Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Popoff

Daniel J. Popoff 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).

  • Service table for transporting a battery pack of a motor vehicle along a floor surface
    Patent number: 11459046
    Abstract: A service table for transporting a battery pack comprises four frame members arranged end-to-end in a circuit, four hinges between adjacent frame members, and wheels. The service table further comprises a support bed mounted to at least one of the frame members and configured to support the battery pack. At least one hinge lock is disposed between adjacent frame members and arranged to be rigidly fixed to both of the adjacent frame members in a locked configuration and arranged to be decoupled from at least one of the adjacent frame members in an unlocked configuration. The frame members are arranged in a service configuration having a first width when the hinge lock is arranged in the locked configuration for transporting the battery pack thereon and in a storage configuration having a second width, less than the first width, when the hinge lock is arranged in the unlocked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J Popoff, Corey Schlichter, Corday Peterson, Joseph Lee
  • Method and apparatus for testing flow and flushing a transmission cooling system
    Patent number: 6866121
    Abstract: Method and apparatus provided to accurately test flow and flush cooling systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: SPX Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Mills, Walter Murray, Daniel J. Popoff
  • Method and apparatus for testing fluid flow through transmission cooling systems
    Patent number: 6684714
    Abstract: Method and apparatus provided to accurately test fluid flow through cooling systems including pressurizing a fluid to create a fluid flow into the cooling system, measuring a fluid flow rate, and determining when the fluid flow rate is acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: SPX Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Mills, Walter Murray, Daniel J. Popoff
  • Method and apparatus for testing fluid flow through transmission cooling systems
    Publication number: 20030213309
    Abstract: Method and apparatus provided to accurately test fluid flow through cooling systems including pressurizing a fluid to create a fluid flow into the cooling system, measuring a fluid flow rate, and determining when the fluid flow rate is acceptable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Mills, Walter Murray, Daniel J. Popoff
  • Method and apparatus for testing flow and flushing a transmission cooling system
    Publication number: 20030205432
    Abstract: Method and apparatus provided to accurately test flow and flush cooling systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Mills, Walter Murray, Daniel J. Popoff