Black History Month - African American Inventors

Patent Holders List Index H

William Hale - Airplane
William Hale - Airplane. William Hale
by Mary Bellis
Updated June 03, 2017

Black history inventors are listed alphabetically: Each listing has the name of the black inventor followed by the patent number(s) which is the unique number assigned to an invention when a patent is issued, the date the patent was issued, and a description of the invention as written by the inventor. If available, links are provided to in-depth articles, biographies, illustrations and photos on each individual inventor or patent.

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James Henry Haines

  • #590,833, 9/28/1897, Portable shampooing basin

William Hale

Lloyd Augustus Hall

  • #1,882,834, 10/18/1932, Asphalt emulsion and manufacture thereof
  • #1,914,351, 6/13/1933, Protective coating, Enoch L.Griffith (co-inventor)
  • #2,022,464, 11/26/1935, Vitamin concentrate,
  • #2,097,405, 10/26/1937, Manufacture of bleached pepper products
  • #2,107,697, 2/8/1938, Sterilizing foodstuffs, Carroll L. Griffith (co-inventor)
  • #2,155,045, 4/18/1939, Inhibited detergent composition
  • #2,189,949, 2/13/1940, Sterilizing colloid materials
  • #2,251,334, 8/5/1941, Protein composition of matter
  • #2,321,673, 6/15/1943, Yeast food
  • #2,357,650, 9/5/1944, Puncture sealing composition and manufacture thereof
  • #2,363,730, 11/28/1944, Manufacture of nitrogen-fortified whey concentrate
  • #2,385,412, 9/25/1945, Capsicum-containing seasoning composition
  • #2,414,299, 1/14/1947, Production of protein hydrolysate flavoring material
  • #2,464,200, 3/15/1949, Manufacture of stable dry papain composition
  • #2,464,927, 3/22/1949, Antioxidant
  • #2,477,742, 8/2/1949, Gelatin-base coating for food and the like
  • #2,493,288, 1/3/1950, Synergistic antioxidants and the methods of preparing the same
  • #2,500,543, 3/14/1950, Antioxidant
  • #2,511,802, 6/13/1950, Synergistic antioxidant
  • #2,511,803, 7/13/1950, Antioxidant flakes
  • #2,511,804, 7/13/1950, Antioxidant salt
  • #2,518,233, 8/8/1950, Synergistic antioxidant containing amino acids
  • #2,536,171, 1/2/1951, Production of protein hydrolysate
  • #2,758,931, 8/14/1956, Antioxidant composition
  • #2,770,551, 11/27/1956, Meat-curing salt composition
  • #2,772,169, 11/13/1956, Antioxidant material and use of said material in treating meat
  • #2,845,358, 7/29/1958, Method of preserving fresh frozen pork trimmings

Virginia E Hall

  • #4,016,314, 4/5/1977, Embroided fruit bowl wall hanging

Julia Terry Hammonds

  • #572,985, 12/15/1896, Apparatus for holding yarn skeins

Felix Harding

  • #614,468, 11/22/1898, Extension banquet table

Michael C Harney

  • #303,844, 8/19/1884, Lantern or lamp

David Harper

  • #D 187,654, 4/12/1960, Mobile utility rack
  • #D 190,500, 6/6/1961, Bookcase

Solomon Harper

  • #1,772,002, 8/5/1930, Electrical hair treating implement
  • #2,648,757, 8/11/1953, Thermostatic controlled hair curlers, combs, & irons
  • #2,711,095, 6/21/1955, Thermostatic controlled fur and material dressing equipment

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Betty W Harris

  • #4,618,452, 10/21/1986, Spot test for 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene, TATB

Edward L Harris

  • #2,756,129, 7/24/1956, Apparatus for handling corrosive acid substances

Emmett Scott Harrison

  • #3,606,971, 9/21/1971, Gas turbine air compressor and control therefor
  • #4,242,865, 1/6/1981, Turbojet afterburner engine with two-position exhaust nozzle

