Patents by Inventor Will Pattison

Will Pattison 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: 6658934
    Abstract: A liquid level sender assembly constructed to minimize contact distortion and dither. A housing supports a resistive track and a pivot arm is connected to the housing. The pivot arm has a force transmitting member attached which interacts with a boss on a contact carrier which is also pivotably attached to the case. A space is provided in the fit of boss within the force transmitting member which allows the boss to remain in one position when the pivot arm vibrates in small oscillations, but causes the boss to move in response to larger movements of the pivot arm. Contacts on the contact assembly electrically cooperate with the resistive track to provide a variable resistor. The contact carrier receives only force components directed circumferentially about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Rochester Gauges, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal L. Housey, Will Pattison, Herbert G. Ross, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4706720
    Abstract: A clean funnel including a funnel shaped housing having a large substance intake opening and a small substance outlet opening; an entirely removable first closure cap for sealing the large substance intake opening and an entirely removable second closure cap for sealing the small substance outlet opening, the first cap and the second cap each being sufficiently tight when in place to remain in place under conditions of funnel handling and movement and to prevent contamination of the funnel during periods of nonuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Inventors: O. H. Pattison, Will Pattison
  • Patent number: D413826
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Rochester Gauges, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal L. Housey, Will Pattison
  • Patent number: D419091
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Rochester Gauges, Inc.
    Inventors: Will Pattison, Jeffrey A. Reed