Patents by Inventor Robert Frank Hack

Robert Frank Hack 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: 5729977
    Abstract: An exhaust collector for a pneumatic tool having a cylindrical body with a rotary driver at one end, an inlet port and an exhaust port for motive fluid at the other end, and a switch on the side of the cylindrical body which actuates a valve to turn the pneumatic tool on and off. The exhaust collector includes a tubular adapter on the cylindrical body defining an extension of the inlet port, a cup-shaped shroud clamped to the cylindrical body and cooperating therewith in defining a closed exhaust plenum around the tubular adapter, a first quick-connect fluid coupling on the shroud in flow communication with the tubular adapter for coupling to the inlet port a hose connected to a source of motive fluid, and a second quick-connect fluid coupling on the shroud in flow communication with the exhaust plenum for coupling to the exhaust plenum a hose connected to a remote exhaust diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Neil Zibble, Robert Frank Hack, Donald Phillip Block, Thomas Alan Haynes