Patents Represented by Attorney Donald A. Wilkinson, Esq.
  • Patent number: 5813388
    Abstract: A heated assembly is provided for vaporization of fuel in an internal combustion engine. The heated assembly includes a grid disposed in an inlet runner of the internal combustion engine. The assembly also includes structure for heating the grid during cold start of the internal combustion engine and vaporizing fuel in the inlet runner of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Harry Arthur Cikanek, Jr., George Carver Davis