Stephen R Nichols

US Patent:

46887504, Aug 25, 1987

Filed:

Feb 3, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/825261

Inventors:

Terry S. Teague - Blue Springs MO
Donald A. Jackson - Kansas City MO
James L. Kerske - Lee's Summit MO
Stephen R. Nichols - Gladstone MO
Robert L. McGuire - Kansas City MO

Assignee:

Glen O'Brien Movable Partition Company, Inc. - Kansas City MO

International Classification:

A47G 2902

US Classification:

248243

Abstract:

A system for mounting a component on a wall and the like includes inner and outer brackets adapted for attachment to the wall. Each bracket includes a leg positioned outwardly from the wall and an end. An upper and a lower bracket are provided for mounting a standard, and a pair of standards are provided for mounting the component. Each standard includes end plates with end flanges extending therefrom. The standard end flanges are adapted for placement between the bracket ends and the wall with the bracket ends captured between the standard faceplate and end flanges. The standards may be mounted on the wall in sets for juxtaposed mounting of standards and components. The lateral positioning of the standards on the brackets is adjustable for accommodating different components.

US Patent:

20210328530, Oct 21, 2021

Filed:

Jun 30, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/364193

Inventors:

- Kansas City MO, US
Cooper N. Tracy - Belton MO, US
W. Scott Hunter - Kansas City MO, US
Stephen B. Nichols - Somerville MA, US

Assignee:

QM Power, Inc. - Kansas City MO

International Classification:

H02P 6/16
H02K 11/215
H02P 6/20
H02P 1/46
H02P 6/26

Abstract:

A system is for a machine having an alternating current (AC) power source with a first side and a second side, one or more windings, an AC polarity detector, a Hall effect device, two or more pairs of power switches, and a motor controller. The motor controller determines which of the power switches to open or close to obtain a direction of current flow through the one or more windings based on signals from the AC polarity detector and the Hall effect device.

US Patent:

20200067431, Feb 27, 2020

Filed:

Oct 25, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/664550

Inventors:

- Kansas City MO, US
Cooper N. Tracy - Belton MO, US
W. Scott Hunter - Kansas City MO, US
Stephen B. Nichols - Somerville MA, US

International Classification:

H02P 6/16
H02P 6/26
H02P 1/46
H02P 6/20
H02K 11/215

Abstract:

A method is for a machine having an alternating current (AC) power source with a first side (L) and a second side (L), two or more pairs of power switches, and one or more windings. The method comprises closing one pair of power switches by a control circuit to cause current to flow from a first side of the AC power source, through the one or more windings, and to the second side of the AC power source and closing another pair of power switches by the control circuit to cause current to flow from the second side of the AC power source, through the one or more windings, and to the first side of the AC power source.

US Patent:

20180287522, Oct 4, 2018

Filed:

Mar 29, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/940956

Inventors:

- kansas City MO, US
Cooper N. Tracy - Belton MO, US
W. Scott Hunter - Greenwood MO, US
Stephen B. Nichols - Somerville MA, US

International Classification:

H02P 6/16
H02K 11/215

Abstract:

A multispeed alternating current (AC) machine circuit is for an AC power source having a first side and a second side. The AC machine circuit includes two or more pairs of power switches, one or more windings, and a control circuit to close one pair of power switches to cause current to flow from a first side of the AC power source, through the one or more windings, to the second side of the AC power source and to close the other pair of power switches to cause current to flow from the second side of the AC power source, through the one or more windings, to the first side of the AC power source.