Black inventors and their patents

Benjamin F. Jackson

* #599,985, 3/1/1898, Heating apparatus

* #603,879, 5/101898, Matrix drying apparatus

* #622,482, 4/4/1899, Gas burner

* #690,730, 1/7/1902, Steam boiler

Brian G. Jackson

* #5,775,834, 7/7/1998, Portable highway warning device with frangible retainer ring

Harry Jackson

* #1,865,374, 6/28/1932, Advertising apparatus

Harry & Mary E. Jackson

* #2,038,491, 4/21/1936, Protective appliance

* #2,053,035, 9/1/1936, Protective appliance

* #2,071,343, 2/23/1937, Burglar alarm switch

Henry Jackson

* #3,436,233, 4/1/1969, Method and composition for autocatalytically depositing copper

Henry A. Jackson

* #569,135, 10/6/1896, Kitchen table

Norman Jackson

* #1,384,134, 7/12/1921, Pneumatic tire

William H. Jackson

* #578,641, 3//9/1897, Railway switch

* #593,665, 11/16/1897, Railway switch

* #609,436, 8/23/1898, Automatic locking switch

Donald E. Jefferson

* #3,288,068, 11/29/1966, Triggered exploding wire device

Thomas L. Jennings – The First African American Patent Holder

* #3306X, 3/3/1821, Dry scouring

Andrew R. Johnson

* #3,376,436 4/2/1968 Precision digital delay circuit

Anthony M. Johnson

* #4,555,622, 11/26/1985, Photodetector having semi-insulating material and a contoured, substantially periodic surface

* #4,703,996, 11/3/1987, Integrated optical device having integral photodetector

* #4,721,910. Jan. 26, 1988, High speed circuit measurements using photoemission sampling

Daniel Johnson

* #429,629, 6/10/1890, Grass receiver for lawn mowers

* #396,089, 1/15/1889, Rotary dining table

* #410,836, 9/10/1889, Lawn mower attachment

George M. Johnson

* #1,249,106, 12/4/1917, Automatic stopping and releasing device for mine cars

Isaac R. Johnson

* #634,823, 10/10/1899, Bicycle frame

Jack Johnson The World’s first African-American Heavyweight Champion

* #1,413,121, 4/18/1922, Wrench

* #1,438,709, 12/12/1922, Theft-preventing device for vehicles

Lonnie G. Johnson

* #4,143,267, 3/6/1979, Digital distance measuring instrument

* #4,181,843, 1/1/1980, Variable resistance type sensor controlled switch

* #4,211,362, 8/8/1980, Smoke detecting timer controlled thermostat

* #4,253,606, 3/3/1981, Automatic sprinkler control

* #4,476,693, 10/16/1984, Thermal energy accumulation

* #4,509,361, 4/9/1985, Soil moisture potential determination by weight measurement

* #4,591,071, 5/27/1986, Squirt gun

* #4,724,683, 2/16/1988, Johnson tube, a thermodynamic heat pump

* #4,757,946, 7/19/1988, Flow actuated pulsator

* #5,074,437, 12/14/1991, Super Soaker ®

* #5,150,819, 9/29/1992, Double tank pinch trigger pump water gun

* #5,197,452, 3/30/1993, Liquid jet propelled transporter and launcher toy

* #5,238,149, 8/24/1993, Pinch trigger hand pump water gun with multiple tanks

* #5,266,928, 11/30/1993, Wet diaper detector

* #D 342,551, 12/21/1993, Combined aerodynamic glider and launcher

* #5,292,032, 3/8/1994, Pinch trigger water gun with rearwardly mounted hand pump

* #5,299,367, 4/5/1994, Hair drying curler apparatus

* #5,305,919, 4/26/1994, Pinch trigger hand pump water gun with non-detachable tank

* #5,322,191, 6/21/1994, Water arrow projecting bowLow pressure, high volume pressurized water gun

* #5,332,120, 7/26/1994, Water arrow projecting bow

* #5,381,778, 1/17/1995, Pressurized toy rocket with rapid action release mechanism

