Patents by Inventor Kent Nicholson

Kent Nicholson 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).

  • Publication number: 20060151371
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an oil filter system that is quick and easy to connect and disconnect from an engine. In general, embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method of quickly and efficiently changing an oil filter without using a tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Keith Weinberger, Alan Johnson, Adrian Jefferies, Kevin Smith, Chris Ryall, Kent Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20060096934
    Abstract: An oil filter system includes an oil filter module and an adapter. The oil filter module includes a detent and an actuator. The adapter includes a protuberance and is configured to be secured to the engine. The oil filter module connects to the adapter when the detent secures to the protuberance as the oil filter module is urged into a connection position with the adapter. The oil filter module disconnects from the adapter when the actuator is actuated, thereby disengaging the detent from the protuberance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Keith Weinberger, Alan Johnson, James Pereira, Joseph Borgia, Mario Turchi, Robert Joachim, Adrian Jefferies, James Gladding, Kevin Smith, Chris Ryall, Kent Nicholson
  • Patent number: 6527013
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a plastic jacket having air spaces formed by spaced walls used to insulate hot and cold piping systems and the fittings for those systems. The jacket is made from multiple segments, which are joined together along their longitudinal joints. The segments are joined to each other by tongue and groove connections. One segment can be cut longitudinally and glued to another segment to make a larger segment to fit various diameters of pipe. In a further embodiment, the plastic jacket is modified to form the duct of a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system. The inner wall of the jacket forms the air duct. In both embodiments, at least some of the segments have hinge portions created by omitting the inner wall at the hinge portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Horizon Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Norman George Somerville, James Lannen Beckstrom, Robert Kent Nicholson, Richard Bedner
  • Publication number: 20020100517
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a plastic jacket having air spaces formed by spaced walls used to insulate hot and cold piping systems and the fittings for those systems. The jacket is made from multiple segments, which are joined together along their longitudinal joints. The segments are joined to each other by tongue and groove connections. One segment can be cut longitudinally and glued to another segment to make a larger segment to fit various diameters of pipe. In a further embodiment, the plastic jacket is modified to form the duct of a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system. The inner wall of the jacket forms the air duct. In both embodiments, at least some of the segments have hinge portions created by omitting the inner wall at the hinge portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Norman George Somerville, James Lannen Beckstrom, Robert Kent Nicholson, Richard Bedner
  • Patent number: 6000420
    Abstract: An insulating jacket, that is removable and reusable, for insulating a hot or cold fluid distribution system is described. The jacket is made of a plurality of sections which mate and seal together to effectively seal the pipe section and/or fitting from the surrounding ambient atmosphere. Each of the jacket sections can be made of a clear thermoplastic material and the entire assembly is designed to employ the trapped air, between the inside wall of the jacket and the system element, as the insulator. Plural jackets are used to form plural radially spaced trapped air gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Horizon Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Kent Nicholson, James Lannen Beckstrom, Norman George Somerville
  • Patent number: 5797415
    Abstract: This patent describes an insulating jacket that is removable and reusable, for insulating a hot or cold fluid distribution system. The jacket is made of a plurality of sections which mate and seal together to effectively seal the valve off from the surrounding ambient atmosphere. Each of the jacket sections can be made of a clear thermoplastic material and the entire assembly is designed to employ the trapped air, between the inside wall of the jacket and the system element, as the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Horizon Resources Corp.
    Inventors: R. Kent Nicholson, Norman Somerville, James L. Beckstrom
  • Patent number: 4399638
    Abstract: A turbine-driven sander includes a switching system having a double-flap valve adjacent a passageway intermediate the turbine and a source of vacuum. One flap valve is a toggle which is actuated to open or close a bypass aperture, and which is connected to close and open, respectively, the other flap valve, which is mounted in the passageway. When the toggle opens the bypass aperture the turbine stops; conversely, when the toggle closes the bypass aperture, the turbine becomes activated and remains activated until the toggle opens the bypass aperture or the source of vacuum is removed or no longer produces a vacuum. When activated, the turbine vibrates a platen through a direct drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1983
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Rodowsky, Jr., R. Kent Nicholson