Patents by Inventor Donald L. Konieczy

Donald L. Konieczy 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 compartment
    Patent number: 6209347
    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 containing a refrigerant tracer dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignees: Multisorb Technologies, Inc., Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Halla Climate Control Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Corrigan, Kevin J. Goulet, Donald L. Konieczy, Peter R. Millen, Michael A. Olesnavich, Stephen F. Sullivan