Patents by Inventor Frank S. Morici

Frank S. Morici 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: 4195811
    Abstract: A valve which is normally biased in a first operative position is provided with control means including a first pressure fluid orifice for directing such fluid to a control member for changing the operative position of the valve. The device further includes a housing which communicates with said first orifice and which has a bleed orifice assembly having a second or bleed orifice. The bleed orifice assembly further includes a bleeder valve seat and a piezoelectric crystal mounted adjacent thereto so that upon bending of the crystal, as by energization thereof, pressure contact is made with an intermediate valve element. The valve element is in turn adapted to move against the bleeder valve seat to close the same. When the bleed orifice assembly is closed in the manner above described, pressure is permitted to build up in the first orifice to activate the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: EMX Controls Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony P. Corrado, Vincent P. Marchese, Frank S. Morici, Frank W. Timte