Patents by Inventor Alexander M. Stoll

Alexander M. Stoll 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).

  • Method for producing and checking an internal thread
    Patent number: 9322630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing and checking a thread arranged in a cylinder head to receive a spark plug. However, the invention also relates to a device for checking the thread introduced into the cylinder head. By defining a starting point of the internal thread to be produced specifically in terms of position thereof within the parent hole by using spark plug parameters, the spark plug will always be aligned with its spark gap oriented toward the injector. For the purpose of checking, use is made of a plug gage, the screw-in thread of which has the parameters of the spark plug thread and with which, by using a measuring face, the position of an extension on the threaded body can be established. The extension simulates the ground electrode of the spark plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Wilkins, Amando Jose Jose Sebastian, Timothy M. Hull, Juergen Bleyer, Reece Adams, Francis Maslar, Mike O. Thompson, Alexander M. Stoll
  • Method for Producing and Checking an Internal Thread
    Publication number: 20140112729
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing and checking a thread arranged in a cylinder head to receive a spark plug. However, the invention also relates to a device for checking the thread introduced into the cylinder head. By defining a starting point of the internal thread to be produced specifically in terms of position thereof within the parent hole by using spark plug parameters, the spark plug will always be aligned with its spark gap oriented toward the injector. For the purpose of checking, use is made of a plug gage, the screw-in thread of which has the parameters of the spark plug thread and with which, by using a measuring face, the position of an extension on the threaded body can be established. The extension simulates the ground electrode of the spark plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Wilkins, Amando Jose Jose Sebastian, Timothy M. Hull, Juergen Bleyer, Reece Adams, Francis Maslar, Mike O. Thompson, Alexander M. Stoll