Patents by Inventor Benji J. Bink

Benji J. Bink 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: 7845623
    Abstract: An air intake component and assembly, as well as an associated carburetor assembly and related method of assembly, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the intake component includes a surface capable of being coupled at least indirectly to a carburetor assembly, where the surface includes first and second orifices, a first channel capable of communicating engine intake air from a first location to the first orifice of the surface, and a second channel by which at least one of the first location and a second location is connected to the second orifice. The second channel is capable of communicating at least one of a primer air pressure pulse from the at least one location to the second orifice and fuel fumes from the second orifice to the at least one location. In at least some further embodiments, the intake component can be fitted with any of several interchangeable covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Russell J. Dopke, Benji J. Bink, Dale D. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20090184433
    Abstract: An air intake component and assembly, as well as an associated carburetor assembly and related method of assembly, are disclose. In at least some embodiments, the intake component includes a surface capable of being coupled at least indirectly to a carburetor assembly, where the surface includes first and second orifices, a first channel capable of communicating engine intake air from a first location to the first orifice of the surface, and a second channel by which at least one of the first location and a second location is connected to the second orifice. The second channel is capable of communicating at least one of a primer air pressure pulse from the at least one location to the second orifice and fuel fumes from the second orifice to the at least one location. In at least some further embodiments, the intake component can be fitted with any of several interchangeable covers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Russell J. Dopke, Benji J. Bink, Dale D. Snyder
  • Patent number: D671959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: John Burey, Mark Huibregtse, Ronald V. Post, Benji J. Bink, Daniel J. Luhman, Richard J. Fotsch