Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Smith

Joseph R. Smith 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: 6531938
    Abstract: A remote operated circuit breaker assembly has at least one circuit breaker, a remote module for remotely operating the circuit breaker and an actuator tie pin. Each circuit breaker includes a circuit breaker enclosure of generally rectangular shape having one side and an opposing side, and a circuit breaker actuator link pivotally mounted inside the circuit breaker enclosure. The remote module includes a module housing mounted to the one side of the circuit breaker enclosure and having a shape generally congruent with the circuit breaker enclosure. A motor is disposed in the module housing, a module actuator is pivotally mounted inside the module housing and a gear means couples the motor to the module actuator. The actuator tie pin connects the circuit breaker actuator link to the module actuator within the interior of the circuit breaker enclosure and the module housing. The actuator tie pin is received in aligned slots defined by the abutting circuit breaker enclosure side and module housing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Carling Technologies
    Inventors: Joseph R. Smith, Gurdev Singh Bains
  • Patent number: 4909250
    Abstract: An animal identification system for swine or other livestock employs an identification implant or pellet consisting of food grade material and imprinted with information to identify the source of the animal and its carcass after slaughter. The pellet is implanted under the hide or skin of the animal for purposes of identification. In the case of swine, the identification pellet is located in the fat layer of the shoulder area underneath its hide or skin. The pellet and the imprinted information consist of food grade material which is capable of being dissolved with the fat layer or disintegrated into cracklings in a rendering process. The pellet remains in the carcass after the animal is slaughtered until its removal to permit identification of the source of the animal. If the pellet is not removed, it is either dissolved with the fat of the animal or disintegrated into cracklings in the rendering process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Inventor: Joseph R. Smith
  • Patent number: 4175405
    Abstract: A shaft coupling having cooperatively spaced split collars mounted in juxtaposition and releasably locked to each other and to shaft ends for non-axial displacement of a shaft end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1979
    Assignee: PEM-IMS, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Smith, Joseph R. Smith