James C Bunker

US Patent:

6819234, Nov 16, 2004

Filed:

May 13, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/438169

Inventors:

Lawrence Bunker - Sunnyvale CA 94085
James Bunker - Sunnyvale CA 94085

International Classification:

B60Q 152

US Classification:

340471, 340479, 3403843

Abstract:

Method and system for providing an audible warning of approach of a moving vehicle that is undergoing hard braking. When hard braking is being applied and the initial vehicle velocity (just before hard braking is first applied) is at least equal to a selected threshold velocity, an artificially produced warning sound, resembling the screech or howl of one or more tires in a panic stop, is transmitted, in one or more selected angular sectors. If the initial vehicle velocity is less than the threshold velocity, the warning sound is witheld. The threshold velocity may depend upon one or more of initial velocity, initial deceleration, local road surface conditions and local weather conditions.

US Patent:

45126780, Apr 23, 1985

Filed:

Jun 30, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/393584

Inventors:

James W. Bunker - Canyon Country CA
Robert S. Ritchie - Valencia CA

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Washington DC

International Classification:

F16B 100

US Classification:

403 15

Abstract:

A releasable support device comprising a hollow body (A) with a sleeve (B) extending transversely therethrough for receiving the end of a support shank (E). A slider-latch (C), optionally lubricated, extends through side recesses (23) in the sleeve to straddle the shank, respectively, in latched and released positions. The slider-latch is slid from its latched to its unlatched position by a pressure squib (10) whereupon a spring (24) or other pressure means pushes the shank out of the sleeve. At the same time, a follower element (D) is lodged in and closes the hole in the body wall from which the shank was discharged.

US Patent:

40430006, Aug 23, 1977

Filed:

Jun 14, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/695574

Inventors:

James W. Bunker - Saugus CA

Assignee:

Hi-Shear Corporation - Torrance CA

International Classification:

E05D 900

US Classification:

16128R

Abstract:

A knee joint coupling comprises a pair of similar U-shaped links each having a base and two parallel legs extending perpendicularly from the base. One of the legs of each link has a hole through it and the other leg has a pin extending from it in the direction either toward or away from the hole. When the pin of each link is fitted into the hole of the other link, there is assembled a knee-joint type of coupling due to the pivoting action of the pins in the holes. The links may be held assembled by means such as screw members inserted through the bases and into the region between the legs of the two links. Alternatively one of the links may have its base fixed to one member while the other link is fixed to the other member in which case the two members are pivotable as a door hinge or the like relative to each other.