Bruce P Jones

US Patent:

7270075, Sep 18, 2007

Filed:

Oct 7, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/245931

Inventors:

Bruce K. Jones - Onsted MI, US

International Classification:

B63B 17/02
B63B 17/00

US Classification:

114361, 114364

Abstract:

The specification discloses a combination cruising top and storage cover for a boat of the kind having a deck disposed between fore and aft ends of the boat, the deck including a passenger area, the combination cruising top and storage cover comprising at least first and second cover portions selectively pivotally moveable towards each other and into a first, raised configuration, wherein the at least first and second cover portions are arranged vertically adjacent each other in generally lapped relation to define a cruising top for a boat, and selectively pivotally moveable away from each other and into a second, lowered configuration, wherein the at least first and second cover portions are each positioned vertically lower than in the first, raised configuration and arranged generally horizontally in substantially end-to-end relation to thereby define a storage cover for covering at least a portion of a boat's deck.

US Patent:

54832470, Jan 9, 1996

Filed:

Dec 20, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/359484

Inventors:

Andrew Adrian - Ypsilanti MI
Bruce R. Jones - Romulus MI
George F. Tannery - Ypsilanti MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

H01Q 132

US Classification:

343713

Abstract:

An automotive antenna system for receiving FM broadcast band radio signals includes a conformal antenna and a glazing panel having an electrically conductive coating. A conductive trace integrated with a front windshield panel, for example, forms an active slot antenna which is connected by a coaxial cable to the automobile's FM radio receiver. A transparent conductive layer is applied over a substantial portion of the rear window opening which is typically dimensioned such that it would otherwise be resonant within the FM broadcast band and parasitically coupled to the active antenna, which would cause the active antenna to have an undesirable directional pattern. The transparent layer has a sufficiently high conductivity and is applied over a sufficiently large portion of the resonant window opening to substantially reduce or eliminate resonances within the FM broadcast band.

US Patent:

56106181, Mar 11, 1997

Filed:

Dec 20, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/359485

Inventors:

Andrew Adrian - Ypsilanti MI
Bruce R. Jones - Romulus MI
Robert A. Schuessler - Canton MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

H01Q 132

US Classification:

343713

Abstract:

A motor vehicle antenna system is disclosed for receiving electromagnetically radiated signals in the FM radio broadcast frequency range. The antenna system includes a magnetic current receiving, conformal, substantially rectangular truncated slot antenna. The slot antenna is defined in part by a substantially horizontal portion of a conductive periphery of a window opening of the motor vehicle. The slot antenna is further defined in part by a conductive trace integral with a glazing panel mounted in the window opening. The conductive trace extends horizontally a distance equal to one-half a wavelength in the FM broadcast frequency band. The ends of the trace are effectively connected to the conductive periphery of the window opening. An electrical lead is provided for carrying signals from the slot antenna to a radio receiver, having a first conductor connected to the conductive window periphery and a second conductor coupled to the slot antenna, such as by a network feed structure integral with the windshield, optionally forming an electrical junction with the trace. The side points of the trace are effectively connected to the conductive periphery, e. g.