Patents by Inventor Bryant Richie

Bryant Richie 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).

  • Publication number: 20060243258
    Abstract: An engine has a housing and a working member movable within an interior of the housing and separating a combustion chamber from a non-combustion chamber. Additionally, the engine may include a chamber-ventilation system that may include a passageway with a first end of the passageway connected to the non-combustion chamber and a second end of the passageway located downstream of the first end of the passageway. The chamber-ventilation system may further include a filter system disposed within the passageway. The filter system may include a filter housing and a filter disposed in the filter housing. Additionally, the chamber-ventilation system may be configured such that, during operation of the engine, gas travels from the non-combustion chamber, into the first end of the passageway, through the passageway, to the second end of the passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Withrow, Seth Slaughter, Christopher Dolan, Bryant Richie
  • Publication number: 20060191832
    Abstract: A fuel filter system which includes both a fuel filter and fuel/water separator media in a single sytem. Fuel passes from a tank or other source into the canister. The fuel flows first through the fuel/water separator element. The fuel then exist the canister to the suction side of a fuel transfer pump. The outlet side of the fuel transfer pump sends the fuel back into the canister where it passes through the fuel filter element. The fuel/water separator element and the fuel filter element are combined in a single cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Bryant Richie, Jeffery Ries, Philip Spengler