Patents by Inventor George A. Frank

George A. Frank 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: 8277898
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a camouflage tire suitable for use in various vehicle use environments wherein it is desirable to reduce or eliminate a viewer's visual perception of the tire against the given environmental background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: David John Zanzig, David Andrew Benko, James Joseph Nespo, Terry John Waibel, Michael Julian Crawford, Timothy Michael Rooney, Bina Patel Botts, George Frank Balogh
  • Patent number: 8240351
    Abstract: A pneumatic rubber tire having an integral rubber innerliner containing anchored hollow glass microspheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Roger Neil Beers, Aaron Scott Puhala, David John Zanzig, Paul Harry Sandstrom, Ping Zhang, George Frank Balogh, Joseph Kevin Hubbell
  • Patent number: 8241810
    Abstract: A system includes power modules received within a frame of a ventilation enclosure. Each of the power modules has a fuel cell stack. A ventilation shaft is arranged along a rear side of the ventilation enclosure and sealingly receives the power modules so that exhaust outlets of the power modules discharge into the ventilation shaft. Each of the power modules is removably attachable to the ventilation shaft through the front side of the ventilation enclosure. A fuel supply pipe in the ventilation shaft supplies fuel to fuel inlets of the power modules. An exhaust pump draws exhaust fluid out of the ventilation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Hydrogenics Corporation, American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: David George Frank, Vicente Nunes, Claus Andersen, Jacob Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120109027
    Abstract: The present invention embraces a method and an apparatus for preventing, treating or improving the efficacy of a variety of conditions and treatments including breathing difficulties, pitting peripheral edema, post-surgical adhesions, efficacy of CPAP/BiPAP and/or the delivery of inhaled medications. The method include raising and lowering the individual's head and feet in a series of steps and performing the steps of raising and lowering the individual's head and feet to substantially match a breathing cycle. The apparatus includes a platform for supporting the individual's body, a capital support mechanism for supporting and moving the platform, a capital drive mechanism, a pedestal support mechanism for supporting and moving the platform, and a pedestal drive mechanism. The method and the apparatus in operation typically move one or more axes of rotation while simultaneously rotating a platform about the one or more axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: George Frank Gozelski, JR., Nicholas George Gozelski, Robert Roy Redden
  • Publication number: 20120029114
    Abstract: Pneumatic rubber tire with a component comprised of a silica reinforced rubber composition comprised of specialized polybutadiene rubber, functionalized styrene/butadiene elastomer and cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: William Paul Francik, John Joseph Andre Verthe, Junling Zhao, George Frank Balogh, Christin Louise Alwardt
  • Publication number: 20120012236
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire having a rubber tread of a cap/base construction. More specifically, the invention relates to a tire having a tread with minimized, or inhibited, base peaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, George Frank Balogh
  • Patent number: 7969868
    Abstract: A node, of a group of nodes, may detect a failure on a first path; establish a connection associated with a second path when the failure on the first path is detected; store an identifier in a field in an overhead portion of a data frame when the failure on the first path is detected, the data frame including a payload portion that contains a client signal, the identifier instructing another one of the nodes to establish a connection associated with the second path; and transmit the data frame to the other one of the nodes via the second path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher C. Liou, Rajasekar Venkatesan, Biao Lu, George Frank
  • Publication number: 20110114240
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire having a circumferentially extending equatorial plane of the tire, the tire comprising a carcass, a tread radially outward of the carcass, the carcass comprising at least one carcass reinforcing ply, opposing bead portions, and opposing sidewalls, the carcass reinforcing ply having a main portion extending between the opposing bead portions and a pair of turnup portions, each turnup portion extending from one end of the main portion, each bead portion having a bead core, and a reinforcement cavity outward of each bead core, the cavity located between the main portion and one turnup portion of the at least one reinforcing ply, the tire characterized by: the tread comprising a radially outer tread cap and a radially inner tread base radially underneath the tread cap, the tread base comprising a rubber composition comprising from 15 to 45 phr of styrene-butadiene rubber; from 20 to 50 phr of polybutadiene; and from 10 to 35 phr of natural or synthetic polyisoprene, and from 35 to 65 ph
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Stefan Skurich, Lisa Marie Missik-Gaffney, David Ray Hubbell, Teresa Diane Martter, George Frank Balogh, Arthur Allen Goldstein
  • Patent number: 7918596
    Abstract: A warning light and warning light assembly are disclosed. The warning light includes a housing including a base and a translucent cover. The warning light includes one or more light emitting diodes within the housing, each of the light emitting diodes operable to emit light substantially along an optical output axis. The warning light also includes a reflector within the housing, the reflector including a reflective surface having a curve section disposed substantially perpendicular to the optical output axis of at least one of the one or more light emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: George Frank, Paul Gergets, Vince Fleszewski, Robert Czajkowski
