Patents by Inventor Timothy J Bowman
Timothy J Bowman 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).
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Patent number: 7757374Abstract: A keyless chuck having both an automatic locking feature and a manual locking feature. The automatic locking feature provides for automatic locking of the chuck in a tightened state when a predetermined tightening torque has been exceeded. The chuck can be utilized with only the automatic locking feature engaged. If desired, a manual locking feature can also be engaged wherein rotation of the outer sleeve relative to the body is prevented. A retaining feature can be employed to inhibit the movement of the manual locking feature between a locked and unlocked position. The retaining feature thereby avoids accidental engaging or disengaging of the manual locking feature.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Thomas L. Luckenbaugh, Timothy J. Bowman
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Patent number: 7676977Abstract: A bipod for a firearm is provided, including a body with cutouts to receive a bipod base, and a pair of legs. The bipod base is pivotally mounted to the body, and a firearm mounting bracket is pivotally mounted to the bipod base, allowing for a traversing and/or canting motion. A ball lock mounts each leg to the body, allowing the legs to be independently deployed or stored with the push of a plunger. The legs also telescope to allow adjustment of the bipod height.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Tango Down, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Cahill, Timothy J. Bowman
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Publication number: 20080164662Abstract: A keyless chuck having both an automatic locking feature and a manual locking feature. The automatic locking feature provides for automatic locking of the chuck in a tightened state when a predetermined tightening torque has been exceeded. The chuck can be utilized with only the automatic locking feature engaged. If desired, a manual locking feature can also be engaged wherein rotation of the outer sleeve relative to the body is prevented. A retaining feature can be employed to inhibit the movement of the manual locking feature between a locked and unlocked position. The retaining feature thereby avoids accidental engaging or disengaging of the manual locking feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Thomas L. Luckenbaugh, Timothy J. Bowman
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Patent number: 7360770Abstract: A keyless chuck having both an automatic locking feature and a manual locking feature. The automatic locking feature provides for automatic locking of the chuck in a tightened state when a predetermined tightening torque has been exceeded. The chuck can be utilized with only the automatic locking feature engaged. If desired, a manual locking feature can also be engaged wherein rotation of the outer sleeve relative to the body is prevented. A retaining feature can be employed to inhibit the movement of the manual locking feature between a locked and unlocked position. The retaining feature thereby avoids accidental engaging or disengaging of the manual locking feature.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2004Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Thomas L Luckenbaugh, Timothy J Bowman
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Patent number: 5375573Abstract: In a two-stroke engine having a pressurized air rail for producing an atomized fuel spray for injection into the individual combustion chambers, oil for lubrication is atomized by metering it into a stream of compressed air taken from the rail or a reservoir connected thereto and the resulting oil/air mist is injected into the crankcase and/or the lower part of the cylinder selectively and directly on to points requiring lubrication.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1993Date of Patent: December 27, 1994Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventor: Timothy J. Bowman
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Patent number: 5127375Abstract: A modular hydraulic valve actuating assembly for use in association with a single combustion chamber in a multicylinder internal combustion engine cylinder head. The assembly includes a housing having a mounted surface to attach to the cylinder head immediately above a poppet valve. The housing includes a first cavity spaced from and oriented non-parallel to the poppet valve, a second cavity coaxially aligned with the poppet valve, and a fluid passageway extending between and hydraulically coupled to the first and second cavities. A master piston within the housing co-operates with a camshaft to define a first enclosed fluid chamber which varies in displacement as the master piston is reciprocally oscillated by the camshaft. A slave piston within the housing co-operates with the poppet valve to define a second enclosed fluid chamber hydraulically connected to the first and varying in displacement as the slave piston oscillates.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 1991Date of Patent: July 7, 1992Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Timothy J. Bowman, Julian A. LoRusso, Warren F. Kaufman
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Patent number: 4926802Abstract: A manifold for a bank of four cylinders of an engine comprises four primary tracts each leading to a respective cylinder, and two secondary tracts each connected at a respective one of two branching points to a respective pair of primary tracts which lead to cylinders of which the combustion cycles are in antiphase. The two branching points are arranged contiguous to one another to form a decoupling chamber between which there is disposed a valve connecting the two branching points. The resonant frequency of the manifold can be changed by opening and closing the valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1988Date of Patent: May 22, 1990Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Guy D. Morris, Trevor A. Jordon, William C. Davidson, Timothy J. Bowman
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Patent number: 4805403Abstract: An internal combustion engine has intake and exhaust ducts, including an exhaust duct portion formed as an integral part of the engine along with the engine coolant jacket and passages, the exhaust duct portion being located in good thermal contact with the engine coolant flow passages, and flow diverting valves in the exhaust duct portion to direct exhaust gases to flow through the exhaust duct portion when the engine is cold in order to accelerate warm-up, the valves causing the duct to be bypassed under normal operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1987Date of Patent: February 21, 1989Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Timothy J. Bowman, Robert A. Marshall, Trevor W. Biddulph