Patents by Inventor Willard D. Harris

Willard D. Harris 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: 10625437
    Abstract: An attachable and extendable saw and methods for cutting an object on a work surface with the attachable and extendable saw are provided. The extendable saw can include a saw blade housing coupled to a main body by at least one extendable member, the saw blade housing at least partially covers a saw blade and the extendable member can be configured to move the saw blade housing and the saw blade between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the main body. The extendable saw can also include a motorized unit coupled to the saw blade and configured to rotate or provide other blade movement to the saw blade and a switchable device or unit disposed on the main body and having at least one contact surface that facilitates attachment of the extendable saw to the work surface, said contact surface being switchable between a magnetized or vacuum state and a non-magnetized state or non-vacuum state, respectively. Attachment of the saw blade to the attachable and extendable saw is provided for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Mechanical & Electrical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Willard D. Harris
  • Publication number: 20190291191
    Abstract: An extendable saw can include a blade housing coupled to a main body by at least one extendable member, the blade housing at least partially covers a saw blade and the extendable member can be configured to move the blade housing and the saw blade between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the main body. The extendable saw can also include a motorized unit coupled to the saw blade and configured to rotate or provide other blade movement to the saw blade and a switchable device or unit disposed on the main body and having at least one contact surface that is switchable between a magnetized or vacuum state and a non-magnetized state or non-vacuum state, respectively. The saw blade can be attached to or coupled to a base plate, shaft or arbor with fasteners that are flush or countersunk below a surface of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Mechanical & Electrical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Willard D. Harris
  • Publication number: 20190283153
    Abstract: An extendable saw can include a blade housing coupled to a main body by at least one extendable member, the blade housing at least partially covers a saw blade and the extendable member can be configured to move the blade housing and the saw blade between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the main body. The extendable saw can also include a motorized unit coupled to the saw blade and configured to rotate or provide other blade movement to the saw blade and a switchable device or unit disposed on the main body and having at least one contact surface that is switchable between a magnetized or vacuum state and a non-magnetized state or non-vacuum state, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Mechanical & Electrical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Willard D. Harris
  • Publication number: 20190224764
    Abstract: An attachable and extendable saw and methods for cutting an object on a work surface with the attachable and extendable saw are provided. The extendable saw can include a saw blade housing coupled to a main body by at least one extendable member, the saw blade housing at least partially covers a saw blade and the extendable member can be configured to move the saw blade housing and the saw blade between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the main body. The extendable saw can also include a motorized unit coupled to the saw blade and configured to rotate or provide other blade movement to the saw blade and a switchable device or unit disposed on the main body and having at least one contact surface that facilitates attachment of the extendable saw to the work surface, said contact surface being switchable between a magnetized or vacuum state and a non-magnetized state or non-vacuum state, respectively. Attachment of the saw blade to the attachable and extendable saw is provided for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Mechanical & Electrical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Willard D. Harris
  • Publication number: 20170028486
    Abstract: An extendable saw can include a blade housing coupled to a main body by at least one extendable member, the blade housing at least partially covers a saw blade and the extendable member can be configured to move the blade housing and the saw blade between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the main body. The extendable saw can also include a motorized unit coupled to the saw blade and configured to rotate or provide other blade movement to the saw blade and a switchable device or unit disposed on the main body and having at least one contact surface that is switchable between a magnetized or vacuum state and a non-magnetized state or non-vacuum state, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Mechanical & Electrical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Willard D. Harris
  • Patent number: 9109398
    Abstract: Methods for forming a geothermal well are provided. A method for forming a geothermal well can include drilling a first wellbore having a substantially linear segment connected to an arcuate segment. A second wellbore can be drilled to connect to a terminating end of the arcuate segment, thereby forming a wellbore loop. A thermally conductive tube can be disposed through the wellbore loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Mechanical & Electrical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Willard D. Harris, Michael Batten
  • Publication number: 20130112402
    Abstract: Methods for forming a geothermal well are provided. A method for forming a geothermal well can include drilling a first wellbore having a substantially linear segment connected to an arcuate segment. A second wellbore can be drilled to connect to a terminating end of the arcuate segment, thereby forming a wellbore loop. A thermally conductive tube can be disposed through the wellbore loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Willard D. Harris, Michael Batten