Patents by Inventor Robert V. Hodges

Robert V. Hodges 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: 4463774
    Abstract: A "bilge-like" valve, adapted to be mounted on the lowermost wall of an aircraft fuselage, is disclosed in which the valve has a normally open condition to drain accumulated condensate through a registering opening in the fuselage wall when the interior cabin is depressurized, and assumes a closed condition in response to a differentially higher cabin pressure relative to outside air pressure to seal off the interior of the fuselage. A valve housing retainer is affixed to the inner surface of the fuselage wall in registration with the wall opening for detachably retaining a valve housing incorporating a piston-like reciprocating valve member and biasing spring that is insertable and removable through the wall opening from the exterior of the aircrafts fuselage for ease of servicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Friedrich J. Gorges, Robert V. Hodges