Kenneth J Macleod

US Patent:

57949662, Aug 18, 1998

Filed:

Jun 2, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/867716

Inventors:

Kenneth J. MacLeod - Laguna Niguel CA

International Classification:

B60G 1126

US Classification:

280714

Abstract:

A vehicular suspension system having at least one pair of shock absorbers. Each of the shock absorbers of the pair includes a housing defining top and bottom ends and a fluid filled interior chamber, upper and lower ports in communication with the interior chamber, and a piston disposed in the interior chamber which is reciprocally movable through upward and downward strokes therewithin. The lower port of a first shock absorber of the pair is fluidly connected to the upper port of a second shock absorber of the pair via a first fluid line. Similarly, the lower port of the second shock absorber is fluidly connected to the upper port of the first shock absorber via a second fluid line.

US Patent:

46663460, May 19, 1987

Filed:

Mar 24, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/843011

Inventors:

Kenneth H. MacLeod - Las Vegas NV

Assignee:

Hanna-Beric Systems, Inc. - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

E02D 724

US Classification:

405269

Abstract:

Rotatable fill pipe for use in blind-filling underground voids has a collapsible backfill elbow on the lower end thereof, including an upper elbow part rigidly connected to the lower end of the fill pipe and a lower elbow part pivotally connected to the upper elbow part for pivotal movement between a lower position in coaxial alignment with the fill pipe to facilitate passage of the backfill elbow and lower end of the fill pipe through a fill hole into an underground void, and a raised position extending at an angle relative to the fill pipe to facilitate distribution of fill material introduced into the underground void through the fill pipe in a circular pile within the underground void as the fill pipe and backfill elbow are rotated about the longitudinal axis of the fill pipe. A cable may be connected to the lower elbow part for remotely actuating the lower elbow part for pivotal movement between the lower and raised positions. Also, a lower pipe extension may be provided on the lower elbow part for distributing the fill material in a larger circular pile within the underground void.

US Patent:

58254277, Oct 20, 1998

Filed:

Aug 22, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/518583

Inventors:

Kenneth J. MacLeod - Laguna Niguel CA

International Classification:

H04N 701

US Classification:

348445

Abstract:

The present invention addresses problems of dealing with video formats in both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios by providing an image display system having an aspect ratio between the 4:3 aspect ratio of the standard National Television System Committee (NTSC) and the soon to be implemented 16:9 aspect ratio of High Definition TV (HDTV). In a first embodiment, the apparatus utilizes a video screen having a substantially rectangular configuration having an aspect ratio being between 1. 4:1 and 1. 7:1. In a more preferred embodiment, the image display system includes a video screen having an aspect ratio being between 1. 5:1 and 1. 6:1. In an even more preferred embodiment, the video screen of the image display system optimally has an aspect ratio of (square root of 64/27):1.