Patents by Inventor Eric B. Hudak

Eric B. Hudak 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: 9963289
    Abstract: A portable generator housing is operable to house a generator. An enclosure of the portable generator housing includes a bottom, a top, and a movable side. The movable side may be removably connected with the top. The movable side is configured to move between a first position where a top edge of the movable side is adjacent to the top and a second position where the top edge of the movable side is in communication with a ground adjacent to the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Eric B. Hudak, Manuel Rumao, Travis Andren, Steve Oxtoby, Billy Brandenburg
  • Publication number: 20170184015
    Abstract: An integrated modular biomass to electric power generation system is disclosed. The system comprises various subsystem modules including components which may be prefabricated and mounted on separate and portable self-supporting liftable platforms in a factory controlled environment. The modules may include biomass to biofuel conversion and refinement process related modules and power generation modules. The modules may be transported from the factory to a power generation site, which in some non-limiting examples may comprise part of an agricultural or farming site that produces animal and/or agricultural wastes which may be converted to biofuel. The modules are positioned on site and fluidly coupled together to form a complete biofuel powered electric generation system. A plurality of standardized size subsystem modules of several different process or electrical capacities may be provided for selection to form the complete system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Travis J. Andren, Manuel Rumao, Eric B. Hudak, Clayton C. Garrels
  • Publication number: 20160226413
    Abstract: A portable generator housing is operable to house a generator. An enclosure of the portable generator housing includes a bottom, a top, and a movable side. The movable side may be removably connected with the top. The movable side is configured to move between a first position where a top edge of the movable side is adjacent to the top and a second position where the top edge of the movable side is in communication with a ground adjacent to the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Eric B. Hudak, Manuel Rumao, Travis Andren, Steve Oxtoby, Billy Bradenburg
  • Patent number: 8281769
    Abstract: An evaporative venting system for use in an internal combustion engine and a method for venting fuel vapors are disclosed. The evaporative venting system includes a containment chamber at least in indirect communication with a fuel tank and a passageway defined within the containment chamber and having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The inlet opening is at least indirectly in communication with the fuel tank and the outlet opening is at least indirectly in communication with an evaporative chamber such that the passageway provides a vent path between the fuel tank and the evaporative chamber such that the vent path allows for both the venting of fuel vapors from the fuel tank and the intake of air into the fuel tank during all angles of positioning of the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Eric B. Hudak, Travis D. Schisel, Edward A. Uebelher
  • Patent number: 8156924
    Abstract: A system and method of controlling/adjusting purge flow rate in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The system includes an air intake assembly, a fuel tank assembly and an evaporative emissions control device such as a carbon canister in operational association with each other. Fuel vapors from the fuel tank assembly flow into the evaporative emissions control device for adsorption. The adsorbed fuel vapors from the evaporative emissions control device are recovered, at least in part due to pressure differentials, and actively purged into the internal combustion engine. The purge flow rate from the evaporative emissions control device is controlled/adjusted by a flow control device, the flow control device that is at least indirectly connected to the evaporative emissions control device and the air intake assembly. In one aspect, the flow control device can comprise an orifice device, such as, a connector device having at least one orifice for regulating purge flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Eric B. Hudak, Terrence M. Rotter, Nathan R. Vogt
  • Publication number: 20100095937
    Abstract: An evaporative venting system for use in an internal combustion engine and a method for venting fuel vapors are disclosed. The evaporative venting system includes a containment chamber at least in indirect communication with a fuel tank and a passageway defined within the containment chamber and having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The inlet opening is at least indirectly in communication with the fuel tank and the outlet opening is at least indirectly in communication with an evaporative chamber such that the passageway provides a vent path between the fuel tank and the evaporative chamber such that the vent path allows for both the venting of fuel vapors from the fuel tank and the intake of air into the fuel tank during all angles of positioning of the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Eric B. Hudak, Travis D. Schisel, Edward A. Uebelher
  • Patent number: D795298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Ken Hanna, Tim Vant Hoff, Heather Ackeret, Ronald Mittelstaedt, Shawn Bozarth, Eric B. Hudak, Alexander Weldum
  • Patent number: D897517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Wolf, Eric B. Hudak, Michelle Formanek, Michael E. Smies
  • Patent number: D911391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Brett Wegner, Eric B. Hudak, Kenneth S. Hanna, Mark J. Huibregtse, David Schultz
  • Patent number: D911392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Brett Wegner, Eric B. Hudak, Kenneth S. Hanna, Mark J. Huibregtse, David Schultz
  • Patent number: D912093
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Christopher Wolf, Michelle Formanek, Eric B. Hudak, Michael E. Smies
  • Patent number: D912094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Brett Wegner, Eric B. Hudak, Kenneth S. Hanna, Mark J. Huibregtse, David Schultz, Adam Reich, Vaibhav Prabhakar Wagh
  • Patent number: D912095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Brett Wegner, Eric B. Hudak, Kenneth S. Hanna, Mark J. Huibregtse, David Schultz, Adam Reich, Vaibhav Prabhakar Wagh
  • Patent number: D921046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Brett Wegner, Eric B. Hudak, Kenneth S. Hanna, Mark J. Huibregtse, David Schultz, Adam Reich, Vaibhav Prabhakar Wagh
  • Patent number: D921047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Brett Wegner, Eric B. Hudak, Kenneth S. Hanna, Mark J. Huibregtse, David Schultz
  • Patent number: D922440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Wolf, Eric B. Hudak, Michelle Formanek, Michael E. Smies
  • Patent number: D923055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Brett Wegner, Eric B. Hudak, Kenneth S. Hanna, Mark J. Huibregtse, David Schultz
  • Patent number: D925607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Brett Wegner, Eric B. Hudak, Kenneth S. Hanna, Mark J. Huibregtse, David Schultz, Adam Reich, Vaibhav Prabhakar Wagh
  • Patent number: D938995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Brett Wegner, Eric B. Hudak, Kenneth S. Hanna, Mark J. Huibregtse, David Schultz
  • Patent number: D954750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Brett Wegner, Eric B. Hudak, Kenneth S. Hanna, Mark J. Huibregtse, David Schultz