Patents by Inventor Robert H. Hicks

Robert H. Hicks 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).

  • Regeneration control system for a diesel engine exhaust particulate filter
    Patent number: 4462208
    Abstract: An apparatus for igniting the particulates trapped in a particulate filter used with a diesel engine supplied with fuel with an agent for reducing the ignition temperature of the particulate when it is determined that a predetermined concentration of particulates at which the particulates will undergo self-sustained combustion have accumulated in the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Hicks, Steve M. Senko, Roland J. Budenaers, Richard L. Teno
  • Hamburger bun or similar article
    Patent number: D317522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Inventors: Robert H. Hicks, Sr., Linda M. Hicks