Patents by Inventor Manual D. Mills

Manual D. Mills 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: 5654617
    Abstract: A windshield wiper controller 10 is provided for automatically regulating the operating speed of a motor powering a windshield wiper. An automatically set or manually set wiper speed selector 36, 48 is provided for selecting a wiper speed setting to initially control the operating speed of the windshield wiper motor. A sensor 22 senses the actual speed of the windshield wiper movement relative to the windshield. Controller 32 is responsive to the sensor 22 and automatically generates a wiper speed increase signal to the selector when the sensed wiper speed is less than a selected value, and similarly generates a wiper speed reduce signal when the sensed wiper speed is greater than a selected value. The wiper speed sensor 22 may include a magnet 20 which acts as a triggering mechanism outputting a signal from the wiper sensor. A timer 44 measures the time interval between at least a substantial portion of the forward wiping motion and the return wiping motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Inventor: Manual D. Mills
  • Patent number: 4873635
    Abstract: A pump-off controll device for controlling a pumpjack unit. The device measures the length of time required for the pump to downstroke successive numbers of times, and when the time differential reaches a predetermined value, the well is shut-in for a time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Inventor: Manual D. Mills