Patents by Inventor Chad Smutzer

Chad Smutzer 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).

  • ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT SIGNAL CONNECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120218051
    Abstract: A termination block for connecting a first signal device and a second signal device. The termination block includes a housing, first and second connectors, and an electrical circuit having passive elements that connect the first and second connectors and provide impedance matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Patrick Zabinski, Chad Smutzer
  • ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT SIGNAL CONNECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110084778
    Abstract: A termination block for connecting a first signal device and a second signal device. The termination block includes a housing, first and second connectors, and an electrical circuit having passive elements that connect the first and second connectors and provide impedance matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick Zabinski, Chad Smutzer
  • System and methodology for purging fuel from a fuel injector during start-up
    Patent number: 6913005
    Abstract: A fuel system for use in an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of fuel injectors, each injector including at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end, a heat source arranged along the at least one capillary flow passage, the heat source operable to heat a liquid fuel in the at least one capillary flow passage to a level sufficient to convert at least a portion thereof from the liquid state to a vapor state, and a valve for metering fuel to the internal combustion engine, a controller to control the power supplied to the heat source of each of the plurality of fuel injectors to achieve a predetermined target temperature, a sensor for use in determining engine air flow and a sensor for measuring a value indicative of degree of engine warm-up of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Chrysalis Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Jan-Roger Linna, John Paul Mello, Chad Smutzer
  • System and methodology for purging fuel from a fuel injector during start-up
    Publication number: 20040000296
    Abstract: A fuel system for use in an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of fuel injectors, each injector including at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end, a heat source arranged along the at least one capillary flow passage, the heat source operable to heat a liquid fuel in the at least one capillary flow passage to a level sufficient to convert at least a portion thereof from the liquid state to a vapor state, and a valve for metering fuel to the internal combustion engine, a controller to control the power supplied to the heat source of each of the plurality of fuel injectors to achieve a predetermined target temperature, a sensor for use in determining engine air flow and a sensor for measuring a value indicative of degree of engine warm-up of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Jan-Roger Linna, John Paul Mello, Chad Smutzer