Patents by Inventor Colin Edward Mack

Colin Edward Mack 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).

  • In-tank fuel supply unit
    Patent number: 6619272
    Abstract: An in-tank fuel supply unit has a reservoir mounted on the floor of a fuel tank, and a fuel pump mounted in the reservoir. The fuel level in the reservoir is maintained by means of a jet pump which is supplied with fuel through a passage. The jet pump has a nozzle which directs a flow of fuel upwards into a venturi passage which has a converging section, a parallel section and a diverging section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill George Jones, Colin Edward Mack, Derek Hirst, John Clinton Hall, James Norton
  • In-tank fuel supply unit
    Publication number: 20030000502
    Abstract: An in-tank fuel supply unit has a reservoir mounted on the floor of a fuel tank, and a fuel pump mounted in the reservoir. The fuel level in the reservoir is maintained by means of a jet pump which is supplied with fuel through a passage. The jet pump has a nozzle which directs a flow of fuel upwards into a venturi passage which has a converging section, a parallel section and a diverging section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Bill George Jones, Colin Edward Mack, Derek Hirst, John Clinton Hall, James Norton