Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Covino

Daniel J. Covino 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: 8544606
    Abstract: An oil drainage apparatus includes a disk-shaped base member having an outer tube extending upwardly and defining a channel. The outer tube has a threaded exterior surface for coupling to a threaded engine oil pan drainage port. An inner tube is positioned in the channel and outer tube and is movable between a retracted configuration in which a closed inner tube upper end in is sealed in the outer tube and an extended configuration in which the closed upper end extends above the channel open upper end. The inner tube defines at least one aperture configured to receive oil from the oil pan into the inner tube when the inner tube is at the extended configuration and to direct oil through the channel lower end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventor: Daniel J. Covino
  • Publication number: 20110284786
    Abstract: An oil drainage apparatus includes a disk-shaped base member having an outer tube extending upwardly and defining a channel. The outer tube has a threaded exterior surface for coupling to a threaded engine oil pan drainage port. An inner tube is positioned in the channel and outer tube and is movable between a retracted configuration in which a closed inner tube upper end in is sealed in the outer tube and an extended configuration in which the closed upper end extends above the channel open upper end. The inner tube defines at least one aperture configured to receive oil from the oil pan into the inner tube when the inner tube is at the extended configuration and to direct oil through the channel lower end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel J. Covino