Patents by Inventor Chris Donald Wicks

Chris Donald Wicks 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).

  • Intake system with an integrated charge air cooler
    Patent number: 9145858
    Abstract: An intake assembly in an engine is provided. The intake assembly includes a compressor and a plenum in fluidic communication with the compressor, the plenum having an integrated charge air cooler including a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet in fluidic communication with a coolant passage and cooling plates extending into a plenum enclosure and coupled to the coolant passage. The intake assembly further includes a throttle body coupled to the plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Karen Elizabeth Maceroni, Chris Donald Wicks, Daniel Joseph Styles, Mark Michael Madin, Rick L. Williams
  • INTAKE SYSTEM WITH AN INTEGRATED CHARGE AIR COOLER
    Publication number: 20130220289
    Abstract: An intake assembly in an engine is provided. The intake assembly includes a compressor and a plenum in fluidic communication with the compressor, the plenum having an integrated charge air cooler including a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet in fluidic communication with a coolant passage and cooling plates extending into a plenum enclosure and coupled to the coolant passage. The intake assembly further includes a throttle body coupled to the plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Karen Elizabeth Maceroni, Chris Donald Wicks, Daniel Joseph Styles, Mark Michael Madin, Rick L. Williams
  • Internal combustion engine with liquid coolant pump
    Patent number: 6732680
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a coolant pump having an axially directed rotary pumping element which is functionally housed between upstream and downstream stators which function to straighten the flow and recover fluid velocity, both before and after work has been performed on the fluid by the rotary pumping element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joel John Beltramo, Ted Leo Byers, William Francis Gubing, III, Chris Donald Wicks