Patents by Inventor Richard Caires

Richard Caires 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: 20110215585
    Abstract: A wind tower system includes a number of wind tower system rotor blades formed with substantially clear composite fiber reinforced polymer (FRP), resin and hardener polymers, a nacelle made at least partially from composite FRP or a steel-based, a hub connecting the plurality of wind tower system rotor blades to the nacelle and a tower upon which the nacelle is connected. The wind tower system rotor blades are designed for minimizing wind turbulence and, therefore, sound during active wind tower system operation and freely transmit light to minimize blade light reflectivity and therefore visual presence and wherein the nacelle and tower are coated to reduce visual impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventor: Richard CAIRES
  • Patent number: 5762161
    Abstract: A motor vehicle comprises ground engaging means and driving means for driving the ground engaging means and including a rotatable drive shaft, the drive shaft being provided with means for generating electric current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Inventors: Richard Caires, Douglas Caires
  • Patent number: 5590734
    Abstract: In a vehicle and a method of driving the same, an additional power is produced from a relative vertical displacement between the ground engaging means and the body of the vehicle and supplied to the drive of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Richard Caires
  • Patent number: 4905128
    Abstract: A lipstick application assisting device comprises a housing, a receptacle formed in the housing so as to accommodate a lipstick, a mirror provided on the housing, and an illuminating element including a switch, a power supply activated and deactivated by the switch, and an electric light source supplied from the power supply during its activation and arranged so that its light is directed toward user's lips so as to illuminate the user's lips and to obtain in the mirror an illuminated image of the user's lips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Inventor: Richard Caires
  • Patent number: 4540369
    Abstract: A propeller assembly is usable in combination with a watercraft drive unit having a generally horizontal drive support tube fixed on the craft and a drive shaft projecting from the rear end of the support and rotatable about a drive axis. The drive assembly has a hub fixed on the shaft adjacent the support and having a front hub portion immediately behind the rear support end and a rear end spaced therefrom. A rear propeller is fixed to the rear portion of the hub so that it rotates therewith and with the shaft. A planet carrier defining a plurality of planet axes parallel to and spaced equiangularly about the drive axis is secured to the support so the planet axes are fixed relative to the support and drive axis. A sun gear fixed on the front portion of the hub within the planet axes meshes with respective planet gears rotatable on the carrier about the planet axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Inventor: Richard Caires
  • Patent number: D313662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Inventor: Richard Caires