Patents by Inventor William Jordan

William Jordan 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: 4811514
    Abstract: A fishing jigger has a main body with two vertical panels mounted on a pair of relatively long, transverse supports, a rod holder extending along the top of the two main panels is pivoted to the panels at one end. An electric operating system for the rod holder includes a crank, a rod mounted on the crank and extending upwardly between two pivoting guides to a cam at the top end of the rod. A cam follower on the bottom of the rod holder is engaged by the cam. When the crank is rotated by an electric motor, the drive linkage produces a slow upward movement of the rod holder and a quick descent. The jigger may be operated by a remote control unit, using power from an automobile battery. The jigger may also include a hook setting feature which is an electrical bypass of the motor speed control to produce a fast upwards movement of the rod holder to set a hook when a nibble or bite is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Inventor: William Jordan
  • Patent number: 4463075
    Abstract: An improved process for providing positive electrical connection between the shadow mask, the conductive coating and the aluminum film by way of the mask-supporting studs is disclosed. The process is for use in the manufacture of a cathode ray tube having a face panel including a rearwardly extending skirt with a seal land for attachment to a funnel having a mating seal land. The face panel and skirt receive an internal coat of electrically conductive dag. The face panel has an inner surface for receiving a pattern of discrete phosphor deposits overlaid with an electrically conductive aluminum film. The tube includes a shadow mask for color selection receiving a high voltage, and held dependent adjacent to the face panel by a plurality of metal studs extending inwardly from the skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Assignee: Zenith Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Fritsch, William A. Jordan, Hugo A. Lopez
  • Patent number: 4325276
    Abstract: A tool for engaging nipples to be applied to or removed from threaded pipe has a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending gripping edges formed on elongated members which are arranged in a tapered configuration relative to the longitudinal axis of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1982
    Inventor: William Jordan
  • Patent number: 3940590
    Abstract: A fushed eyeletting machine which constitutes an improvement over the structure disclosed by U.S. Pat. No. 3,739,141, the improvement features being in the upper setting tool mount structure.The upper arm of the C-shaped frame terminates in a pair of spaced apart tool support fingers, and a double stop toggle mechanism is mounted between the fingers, joined to a mandrel portion of the upper tool at a location thereon between the fingers.The electrical connection to the upper tool is adjacent the tool top and above the fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: Pace, Incorporated
    Inventors: Loring E. Young, William Jordan Siegel