Patents by Inventor Bruce W. Steiger

Bruce W. Steiger 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: 4287961
    Abstract: An off-highway vehicle includes a body having an engine compartment in which is positioned an internal combustion engine. The grill for the engine compartment is hinged to the body to permit ready access to the engine compartment. The radiator system for the engine includes a plurality of similar cooling modules which are interconnected together and to the engine to circulate coolant with respect to the engine. The number of cooling modules may be readily varied to vary the cooling capacity of the radiator system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Hydra-Mac, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce W. Steiger
  • Patent number: 4260320
    Abstract: A self-propelled vehicle includes a vehicle body having a forwardly facing operator's compartment or cab. The vehicle is provided with a front end implement which is controlled by vertically swingable lift arms that extend along the sides of the operator's compartment. A pair of safety gates are pivotally mounted on the front portion of the vehicle body and prevent an operator from being thrown from the operator's compartment when the gates are in the closed position. The gates also obstruct vertical movement of the lift arms when the gates are in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: Hydra-Mac, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce W. Steiger