Patents by Inventor James R. Dowell

James R. Dowell 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: 5455471
    Abstract: An electric motor that includes a case having an axially oriented stamped steel endhead, a motor output shaft projecting from the endhead for coupling to a motor load, and a self-aligning spherical bearing mounted on the endhead for rotatably supporting the shaft. The bearing has a cylindrical extension that projects axially outwardly from the motor case coaxially with the shaft. The bearing extension is constructed and arranged to be engaged by the support structure and/or load coupled to the shaft for locating the same coaxially with the shaft. The bearing, including the extension, is of homogeneously integral unitary construction, preferably of lubricant-impregnated porous metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Magnetek Universal Electric
    Inventor: James R. Dowell
  • Patent number: 4671988
    Abstract: A camouflage fabric having (1) opposed surface areas of a size sufficient to extend over the object or personnel to be camouflaged and (2) a weight per unit surface area within the range of 1 to 16 ounces per square yard. The camouflage fabric comprises a knit yarn fabric formed of a multiplicity of knit stitches and a multiplicity of parallel longitudinally extending inserts held in the knit fabric by longitudinally extending stitch sections of yarn between the inserts and transversely extending stitch sections of yarn on opposite sides of the inserts spaced longitudinally therealong. The strips are held by the knit yarn fabric so that opposite surface areas thereof correspond with opposite surface areas of the camouflage fabric and so that each side edge of each strip is disposed in spaced parallel relation with an opposite side edge of an adjacent strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Inventors: James R. Dowell, Paul R. Laube
  • Patent number: 4327914
    Abstract: This game board, which is called "double-play," consists primarily of a playing surface inscribed with a "baseball diamond," score pads, scoring boxes, "dug-outs," etc. The game further includes a deck of cards that are to be shuffled and played, and a multiple number of animated playing pieces, which are color coded, are provided for playing the game. The playing pieces include a first team of "right hand batters" and an opposing second team of "left hand batters". The baseball diamond includes a pair of boxes, one on each side of home plate, each being a different color, and a pair of adjacent boxes, each of a different color, located at the first, second, and third base positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1982
    Inventor: James R. Dowell