Patents by Inventor John Joseph Lewis

John Joseph Lewis 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: 6893076
    Abstract: A truck flatbed platform is disclosed. The truck flatbed platform comprises a frame structure and a corrugated metal member within the frame structure. A full-span truck flat bed platform designed and constructed in accordance with the present invention has increased load-bearing capacity, is lighter in weight, and requires less welding and less labor expenditure than that needed for the construction of conventional ladder-type flatbed platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Mission Valley Ford Truck Sales, Inc.
    Inventor: John Joseph Lewis
  • Patent number: 5987974
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable cylinder contribution tester for an electronic diesel engine, the diesel engine including a plurality of cylinders. The tester comprises a plurality of switches, each of the plurality of switches coupled to and for controlling one of the plurality of cylinders and a case for mounting the plurality of switches. When an abnormal diesel engine operation is detected each of the plurality of switches can be activated. When one of the plurality of switches is activated and the diesel engine does not decrease in performance it is indicated that the associated cylinder is malfunctioning. Existing test equipment for most electronic diesel engines is PC based and available to franchised dealers only, as well as not being portable for drive testing. Through the use of a cylinder contribution tester in accordance with the present invention, these type of repairs could be available to many independently owned non-franchised facilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Mission Valley Ford Truck Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: John Joseph Lewis, Glen Thomas Hart