Patents by Inventor Roy W. Frank

Roy W. Frank 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: 9636557
    Abstract: A retractable golf bag wheel assembly extends and retracts relative to a golf bag to facilitate movement of the golf bag when desired. The assembly includes a lip coupled to and extending downwardly from a bottom face of a golf bag defining a recess. Each of a pair of arms is adjustable between a storage position within the recess and an extended position wherein the arms extend outwardly from the recess. Each of a pair of wheels is coupled to an associated one of the arms. A catch extends from the lip and engages the arms in the storage position. A catch release has a first end positioned proximate a top of the golf bag and a second end operationally coupled to the catch such that manipulation of the first end of the catch release disengages the catch from the arms wherein the arms extend into the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Inventor: Roy W. Frank
  • Patent number: 4290394
    Abstract: The invention contemplates electronically controlled fuel-injection for a single or multiple-cylinder two-cycle internal-combustion engine wherein each cylinder has its own independent crankcase region in which to receive and compress inlet air and fuel, prior to delivery of combustible mixture to the head or combustion end of the cylinder. Fuel is injected directly into each crankcase region during only a portion of the stroke involving induced intake of air therein, i.e., during only a portion of the rise of each piston in its approach to top-center position, and while pressure within the crankcase region is relatively uniform. The time-duration of actual injection is relatively short, to enable identical injections in each cylinder, each such injection being identically timed with relation to position and displacement of its associated piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Roy W. Frank, Richard E. Staerzl