Patents by Inventor Alan D. Osterkil

Alan D. Osterkil 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: 6845782
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the balancing of fuel among tanks in a circulating fuel system. The tanks in the system have both a draw conduit and a return conduit mounted to and extending into the tank. Flow restriction devices are mounted in both the draw and the return conduits and are controlled by a fuel level detection system, which detects the fuel in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Alan D. Osterkil, John W. Stuart
  • Publication number: 20040069344
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the balancing of fuel among tanks in a circulating fuel system. The tanks in the system have both a draw conduit and a return conduit mounted to and extending into the tank. Flow restriction devices are mounted in both the draw and the return conduits and are controlled by a fuel level detection system, which detects the fuel in the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Alan D. Osterkil, John W. Stuart
  • Patent number: 6334634
    Abstract: A push-to-connect tubing fitting which has a body, a collett with tubing gripping teeth that engage the tubing, and sealing devices. The collett is disposed within a bore in the body of the fitting. The collett has tubing gripping teeth on its inner bore which mechanically engage the outer surface of the tubing. A first sealing device is positioned within an inner bore of the collett at a point closer to the tubing insertion opening of the collett than are the tubing gripping teeth. This first sealing device seals the tubing to the collett. A second sealing device is disposed between the collett and the body. This second sealing device seals the collett to the body of the fitting and effectively completes the seal between the tubing and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: International Truck and Engine Corporation
    Inventor: Alan D. Osterkil