Patents by Inventor Louis E. Eklund, Jr.

Louis E. Eklund, Jr. 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: 5022680
    Abstract: A spray-suppressant splash guard is adapted to depend from a vehicle body rearwardly of a wheel of the body and is provided with vertically extending channel means open at least the lower end thereof and baffle means which extend from the rib in a disposition whereby spray thrown rearwardly by the vehicle wheel will enter the channel means and rebound from a splash surface of the splash guard to be intercepted, in part, by the baffle means. The portion so intercepted will be confined to the channel means for discharge at the lower open end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: Fleet Engineers, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis E. Eklund, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4706980
    Abstract: A quarter fender 12 is mounted to a vehicle frame 14 by a mounting assembly 10. The fender 12 includes a pair of downwardly depending flanges 22 extending along longitudinal sides 20 thereof. A mounting rod 16 is secured to and positioned transversely of the longitudinal axis of the frame 14. The mounting assembly 10 comprises an L-shaped saddle 42 securely engaging an inside top portion 76 and the inside flange 22 of the fender 12; an L-shaped bracket 44 securely engaging substantially the full width of a bottom portion 78 and the inside flange 22 of the fender 12; a seat 50 secured to the saddle 42 and positioned along a transverse axis of the fender 12; and amounting tube 46 secured within the seat and an inner end 75 of which slidably and securely engages the mounting rod 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Fleet Engineers Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Hawes, Steven A. Antekeier, Glenn R. Cryderman, David I. Munger, Leonard A. Gould, Louis E. Eklund, Jr.
  • Patent number: D303237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Fleet Enginners, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Hawes, Steven A. Antekeier, Glenn R. Cryderman, David I. Munger, Leonard A. Gould, Louis E. Eklund, Jr.