Patents by Inventor William Thomas Wright

William Thomas Wright 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).

  • Compressor unit housing
    Patent number: 6971860
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor unit housing comprised of a shell having a top section and a bottom section which receives the top section, the shell being formed of sheet metal and having generally cylindrical sidewalls wherein the sidewall taken in a generally axial direction is substantially straight, each shell section having an opening, a substantially cylindrical portion, and a closed end portion, the opening having a substantially circular horizontal cross-sectional geometry defined by a major axis and a minor axis, the horizontal cross-sectional geometry including substantially liner opposing sidewall portions preferably disposed adjacent to the intersection of the horizontal sectional geometry with the minor axis, and methods of aligning the shell sections for installation of fixtures and mating of the shell sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol Compressors, Inc.
    Inventors: David Rex Gilliam, Steve Edwin Marshall, David Turner Monk, Benjamin Alan Majerus, Scott Garrison Hix, Robert Bruce Peters, John Kenneth Narney, II, Eugene Karl Chumley, William Thomas Wright, Richard Lynn Smith
  • Compressor unit housing and methods of alignment
    Publication number: 20040219034
    Abstract: A hermetic compressor unit housing comprised of a shell having a top section and a bottom section which receives the top section, the shell being formed of sheet metal and having generally cylindrical sidewalls wherein the sidewall taken in a generally axial direction is substantially straight, each shell section having an opening, a substantially cylindrical portion, and a closed end portion, the opening having a substantially circular horizontal cross-sectional geometry defined by a major axis and a minor axis, the horizontal cross-sectional geometry including substantially liner opposing sidewall portions preferably disposed adjacent to the intersection of the horizontal sectional geometry with the minor axis, and methods of aligning the shell sections for installation of fixtures and mating of the shell sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: David Rex Gilliam, Steve Edwin Marshall, David Turner Monk, Benjamin Alan Majerus, Scott Garrison Hix, Robert Bruce Peters, John Kenneth Narney, Eugene Karl Chumley, William Thomas Wright, Richard Lynn Smith