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African American History - African American Inventors

African American Inventors - Patent Holders List Index

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African American History - African American Inventors

Frederick McKinley Jones was one of the most prolific Black inventors ever.

H-I < Jackson to Jennings, Johnson, Jones to Just > K

Albert A Jones & Amos E Long

  • #610,715, 9/13/1898, Caps for bottles, jars, etc.

Clinton Jones

  • #2,474,054, 6/21/1949, Electric release for toy guns

Donald K. Jones

  • #6,063,100, Embolic coil deployment system with improved embolic coil
  • #6,063,111, Stent aneurysm treatment system and method
  • #6,179,857, Stretch resistant embolic coil with variable stiffness
  • #6,277,125, Embolic coil deployment system with retaining jaws
  • #6,277,126, Heated vascular occlusion coil development system
  • #6,361,558, Stent aneurysm treatment system and method
  • #6,379,329, Detachable balloon embolization device and method
  • #6,428,558, Aneurysm embolization device
  • #6,554,849, Intravascular embolization device
  • #6,673,106, Intravascular stent device
  • #6,723,108, Foam matrix embolization device
  • #6,743,236, Heated vascular occlusion coil deployment system
  • #6,802,851, Stent aneurysm embolization method using collapsible member and embolic coils
  • #6,811,560, Stent aneurysm embolization method and device
  • #6,818,013, Intravascular stent device
  • #6,833,003, Expandable stent and delivery system
  • #6,953,468, Occluding vasculature of a patient using embolic coil with improved platelet adhesion
  • #6,955,685, Expandable stent with radiopaque markers and stent delivery system
  • #6,960,227, Expandable stent and delivery system
  • #6,960,228, Intravascular stent device
  • #6,979,344, Foam matrix embolization device
  • #6,989,020, Embolic coil retrieval system
  • #7,001,422, Expandable stent and delivery system

Felix B Jones

Frederick McKinley Jones

  • #2,163,754, 6/27/1939, Ticket dispensing machine
  • #D 132,182, 4/28/1942, Design for air conditioning unit
  • #2,336,735, 12/14/1943, Removable cooling units for compartments
  • #2,337,164, 12/21/1943, Means for automatically stopping and starting gas engines
  • #2,376,968, 5/29/1945, Two-cycle gas engine
  • #2,417,253, 3/11/1947, Two-cycle gas engine
  • #2,475,841, 7/12/1949, Automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks
  • #2,475,842, 7/12/1949, Starter generator
  • #2,475,843, 7/12/1949, Means operated by a starter generator for cooling a gas engine
  • #2,477,377, 7/26/1949, Means for thermostatically operating gas engines
  • #2,504,841, 4/18/1950, Rotary compressor
  • #2,509,099, 5/23/1950, System for controlling operation of refrigeration units
  • #D 159,209, 7/4/1950, Design for air conditioning unit
  • #2,523,273, 9/26/1950, Engine actuated ventilating system
  • #2,526,874, 10/24/1950, Apparatus for heating or cooling atmosphere within an enclosure
  • #2,535,682, 12/26/1950, Prefabricated refrigerator construction
  • #2,581,956, 1/8/1952, Refrigeration control device
  • #2,666,298, 1/19/1954, Methods and means of defrosting a cold diffuser
  • #2,696,086, 12/7/1954, Method and means for air conditioning
  • #2,780,923, 2/12/1957, Method and means for preserving perishable foodstuffs in transit
  • #2,850,001, 9/2/1958, Control device for internal combustion engine
  • #2,926,005, 2/23/1960, Thermostat and temperature control system

Howard St Claire Jones Jr

  • #3,029,430, 4/10/1962, Antenna testing shield
  • #3,046,507, 7/24/1962, Waveguide components
  • #3,268,837, 8/23/1966, Reciprocal ferrite waveguide phase shifter having means to rotate the magnetic field about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the ferrite rod
  • #3,268,901, 8/23/1966, Electronically scanned microwave antennas
  • #3,518,683, 6/30/1970, Dielectric-loaded antenna with matching window
  • #4,051,480, 9/27/1977, Conformal edge-slot radiators
  • #4,305,078, 12/8/1981, Multifrequency series-fed edge slot antenna

James C Jones

  • #532,881 1/22/1895 Portable drill-frame

John Leslie Jones

  • #2,497,503, 2/14/1950, Preparation of substituted phenols
  • #3,690,695, 9/12/1972, Personnel restraint system for vehicular occupants
  • #4,112,849, 9/12/1978, Smokeless slow burning cast propellant

Sylvester S Jones

  • #1,742,862, 1/7/1930, Manicuring device

Wilbert Jones

  • #D443,132 S, 6/5/2001, Set of crutch handle covers

Wilbert L Jones

  • #3,258,247, 6/28/1966, Duplex capstan

William B Jones

  • #2,096,375, 10/19/1937, Dentist apparatus

John H Jordan

  • #D 219,927, 2/16/1971, Dresser
  • #D 220,768, 5/18/1971, Cocktail Table
  • #D 220,965, 6/22/1971, Combined clock and wall plaque

Patrick Pierre Jordan - Co-inventor Eric A Mims

  • #5883577, 3/16/1999, Multi station smoke detectors

David L Joseph

  • #6,754,603, 6/22/2004, Virtual vehicle transmission test cell, Co-inventors Marlin R Turbett, Robert M Senseney, Steven D Nash, Michael R Rosati, David T Stark, Alfonso G Hysko, Robert W Tator, Paul A Piorkowski, Gary L Stecklein, Matthew S Castiglione, Joe Steiber, Benjamin A Treichel, Bapiraju Surampudi

James A Joyce

  • #603,143, 4/26/1898, Coal or ore bucket

Marjorie Stewart Joyner - First African American Woman Patent Holder

  • #1,693,515, 11/27/1928, Permanent waving machine

Hubert Julian

  • #1,379,264, 5/24/1921, Airplane safety appliance

Percy Lavon Julian

  • #2,218,971, 10/22/1940, Recovery of sterols
  • #2,752,339, 6/26/1956, Preparation of cortisone
  • #3,149,132, 9/15/1964, 16-Aminomenthyl-17-alkyltestosterone derivatives
  • #3,274,178, 9/20/1966, Method for preparing 16(alpha)-hydroxypregnenes and intermediates obtained therein

Leonard J Julien

  • #3,286,858, 11/22/1966, Cane planter

Ernest Just

  • # NA, parthenogenesis

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