Patents by Inventor James E. Carpenter

James E. Carpenter 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: 10593238
    Abstract: An illuminated address number assembly. The illuminated address number assembly includes a housing having a light source therein and fasteners disposed on an outer surface thereof, wherein the fastener secures the housing to an object, such as a mailbox or fence post. The housing further includes one or more cutouts disposed on opposing lateral sides of the housing wherein the cutouts take the shape of letters and/or numbers. The cutouts allow the light source to shine through, such that the cutouts are illuminated. The light source is operably connected to a power source, such as a solar panel or a battery, or hardwired electrical circuit. A wireless transceiver is disposed within the housing and operably connected to the light source, such that the light source can be selectively actuated via wireless communication. The device may further include a wall mounted switch, such that a user can manually actuate the lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Schnell, James E. Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20190272778
    Abstract: An illuminated address number assembly. The illuminated address number assembly includes a housing having a light source therein and fasteners disposed on an outer surface thereof, wherein the fastener secures the housing to an object, such as a mailbox or fence post. The housing further includes one or more cutouts disposed on opposing lateral sides of the housing wherein the cutouts take the shape of letters and/or numbers. The cutouts allow the light source to shine through, such that the cutouts are illuminated. The light source is operably connected to a power source, such as a solar panel or a battery, or hardwired electrical circuit. A wireless transceiver is disposed within the housing and operably connected to the light source, such that the light source can be selectively actuated via wireless communication. The device may further include a wall mounted switch, such that a user can manually actuate the lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Schnell, James E. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 5799607
    Abstract: A variety of beneficial insects, from the egg stage to adult stage, have been successfully reared on a defined insect culture medium with a supplement containing poultry egg yolk, ground liver and glutamine. The medium contains no insect components. The medium is encapsulated to facilitate feeding and where applicable oviposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Patrick D. Greany, James E. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 5613554
    Abstract: A contoured A-coil heat exchanger is provided which enhances cooling capacity of the heat exchanger by increasing the volume rate of airflow therethrough. The two slabs of the A-coil each have discrete upper and lower sections, with the upper section of each slab having a greater number of rows of tubes than the lower section thereof, so that the lower section of each slab is narrower than the corresponding upper section. Therefore, the condensate collecting channel of a drain pan used with the heat exchanger can be made commensurately narrower because the channel need only be wide enough to accommodate the lower sections with fewer tube rows than the upper sections. The narrower channel allows the area of the drain pan central opening to be larger for a given size drain pan, thereby increasing the volume rate of airflow through the central opening and through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Heatcraft Inc.
    Inventors: George B. Bull, James E. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 4319147
    Abstract: Monitoring apparatus for producing an output in response to a predetermined condition comprising bistable means (4) having a set input, a reset input and an output; trigger means (2, 6) for applying a first train of pulses (.phi..sub.1) to one of the inputs of the bistable means and for applying a second train of pulses of the same frequency as and different phase to the first train of pulses to the other input of the bistable means in response to a predetermined condition: and an output device (8) responsive to oscillation of the bistable means between its stable states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Carpenter, Brian A. Goody