Patents by Inventor Jerry L. Schenkel

Jerry L. Schenkel 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).

  • Piston for an engine
    Patent number: 7051645
    Abstract: A piston for use in an engine. The piston includes a piston head having at least one ring groove. The piston also includes a piston skirt coated with a first thickness of a bronze coating material, and a side panel adjacent the piston skirt that is coated with a second thickness of the bronze coating material. The first and second thicknesses of the bronze coating material are different. In some embodiments, the bronze coating material also includes aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry L. Schenkel, Jeffrey H. Whitmore
  • Anodized magnesium or magnesium alloy piston and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 6495267
    Abstract: An anodized magnesium piston including a head and skirt for an internal combustion engine. The piston includes a non-fiber-reinforced, magnesium-based alloy including up to 2.5 percent by weight rare earth metals. The piston further includes an external surface, at least a portion of which has a base layer of magnesium fluoride, magnesium oxofluoride, magnesium oxide or a mixture thereof electrochemically anodized thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventor: Jerry L. Schenkel