Patents by Inventor Donald L. Cray

Donald L. Cray 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).

  • Publication number: 20040020197
    Abstract: A hydraulic synchronizer for a plurality of hydraulic actuators has at least a pair of hydraulic fluid-holding chambers of variable fluid-holding volume. The synchronizer has a number of separate preferred features, each of which is optional depending upon the intended application of the synchronizer. These optional preferred features include an improved fluid passageway arrangement, a pneumatic pressure source, separate relief valves associated with each chamber, the capability to accommodate hydraulic fluid-holding chambers of different fluid-holding volumes concurrently, and the capability to detachably interconnect multiple synchronizer modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Donald L. Cray
  • Patent number: 4445665
    Abstract: A portable vehicle servicing lift includes a trailerable frame which pivotally mounts a pair of transport wheels arranged to be moved between an extended transporting position and a retracted position in which the frame connected thereto is lowered to the ground or other support surface. The frame also mounts a pair of vehicle ramps adjacent one end by a fixed fulcrum associated with the frame, and at the opposite end by a hydraulic piston-cylinder pivotally interconnecting the ramps and the frame for movement of the ramps about the axis of the pivot fulcrum. The frame includes a pair of trolley rails mounted to the frame between the transport wheels, the trolley rails configured to guidingly support a chair assembly and other equipment associated with automotive repair for movement along the full length of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Inventor: Donald L. Cray