Patents by Inventor Donald M. Earley

Donald M. Earley 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: 4100965
    Abstract: Shroud, associated with a type of automotive fan and a vehicle radiator core, supports in a position between the fan and core an interposed debris screen which is slidable in guides in the shroud so as to be readily removable transversely out of the hood of an automotive vehicle for cleaning of the screen. Air enters the fan shroud under pressure by being blown in through fan opening means defined by the shroud at one end, and leaves under pressure in a path through radiator attachment means carried by the shroud at the other, or discharge, end. Intermediate the ends of the shroud, the debris screen is interposed with its plane between the respective planes of the opening means and attachment means, so as to screen all air being forced under pressure in the path therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1978
    Assignee: International Harvester Company
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Kolinger, Norman E. Williams, Donald M. Earley, William R. Golden
  • Patent number: 4018270
    Abstract: Shroud, associated with a type of automotive fan and a vehicle radiator core, supports in a position between the fan and core an interposed debris screen which is slidable in guides in the shroud so as to be readily removable transversely out of the hood of an automotive vehicle for cleaning of the screen. Doing the job of cleaning a removed screen is more simplified as a task than, and eliminates the task of, cleaning debris from a radiator core in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: International Harvester Company
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Kolinger, Norman E. Williams, Donald M. Earley, William R. Golden