Patents by Inventor Robert L. Jordan

Robert L. Jordan 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: 20110022531
    Abstract: A method is described herein for managing employees and their workforce verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Robert L. Jordan
  • Patent number: 4792282
    Abstract: A liquid pump having a rotary impeller of improved construction to eliminate the cavitation in the pump housing. Motor noises are muffled because the exhaust port of the pump is on the heel of the skimmer plate of the pump which is slightly below the water line, allowing the water to act as a muffler. Also, in use of the pump in outboard motors, further efficiency is caused by the Venturi effect created when water passes over the exhaust port. A reverse mechanism is mounted internal to the discharge end of the pump housing to prevent the accumulation of debris on the reverse mechanism. The impeller includes helical blades mounted on an inverted cone. Each blade has an inner peripheral portion near the axial center line of the impeller to present a negative radial rake which decreases as the upper end of the blade is approachable. Each blade has an outer peripheral portion provided with a positive radial rake which increases as the upper end of the blade is approached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Assignee: A. Janet Jordan
    Inventor: Robert L. Jordan
  • Patent number: 4459117
    Abstract: The liquid jet propulsion unit is driven by the conventional outboard motor. The drive of the motor directly rotates an impeller which draws up the water into an impeller chamber where it is moved by isentropic radially extending impeller blades. These blades have three progressive stages from inlet to outlet, i.e., axial, transition, and radial. In the delivery of the intake liquid to the outlet chamber the twisting turbulence is reduced and is straightened out and is further straightened by the outlet vane to give a stream greater lineal length and force through the outlet nozzle, which drives the craft forward. Since the vertical distance between intake and outlet is only a matter of a few inches, shallow draft boats can be driven successfullyin shallow and rocky water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Inventor: Robert L. Jordan
  • Patent number: D274525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Inventors: Robert L. Jordan, Scott J. Alford