Patents by Inventor Bud Orley Burkhart

Bud Orley Burkhart 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).

  • Variable displacement piezo-electric pumps
    Patent number: 8057198
    Abstract: A variable displacement piezo-electric pump which includes a pump housing having a side housing wall defining a pump chamber, an inlet line and an outlet line communicating with the pump chamber, a flexible pump diaphragm spanning the side housing wall in the pump chamber, a diaphragm-stroking mechanism such as a piezo-electric stack engaging the pump diaphragm and a diaphragm support provided between the diaphragm-stroking mechanism and the side housing wall of the pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Greg Michael Pietron, Bud Orley Burkhart, James William Loch McCallum, Yuji Fujii
  • VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PIEZO-ELECTRIC PUMPS
    Publication number: 20090148317
    Abstract: A variable displacement piezo-electric pump which includes a pump housing having a side housing wall defining a pump chamber, an inlet line and an outlet line communicating with the pump chamber, a flexible pump diaphragm spanning the side housing wall in the pump chamber, a diaphragm-stroking mechanism such as a piezo-electric stack engaging the pump diaphragm and a diaphragm support provided between the diaphragm-stroking mechanism and the side housing wall of the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Greg Michael Pietron, Bud Orley Burkhart, James William McCallum, Yuji Fujii