Patents by Inventor Donald L. Konieczny

Donald L. Konieczny 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).

  • Adsorbent unit with refrigerant tracer dye compartment
    Patent number: 6345516
    Abstract: An adsorbent unit for a refrigerant accumulator having a housing with a bottom wall and a side wall and a U-shaped pipe with a return bend adjacent the bottom wall and with first and second pipe portions extending from the return bend along the side wall, and a filter body extending outwardly from the return bend, the adsorbent unit including a porous adsorbent container, adsorbent in the container, first and second end portions on the container, a first tab extending outwardly from the first end portion of the container, an elongated slot in the first tab mounting it on the first and second pipe portions, a second tab extending outwardly from the second end portion of the container, an aperture on the second tab mounting it on the filter body, and a separate compartment on the adsorbent unit outside of said container containing a fluent refrigerant tracer dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignees: Multisorb Technologies, Inc., Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Halla Climate Control Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric W. Kesler, Donald L. Konieczny, Stephen F. Sullivan
  • Apparatus and method for introducing leak detection dye into an air conditioning system
    Patent number: 6293138
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for introducing a leak detection dye into an air conditioning system includes a cradle, a leak detection dye held by the cradle and a mechanism for securing the cradle into a component of the air conditioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald L. Konieczny, Eric William Kesler, Michael A. Olesnavich