Patents by Inventor Anthony Wayne Renko

Anthony Wayne Renko 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 and apparatus for maintaining a connection between a vehicle and a fuel source
    Patent number: 7051831
    Abstract: An apparatus 10 which allows a transmission 18 to be selectively shifted from a parked gear arrangement to another gear arrangement when the fuel door 13 is closed and the brake pedal 22 is depressed, and which allows a parked vehicle 12 to remain stationary as fuel is being delivered to a fuel tank 33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Allen Scholer, Anthony Wayne Renko
  • Method and apparatus for maintaining a connection between a vehicle and a fuel source
    Publication number: 20040011583
    Abstract: An apparatus 10 which allows a transmission 18 to be selectively shifted from a parked gear arrangement to another gear arrangement when the fuel door 13 is closed and the brake pedal 22 is depressed, and which allows a parked vehicle 12 to remain stationary as fuel is being delivered to a fuel tank 33.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Allen Scholer, Anthony Wayne Renko
  • Method and apparatus for maintaining a connection between a vehicle and fuel source
    Publication number: 20030037981
    Abstract: An apparatus 10 which allows a transmission 18 to be selectively shifted from a parked gear arrangement to another gear arrangement only when the fuel door 13 is closed and the brake pedal 22 is depressed, thereby allowing a parked vehicle 12 to remain stationary as fuel is being delivered to the fuel tank 33.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Allen Scholer, Anthony Wayne Renko