Patents by Inventor Francis Connelly

Francis Connelly 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: 20090008320
    Abstract: A fluid filter arrangement includes a housing defining a slot arrangement. A filter cartridge is oriented within the housing. A projection arrangement engages the slot arrangement in the housing and spaces the filter cartridge from a wall of the housing to define a fluid flow path between the cartridge and the housing wall. A filter cartridge includes a tubular construction of filter media and a projection arrangement. A filter assembly includes the filter arrangement connected to a filter head. Preferably, the filter cartridge and filter head are made of plastic. Methods of assembling a filter includes inserting a filter cartridge and projection arrangement into an open end of a housing, engaging projections against through-slots defined by the housing to secure the filter cartridge in the housing. In some arrangements, a filter housing includes a plastic wall having an interior side with a support structure in the form of ribs extending from the interior side of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: DONALDSON COMPANY INC.
    Inventors: David B. Harder, Gus E. Breiland, John Francis Connelly
  • Publication number: 20070029360
    Abstract: The sun visor pen holder secures writing pens to the visor of a vehicle. The pen holder includes a main strap of an elastic material. The main strap forms a loop that stretches over the sun visor to secure the pen holder to the sun visor. A common lower loop adapted for retaining the point end of a plurality of pens extends transversely across the main strap. A plurality of upper loops extends across the main strap parallel to the lower loop, each pen loop forming a channel for holding the upper end of a single pen. A pen is inserted into the channel of an upper loop and slid under the lower loop to securing the pen to the holder at both the upper and lower ends of the pen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Francis Connelly, Sarah Connelly
  • Patent number: 6345721
    Abstract: A filter assembly including a filter element having an extension of filter material potted in an end cap, the potting adhesive material potting the filtering material into the end cap and further adhering the end cap to a hub of a baffle plate. The end cap is an open end cap having an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter defined by a portion of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Reynold Frederick Durre, John Francis Connelly
  • Patent number: D506259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Inventor: Francis Connelly