Richard E Watson

Address:

7252 Bracken Ln, Indianapolis, IN 46239

VIN:

1D7HU18N08S511940

Make:

DODGE

Model:

RAM PICKUP 1500

Year:

2008

US Patent:

42494257, Feb 10, 1981

Filed:

Oct 29, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/089229

Inventors:

Richard D. Watson - Anderson IN

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

F16H 710
F16H 712

US Classification:

474110

Abstract:

An automatic belt tensioner has a vacuum motor which is stroked by a variable vacuum source such as a gasoline engine intake to drive a one-way device which is operatively connected to rotate a nut in one direction. A nut is threadably engaged with a nonrotatable screw member and is connected to a pivotal support member. When the nut is rotated in one direction by the vacuum motor and the one-way device, the screw member is moved longitudinally to pivot the pulley support in a direction to increase belt tension. The reaction force between the nut and screw member which is proportional to belt tension is applied to a vacuum cut-off mechanism which disconnects the vacuum source from the vacuum motor so that a predetermined belt tension is maintained.

US Patent:

48303330, May 16, 1989

Filed:

Sep 2, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/240023

Inventors:

Richard D. Watson - Anderson IN

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

F16K 3106
H01F 708

US Classification:

25112918

Abstract:

A solenoid operated fluid control valve. The control valve has a plastic housing that supports a coil winding. A valve plunger and a stop member both of which are formed of magnetic material carry magnetic flux developed by energization of the coil winding. Opposed end faces of the plunger and stop member are spaced from each other to form an air gap that is traversed by the magnetic flux. The length of the air gap can be adjusted. To accomplish this, the stop member has a threaded portion that is threaded into a portion of the plastic housing. A cap member, formed of plastic material, is provided that is coupled to the stop member in a manner that prevents relative rotation between the cap member and stop member. After the air gap is adjusted, the cap member is ultrasonically welded to the housing.

US Patent:

46206205, Nov 4, 1986

Filed:

Mar 12, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/588571

Inventors:

Daniel U. Johnston - Anderson IN
Thomas R. Sowash - Anderson IN
Richard D. Watson - Anderson IN

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

F15F 950

US Classification:

188319

Abstract:

The actuator is disposed in the damper piston rod and includes a solenoid with a reciprocating plunger, a motion converting mechanism which converts solenoid reciprocation to rotation of an input driver, an intermediate driver rotatable with the input driver, a rotatable output driver connected to a valve adjusting rotor in the damper piston, and a torsion spring between the intermediate and output drivers. The spring holds the output driver in a following relation to the intermediate driver so that when pressure spikes immobilize the valve rotor and output driver, the input driver can continue to rotate to a control position. When rotor mobility returns, the spring automatically advances the output driver and valve rotor to the same position which would have been achieved had the rotor not been temporarily immobilized.

US Patent:

40717887, Jan 31, 1978

Filed:

Oct 14, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/732499

Inventors:

Ronald A. Martin - Anderson IN
Charles R. Ashton - Middletown IN
Richard D. Watson - Chesterfield IN

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

H02K 1502

US Classification:

310 42

Abstract:

A field assembly for a dynamoelectric machine, particularly for electric engine cranking motors. The field assembly is comprised of a one piece field frame member formed of a high density compacted atomized iron powder. The one piece frame has a generally tubular configuration and has radially inwardly extending pole portions and outer axially extending grooves radially aligned with the pole portions. The frame carries a plurality of field coils which respectively circumscribe the pole portions of the frame. A pole face plate engages each end of a respective pole portion of the frame and a part of each field coil is located between a face plate and an inner wall of the frame. The pole plates are fixed to the frame by parts extending therefrom which pass through openings formed in the frame that extend between the interior of the frame and the outer frame grooves. These parts are headed over in the area of the grooves to secure the pole plates to the frame. The frame, with assembled field coils and pole plates, is press fitted to a tubular outer motor frame and end frames are secured to the main frame by through bolts that extend through the outer grooves of the field frame.

US Patent:

61527858, Nov 28, 2000

Filed:

Nov 23, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/447649

Inventors:

Lisa K. Haller - Anderson IN
James M. Murphy - Chesterfield IN
Richard Demas Watson - Anderson IN

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

H01R 438

US Classification:

439766

Abstract:

The present invention comprises a battery terminal post connector comprising a device which makes direct contact with a storage battery terminal (post) extending outwardly from a battery case. The terminal post connector includes a conductor plate and a sleeve which is received within an opening formed in the conductor plate. The sleeve is secured to the conductor plate by conventional techniques, such as welding. The sleeve comprises a body having a plurality of fingers and a plurality of slots, wherein each finger is defined by a pair of slots. The sleeve has a central opening which receives a tapered post terminal extending from the battery case. A portion of an outer surface of the sleeve is threaded and is intended to threadingly engage a fastener, wherein threading the fastener to the sleeve results in the sleeve being intimately seated against the post terminal. The fastener preferably comprises a tapered nut having a first inner thread diameter and a second inner thread diameter, wherein the first inner thread diameter is greater than the second inner thread diameter.

US Patent:

40769895, Feb 28, 1978

Filed:

Jul 2, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/702217

Inventors:

Richard D. Watson - Chesterfield IN

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

H02K 500

US Classification:

310 89

Abstract:

A cylindrical case for a dynamoelectric machine has an open axial end and an inner axial stop surface inside said end. A stator assembly has peripheral ears abutting the inner axial stop surface and a guide ear projecting radially into an axial guide channel in the case extending from the open end to the inner axial stop surface. An end cap has a plurality of tabs extending radially into a circumferential groove in said case adjacent the axial stop surface, the tabs being wedged against ramps on the peripheral ears of the stator assembly. The cylindrical case is provided with a plurality of axial tab guide channels from the open end to the circumferential groove so that the end cap can be inserted in the case axially from the open end to the circumferential groove and twisted until the tabs engage the ramps.

US Patent:

52191974, Jun 15, 1993

Filed:

Aug 24, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/933635

Inventors:

Joseph W. Rich - Anderson IN
Dean M. Bayer - Anderson IN
David S. Bryce - Anderson IN
Richard G. Watson - Lansing MI

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

B60R 1908

US Classification:

293120

Abstract:

An automotive bumper includes a closed cross section impact bar having at least one open end. An insert formed as a plurality of interconnected molded cells is received in the open end and spans the distance between front and rear walls of the impact bar. A positioning rib prevents overtravel of the insert and tuning bumps are provided to create an interference fit between the insert and the impact bar. An energy absorber can be mounted on the impact bar and fitted with the positioning rib of the insert.

US Patent:

40507718, Sep 27, 1977

Filed:

Jul 1, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/701639

Inventors:

Richard D. Watson - Chesterfield IN
Thomas R. Sowash - Anderson IN

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

H01R 708

US Classification:

339263R

Abstract:

An automotive alternator end frame includes a slotted portion to which a threaded terminal is to be attached. A square shanked bolt is inserted into an insulating grommet comprising spaced washer members supported by a central sleeve of square cross section. The bolt and grommet are assembled to the frame from the outside thereof by sliding the grommet into the slot with the washers overlying the opposed surfaces of the housing. One of the washers is connected to the sleeve through a thin web member so that when a nut is tightened onto the bolt, the web deforms or fractures so that the washer spacing can conform to the frame thickness.