Patents by Inventor Michael E. Howell

Michael E. Howell 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: 5513490
    Abstract: An over the highway truck having a power steering system including an improved hydraulic circuit for operation of the system is disclosed. The system includes a heat conductive metal frame element, a power steering pump, and conduits connecting an output of the pump to at least one steering assist actuator. The system also has a heat conductive, metal, hydraulic reservoir defining an internal power steering fluid chamber is connected to the frame element in heat transfer relationship. Supply and return conduits respectively connect the chamber to the pump and the actuator to provide a combination wherein the frame element and reservoir together function as a heat sink to cool power steering fluid. The reservoir has a housing having a base portion and an internally connected, upstanding, circumferentially endless side portion. The housing has flow directing passages adjacent its base portion and communicating with the chamber for delineating fluid flow across the base portion in heat transferring relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Howell, Bjorn O. Svartz
  • Patent number: 4316802
    Abstract: A filter, which may be used to filter particles of resin as well as protect against sudden loss of resin from an effluent discharged from an ion-exchange column, a first plate mounted between a flanged end of a first branch and a flanged end of a pipe, a second plate mounted between a blind flange and a flanged end of a second branch, and a perforated tube fitted through said branches so as to leave an annular space around the perforated tube. A first end of the perforated tube is threaded into a threaded aperture in the first plate to provide for manufacturing tolerances. A second end of the perforated tube is received by an annular groove on one face of the second plate to provide for a particle-tight seal, and the annular groove circumscribes a larger aperture in the second plate. A flanged end of a third branch is mounted to a flanged end of another pipe. A transparent sight may be provided at a fourth branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1982
    Assignee: Illinois Water Treatment Company
    Inventor: Michael E. Howell