Patents by Inventor Walter F. Kile

Walter F. Kile 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: 5846127
    Abstract: Apparatus for venting, which is used with a door such as a sectional garage door, which permits the top door section to pivot inwardly a controlled distance, by a mechanical opener or an electrically controlled solenoid opener, which permits venting of a space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Inventor: Walter F. Kile
  • Patent number: 4864731
    Abstract: A self-calibrating measuring tool. The tool includes a housing having a base and a recess terminated by a precisely located flange with respect to the base. A linear movable member is mounted within the housing with a measurement arm attached to it. A transducer is connected to the member for providing a measurement indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Inventors: Walter F. Kile, Edwin L. Dickinson
  • Patent number: 4570320
    Abstract: A tool for aligning engine cylinder heads on engine blocks prior to final assembly of the head to the block, which tool is inserted in bolt holes in the head and block, permits of final gasket placement and inspection, the tool including a central body, a plurality of steel balls carried in an inclined passageway, a nose piece carried in the body engaged with one of said balls to force the other ball partially out of said inclined passageway and a handle for rotating the nose piece, to permit the balls to retract into the passageway and the head to pass over the tools and be guided down onto the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Inventor: Walter F. Kile