Patents by Inventor Frances S. Marchand

Frances S. Marchand 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: 5984644
    Abstract: A dual outlet washer pump for an automotive vehicle to alternately supply a stream of washer fluid to separate locations has a valve element with a frame portion surrounding a flat, flexible membrane mounted in vertically plainer fashion in a discharge section, which is movable from a center position unobstructing either of a pair of discharge ports to a first position in which fluid flow from a pumping chamber enters a first discharge side of the discharge section to directly impact a first side of the membrane causing flexure thereof away from the first discharge port to fluid flow there through and can currently causes contact of a second side of the membrane within an inner, lateral side of the discharge section adjacent the second discharge port to block fluid flow there through, the membrane opening the second discharge port and closing the first discharge port in the like manner when an impeller pump is rotated in a counter direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Dequan Yu, Frances S. Marchand