Patents by Inventor Terry A. Richards

Terry A. Richards 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: 20040197118
    Abstract: A replenishment receptacle for containing particulate material and replenishing the particulate material into a reservoir. The replenishment receptacle includes an enclosed container with an orifice for filing and removing particulate material and a closure with a slide cover for closing and sealing the container. Tab-like features on the closure, for locating it to the reservoir during transfer of the particulate material from the receptacle to the reservoir, are uniquely shaped and located for low cost manufacturing. The slide cover for closing and sealing the receptacle has a cellular urethane foam gasket bonded to the inner side and ramp-like features on the outer side to capture the slide cover, thus preventing it from being removed from the closure. In one embodiment the enclosed container and closure have features which engage and lock together the enclosed container and closure, thus preventing them from working loose and leaking during shipping and handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicants: NexPress Solutions LLC, Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Terry Richard Elich, Michelle Dawn Wise, Scott Thomas Slattery, Theodore Kenneth Ricks, Thomas Daniel Jensen
  • Patent number: 6131277
    Abstract: An electrical circuit includes a substrate having at least two alignment pads on the substrate that are accurately aligned with a first set of electrical interconnect pads, and also includes a corresponding number of alignment posts that are cylindrical and have flat bases that are geometrically similar to and smaller than a corresponding shape of each of the at least two alignment pads by a predetermined solder fillet radius. Each of the at least two alignment posts is reflow soldered to one of the at least two alignment pads. An electrical part can be accurately aligned to the substrate using the alignment posts, during attachment of the electrical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola
    Inventors: Jonathan Cadenhead, Terry Richard Fleegle, Michael Carlos Menard
  • Patent number: 6045368
    Abstract: An electrical circuit includes a substrate having at least two alignment pads on the substrate that are accurately aligned with a first set of electrical interconnect pads, and also includes a corresponding number of alignment posts that are cylindrical and have flat bases that are geometrically similar to and smaller than a corresponding shape of each of the at least two alignment pads by a predetermined solder fillet radius. Each of the at least two alignment posts is reflow soldered to one of the at least two alignment pads. An electrical part can be accurately aligned to the substrate using the alignment posts, during attachment of the electrical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Inventors: Jonathan Cadenhead, Terry Richard Fleegle, Michael Carlos Menard
  • Patent number: 5938133
    Abstract: The gyratory crushing apparatus includes a bowl having an inner wall which defines a chamber for receiving frangible or friable material to be crushed, the chamber having a central axis and terminating in a throat defining a central discharge opening, a crushing head disposed in the bowl and having upper and lower ends which are interconnected by a peripheral wall which is concentric with respect to a gyratory axis of the head, a support assembly by which the head is supported in the chamber and which includes a shaft, and a drive arrangement coupled to the shaft. The shaft is of integral construction having upper and lower portions, and the head is mounted on the upper portion, with the upper portion having an axis substantially co-incident with the gyratory axis of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Wescone Crushers Pty Ltd
    Inventors: John Andrew Bayliss, Terry Richard Fielding, James Willian Shannon
  • Patent number: 5939886
    Abstract: A plasma monitoring and control method and system monitor and control plasma in an electronic device fabrication reactor by sensing the voltage of the radio frequency power that is directed into the plasma producing gas at the input to the plasma producing environment of the electronic device fabrication reactor. The method and system further sense the current and phase angle of the radio frequency power directed to the plasma producing gas at the input to the plasma producing environment. Full load impedance is measured and used in determining characteristics of the plasma environment, including not only discharge and sheath impedances, but also chuck and wafer impedances, primary ground path impedance, and a secondary ground path impedance associated with the plasma environment. This permits end point detection of both deposition and etch processes, as well as advanced process control for electronic device fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Richard Turner, James Douglas Spain, John Rice Swyers
  • Patent number: 4809638
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for providing an all weather day and night ltion marker on the surface of a body of water enable optional visual, radar and IR detection to ensure the timely rescue of a disaster victim. A cohesive surfactant is mixed with an evaporation reducer and contained in a packet that allows the dispersing of a film made up of the two compounds after they are placed in the water. The film creates a surface that has a slick appearance with respect to the surrounding water, that has a reduced radar backscatter with respect to the surrounding water and which, as a result of reduced evaporative cooling, results in a local increase in the surface temperature with respect to the surrounding water to assure the visual, radar and IR detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robert R. Kolesar, J. Terry Richard
  • Patent number: 3973776
    Abstract: An elongated, upright frame support assembly has been designed to internally and individually support a plurality of upstanding arrows which opens to upward access and receives downwardly each arrow passing into countersunk telescoping tubes which encase each arrow of various lengths. This support assembly further includes a frame which protects arrows and provides attachment points for a camp pack and is covered by a camouflage cloth covering with various size pockets to carry hunting equipment. When this assembly is removed from the hunter, it may be opened in step ladder fashion and support a person standing on top, sitting or hide behind. This assembly is supported by a shoulder harness and is adapted to support the upstanding assemblage on the carrier's back in an upright manner so that the extreme longitudinal base descends to the waist and the longitudinal top extends just above the head region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Inventor: Terry Richard Ogle