William D Jacob

US Patent:

52011321, Apr 13, 1993

Filed:

Apr 26, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/691708

Inventors:

William L. Jacob - Pittsburgh PA

Assignee:

Busch Co. - Pittsburgh PA

International Classification:

F26B 700

US Classification:

34 13

Abstract:

Apparatus for cooling, heating, wiping, or drying a strip such as a metal strip has either a first cooling unit employed alone or first and second cooling units disposed in relative spaced relationship with a path therebetween for movement of the strip. Each air handling unit has a hollow body portion and a plurality of elongated projecting gas discharge nozzles. The first and second air handling units respectively discharge gas on the surfaces of opposite sides of the strip and also serve to define a spent gas exhaust region. The system may also be employed to resist undesired strip instability. An associated method is provided.

US Patent:

55778542, Nov 26, 1996

Filed:

May 15, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/441508

Inventors:

William V. Jacob - Pittsburgh PA
Jerry L. Newton - Richmond IN
Harold G. Brilmyer - Grosse Pointe MI
James L. Luttinen - Brighton MI

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

F16D 100
B25G 310

US Classification:

403 2

Abstract:

A single shear joint is provided which includes a conical ferrule establishing a nesting means of engagement with controlled embedment between a link and a mating component.

US Patent:

56971699, Dec 16, 1997

Filed:

Nov 12, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/748137

Inventors:

William L. Jacob - Pittsburgh PA

Assignee:

Busch Co. - Pittsburgh PA

International Classification:

F26B 700

US Classification:

34393

Abstract:

Apparatus for cooling strip includes a path of travel for the strip and cooling apparatus having a plurality of elongated gas nozzles within which are disposed water nozzles such that the water nozzles will have a discharge outlet within the gas nozzles and discharge water in generally the same direction as said gas discharge. In a preferred embodiment, the gas enshrouds the water and establishes a cocurrent two-fluid stream which impinges upon the strip moving by the cooling apparatus. Subsequently, heat transfer is enhanced by the air and water dynamics which are provided after impingement by fluid flow fields. The gas nozzles and water nozzles may be coaxial and in one embodiment are each circular. In one embodiment, containment gas is caused to impinge on the strip at a position longitudinally displaced from the regions of impingement of the cocurrent two-fluid stream on the strip so as to resist undesired flow of water. A preferred use of the cooling system of the present invention is in connection with metal strips, such as galvanized metal strips.

US Patent:

56111517, Mar 18, 1997

Filed:

Jun 10, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/259750

Inventors:

William L. Jacob - Pittsburgh PA

Assignee:

Busch Co. - Pittsburgh PA

International Classification:

F26B 700

US Classification:

34395

Abstract:

Apparatus for supplying treatment gas, such as for cooling, heating, wiping or drying is provided by a gas handling unit which has a body portion for receipt and discharge of the gas and a plurality of elongated nozzles which may be (a) rigid nozzles, or (b) flexible nozzles which assume a substantially rigid projecting position when gas is flowing through the nozzle and a collapsed retracted or partially collapsed position when gas is not flowing. The unit may discharge gas in more than one direction. Certain preferred arrangements of nozzles are provided. The nozzles preferably have an inlet portion which is of greater cross-sectional area than the outlet portion and may have an inlet portion which is generally cylindrical cooperating with a generally conical outer discharge portion. In a preferred embodiment, the gas treatment apparatus may be employed in cooling metal coils. An associated method is provided.

US Patent:

56672853, Sep 16, 1997

Filed:

Jul 28, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/508808

Inventors:

Viswanath Seetharaman - Anderson IN
Dale Lee Baldauf - Pendleton IN
Donald Edward Schenk - Vandalia OH
William Vincent Jacob - Pittsburgh PA

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

B60T 836

US Classification:

3031162

Abstract:

A pressure control solenoid based vehicle braking system utilizes intensifiers to permit the hydraulic control components to operate at lower pressures. A method of selectively locking the intensifiers in position is provided. Unique pressure regulators provide predictable control of load pressure and are isolated in the system by a combination of enable valves and the locking method.

US Patent:

20150237268, Aug 20, 2015

Filed:

Feb 20, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/628155

Inventors:

- American Fork UT, US
William James Jacob - Cranberry Township PA, US
Beverly Ellison - American Fork UT, US
Charles R. Jacob - American Fork UT, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/265

Abstract:

Technology is described for combining content from a front camera and a rear camera of a mobile computing device. The method can include receiving an instruction via a graphical user interface to capture a plurality of content objects in response to a single instruction. The method can also include capturing a first content object from the front camera of the mobile device in response to the single instruction. The method can further include capturing a second content object from the back camera of the mobile device in response to the single instruction. The method can also include combining the first content object and second content object together into a combined viewable content object.