Patents by Inventor Joseph Orozco

Joseph Orozco 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: 10082103
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for establishing a gas and fluid tight seal in an internal combustion engine is provided. The sealing assembly includes a plate of metal which has a plurality of openings and at least one generally flat surface. The plate also has at least one shelf which circumferentially surrounds one of the openings and which opens to the generally flat surface and the opening. The sealing assembly further includes at least one sealing bead of an elastically compressible material which is engaged with the shelf and extends outwardly therefrom past the generally flat surface for sealing the plate with another component in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Olin Zurfluh, Daniel Joseph Orozco, Wilford Dean Virgin
  • Publication number: 20170051704
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for establishing a gas and fluid tight seal in an internal combustion engine is provided. The sealing assembly includes a plate of metal which has a plurality of openings and at least one generally flat surface. The plate also has at least one shelf which circumferentially surrounds one of the openings and which opens to the generally flat surface and the opening. The sealing assembly further includes at least one sealing bead of an elastically compressible material which is engaged with the shelf and extends outwardly therefrom past the generally flat surface for sealing the plate with another component in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: THOMAS OLIN ZURFLUH, DANIEL JOSEPH OROZCO, WILFORD DEAN VIRGIN
  • Patent number: 9441574
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for establishing a gas and fluid tight seal in an internal combustion engine is provided. The sealing assembly includes a plate of metal which has a plurality of openings and at least one generally flat surface. The plate also has at least one shelf which circumferentially surrounds one of the openings and which opens to the generally flat surface and the opening. The sealing assembly further includes at least one sealing bead of an elastically compressible material which is engaged with the shelf and extends outwardly therefrom past the generally flat surface for sealing the plate with another component in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Olin Zurfluh, Daniel Joseph Orozco, Wilford Dean Virgin
  • Publication number: 20140261287
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for establishing a gas and fluid tight seal in an internal combustion engine is provided. The sealing assembly includes a plate of metal which has a plurality of openings and at least one generally flat surface. The plate also has at least one shelf which circumferentially surrounds one of the openings and which opens to the generally flat surface and the opening. The sealing assembly further includes at least one sealing bead of an elastically compressible material which is engaged with the shelf and extends outwardly therefrom past the generally flat surface for sealing the plate with another component in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Olin Zurfluh, Daniel Joseph Orozco, Wilford Dean Virgin
  • Patent number: D965871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph Orozco