Patents by Inventor Frank A. Beard, Jr.

Frank A. Beard, Jr. 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).

  • Hydraulic control system for simultaneous application of brakes of towing and towed vehicles with equal intensity
    Patent number: 4635758
    Abstract: Hydraulic brake system between two vehicles provides for simultaneously braking both vehicles with equal intensity. An auxiliary master cylinder in the towing vehicle controls, through fluid pressure, four auxiliary brake cylinders, the middle two being part of a removable unit. The fourth auxiliary cylinder exerts fluid pressure during a towing mode, on the conventional brake system of the towed vehicle through a valve that shuts down the pressure exerted by the towed vehicle's master cylinder during the towing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Inventor: Frank A. Beard, Jr.