Patents by Inventor Robert E. DeVinney

Robert E. DeVinney 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).

  • Enclosure spanning drain for engine valley covers and the like
    Patent number: 4131101
    Abstract: An enclosure spanning circuit for carrying fluids through opposed nonparallel walls of an enclosure used in a preferred embodiment to drain the open valley cover and manifold member of a V-type automotive diesel engine through a drain tube extending through walls of the valley cover and engine block and the crankcase enclosure and having sealing means at the associated wall openings to prevent leakage of the drained fluids into or crankcase vapors out of the engine crankcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. DeVinney