Patents by Inventor Michael R. Furseth

Michael R. Furseth 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).

  • BODYSPRAY ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20090114739
    Abstract: A bodyspray assembly is disclosed that provides a pivotable spray head mounted essentially flush with the surrounding enclosure wall. In one embodiment, a special tool is provided to rotate a waterway housing, to selectively couple the waterway housing to a source from the front of the assembly. In another embodiment, rotation of a spray face assembly rotates a waterway housing, to selectively couple the waterway housing to a source from the front of the assembly. The bodyspray assembly provides ball and socket type articulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventor: Michael R. Furseth
  • Easy moulding filter element support tube
    Patent number: 7303083
    Abstract: A filter element support tube has a pair of axially extending spines and first and second sets of oppositely laterally extending half-rings axially offset from each other. The support tube is efficiently manufacturable, and desirably provides a constant diameter along its axial length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Fleetguard, Inc.
    Inventors: Gildas Le Men, Robert A. Bannister, Michael J. Connor, Michael R. Furseth
  • Filter with rotational end cap base retention
    Patent number: 7294161
    Abstract: A filter includes a filter element mounted to a base and having first and second end caps spaced axially along an axis. Fluid to be filtered flows laterally through the filter element and axially through a hollow interior and through an axial flow opening of the second end cap. The filter element is mounted to the base solely by the second end cap in rotational relationship independently of the first end cap, eliminating the third component traditionally needed for mounting a housing cover to the base and enclosing and/or sealing and/or retaining the filter element in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Fleetguard, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Connor, Michael R. Furseth
  • Panel filter with gasket seal
    Patent number: 7247183
    Abstract: A filter is provided by a panel filter element having a perimeter gasket having sealing planes axially between inlet and outlet axial ends of the panel filter element and having a merge point with the panel filter element axially between the sealing planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: FleetGuard, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Connor, Michael R. Furseth, Michael J. Frame, Paul B. Rear
  • Filter with end cap base retainer
    Patent number: 7063730
    Abstract: A filter includes a filter element mounted to a base and having first and second end caps spaced axially along an axis. Fluid to be filtered flows laterally through the filter element and axially through a hollow interior and through an axial flow opening of the second end cap. The filter element is mounted to the base solely by the second end cap independently of the first end cap, eliminating the need for a third component traditionally needed for mounting a housing cover to the base and enclosing and/or sealing and/or retaining the filter element in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Fleetguard, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Connor, Rebecca Beier, Mark V. Holzmann, Robert A. Bannister, Michael R. Furseth
  • Showerhead
    Patent number: D577101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Duck Young Kong, Michael R. Furseth