Patents by Inventor Walter E. Frohboese, JR.

Walter E. Frohboese, JR. 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).

  • Moisture release valve for an outdoor light fixture
    Patent number: 8931932
    Abstract: A moisture release valve for an outdoor light including a valve body having a stem received in a valve guide and having a head seating with a valve seat integrally formed of part of a sidewall of a light casing of the light fixture. Valve body is gravity displaced between a closed position and an open position depending upon light fixture orientation and can include a counterweight carried by its stem interiorly disposed within the fixture helping to cause displacement of the valve body toward the desired open or closed position in response to a change in light fixture orientation. Valve body can be a rivet, such as a split rivet, and the counterweight can be a washer, such as an annular washer, having an opening generally in registry with the valve guide permitting fluid within the fixture to drain from the fixture when the valve is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: G.H.L. International, Inc., Magnum Power Products, LLC
    Inventors: John M. Lipscomb, Keith H. Hamm, Stanley L. Suring, Walter J. Fiedorowicz, Harley A. Reabe, Walter E. Frohboese, Jr.
  • Moisture Release Valve For An Outdoor Light Fixture
    Publication number: 20110255293
    Abstract: A moisture release valve for an outdoor light including a valve body having a stem received in a valve guide and having a head seating with a valve seat integrally formed of part of a sidewall of a light casing of the light fixture. Valve body is gravity displaced between a closed position and an open position depending upon light fixture orientation and can include a counterweight carried by its stem interiorly disposed within the fixture helping to cause displacement of the valve body toward the desired open or closed position in response to a change in light fixture orientation. Valve body can be a rivet, such as a split rivet, and the counterweight can be a washer, such as an annular washer, having an opening generally in registry with the valve guide permitting fluid within the fixture to drain from the fixture when the valve is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: John M. Lipscomb, Keith H. Hamm, Stanley L. Suring, Walter J. Fiedorowicz, Harley A. Reabe, Walter E. Frohboese, JR.