Patents by Inventor James Joseph Viola

James Joseph Viola 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).

  • Portable hair drying appliance and heating element assembly therefor
    Patent number: 4066865
    Abstract: A heater assembly for an electrical appliance such as a portable hair dryer. The heater assembly includes an elongated flexible foil resistance element having opposite longitudinal edge portions mounted on spaced disc support members. T-shaped tabs extend from the foil edges and are seated in recessed portions or notches located in the periphery of the discs with the T-end portions thereof locked to the discs by detent means provided on the discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: Sperry Rand Corporation
    Inventors: Siegfried Godel, James Joseph Viola