Patents by Inventor Franz A. Gorges

Franz A. Gorges 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).

  • Kinetic energy absorbing value assembly
    Patent number: 3968862
    Abstract: An energy absorption unit wherein a piston is movably mounted in a compressible solid chamber, the piston including first and second passages, the compressible solid material to be conducted only through said first passages during low energy damping levels, a valve means connected to said piston through a shear pin assembly, said valve means normally closing said second passages, at a predetermined high energy level said shear pin assembly being caused to fail also permitting conductance of said compressible solid material through said second passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: Menasco Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Franz A. Gorges, James E. Robertson