Patents by Inventor Dean M. Nelson

Dean M. Nelson 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).

  • Publication number: 20230313715
    Abstract: An apparatus facilitates multiple paths or circuits through an engine and remote housing for an oil filter. The apparatus includes a first oil filter chamber housing a first oil filter, a second oil filter chamber housing a second oil filter, a first output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the first oil filter chamber housing to bearings of an engine, a second output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the second oil filter chamber housing to a sump of the engine, and an input of the remote housing configured to provide a path from an oil pump of the engine to the first oil filter chamber housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan T. BYKOWSKI, Terrence M. ROTTER, William O. KOENIGS, Sean A. RUSCH, David M. TORRES, Dean M. NELSON, Alexander A. YOSICK, Nicholas C. BILLE, Timothy A. NIGHBOR, Joseph A. MCMULLEN
  • Patent number: 11713699
    Abstract: An apparatus facilitates multiple paths or circuits through an engine and remote housing for an oil filter. The apparatus includes a first oil filter chamber housing a first oil filter, a second oil filter chamber housing a second oil filter, a first output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the first oil filter chamber housing to bearings of an engine, a second output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the second oil filter chamber housing to a sump of the engine, and an input of the remote housing configured to provide a path from an oil pump of the engine to the first oil filter chamber housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Bykowski, Terence M. Rotter, William D. Koenigs, Sean A. Rusch, David M. Torres, Dean M. Nelson, Alexander A. Yosick, Nicholas C. Bille, Timothy A. Nighbor, Joseph A. McMullen
  • Publication number: 20210062692
    Abstract: An apparatus facilitates multiple paths or circuits through an engine and remote housing for an oil filter. The apparatus includes a first oil filter chamber housing a first oil filter, a second oil filter chamber housing a second oil filter, a first output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the first oil filter chamber housing to bearings of an engine, a second output of the remote housing configured to provide a path from the second oil filter chamber housing to a sump of the engine, and an input of the remote housing configured to provide a path from an oil pump of the engine to the first oil filter chamber housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Bykowski, Terence M. Rotter, William D. Koenigs, Sean A. Rusch, David M. Torres, Dean M. Nelson, Alexander A. Yosick, Nicholas C. Bille, Timothy A. Nighbor, Joseph A. McMullen
  • Patent number: 8256405
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a breather assembly for use in an internal combustion engine and a method of operating an internal combustion engine. In at least one embodiment, the breather assembly includes an input chamber for receiving blow-by gas, the input chamber bounded at least partially by a crankcase exterior, and a standpipe situated inside the input chamber for directing blow-by gas into the input chamber. Additionally, the breather assembly can include an input drainback passage situated inside the input chamber and an output chamber situated adjacent the input chamber, the chamber having an inner wall with a one-way valve that allows blow-by gas to flow from the input chamber to the output chamber. The breather assembly can also include an output drainback aperture situated in the inner wall and an output chamber housing that substantially encloses the output chamber and includes an exhaust port for exhausting blow-by gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: William H. Atkinson, Dean M. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20090308365
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a breather assembly for use in an internal combustion engine and a method of operating an internal combustion engine. In at least one embodiment, the breather assembly includes an input chamber for receiving blow-by gas, the input chamber bounded at least partially by a crankcase exterior, and a standpipe situated inside the input chamber for directing blow-by gas into the input chamber. Additionally, the breather assembly can include an input drainback passage situated inside the input chamber and an output chamber situated adjacent the input chamber, the chamber having an inner wall with a one-way valve that allows blow-by gas to flow from the input chamber to the output chamber. The breather assembly can also include an output drainback aperture situated in the inner wall and an output chamber housing that substantially encloses the output chamber and includes an exhaust port for exhausting blow-by gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: William H. Atkinson, Dean M. Nelson
  • Patent number: 7503317
    Abstract: An internal breather for removing oil from blow-by in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The breather includes a breather cover having a breather cover drainback hole. The breather further includes a breather cover seal in sealed engagement with the breather cover, and the breather cover seal includes a breather cover seal drainback hole that is aligned with the breather cover drainback hole to create a drainback passage. A breather chamber is bounded on at least one end by the breather cover and the breather seal. A breather media is positioned within the breather chamber, the breather media for removing an amount of oil from the blow-by. The amount of oil removed from the blow-by can, during operation of the engine, be drawn through the drainback passage so as to exit the breather chamber, at least partially due to gravity, and at least partially using a gearing mechanism that is in operative association with a camshaft of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Dean M. Nelson, Jonathan R. Chittenden, Daniel F. Krueger
  • Patent number: 7412962
    Abstract: A highly durable engine grass screen assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a grass screen for covering an air intake port of the engine, a grass screen stiffening mechanism for supporting the grass screen, a washer mechanism for compressing the screen such that the screen is pre-stressed during manufacture and such that the screen remains in compression during engine operation. The assembly can include one or more stud mechanisms which are securable to either an engine flywheel assembly or an engine fan assembly. The washer mechanism, the grass screen and the grass screen stiffening mechanism are engaged in a secured fashion to one or more stud mechanisms. A method of assembling and positioning a grass screen assembly in an engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Dean M. Nelson, Gregory E. Schmitz, Todd A. Baumann
  • Publication number: 20080184682
    Abstract: A highly durable engine grass screen assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a grass screen for covering an air intake port of the engine, a grass screen stiffening mechanism for supporting the grass screen, a washer mechanism for compressing the screen such that the screen is pre-stressed during manufacture and such that the screen remains in compression during engine operation. The assembly can include one or more stud mechanisms which are securable to either an engine flywheel assembly or an engine fan assembly. The washer mechanism, the grass screen and the grass screen stiffening mechanism are engaged in a secured fashion to one or more stud mechanisms. A method of assembling and positioning a grass screen assembly in an engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Dean M. Nelson, Gregory E. Schmitz, Todd A. Baumann
  • Patent number: 6276345
    Abstract: A gaseous fuel adaptor for modifying an internal combustion engine having a liquid fuel carburetor. The carburetor has an air intake for receiving air to mix with a liquid fuel. The adaptor includes a body mounted over the carburetor air intake and a passageway having an inlet and an outlet formed in the body. Air enters the passageway through the inlet and air exits the passageway through the outlet into the carburetor air intake. A gaseous fuel feed port disposed between the passageway inlet and outlet feeds gaseous fuel into the passageway, and a butterfly valve disposed in the passageway between the gaseous fuel feed port and the passageway inlet meters air entering the passageway to mix with the gaseous fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Dean M. Nelson, Timothy S. Thiel, Christopher R. Dudzinski