Patents by Inventor Thomas Jewel Wilkes

Thomas Jewel Wilkes 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).

  • Solenoid mounting plate for musical keyboard
    Patent number: 4121491
    Abstract: There is disclosed an improved mounting plate or rack for mounting a large number of solenoids in a keyboard-actuated musical instrument. The mounting rack is an extruded plate having locking slots formed in the surface thereof and a pair of cooperating actuator alignment ribs on the edges of the planar surfaces of the rack, respectively, one rib for aligning every other actuator and the other rib on the opposite side of the plate for aligning the remaining of the actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: Teledyne Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Jewel Wilkes
  • Solenoid mounting assembly for musical keyboard
    Patent number: 4031796
    Abstract: This is disclosed a mounting assembly for mounting a large number of solenoids in a keyboard actuated musical instrument. An extruded mounting plate or rack has locking slots formed in a surface thereof and cooperating grooves formed in a protrusion or rib. Each solenoid has a frame assembly with oppositely extending flanges, one flange being received in a groove in the projection or rib and the other flange having an off-set screw engaged with a threaded element or fastener in the slots of the rack or bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: Teledyne, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Jewel Wilkes