Patents by Inventor Frank J. Farkas

Frank J. Farkas 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).

  • Draincock assembly for vehicle radiator
    Patent number: 5364069
    Abstract: A draincock assembly for a radiator tank of the type that has a drain tube opening into a cylindrical valve body surface across a sharp aperture, with an O-ring seal on a movable valve member that is pulled back and forth across the aperture as the valve opens and closes. A guiding web is molded across the center of the aperture, running in the axial direction. As the O-ring moves, it's otherwise unsupported section is supported and guided by the web. The O-ring is prevented from bulging out and being cut by the edge of the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Minner, Frank J. Farkas
  • Draincock and drain hole for a liquid vessel
    Patent number: 4679618
    Abstract: A draincock and drain hole for a motor vehicle radiator have a cooperative relationship that effects sealed closure of the drain hole with an o-ring and both locks the draincock in its closed position and retains same in the drain hole in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Frank J. Farkas