Patents by Inventor Dale Richard Vranckx

Dale Richard Vranckx 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: 6786512
    Abstract: A shield for controlling air, spray and airborne debris generated by a wheel of an automotive vehicle when traveling on a roadway surface. The shield includes a planar frame having front and rear surfaces and top, side and bottom borders. The shield is adapted to be disposed above the roadway surface vertically depending from the vehicle and spaced rearwardly from the vehicle wheel in a plane extending transversely to the vehicle. A plurality of downwardly and rearwardly oriented louvers are fixed on the frame to extend rearwardly beyond its rear surface, so as to be oriented horizontally (when the shield is in position on the vehicle) between the side borders, and the louvers are shaped so as to permit, when the vehicle is moving, a flow of air, spray and airborne debris through the shield and downward deflection thereof as they pass between louvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Morin, Dale Richard Vranckx
  • Publication number: 20030141713
    Abstract: A shield for controlling air, spray and airborne debris generated by a wheel of an automotive vehicle when travelling on a roadway surface. The shield is comprised of a planar frame having front and rear surfaces and top, side and bottom borders. The shield is adapted to be disposed above the roadway surface vertically depending from the vehicle and spaced rearwardly from the vehicle wheel in a plane extending transversely to the vehicle. A plurality of downwardly and rearwardly oriented louvers fixed on the frame to extend rearwardly beyond its rear surface, so as to be oriented horizontally (when the shield is in position on the vehicle) between the side borders, and the louvers are shaped so as to permit when the vehicle is moving flow of air, spray and airborne debris through the shield and downward deflection thereof as they pass between louvers. The louvers are extended across the frame, from top to bottom in adjacent fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Morin, Dale Richard Vranckx