly and a grip coupled to the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a cross member. The grip is moveable longitudinally relative to the cross member. The mower also includes a sensor operable to generate an output signal based on a position of the grip relative to the cross member, and a drive assembly configured to operate based on the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, William E. Colber, Dayu Feng
  • Publication number: 20230413725
    Abstract: A power tool may have features for varying height or speed. The power tool may include a base chassis, one or more wheels mounted to the base chassis, and a handle frame attached to the base chassis. A slider assembly or support rail may further be included with the power tool to, for instance, aid in varying speed or height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: William E. Colber, Dayu Feng, James C. Ferrell, Jonathan R. Feldkamp, Dongyu Wang
  • Publication number: 20230232738
    Abstract: A mower including a handle assembly and a grip coupled to the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a cross member. The grip is moveable longitudinally relative to the cross member. The mower also includes a sensor operable to generate an output signal based on a position of the grip relative to the cross member, and a drive assembly configured to operate based on the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, William E. Colber, Dayu Feng
  • Patent number: 11690319
    Abstract: A mower including a handle assembly, a grip moveable relative to the handle assembly, a sensor operable to generate an output signal based on a position of the grip relative to the handle assembly, a drive assembly, and a controller coupled to the sensor and the drive assembly. The controller receives the output signal and controls the drive assembly according to the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Outdoor Products Technology Limited
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, William E. Colber, Dayu Feng
  • Publication number: 20200245555
    Abstract: A power tool may have features for varying height or speed. The power tool may include a base chassis, one or more wheels mounted to the base chassis, and a handle frame attached to the base chassis. A slider assembly or support rail may further be included with the power tool to, for instance, aid in varying speed or height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: William E. Colber, Dayu Feng, James C. Ferrell, Jonathan R. Feldkamp, Dongyu Wang
  • Publication number: 20200107497
    Abstract: A mower including a handle assembly, a grip moveable relative to the handle assembly, a sensor operable to generate an output signal based on a position of the grip relative to the handle assembly, a drive assembly, and a controller coupled to the sensor and the drive assembly. The controller receives the output signal and controls the drive assembly according to the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, William E. Colber, Dayu Feng
  • Patent number: 9758713
    Abstract: A hydraulic cementing composition and a method of making the same is disclosed. The composition is useful to form a sheath of hardened cement in the annular space between a well pipe disposed in a well bore and the walls of the well bore. The cementing composition is a mixture of dry ingredients comprising hydraulic cement and an additive to control the loss of fluid from an aqueous slurry containing the cementing composition. The fluid loss additive and a method of making the same is disclosed. The fluid loss additive is the reaction product of three chemical compounds each having an ethylene backbone and functional groups selected from carboxylates, hydrogen, anhydrides and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FRITZ INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, Jr., Kurt O. Lindstrom, Luis M. Perales, Hongfeng Ren
  • Patent number: 9714372
    Abstract: A hydraulic cementing composition and a method of making the same is disclosed. The composition is useful to form a sheath of hardened cement in the annular space between a well pipe disposed in a well bore and the walls of the well bore. The cementing composition is a mixture of dry ingredients comprising hydraulic cement and an additive to control the loss of fluid from an aqueous slurry containing the cementing composition. The fluid loss additive and a method of making the same is disclosed. The fluid loss additive is the reaction product of three chemical compounds each having an ethylene backbone and functional groups selected from carboxylates, hydrogen, anhydrides and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: FRITZ INDUSTRIES, INC. A CORP. OF TEXAS
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, Jr., Kurt O. Lindstrom, Luis M. Perales, Hongfeng Ren
  • Patent number: 9611419
    Abstract: A hydraulic well cementing composition is disclosed. The well cementing composition contains a hydraulic cement and a fluid loss additive. The fluid loss additive is the polymerization reaction product of a two vinylamide monomers, wherein the polymerization reaction is conducted in the presence of a molecular weight control agent. One of the vinylamide monomers includes a sulfonic acid function, the second vinylamide monomer does not include a sulfonic acid function. The fluid loss additive controls fluid loss at temperatures up to 350° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: FRITZ INDUSTRIES, INC. A CORPORATION OF TEXAS
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, Jr., Lauren T. Gallagher, Bilal H. Bazzi
  • Patent number: 9340938