  • Publication number: 20110030865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having its internal cavity filled with a closed cellular rubber contained within the tire cavity by a non-foamed rubber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Katherine Ann Folk, George Frank Balogh, Maurice Jacob Frank, Leonard James Reiter, Brian Ernest McMahon
  • Publication number: 20100321177
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an LED light bar that provides off axis lighting. The warning light system includes lights that do not need reflectors that rotate to provide good light effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: BERNARD BURKE, Vincent Fleszewski, Charles Meyer, Christopher Radzik, George Frank, Sigmund Urbanski, Paul Gergets
  • Publication number: 20100208583
    Abstract: A node, of a group of nodes, may detect a failure on a first path; establish a connection associated with a second path when the failure on the first path is detected; store an identifier in a field in an overhead portion of a data frame when the failure on the first path is detected, the data frame including a payload portion that contains a client signal, the identifier instructing another one of the nodes to establish a connection associated with the second path; and transmit the data frame to the other one of the nodes via the second path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER C. LIOU, RAJASEKAR VENKATESAN, BIAO LU, GEORGE FRANK
  • Publication number: 20100200139
    Abstract: A pneumatic rubber tire having an integral rubber innerliner containing anchored hollow glass microspheres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Roger Neil Beers, Aaron Scott Puhale, David John Zanzig, Paul Harry Sandstrom, Ping Zhang, George Frank Balogh, Joseph Kevin Hubbell
  • Publication number: 20100132860
    Abstract: Field of Invention The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having its internal cavity containing a closed cellular rubber which contains a dispersion of at least two diverse carbon blacks to promote an improved path for thermal conductivity with suitable physical properties for the closed cellular foam rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, George Frank Balogh, Leighton Randolph Spadone
  • Patent number: 7678216
    Abstract: A tire having a core located in a tire cavity and a cured and foamed elastomeric material located in the tire cavity adjacent the core. The core is made of a solid material, a precured and foamed elastomeric material or a hollow rigid structure. The core may be a single piece or fabricated from multiple pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, George Frank Balogh
  • Publication number: 20090186245
    Abstract: A ventilation system for a fuel cell power module is provided. The ventilation system includes a ventilation enclosure for evacuating fluids from the fuel cell power module, the ventilation enclosure having an air inlet for providing ingress of air to the enclosure. The ventilation system further concludes a ventilation shaft in fluid communication with the ventilation enclosure and an evacuation pump arranged to exhaust fluid from the ventilation enclosure to a desired location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: David George Frank, Vincente Nunes, Claus Andersen, Jacob Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20090151845
    Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire has a chipper in place of a traditional apex, the chipper located between a carcass main portion and turnup portion. The chipper layer may be composed of a chopped carbon fiber and aramid composite reinforced elastomeric layer. The tire sidewalls have a radial height SH and a section width SW located within a range of 0.4 to 0.44 of the sidewall radial height SH measured from the bead core. The section width SW may further be located within a range of 0.1? to 0.3? inches from a radially outward end of the chipper layer in a radial direction. The tread may of a dual layer construction, having a radially inward first layer formed of a relatively low rolling resistance compound and a radially outward second layer formed of a compound containing silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Stefan Skurich, Lisa Marie Missik-Gaffney, David Ray Hubbell, Teresa Diane Martter, George Frank Balogh, Arthur Allen Goldstein
  • Publication number: 20090151856
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tire with a rubber sidewall having at least one layered rubber composite integral with a portion of its outer surface as a means of visibly identifying the tire. The layered composite is an integral composite in a sense of being comprised of a base rubber layer and a contrastingly colored marking rubber layer being partially pre-cured together prior to application to the outer surface of an uncured rubber sidewall. The integrally layered composite and tire rubber sidewall are integral in a sense of being co-cured together with the surface of the base rubber layer facing the rubber sidewall surface. The base rubber layer is a black colored carbon black reinforced rubber layer. The marking rubber layer is of color which contrasts with the black color of the base rubber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: George Frank Balogh, Leonard James Reiter, James Alfred Benzing, II
  • Patent number: D638732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard R. Burke, Vincent S. Fleszewski, Charles P. Meyer, Christopher Radzik, George Frank, Sigmund Urbanski, Paul Gergets
  • Patent number: D659041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard R. Burke, Vincent S. Fleszewski, Charles P. Meyer, Christopher Radzik, George Frank, Sigmund Urbanski, Paul Gergets