Patents by Inventor Don H. Santhony

Don H. Santhony 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).

  • Easy flow improved edge filter and fuel system
    Patent number: 6536417
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an edge filter for a pressurized fuel rail system having a plurality of fuel injectors from which pressurized fuel is fed to the injectors through a fuel inlet tube is disclosed. The edge filter has contoured leading and trailing ends that may be either spherical or conical to reduce turbulence in fuel upstream and downstream of the edge filter. The edge filter has inlet and outlet slots that are sloped between about 5% and 15% with the depth of the inlet slot decreasing as it approaches the outlet end and the depth of the outlet slot increasing as it approaches the outlet end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Detroit Diesel Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Pearlman, Don H. Santhony, Michael A. Guerriero
  • Easy flow improved edge filter and fuel system
    Publication number: 20020073967
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an edge filter for a pressurized fuel rail system having a plurality of fuel injectors from which pressurized fuel is fed to the injectors through a fuel inlet tube is disclosed. The edge filter has contoured leading and trailing ends that may be either spherical or conical to reduce turbulence in fuel upstream and downstream of the edge filter. The edge filter has inlet and outlet slots that are sloped between about 5% and 15% with the depth of the inlet slot decreasing as it approaches the outlet end and the depth of the outlet slot increasing as it approaches the outlet end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: Detroit Diesel Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Pearlman, Don H. Santhony, Michael A. Guerriero