* #5,395,275, 3/7/1995, Toy airplane and launcher

* #5,398,873, 3/21/1995, Fluid pulsator with accumulator for frequency control

* #5,407,375, 4/18/1995, Toy rocket with velocity dependent chute release

* #5,415,153, 5/16/1995, Pressurized air/water rocket and launcher

* #5,499,940, 3/19/1996, Fluid powering and launching system for a toy vehicle

* #5,538,453, 7/23/1996, Air pressure toy rocket launcher

* #5,541,464, 7/30/1996 Thermionic generator

* #5,469,145, 11/21/1995, Wet diaper detector

* #5,549,497, 8/27/1996, Toy rocket with velocity dependent chute release

* #5,553,598, 9/10/1996, Pneumatic launcher for a toy projectile and the like

* #5,586,688, 12/24/1996, Electric pump toy water gun

* #5,592,931, 1/14/1997, Compressed air gun with magazine indexer

* #5,596,978, 1/28/1997, Rapid fire compressed air gun

* #5,626,123, 5/6/1997, Compressed air gun

* #5,653,216, 8/5/1997, Toy rocket launcher

* #5,699,781, 12/23/1997, Rapid fire compressed air gun

* #5,701,879, 12/30/1997, Compressed air gun with single action pump

* #5,707,270, 1/13/1998, System for detonating a percussion cap in a toy projectile

* #5,709,199, 1/20/1998, Rapid fire compressed air gun

* #5,711,324, 1/27/1998, Hair drying curler apparatus

* #5,724,955, 3/10/1998, Voice activated compressed air toy gun

Paul E. Johnson

* #1,842,100, 1/19/1932, Therapeutic lamps

Payton Johnson

* #249,530, 11/15/1881, Swinging chair

Powell Johnson

* #234,039, 11/2/1880, Eye Protector

Wesley Johnson

* #627,335, 6/20/1899, Velocipede

William A. Johnson

* #393,763, 12/4/1888, Paint vehicle

Willie Harry Johnson

* #554,223, 2/4/1896, Mechanism for overcoming dead centers

* #612,345, 10/11/1898, Mechanism for overcoming dead centers

Willis Johnson

* #292,821, 2/5/1884, Egg Beater

Albert A. Jones & Amos E. Long

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

Clinton Jones[/he]

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

Felix B. Jones

o #1,685,673, 9/25/1928, Firearm

Frederick McKinley Jones

o #2,163,754, 6/27/1939, Ticket dispensing machine

o #D 132,182, 4/28/1942, Design for air conditioning unit

o #2,336,735, 12/14/1943, Removable cooling units for compartments

o #2,337,164, 12/21/1943, Means for automatically stopping and starting gas engines

o #2,376,968, 5/29/1945, Two-cycle gas engine

o #2,417,253, 3/11/1947, Two-cycle gas engine

o #2,475,841, 7/12/1949, Automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks

o #2,475,842, 7/12/1949, Starter generator

o #2,475,843, 7/12/1949, Means operated by a starter generator for cooling a gas engine

o #2,477,377, 7/26/1949, Means for thermostatically operating gas engines

o #2,504,841, 4/18/1950, Rotary compressor

o #2,509,099, 5/23/1950, System for controlling operation of refrigeration units

o #D 159,209, 7/4/1950, Design for air conditioning unit

o #2,523,273, 9/26/1950, Engine actuated ventilating system

o #2,526,874, 10/24/1950, Apparatus for heating or cooling atmosphere within an enclosure

o #2,535,682, 12/26/1950, Prefabricated refrigerator construction

o #2,581,956, 1/8/1952, Refrigeration control device

o #2,666,298, 1/19/1954, Methods and means of defrosting a cold diffuser

o #2,696,086, 12/7/1954, Method and means for air conditioning

o #2,780,923, 2/12/1957, Method and means for preserving perishable foodstuffs in transit

o #2,850,001, 9/2/1958, Control device for internal combustion engine

o #2,926,005, 2/23/1960, Thermostat and temperature control system

Howard St.Clare Jones

* #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

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