Patents by Inventor Chris Sturgess

Chris Sturgess 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 filter
    Patent number: 10695701
    Abstract: A fuel filter has a housing having an intake and an outlet. A filter element is arranged in the housing such that a filtered area is separated seal-tightly from an unfiltered area. A flow passage is provided between the unfiltered area and the filtered area. A porous filter member closes off the flow passage, wherein the porous filter member is arranged seal-tightly on a wall arranged about the flow passage. The filter element has a filter medium and a geodetically upper and a geodetically lower terminal disks arranged at end faces of the filter medium. The filter medium is connected seal-tightly to the terminal disks. The flow passage is arranged in the geodetically upper terminal disk that forms the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Steffi Kiedaisch, Thorsten Schmid, Norbert Strassenberger, Chris Sturgess, Andreas Klinser, Andreas Franz, Holger Findeisen, Michael Micke, Andreas Steuss
  • Fuel Filter
    Publication number: 20080210618
    Abstract: A fuel filter has a housing having an intake and an outlet. A filter element is arranged in the housing such that a filtered area is separated seal-tightly from an unfiltered area. A flow passage is provided between the unfiltered area and the filtered area. A porous filter member closes off the flow passage, wherein the porous filter member is arranged seal-tightly on a wall arranged about the flow passage. The filter element has a filter medium and a geodetically upper and a geodetically lower terminal disks arranged at end faces of the filter medium. The filter medium is connected seal-tightly to the terminal disks. The flow passage is arranged in the geodetically upper terminal disk that forms the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Steffi Kiedaisch, Thorsten Schmid, Norbert Strassenberger, Chris Sturgess, Andreas Klinser, Andreas Franz, Holger Findeisen, Michael Micke, Andreas Steuss