Patents by Inventor Kenneth D. Hurley

Kenneth D. Hurley 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).

  • Motorbike apparatus
    Patent number: 4562752
    Abstract: A housing for a master brake cylinder having a forwardly projecting piston, including a bottom wall for underlying the piston and at least the forward portion of the cylinder, a pair of upstanding side walls on laterally opposite sides of the bottom wall, and a front wall joined to the bottom wall and spanning the side walls, a top wall joined to the front wall and spanning the side walls, the top wall overlying the piston and being inclined upwardly rearwardly, the top and bottom walls being forwardly convergent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Hurley
  • Aerial refueling spoiler
    Patent number: 4095761
    Abstract: An aerodynamic spoiler mounted on the upper forward surface of the fuselage of an aircraft which is equipped to be refueled by another aircraft while in flight. The spoiler counteracts aerodynamic disturbances produced by the refueling boom and the resultant instabilities in pitch in the aircraft receiving fuel. Four species of the spoiler are disclosed and the device may be made retractable to eliminate drag when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ardell J. Anderson, Kenneth D. Hurley, Richard H. Leckman, Ronald H. Robinson, Edward N. Tinoco
  • Motorbike brake assembly housing
    Patent number: D277948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Mark E. Burch
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Hurley