Patents Assigned to Airtex Corporation
  • Patent number: 7156080
    Abstract: A fuel flow control valve (10) for an in-tank fuel module (M) to control fuel flow to a fuel pump (P) from either a fuel tank (T) in which the module is installed or a fuel module reservoir (V). The valve includes a disc (32) having a plurality of slots (50) formed therein through which fuel flows from an opening (O) in the module to the fuel pump. The disc is mounted on the head (40) of a valve stem (36). This allows the valve to move between one position opening a fuel flow path between the fuel tank and the fuel pump and a second position opening a fuel flow path between the fuel reservoir and the fuel pump, the valve, when opening one of the flow paths, simultaneously blocking the other flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Airtex Corporation
    Inventors: R. David Morris, Eric W. Stewart
  • Patent number: 4424656
    Abstract: A mutiple-purpose assembly clip for assembly of radiant ceiling panels and/or for flattening bowed radiant ceiling panels. The clip uses a "twist-lock" technique. In a first rotational position the clip is positioned over the panels. The clip is then rotated about an axis perpendicular to the panels to a second rotational position to cause flanges on the clip to engage corresponding channels on the panels, thereby to urge adjacent panels together. A "mirror image" clip is also used which twists in the opposite direction for locking. The clip includes a central cutout in a U-shaped member to form defined flanges and edges. The cutout is dimensioned so that as an alternative to use for locking adjacent panels (where the cutout fits over edge connections of the panels) it can fit over a fluid-carrying tube mounted on the rear of the panel. This permits the clip to be mounted wholly on one ceiling panel for flattening the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Assignee: Airtex Corporation
    Inventor: Alonzo A. LaVanture