Patents by Inventor Dean C. Foltz

Dean C. Foltz 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).

  • Patent number: 5732840
    Abstract: A filler neck closure assembly for a vehicle fuel tank filler neck, comprising: a housing configured to be mounted in the filler neck and formed to include a sealing surface and a pressure-relief valve positioned to lie in the housing and provided with a nozzle-receiving portion and a sealing portion, wherein the nozzle-receiving portion is formed to include a nozzle-receiving opening sized to receive a pump nozzle during refueling of the fuel tank and the sealing portion is movable with the nozzle portion and relative to the housing between a closure-sealing position sealingly engaging the sealing surface and a pressure-relief position away from the sealing surface to define an opening to vent fuel vapor from the fuel tank when tank pressure exceeds a predetermined maximum pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Stant Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: Dean C. Foltz
  • Patent number: 5730194
    Abstract: A filler neck is provided for delivering fuel in a vehicle fuel tank. The filler neck includes a conduit that formed to be coupled to a fuel tank inlet and has neck passageway. A partition unit is positioned in the conduit to divide the neck passageway into an outer chamber and an inner chamber and includes a partition channel interconnecting the outer and inner chambers. A filler neck shuttle is also positioned for movement in the neck passageway and the partition channel between a channel-opening position and a channel-closing position. The shuttle has a nozzle-receiving inlet, a fuel-discharging outlet for extension through the partition channel and into the inner chamber, and a fill passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet. Further, the filler neck includes a spring that yieldably urges the filler neck shuttle in the channel-closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Stant Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: Dean C. Foltz
  • Patent number: D381004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Stant Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: Dean C. Foltz
  • Patent number: D394627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Stant Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: Dean C. Foltz
  • Patent number: D403643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Stant Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: Dean C. Foltz