    Abstract: A snow thrower comprising a frame, a handle coupled to the frame, a chute coupled to the frame and rotatable between a plurality of positions about a chute axis, and a chute control assembly. The chute control assembly comprises an actuator assembly including an actuator movable between a plurality of positions, a rotatable flexible cable having first and second ends, and a gear assembly comprising at least one gear. The first end is coupled to the actuator assembly in a manner that causes the cable to rotate when the actuator is moved between the plurality of positions. The gear is coupled to the second end in a manner that causes the gear to rotate when the cable rotates. The chute is coupled to the gear in a manner that causes the chute to rotate about the chute axis when the gear rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, William E. Colber, Jr., Benjamin E. Montgomery
  • Patent number: 9321953
    Abstract: A hydraulic cementing composition and a method of making the same is disclosed. The composition is useful to form a sheath of hardened cement in the annular space between a well pipe disposed in a well bore and the walls of the well bore. The cementing composition is a mixture of dry ingredients comprising hydraulic cement and an additive to control the loss of fluid from an aqueous slurry containing the cementing composition. The fluid loss additive and a method of making the same is disclosed. The fluid loss additive is the reaction product of three chemical compounds each having an ethylene backbone and functional groups selected from carboxylates, hydrogen, anhydrides and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FRITZ INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, Jr., Kurt O. Lindstrom, Luis M. Perales, Hongfeng Ren
  • Patent number: 9127195
    Abstract: A quantity of insoluble solid particles is coated with a hydratable gelling agent to produce a composition comprised of a mass of discrete solid particles which is dry and flowable. The composition is made by placing a binder on the insoluble solid particles and then, while the binder is sticky, placing a hydratable gelling agent on the sticky binder to thereby form the composition. The hydratable gelling agent on the composition, upon contact with an aqueous liquid, operates to increase the viscosity of the aqueous liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Fritz Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, Jr., James J. Lavene, Trinidad Munoz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8273406
    Abstract: This invention provides a process for coating particulate solids with a curable novolac resin without employing heat as a step of the process, comprising placing an epoxy resin which is curing on the particulate followed by placing a novolac resin capable of being heat cured on the epoxy resin before curing of the epoxy resin is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Fritz Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, Jr., James J. Lavene
  • Publication number: 20120198732
    Abstract: A snow thrower comprising a frame, a handle coupled to the frame, a chute coupled to the frame and rotatable between a plurality of positions about a chute axis, and a chute control assembly. The chute control assembly comprises an actuator assembly including an actuator movable between a plurality of positions, a rotatable flexible cable having first and second ends, and a gear assembly comprising at least one gear. The first end is coupled to the actuator assembly in a manner that causes the cable to rotate when the actuator is moved between the plurality of positions. The gear is coupled to the second end in a manner that causes the gear to rotate when the cable rotates. The chute is coupled to the gear in a manner that causes the chute to rotate about the chute axis when the gear rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, William E. Colber, JR., Benjamin E. Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20120066912
    Abstract: A trimmer and a trimmer head for use with the trimmer, the trimmer head including a body rotatable about an axis, the body defining a plurality of axially spaced channels each sized to receive at least a portion of a trimmer line therein, and a clamping mechanism in operable communication with at least two of the axially spaced channels to selectively retain a trimmer line positioned within any one of the at least two axially spaced channels. The trimmer head may include a wear disk pivotable relative to the trimmer head body. In addition, a release button of the clamping mechanism may be arranged on the body to provide additional clamping force when the trimmer head rotates about the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, William E. Colber, Benjamin E. Montgomery
  • Patent number: 4539162
    Abstract: An air intake assembly for a golf cart engine provides an air inlet port in a passenger compartment shielded from road dust for introducing clean air for combustion into the carburetor located in the rear mount engine compartment, as connected by flexible air flow tubing. A special choke mechanism located in the passenger compartment eliminates the need for a butterfly valve in the carburetor and the need for a choke cable extending between the two compartments. Thus, choking is achieved by manually operating a biased open valve in the form of a cover cap on the air inlet port to restrict air inlet flow at a convenient location in the passenger compartment, rather than by a complex and critical butterfly assembly in the carburetor connected by a cable to a driver accessible location. The air inlet mount includes an intake air tuned silencer to remove audio frequency intake noises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: Club Car, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Ferrell
  • Patent number: D613773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Techtronic Outdoor Products Technology Limited
    Inventors: William E. Colber, Jr., Clinton C. Thackery, Marion Reynolds, James C. Ferrell