Patents by Inventor CURIS D. LAMB

CURIS D. LAMB 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).

  • Arrangement for retaining a fuel injector to a fuel rail socket
    Patent number: 9567961
    Abstract: A fuel injector retention arrangement includes a fuel rail socket interior space defined within a fuel rail socket body along a fuel rail socket axis; a fuel injector retention groove defined on a fuel injector upper housing of a fuel injector; a first retention bore defined in the fuel rail socket body along a first retention bore axis that is substantially perpendicular to the fuel rail socket axis; a second retention bore defined in the fuel rail socket body along a second retention bore axis that is substantially perpendicular to the fuel rail socket axis; a first retention pin disposed within the first retention bore and the fuel injector retention groove; a second retention pin disposed within the second retention bore and the fuel injector retention groove; and a retention pin retaining member which retains the first and second retention pins in the first and second retention bores respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M Cass, Timothy F. Coha, David A. Chinnici, Curis D. Lamb
  • ARRANGEMENT FOR RETAINING A FUEL INJECTOR TO A FUEL RAIL SOCKET
    Publication number: 20160273501
    Abstract: A fuel injector retention arrangement includes a fuel rail socket interior space defined within a fuel rail socket body along a fuel rail socket axis; a fuel injector retention groove defined on a fuel injector upper housing of a fuel injector; a first retention bore defined in the fuel rail socket body along a first retention bore axis that is substantially perpendicular to the fuel rail socket axis; a second retention bore defined in the fuel rail socket body along a second retention bore axis that is substantially perpendicular to the fuel rail socket axis; a first retention pin disposed within the first retention bore and the fuel injector retention groove; a second retention pin disposed within the second retention bore and the fuel injector retention groove; and a retention pin retaining member which retains the first and second retention pins in the first and second retention bores respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER M. CASS, TIMOTHY F. COHA, DAVID A. CHINNICI, CURIS D. LAMB