Patents by Inventor Scott C. Gaynor

Scott C. Gaynor 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: 6648016
    Abstract: A valve assembly for admitting a tube or fuel into a vehicle fuel tank is disclosed. The valve assembly has a fixed housing with an inlet, an outlet, a middle section and an inner surface with an opening. At least one projection depends from the inner surface between the inlet and the outlet. The projection deflects the tube toward and through the opening. A piston element, which is slidably mounted to the housing, is normally urged in a direction to close the outlet and the opening until the tube or fuel urges the piston element in an opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Alfmeier Corporation
    Inventors: Markus T. Farrenkopf, Wade V. Williams, Ralf Leonhardt, Scott C. Gaynor, David Eisenbacher, Robert Petroskie
  • Publication number: 20030136448
    Abstract: A valve assembly for admitting a tube or fuel into a vehicle fuel tank is disclosed. The valve assembly has a fixed housing with an inlet, an outlet, a middle section and an inner surface with an opening. At least one projection depends from the inner surface between the inlet and the outlet. The projection deflects the tube toward and through the opening. A piston element, which is slidably mounted to the housing, is normally urged in a direction to close the outlet and the opening until the tube or fuel urges the piston element in an opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Alfmeier Corporation
    Inventors: Markus T. Farrenkopf, Wade V. Williams, Ralf Leonhardt, Scott C. Gaynor, David Eisenbacher, Robert Petroskie
  • Patent number: 5782258
    Abstract: A vapor recovery fuel system includes a fuel tank having at least one vent opening defined therein. A fuel vapor canister is in communication with the vent opening to receive and filter fuel vapors from the tank. A refueling control valve is configured in the vent opening and has a first inlet orifice and an outlet in communication with the vapor trap. The control valve includes a variably buoyant first float body extending into an interior of the fuel tank which rises over a predetermined range of movement in response to increasing fuel level. The control valve includes a second float body engaged by the first float body over at least a portion of its range of movement. The first float body has a buoyancy during refueling so as to rise with increasing fuel level to engage and move the second float body into a sealing position to seal the inlet orifice from the outlet at a predetermined height of fuel within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignees: Alfmeier Corporation, Solvay Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Herbon, Eric A. Mihal, Karen R. Byrka, Scott C. Gaynor, Frederic Ramioulle