Patents by Inventor Hoover Oliver, Jr.

Hoover Oliver, Jr. 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).

  • Beam functioning fire ring
    Patent number: 5341779
    Abstract: A beam functioning fire ring mounted in main gasket body combustion openings straddles the block and cylinder liner of an internal combustion engine and seals combustion gases on the liner and liquids on the block. The fire ring may have a pair of combustion gas sealing feet on the liner and a single foot on the block. The thickness of the beam diminishes providing greater sealing stress against the liner and less sealing stress against the block where the sealing requirements are less stringent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Fel-Pro Incorporated
    Inventors: Colin Chen, Hoover Oliver, Jr., Thomas Zurfluh