Patents by Inventor Franklin L. Grawi

Franklin L. Grawi 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).

  • Patent number: 4713097
    Abstract: An integral air cleaner-noise silencer assembly includes a filter element dividing the assembly into lower and upper parts, the upper part constituting a lid or cover for the filter and including a funnel-like clean air outlet containing a venturi with as small a throat as practical to provide a maximum restriction of noise with a minimum restriction to air flow, the air outlet and venturi being overlaid by a resonator chamber having an annular inlet surrounding and concentric with the venturi diffuser outlet for dampening the acoustical energy of engine sound waves, the venturi diffuser walls also reflecting the waves back toward the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Franklin L. Grawi, Michael B. Magnan