Patents by Inventor Keith Malcolm Evans

Keith Malcolm Evans 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: 5967891
    Abstract: An air vent for a heating or air conditioning system comprising an air flow nozzle having a part spherical outer wall mounted within a housing which is substantially circular in cross section about a longitudinal axis and shaped to allow swivelling of the nozzle within it, the nozzle being mounted to the housing via a gimbal member, the gimbal member comprising two legs with a web extending between them, each leg extending between the housing and the nozzle wall in a longitudinal direction, each leg being pivotally attached to the housing at diametrically opposite points such that the gimbal member may rotate about a first axis with respect to the housing, the gimbal member also comprising a tongue extending from the web to the first axis between the pivot points of the housing and being pivotally attached to the nozzle about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Joseph Riley, Keith Malcolm Evans