Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Mayor Brown & Platt
  • Device for supplying an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with fuel
    Patent number: 6250328
    Abstract: A device for supplying an internal combustion engine (1) of a motor vehicle with fuel has a return line (4) which is passed into a fuel tank (2) and has a wall made of a material of high thermal conductivity. The return line (4) is arranged within a ventilation duct (5). Cooling air is conveyed through the ventilation duct (5) to the return line (4). This is a simple means of limiting the maximum temperature of the fuel in the fuel tank (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann Vdo AG
    Inventors: Markus Distelhoff, Karl Eck, Winfried Fröhlich, Dieter Keller, Justus Klöker, Knut Meyer, Ingo Mohr, Bernd Rumpf, Wolfgang Sinz
  • Multiple inflator safety cushion
    Patent number: 6217066
    Abstract: Apparatus for use in passenger inflatable air-bag safety systems for preventing activation of an activator inflator from causing premature activation of any inflator not yet activated by system programming. The apparatus includes structure for isolating the pressure releasing construction from shock waves created when an inflator is activated and takes the form of mechanical barriers that isolate each inflator release structure from exposure to shock waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Am-Safe, Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel E. Coleman, Rick A. Adkisson, Michael C. Riley