Patents by Inventor James Pierce

James Pierce 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: 20030157990
    Abstract: A conventional length golf club with a grip including a heavy counterweight, the mass of which is sufficient to cause the center of gravity of the whole golf club to be located within the boundaries of the grip. The counterweight may be an elongated member with a bore through its interior, and in order to achieve the object of placing the center of gravity within the boundaries of the grip, it must have a substantially larger cross-section than the standard-diameter shaft of a golf club. The grip may include a lower support section made of a substantially less massive material than the counterweight. In a preferred embodiment, the grip has an elliptical cross section with the major axis of the ellipse perpendicular to the face of the club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventor: James Pierce Bloom
  • Publication number: 20030140507
    Abstract: A reciprocating shaft assembly in a reciprocating saw moves in a reciprocal motion and drives a saw blade via a blade holder. At least one bore is formed in an end of the reciprocating shaft assembly opposite the blade holder. A pin fixed to the saw passes through the bore and acts as a bearing to support the reciprocating shaft assembly in its reciprocating motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Lagaly, Thomas Arnold Mooty, James Pierce Nichols
  • Patent number: 6568089
    Abstract: A reciprocating power tool includes a motor operatively connected with a drive assembly for driving a reciprocating shaft, on which a working tool is supported. The reciprocating power tool includes a base so that the tool may stand upright when resting upon the base without the use of external supports. A counterweight positioned inside of the drive housing minimizes vibration. The motor is preferably positioned so that its rotational axis is angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of the reciprocating shaft. This configuration of the motor produces a compact configuration for a reciprocating power tool and helps the tool stand upright upon the base of the tool. A battery may be provided in a cordless embodiment and is advantageously positioned for balancing the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Porter-Cable/Delta
    Inventors: Matthew George Popik, Earl Roger Clowers, Mark Alan Etter, Thomas Arnold Mooty, Michael Anthony Lagaly, James Pierce Nichols, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6506128
    Abstract: A conventional length golf club with a grip including a heavy counterweight, the mass of which is sufficient to cause the center of gravity of the whole golf club to be located within the boundaries of the grip. The counterweight may be an elongated member with a bore through its interior, and in order to achieve the object of placing the center of gravity within the boundaries of the grip, it must have a substantially larger cross-section than the standard-diameter shaft of a golf club. The grip may include a lower support section made of a substantially less massive material than the counterweight. In a preferred embodiment, the grip has an elliptical cross section with the major axis of the ellipse perpendicular to the face of the club head. The heavy weight of the grip, and the placement of the weight outward of the shaft, effects a substantial increase in the moment of inertia of the golf club and therefore minimizes the effects of unintended forces on the club during the putting stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Inventor: James Pierce Bloom, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5701156
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting and analyzing the parameters of the dispersion pattern of the spray plume from the orifice of a spray device or nozzle utilizing an electro-optical device having at least one television camera positioned to detect the image of a gas plume from the spray device or nozzle, such image created by the gas plume's different index of refraction from the index of refraction of the air surrounding it with such image formed by having collimated light passed through the spray plume onto a screen which is positioned before the television camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Inventor: James A. Pierce
  • Patent number: 5696151
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is O or S, useful for the inhibition of the replication of HIV-1 and reverse transcriptase mutants thereof, in vitro and in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignees: Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc., Uniroyal Chemical Ltd./Ltee
    Inventors: Walter Gerhard Brouwer, Ewa Maria Osika, Benjamin James Pierce
  • Patent number: D410182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Porter-Cable Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Etter, James Pierce Nichols, Jr., John Schnell, Donald Robert Bosten