Patents by Inventor Christopher Alan Jethrow

Christopher Alan Jethrow 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: 20040007055
    Abstract: An apparatus for remotely monitoring the level of lubricant in a sump of an internal combustion engine on a vehicle and remotely transferring lubricant from the engine sump including a lubricant tank mounted on the vehicle external to the vehicle's engine. The lubricant tank and the engine may each contain a quantity of gas above the respective lubricant levels in the tank and the sump with the pressure of gas contained in the lubricant tank being regulated relative to the pressure of gas contained in the engine such that the level of lubricant in the tank is indicative of and varies along with the level of lubricant in the engine sump. The apparatus may include an equalization connection between the sump and the tank and an evacuation connection to the tank for transferring lubricant from the tank. The tank may include a plurality of internal chambers situated for lubricant to flow between them to prevent lubricant from being drawn out of the sump below a lubricant low-level limit of the sump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: John Paul Kralik, Todd Christopher Cronin, Rishi Raj Kothari, Andrew Raymond Spriegel, Christopher Alan Jethrow, Min She, Gary Lee Orloff