Patents by Inventor Ted D. Deeds

Ted D. Deeds 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: 6289532
    Abstract: A tub waste overflow assembly that is attachable to a tub wall by means of a threaded retaining body insertable through an overflow drain aperture in a tub wall to engage a cooperatively threaded pipe fitting on the opposite side of the tub wall. A chamfered washer is provided to cooperate with the retaining body and an annular sealing gasket to produce a fluid-tight seal on the interior surface of the tub wall. A forwardly projecting fulcrum member on the pipe fitting preferably contacts the exterior tub wall outwardly of the aperture to facilitate connection of a drain pipe to tub walls over a range of included angles, and no seal is required around the overflow drain aperture on the exterior tub wall. A unitarily molded, knock-out test plug is provided across the bore of the retaining body and a handle desirably attached to the test plug projects into the tub to facilitate installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: LSP Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt M. Fritz, Ted D. Deeds, Samuel H. Howe
  • Patent number: 5829422
    Abstract: A magneto ignition system for applications which require long burn times (usually measured in milliseconds), high spark energy to ignite the air/fuel mixtures used in racing applications and light weight. Such applications can use air fuel rations as low as 2:1. The magneto assembly includes a one-piece shaft having a polygonal center section with sides defining a plurality of magnet receiving surfaces. Each surface is fixedly provided with a magnet, preferably a rare earth magnet, with adjacent ones of the magnets being arranged to have alternating outwardly facing poles. A magneto housing contains an array of stator windings that surround the plurality of magnets. The housing also includes opposed apertures with bearings for receiving opposed ends of the shaft. A non-conductive retainer housing surrounds the plurality of magnets and is affixed to the shaft to counteract centrifugal forces acting on the magnets, thus retaining the magnets on the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Mallory, Inc.
    Inventors: Ted D. Deeds, Craig A. Holmes, Alan E. Dawson
  • Patent number: 5111793
    Abstract: An improved pressure regulator for use with automotive engine fuel pumps wherein the ball is constrained for motion in a cage within the inlet chamber. The cage is made up of three simple cylindrical pins press fitted into an end cap. The inlet chamber is oversized with respect to the maximum dimensions of the caged ball array. In this manner, upon opening of the ball off of its seat, virtually no impediment to full flow of the maximum fuel pump capacity through the regulator is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Mallory, Inc.
    Inventor: Ted D. Deeds
  • Patent number: 4998557
    Abstract: An improved pressure regulator for use in racing and other high demand environments for use with a high pressure, high output pump. The sealing plunger is designed to make a hard surface seal and also carries an "O"-ring to form a secondary seal. The primary function of the "O"-ring however, is to create a venturi in the normal ranges of operation to thus create a cushion area which prevents chattering, hydraulic hammering, pulsations, and the like in the fuel flow through the regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: Mallory, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg W. Koechlein, Werner O. Wizemann, Ted D. Deeds
  • Patent number: D495403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: LSP Products Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Ted D. Deeds