Patents by Inventor William J. Evans

William J. Evans 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: 4592909
    Abstract: A water based drink formulated for consumption by people engaged in athletic or other strenuous activity is disclosed. The drink comprises purified water to which has been added electrolytes (ions) of the type normally lost in such activity and in amounts in proportion to which the electrolytes are normally lost. The drink does not include sugar which increases osmolarity and retards gastric emptying. The drink may consist essentially combinations of purified water, sodium chloride, sodium phosphate, potassium chloride, potassium phosphate, calcium chloride and magnesium chloride with the salts being proportioned as stated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Assignee: Water Marketers, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Winer, William J. Evans
  • Patent number: 4454561
    Abstract: An electrical component of the type including a housing, a component element located within the housing, and at least a pair of electrical connectors coupled to the component element and electrically accessible from outside of the housing, provides a resistive element electrically contacting both of the connectors and including a predetermined, finite electrical resistance for forming an electrical path of known resistance between the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: Emhart Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Godfrey R. Pearce, William J. Evans
  • Patent number: 4397490
    Abstract: A vehicle bumper that incorporates a "C" section face bar attached to a truss-formed backplate to achieve a box section construction. The face bar, although a conventional "C" section, has more nearly horizontal upper and lower shelves combined with a reduced frontal face height to offer, when further combined with the backplate, a nearly square box beam. Functional height is extended beyond the beam section with a plurality of strategically located underride stops drawn from the lower shelf. These stops provide low pendulum impact performance at minimal weight while facilitating forming of the bumper beam ends. The stops preferably are concealed with a flexible shield which provides conventional appearance in addition to opportunities of cost, weight, airflow and model appearance differentiation when replacing separate air deflectors and sight shields. The bumper assembly configuration provides a highly weight efficient section modulus, improved torsional stiffness and improved dent resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: William J. Evans, Charles Haddad
  • Patent number: 4342070
    Abstract: An electrical device includes a housing having an open end for receiving an electrical component, a rigid member for sealing the open end to contain the electrical component within the housing, and an apparatus positioned between the electrical component and the rigid sealing member for anchoring the electrical component within the housing. The anchoring apparatus includes a center section, at least two angularly spaced arms extending radially outward from the center section, a locator extending axially outward from the center section for engaging the electrical component, posts extending axially outward from each of the arms for engaging the rigid sealing member to restrict movement of the center section and the arms relative to the rigid sealing member, and a plurality of spaced fingers extending axially outward from the arms for engaging the electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Emhart Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Evans
  • Patent number: 4339786
    Abstract: An electrical device includes a housing having an open end for receiving an electrical component, the housing including an inwardly extending flange located in proximity to the open end and the flange having surface area facing into the housing and away from the open end, anchoring structure adapted for positioning between the electrical component and the open end, the anchoring structure including a hub and at least two arms extending radially outwardly from the hub, the arms including radially extending ends having an effective distance therebetween which is larger than the size of the open end of the housing, and an abutment for abutting the hub against the electrical component, the arms being adapted for concave resilient deflection thereof into the housing for creating a biasing force against the electrical component and for reducing the effective distance between the radially extending ends for permitting installation of the anchoring structure into the open end and past the flange for engaging the radi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignee: Emhart Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Evans, Dennis R. Henderson
  • Patent number: 4045862
    Abstract: A means for and method of closing an opening in a body housing electrical component means having external terminal means. The means for and method of closing the body includes immersing in a bath the body having an opening communicating with a void in the body and electrical component means in the void in the body. The body immersed in the bath has the void filled with material of the bath thru the opening. While immersed in the bath, the body is contacted with means for closing the opening of the body so as to retain the electrical component means and material of the bath within the body. The closed body with the electrical component means and material of the bath is then removed from the bath.The means and method have particular applicability to closing open ends of plastic bodies housing electronic components such as capacitors while the bodies and components are immersed in a bath of liquid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1973
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1977
    Assignee: P. R. Mallory & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Evans
  • Patent number: 3990395
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming an electrically insulating semi-cured or cured in situ polymer containing material over a surface of an electrode can of an electrical device. The apparatus includes an applicator forming a film of curable polymer containing material over the can and means semi-curing or curing in situ the film to form an electrically insulating semi-cured or cured polymer containing material over the surface of the electrode can. The film is formed by contacting a surface of the electrode can with curable polymer containing material dispensed from the applicator and moving the surface of the electrode can contacted with the material over the applicator to distribute the curable polymer containing material over the surface of the electrode can as a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1976
    Assignee: P. R. Mallory & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Evans, Edwin R. Koons, Kevin J. Killigrew
  • Patent number: D366466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: June Lee, William J. Evans, Kevelyn K. Boyd