Patents by Inventor Vic Douglas Lewellen

Vic Douglas Lewellen 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: 10358804
    Abstract: A method and apparatus according to which a first portion of a fluid is communicated through one or more first openings of a drain plug sieve, the first portion of the fluid is filtered with a filter element of a filter assembly, the filter assembly comprising an inner tubular member, an outer tubular member within which the inner tubular member extends, and the filter element, which filter element extends within an annular region defined between the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member, a second portion of the fluid is communicated through one or more second openings of the drain plug sieve, and the second portion of the fluid is permitted to flow through a first fluid passage of the inner tubular member to bypass the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Edward Schwarz, Michael Harlin Davis, Vic Douglas Lewellen