Patents by Inventor Keith T. Johnson

Keith T. Johnson 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: 11931613
    Abstract: A fire suppression nozzle can include a first fluid channel configured to be in fluid communication with a first fluid having a first flow velocity and a second fluid channel configured to be in fluid communication with a second fluid having a second flow velocity. A mixer can be disposed between the first fluid channel and the second fluid channel such that the mixer is configured to induce streamwise vorticity in at least the first fluid exiting first fluid channel to cause mixing of the first fluid and the second fluid to reduce a flow speed of a mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Johnson, Duane C. McCormick, May L. Corn, Sudarshan N. Koushik, Mikhail Morozov, Changmin Cao, Christopher T. Chipman, Keith A. Post
  • Patent number: 5860612
    Abstract: A guidance system for tape in a tape cartridge includes two corner guides and an optional third guide. The two corner guides may be angled or tapered to produce a bow or slope in the tape, and to steer the tape. If provided, the third guide is readily adjustable during manufacture to an exact predetermined distance from the two corner guides, thereby avoiding problems due to build-up of manufacturing tolerances. A method of constructing such a system provides an interference fit ferrule on a pin or a nail-like pin as the third guide, such that the position of the ferrule or nail head of the pin can be adjusted to the exact position desired during manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: John F. Runyon, Robert A. Muehlhausen, Charles L. Dennis, II, Leslie M. Milner, Mark D. Green, Keith T. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4216105
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula R--CH.dbd.CH--W--CH.dbd.CH--R.sup.1 are described in which R and R.sup.1 are independently phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, indyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl and W is divalent phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl group, which groups may be substituted, the compounds containing at least one non-aromatic ring. Such compounds are useful as optical whitening agents, for example in textile material or paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: Hickson & Welch Limited
    Inventors: Hugh Davidson, Keith T. Johnson, Brian E. Leggeter, Anthony J. Moore