Patents by Inventor Keith Alan Hurlburt

Keith Alan Hurlburt 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: 8424977
    Abstract: A towing arrangement on a vehicle includes a pair of glad hands for receiving pressurized air and a plurality of double check valves connecting the glad hands to valves associated with a braking system of the vehicle. Air from a first glad hand is supplied through a first of the double check valves to a spring brake modulating relay valve associated with spring brakes of the vehicle. Air from a second glad hand is supplied through a second of the double check valves to a first release valve associated with service brakes of a front axle of the vehicle and through a third of the double check valves to a second release valve associated with service brakes of a rear axle of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Alan Hurlburt, David Robert Jeffery
  • Patent number: 8123306
    Abstract: A truck includes a pressurized air supply system for providing air to one of a plurality of air supply connections and a selector circuit for providing selection to one of the air supply connections. The circuit includes a first inversion valve with supply from a selector valve and control from a parking brake valve, a second inversion valve with supply from the parking brake valve and delivery to a first air supply connection, a synchro valve with supply from the parking brake valve and delivery to a second air supply connection, a double check valve with supply from the first inversion valve and the synchro valve and delivery to a control line of the second inversion valve and the synchro valve, a first trailer supply connection to the delivery line of the second inversion valve, and a second trailer supply connection to the delivery line of the synchro valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: Volvo Group North America, LLC, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Keith Alan Hurlburt, David Willard Howell
  • Publication number: 20100078278
    Abstract: A truck includes a pressurized air supply system for providing air to one of a plurality of air supply connections and a selector circuit for providing selection to one of the air supply connections. The circuit includes a first inversion valve with supply from a selector valve and control from a parking brake valve, a second inversion valve with supply from the parking brake valve and delivery to a first air supply connection, a synchro valve with supply from the parking brake valve and delivery to a second air supply connection, a double check valve with supply from the first inversion valve and the synchro valve and delivery to a control line of the second inversion valve and the synchro valve, a first trailer supply connection to the delivery line of the second inversion valve, and a second trailer supply connection to the delivery line of the synchro valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Keith Alan Hurlburt, David Willard Howell
  • Publication number: 20090302674
    Abstract: A towing arrangement on a vehicle includes a pair of glad hands for receiving pressurized air and a plurality of double check valves connecting the glad hands to valves associated with a braking system of the vehicle. Air from a first glad hand is supplied through a first of the double check valves to a spring brake modulating relay valve associated with spring brakes of the vehicle. Air from a second glad hand is supplied through a second of the double check valves to a first release valve associated with service brakes of a front axle of the vehicle and through a third of the double check valves to a second release valve associated with service brakes of a rear axle of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Keith Alan Hurlburt, David Robert Jeffery