Patents by Inventor Bruce Rankin

Bruce Rankin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090183410
    Abstract: An adhesive label comprises a substrate having a first side and a second side. The first side includes printed information, and the second side includes an adhesive coating. The substrate is shaped such that a front cover portion of the substrate is foldable to be alongside a back cover portion of the substrate to leave a hinge portion of the second side exposed along a first edge of the substrate and a fastener portion of the second side exposed along a second edge of the substrate. In one embodiment of the invention, the adhesive label includes a backing layer disposed between the front cover portion and the back cover portion, wherein the backing layer includes a tab extending beyond an outer periphery of the front cover portion near the fastener portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Tursso Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Tursso, Bruce Rankin
  • Patent number: 4898135
    Abstract: A piston for a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine is provided with a reaction chamber (44, 144) communicating with a recessed area (42, 142) of the piston through a restricted continuous slot orifice (46, 146) that is configured to create a choked fluid flow condition between the combustion chamber (30, 130) and the reaction chamber at all engine operating speeds. Fuel is supplied to the reaction chamber and undergoes a controlled, cold frame reaction process while in intimate contact with the crown portion (54) of the piston (14). The reaction produces fuel radicals in sufficient quantity to seed subsequent fuel charges to properly condition the charge for predetermined desired ignition and combustion characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Sonex Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles C. Failla, Andrew A. Pouring, Bruce Rankin, Carlo L. di Priolo, William McCowan, Dennis Gosewisch