Patents by Inventor William J. Dittman

William J. Dittman 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: 4702710
    Abstract: A waterproof seal assembly for electrical connectors is disclosed having an elastomeric sleeve which encircles a portion of the cable and the plug end of the electrical connector. An adaptor, used to secure the receiving jack, extends from the securing point to meet the sleeve, thereby completely encircling the connection. A sealing bead may be provided on the inner surface of the sleeve to engage the adaptor and seal out moisture, dust, and other corrosive contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Dittman, Luther S. Ward
  • Patent number: 4688740
    Abstract: A hand reel for fishing line is formed by an outer annular member rotatable about an inner annular member, both the inner and outer members are made of two annular halves, an outer peripheral surface of the outer annular member is of a generally U-shaped radially outwardly opening configuration as viewed in radial cross-section to accommodate fishing line thereupon, the inner annular member has a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially outwardly opening slots which guidingly receive an innermost circumferential edge of the outer annular member for guiding relative rotation between the two annular members, a slot formed in at least one of the inner annular member halves receives a brake mechanism spring biased axially outwardly and having an axial inboard end portion in bearing engagement against an annular braking surface portion of the outer annular member, the braking mechanism also includes an axially outboard end portion manually manipulable by the fingertips of a user's hand to selectively regulat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignees: James F. Weeks, J. Richard Weeks
    Inventors: James F. Weeks, J. Richard Weeks, William J. Dittman
  • Patent number: 4366452
    Abstract: A multi-position waveguide switch including a cylindrical housing supporting radially extending waveguides, a switching assembly composed of a stack of disks each having input and output ports interconnected by waveguide sections, and a mechanism for selectively translating the stack of disks to selected axial positions within the cylindrical housing such that a selected disk is in alignment and communication with certain predetermined ports of the radially extending waveguides. By selective axial translation of the disk assembly, a selected disk may be interposed between the radially extending waveguide supported by the housing to provide a selected routing path for microwave energy to the waveguides supported by the housing and through the selected disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1982
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Institute
    Inventors: William J. Dittman, Calvin R. Jameson
  • Patent number: 4277789
    Abstract: A microwave energy transmission system for coupling a stationary waveguide to a rotating waveguide including a transition coupling assembly comprising a plurality of equal length transmission lines having their opposite ends terminating in annular patterns defining equidistantly, circumferentially spaced regions of maximum coupling, and a pair of rotatable horns having flared apertures sweeping circular paths in gapped registry with the annular patterns and spanning, at any instant, a plurality of said regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1981
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Institute
    Inventors: Robert M. Goodman, Jr., William J. Dittman