Patents by Inventor Bernhard J. Reif

Bernhard J. Reif 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).

  • Fuel injector retention arrangement
    Patent number: 6668803
    Abstract: A resilient clip for retaining a fuel injector housing to a fuel rail cup. The clip includes a pair of opposing sidewalls. Each one of the pair of opposing sidewalls of the clip has a frontal portion and a rear portion. The frontal portion has a pair of inwardly extending shoulders for insertion into a pair of opposing slotted regions into the fuel injector housing. The frontal portion includes a pair of opposing slots formed in the frontal sidewall portions of the clip. The slots of the clip are elevated above the shoulders therein for receiving portions of the lip of the cup. The rear portion has a pair of opposing sidewalls and a backwall. The opposing sidewalls and the backwall of the rear portion of the rear portion form a slot for the clip. The slot is for receiving a tab of the fuel rail cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. McClean, Chris Sungyong Jung, Joseph F. Basmaji, Jeffrey E. Bautz, Bernhard J. Reif, Laural S. Feldmeier, Michael R. Kaput, Walter Jasiolek, William B. Fort