Patents by Inventor Dennis G. Kreft

Dennis G. Kreft 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: 11894666
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a conduit or pipe retention assembly for a vehicle. A vehicle fluid conduit outer perimeter surface includes one or more protrusions mechanically printed on the outer perimeter surface of the conduit or pipe. A mounting clip is mounted to the fluid conduit adjacent to one of the protrusions. The mounting clip includes retention devices for attaching the conduit to a vehicular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis G. Kreft, Alex Grant
  • Patent number: 11608918
    Abstract: A hose connector is formed at the end of a rigid pipe body used to connect the pipe body to a flexible polymeric hose. The hose connector includes a frustoconical front end extending outward from a tip to a radially enlarged first ring portion that terminates at a circumferential first step. A radially reduced second ring portion extends from the first step backwards at a constant diameter to a circumferential rear edge. A circumferential second step extends from the second ring portion rear edge backwards in a decreasing circumferential diameter to a mid-section of the pipe body. A flexible hose is adapted to be inserted by pressure over the pipe body at the tip end until it passes beyond the second step to at least the mid-section of the pipe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Francis Calcut, Daniel P. Intalan, Eric Omar Ruffin, Dennis G. Kreft, Jeffrey William Clawson
  • Publication number: 20220200257
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a conduit or pipe retention assembly for a vehicle. A vehicle fluid conduit outer perimeter surface includes one or more protrusions mechanically printed on the outer perimeter surface of the conduit or pipe. A mounting clip is mounted to the fluid conduit adjacent to one of the protrusions. The mounting clip includes retention devices for attaching the conduit to a vehicular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis G. Kreft, Alex Grant
  • Publication number: 20210372549
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a hose connector formed at the end of a rigid pipe body used to connect the pipe body to a flexible polymeric hose. The hose connector includes a frustoconical front end extending outward from a tip to a radially enlarged first ring portion that terminates at a circumferential first step. A radially reduced second ring portion extends from the first step backwards at a constant diameter to a circumferential rear edge. A circumferential second step extends from the second ring portion rear edge backwards in a decreasing circumferential diameter to a mid-section of the pipe body. A flexible hose is adapted to be inserted by pressure over the pipe body at the tip end until it passes beyond the second step to at least the mid-section of the pipe body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Francis Calcut, Daniel P. Intalan, Eric Omar Ruffin, Dennis G. Kreft, Jeffrey William Clawson