Patents by Inventor Jay A. Goddard

Jay A. Goddard 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).

  • Router
    Patent number: 8087437
    Abstract: A router includes a base, a motor housing supported by the base for movement along a first axis, and an adjustment mechanism having a shaft, with a thread portion, connected to the motor housing for rotation about a second axis. The adjustment mechanism also includes a unitarily formed lock mechanism supported by the base. The lock mechanism includes a thread-engaging member that, when engaged with the thread portion, causes small changes to the position of the housing relative to the base in response to rotation of the shaft. The lock mechanism is movable between an engaged position, in which the thread-engaging member engages the thread portion, and a disengaged position, in which the thread-engaging member disengages the thread portion and the housing is freely movable relative to the base to provide course adjustment of the position of the housing relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: Techtronic Power Tools Technology Limited, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Jay A. Goddard, Randy McDonald, Dale Borchardt, Troy Thorson, Jeffrey Hessenberger, Christopher Berg, Jeffrey Holly
  • ROUTER
    Publication number: 20100126627
    Abstract: A router includes a base, a motor housing supported by the base for movement along a first axis, and an adjustment mechanism having a shaft, with a thread portion, connected to the motor housing for rotation about a second axis. The adjustment mechanism also includes a unitarily formed lock mechanism supported by the base. The lock mechanism includes a thread-engaging member that, when engaged with the thread portion, causes small changes to the position of the housing relative to the base in response to rotation of the shaft. The lock mechanism is movable between an engaged position, in which the thread-engaging member engages the thread portion, and a disengaged position, in which the thread-engaging member disengages the thread portion and the housing is freely movable relative to the base to provide course adjustment of the position of the housing relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Jay A. Goddard, Randy McDonald, Dale Borchardt, Troy Thorson, Jeffrey Hessenberger, Christopher Berg, Jeffrey Holly
  • Circular saw
    Patent number: D504297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: One World Technologies, Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Shea Tillman, Kenneth M. Brazell, Taku Ohi, Jay A. Goddard, David E. Dutterer
  • String trimmer power head and shaft
    Patent number: D482942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Homelite Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taku Ohi, Kenneth M. Brazell, Benjamin J. Thomas, Jay A. Goddard, Ernest W. Spangler, III