Patents by Inventor Bob Ray

Bob Ray 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: 4972913
    Abstract: A truck of the cab-over-engine type is disclosed herein and includes a cab mounted over the truck engine and many of the engine's cooperating components for pivotal movement between an upstanding, operating position and a titled, maintenance position. The truck also includes a frontal nose hood mounted to and in front of the cab for its own pivotal movement between a closed, generally vertical operating position and a tilted, open position for gaining access to certain ones of the components cooperating with the engine. A front bumper assembly is provided in front of the nose hood and includes a first bumper arrangement connected for pivotal movement with and forming part of the frontal nose hood and a second bumper arrangement maintained in a fixed position and unconnected with the first bumper arrangement, whereby when the frontal nose hood and first bumper arrangement are pivoted to an open position, the second bumper arrangement remains in a fixed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: Paccar Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Ray, Huston Marlowe
  • Patent number: D311712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Paccar Inc.
    Inventors: Huston Marlowe, Virgil E. Pound, John Foot, Jeff Paul, Bob Ray, Michikazu Tao
  • Patent number: D316241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc.
    Inventor: Bob Ray