Patents by Inventor Michael F. Shannon

Michael F. Shannon 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).

  • Redistributed polycarbonate resin
    Patent number: 6492485
    Abstract: The application relates to methods for producing a polycarbonate resin having a narrowed molecular weight distribution, specifically, the application relates to the use of a redistribution catalyst and a feedback loop control mechanism to prepare narrow molecular weight distribution resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric Thomas Gohr, Chad David Mistele, Michael F. Shannon, Vijaykumar Hanagandi, Devesh Mathur, Patrick Joseph McCloskey
  • Umbrella holder for a golf bag
    Patent number: 6032917
    Abstract: A preferred version of the umbrella holder 10 provides a support rod 20 having two fastening blocks which slide within an axial channel inside the support rod to adjust the rod to attach to the inside of a golf bag 100. An adjustment support 40 is releasably attachable to the support rod, thereby allowing the golf bag to be used only with the support rod attached when use of the umbrella is not desired. An umbrella support 70 is pivotably adjustable with respect to the adjustment support, allowing the angle of the umbrella handle to be altered, as desired, and to compensate for the angle of the golf bag when supported by its legs or cart. A spring biases the teeth of the adjustment support away from the teeth of the umbrella support when a connecting bolt is loosened, thereby allowing convenient alteration of the angle of support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Inventor: Michael F. Shannon