Patents by Inventor Frank C. Weaver

Frank C. Weaver 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).

  • Universal fuel sender
    Patent number: 4928526
    Abstract: A universal fuel sender where critical dimensions are determined at final assembly including a circular support rod carrying an adjustable rheostat bracket with the radius of a float arm assembly being selectable when attached to the rheostat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: Stewart Warner Instrument Corporation
    Inventor: Frank C. Weaver
  • Liquid level sender with linear float
    Patent number: 4920798
    Abstract: A fuel level sender including a vertically reciprocal foam float that carries a slideable dual contact member biased by springs in the float toward a thick-film resistor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Stewart Warner Instrument Corporation
    Inventor: Frank C. Weaver
  • Condition sensing rheostat and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 4700170
    Abstract: A wound wire rheostat for a fuel level sender or other condition sensor and its method of manufacture, that eliminate wire snapping by heat staking selected portions of the wire into its plastic support board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: Stewart-Warner Corporation
    Inventor: Frank C. Weaver
  • Submersible fuel pump and sender assembly
    Patent number: 4651701
    Abstract: A submersible fuel pump and fuel sender assembly for a vehicular fuel supply system, supported within an opening in a fuel tank and located inside the tank by a plastic bumper seated in a recess in a tank wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Steart-Warner Corp.
    Inventor: Frank C. Weaver
  • Vehicle speed sensor
    Patent number: 4560365
    Abstract: A speed sensor and cable assembly that connects to an opening in automobile transmission housings and includes a one-piece plastic molded ferrule and gear bearing for supporting the cable and a speed sensor gear in the housing opening. This ferrule has a plurality of spaced integral rigid rings that support the ferrule in the housing opening and it also has an integral shaft projecting in the housing for supporting the speed sensor gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Stewart-Warner Corporation
    Inventor: Frank C. Weaver