Patents by Inventor Terry G. Miller

Terry G. Miller 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: 7430944
    Abstract: A wing nut installation clutch drive device and method of installing and removing a hurricane shutter. An elastomeric body includes a bore extending longitudinally therethrough for tightly frictionally receiving a drive shaft, a portion of the length of which is tightly frictionally engaged in the bore wherein a rotational force applied by a drive motor engaged with an exposed portion of the drive shaft is translated to the body. A cavity is formed into a distal end of the body adapted to biasingly engage over a wing nut including the hub and wing members thereof whereby the rotational force is applied to install and tighten the wing nut or to loosen and remove the wing nut from threaded engagement with a threaded shaft of each of a plurality of bolts used to retain the shutter without damaging or over tightening the wing nut. An anti-slip improved bolt head of the bolt is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Terry G. Miller
  • Patent number: 4751493
    Abstract: A kit for retrofitting automobiles, primarily standard passenger cars, with a rear deck warning light to warn the drivers of following vehicles of the removal of the driver's foot from the accelerator pedal. The kit includes a self-adhesive rear deck lamp housing, a length of double wire cable that may be fed through the body of the car to the trunk and attached to leads from the lamp housing; an adjustable switch bracket for mounting to the depending pivot bracket of an accelerator pedal pivoting linkage; a switch mounted on the bracket and wiring leads for connection to the cable; a device for tapping into a source of voltage at the fuse box of the vehicle; and a self-adhering miniature lamp electrically connected to the switch by a self-adhering flat ribbon cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Inventor: Terry G. Miller
  • Patent number: 4686503
    Abstract: A kit for retrofitting automobiles, primarily standard passenger cars, with a rear deck warning light to warn the drivers of following vehicles of the removal of the driver's foot from the accelerator pedal is disclosed. The kit includes a self-adhesive rear deck lamp housing; a length of double wire cable that may be fed through the body of the car to the trunk and attached to leads from the lamp housing; an adjustable switch bracket for mounting to the depending pivot bracket of an accelerator pedal pivoting linkage; a switch mounted on the bracket and wiring leads for connection to the cable; a device for tapping into a source of voltage at the fuse box of the vehicle; and a self-adhering miniature lamp electrically connected to the switch by a self-adhering flat ribbon cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Inventor: Terry G. Miller