Patents by Inventor Ronald R. Robinson

Ronald R. Robinson 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: 4171015
    Abstract: A heat exchanger tube has a first asymmetrically corrugated sheet portion having an opposite pair of longitudinally extending side edge portions, a plurality of substantially transversely extending ribs and a substantially uninterrupted inner surface, a second asymmetrically corrugated sheet portion having an opposite pair of longitudinally extending side edge portions, a plurality of substantially transversely extending ribs and a substantially uninterrupted inner surface, and at least one joint for connecting side edge portions of the first and second corrugated sheet portions forming a tube and providing an internal flow path for a first fluid and a plurality of external flow paths for a second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1979
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventors: Charles W. Bucey, Kenneth J. Miller, Ronald R. Robinson
  • Patent number: 4071197
    Abstract: A fuel injection nozzle with a valve assembly having an inwardly opening check valve is provided with an elongated valve body to space the valve spring away from the nozzle. The valve spring is mounted in a housing which is provided with a spherical seating arrangement within the valve body which provides an effective sealing arrangement as well as self-centering of the valve with its seat regardless of machining variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1978
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventors: John M. Bailey, Ronald R. Robinson