    Jesse Harrison

    • #1,844,036, 2/9/1932, Combination tooth brush and paste holder

    Joycelyn Harrison

    • #7402264, July 22, 2008, Sensing/actuating materials made from carbon nanotube polymer composites and methods for making
    • #7015624, March 21, 2006, Non-uniform thickness electroactive device
    • #6867533, March 15, 2005, Membrane tension control
    • #6724130, April 20, 2004, Membrane position control
    • #6689288, February 10, 2004, Polymeric blends for sensor and actuation dual functionality
    • #6545391, April 8, 2003, Polymer-polymer bilayer actuator
    • #6515077, February 4, 2003, Electrostrictive graft elastomers
    • #6734603, May 11, 2004. Thin layer composite unimorph ferroelectric driver and sensor
    • #6379809, April 30, 2002, Thermally stable, piezoelectric and pyroelectric polymeric substrates and method relating theret
    • #5909905, June 8, 1999, Method of making thermally stable, piezoelectric and proelectric polymeric substrates
    • #5891581, April 6, 1999, Thermally stable, piezoelectric and pyroelectric polymeric substrates

    William D Harwell

    • #4,664,344, 5/12/1987, Apparatus and method of capturing an orbiting spacecraft

    Joseph Hawkins

    • #3,973, 3/26/1845, Gridiron

    Randall Hawkins

    • #370,943, 10/4/1887, Harness attachment

    Roland C Hawkins

  • US 7,150,638, 12/19/2006, Cover device and method for electrical connector, Co-inventor Carl Eric Fonville

    • Walter Lincoln Hawkins

    • #2,587,043, 3/26/1952, Preparation of 1,2 , Di-Primary amines
    • #2,889,306, 6/2/1959, Stabilized straight-chain hydrocarbons
    • #3,304,283, 2/14/1967, Stabilized alpha-mono-olefinic polymers

    Robert Hearns

    • #598,929, 2/15/1898, Sealing attachment for bottles
    • #628,003, 7/4/1899, Detachable car fender

    William Hearns

    • #1,040,538, 10/08/1912, Device for removing and inserting taps and plugs in water mains

    Tony W Helm

    • #2,760,358, 8/28/1956, Universal joint

    Henry Fairfax Henderson Jr

    • #4,111,336, 9/5/1978, Weight loss control system

    Andre D. Henderson

    • #5,603,078, 2/11/1997, Remote control device with credit card reading and transmission capabilities having multiple IR LEDs, (Co-inventors William H. Fuller, James M. Rotenberry)

    Henry Aaron Hill

    • #2,988,545, 6/13/1961, Curing furfuryl-alcohol-modified urea formaldehyde condensates
    • #3,141,002, 7/14/1964, Foamable composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and barium azocarbonate and method of foaming
    • #3,297,611, 1/10/1967, Manufacture of azodicarbonamide

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    Andrew F Hilyer

    • #435,095, 18/26/1890, Evaporator for hot air registers
    • #438,159, 0/14/1890, Water evaporator attachment for hot air registers

    Samuel J Hines

    • #1,137,971, 5/4/1915, Life preserver
    • #1,911,278, 5/30/1933, Lawn mower

    John E Hodge

    • #2,936,308, 5/10/1960, Novel reductones and methods of making them
    • #2,996,449, 8/15/1961, Glucose-amine sequestrants
    • #4,146,650, 3/27/1979, Substituted benzodioxan sweetening compound

    Elijah H Holmes

    • #549,513 12/12/1895 Gage

    Lydia M Holmes

    • #2,529,692 12/14/1950 Knockdown wheeled toy

    Harry C Hopkins

    • #4,704,570 11/3/1987 Power controller

    June B Horne

    • #4,498,557, 2/12/1985 Emergency escape apparatus and method of using same

    Darnley E Howard

    • #2,145,116, 1/24/1939, Optical apparatus for indicating the position of a tool

    Darnley Moseley Howard

    • #3,451,127, 6/24/1969, Method of making radome with an integral antenna

    Isaiah D Hughes

    • #687,312, 11/26/1901, Combined excavator and elevator

    Wilson E Hull

    • #3,286,064, 11/15/1966, Mass release mechanism for satellites
    • #3,424,403, 1/28/1969, Sublimination timing switch

    John W Hunter

    • #570,553, 11/03/1896, Portable weighing scale

    James E Huntley

    • #3,880,255, 4/29/1975, Emergency fire escape mechanism

    Robert N Hyde

    • #392,205, 11/6/1888, Composition for cleaning and preserving carpets

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