Patents by Inventor Albert Anthony Skinner

Albert Anthony Skinner 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).

  • Electromagnetic compacting of powder metal for ignition core application
    Patent number: 6156264
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing an AC cylindrical electromagnetic ignition coil core (28) comprising:filling a cylindrical holding container (20) with powdered metal;placing the filled container into an electromagnetic field and compacting, in the radial direction, the powder in the container by subjecting the powder to the electromagnetic field; andrecovering the compacted ignition coil core (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Herbert Johnston, David Allen Score, David Earl Gay, Albert Anthony Skinner
  • Method and apparatus for producing electrical discharges
    Patent number: 5886476
    Abstract: A dual primary, single secondary ignition coil and control provides for establishment of a continuous extended arc across a pair of electrodes or dual arcs across the pair of electrodes. Continuous extended arcs are advantageous in extended burn applications and dual arcs are advantageous in gas plasma ion sense misfire detection applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Anthony Skinner, Douglas Lynn Sprunger, Scott Ray Hummel
  • Integrated ignition coil and spark plug
    Patent number: 5706792
    Abstract: A spark plug and ignition coil having concentrically wound primary and secondary coils about a plastic coated iron core are integrated in a dielectric fluid filled assembly characterized by advantageous employment of structurally inherent capacitances for radio frequency attenuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James Alva Boyer, Dwayne Allen Huntzinger, Harry Oliver Levers, Jr., Albert Anthony Skinner, Richard Laurence Haisley, Raymond Ora Butler, Jr.