Patents by Inventor William T. Storey

William T. Storey 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: 7128437
    Abstract: A temperature activated pressure relief mechanism for a flashlight or other battery containing device includes a watertight sealed flashlight housing which has an opening which extends from an outer surface to and inner surface of the housing. A metallic eyelet having an eyelet opening and having a cylindrical body sized to fit is placed tightly into the housing opening. A fusible plug of a suitable alloy material placed into said eyelet opening so that when said alloy material reaches the alloy melting point, said material will melt and flow at least partially out of the eyelet opening allowing gas pressure from within the sealed flashlight housing to vent to outside the sealed housing through the eyelet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: W. T. Storey, Inc.
    Inventor: William T. Storey
  • Patent number: 6893140
    Abstract: A flashlight is disclosed which includes a housing adapted to receive one or more battery cells and having a transparent lens on a forward end thereof. An LED light source connected to the cell is utilized in conjunction with collimating optics positioned adjacent the LED to refract rays of light from the LED forwardly. A first paraboloid reflector having a concave reflective surface is positioned within said housing to receive rays of light from the collimating optics and to reflect the rays rearwardly and a second paraboloid reflector having a concave reflective surface is positioned within said housing to receive rays of light reflected rearwardly from the first paraboloid reflector and to further reflect the rays forwardly through the transparent lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: W. T. Storey, Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Storey, Brian E. Probst, Joseph E. Gorrie
  • Patent number: 6854865
    Abstract: A reflector for flashlights and other light emitting objects is disclosed which includes a generally deep dish shaped reflector member having a reflective inner surface. The reflector member has a rear vertex end and a forward open end and has a depth greater than the average diameter of said forward open end. Preferably the depth is at least 1.2 times greater than said average diameter of the forward open end. Also the reflector preferably has an optical axis and having a focus point located thereon at a location less than 10% of the distance from the rear vertex end to the forward open end of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: W. T. Storey, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian E. Probst, William T. Storey
  • Publication number: 20040156202
    Abstract: A reflector for flashlights and other light emitting objects is disclosed which includes a generally deep dish shaped reflector member having a reflective inner surface. The reflector member has a rear vertex end and a forward open end and has a depth greater than the average diameter of said forward open end. Preferably the depth is at least 1.2 times greater than said average diameter of the forward open end. Also the reflector preferably has an optical axis and having a focus point located thereon at a location less than 10% of the distance from the rear vertex end to the forward open end of the reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Brian E. Probst, William T. Storey
  • Publication number: 20040114358
    Abstract: A flashlight is disclosed which includes a housing adapted to receive one or more battery cells and having a transparent lens on a forward end thereof. An LED light source connected to the cell is utilized in conjunction with collimating optics positioned adjacent the LED to refract rays of light from the LED forwardly. A first paraboloid reflector having a concave reflective surface is positioned within said housing to receive rays of light from the collimating optics and to reflect the rays rearwardly and a second paraboloid reflector having a concave reflective surface is positioned within said housing to receive rays of light reflected rearwardly from the first paraboloid reflector and to further reflect the rays forwardly through the transparent lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: William T. Storey, Brian E. Probst, Joseph E. Gorrie
  • Patent number: 6404617
    Abstract: A capacitor which includes an electrically insulating ceramic disk having a top and bottom surface and a center axis. A first disk shaped electrode is mounted to the top surface and a second disk shaped electrode is mounted to the bottom surface of the electrically insulating ceramic disk. A first lead is connected to the first electrode and a second lead is connected to the second electrode, with the first lead and the second lead each being formed of wide flat strips of copper foil. The leads provide low inductance and allow the capacitor to safely perform at high frequencies up to 1 gigahertz. A powder coated outer layer is provided which covers the ceramic disk, first electrode and second electrode as well as a connecting end of the first lead and said second lead. Various lead orientations are disclosed. Preferably, the leads have a width in the range of 50% to 80% of the diameter of the electrically insulating ceramic disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: William T. Storey
  • Patent number: 6186839
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed which has a terminal block having threaded screw opening provided in a first surface thereof. The screw opening has a pair of longitudinally extending groves on opposite sides of a cylindrical side wall of the screw opening. The terminal block also has a cable opening on a surface adjacent the first surface. The cable opening extends longitudinally into the screw opening. A screw member is provided having a threaded outer surface. The screw member is provided with a generally diamond shaped compression member which is rotatably mounted to a shaft provided on the first end of the screw member. The diamond shaped compression member has two rounded corners provided on a long axis of the member in such a manner that when the first end of the screw member is inserted into the screw opening, the two rounded corners of the compression member slide in and are guided by the longitudinally extending groves as the screw member is threaded into the screw hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: W. T. Storey Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Storey, Wesley H. Snyder