Patents by Inventor Edward A. Ruehle

Edward A. Ruehle 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: 7832205
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold for an engine having at least one combustion chamber and multiple exhaust valves arranged on a first plane is provided with a housing formed to provide a longitudinally extending main exhaust gas passage on a second plane terminating in an outlet at one end. A plurality of discrete, laterally spaced, inlet branch passages include a floor and a ceiling which are initially level with the exhaust valve for a distance equal to one-half the width of the inlet branch passage prior to sloping downward toward the main exhaust gas passage. One of the inlet branch passages is positioned at an end of the housing opposite the exhaust gas passage outlet. The remaining inlet branch passages include integrally formed deflector members arranged to provide an angular change of flow direction requiring exhaust gas to enter the main exhaust gas passage in the downstream direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventor: Edward A. Ruehle
  • Publication number: 20080302095
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold for an engine having at least one combustion chamber and multiple exhaust valves arranged on a first plane is provided with a housing formed to provide a longitudinally extending main exhaust gas passage on a second plane terminating in an outlet at one end. A plurality of discrete, laterally spaced, inlet branch passages include a floor and a ceiling which are initially level with the exhaust valve for a distance equal to one-half the width of the inlet branch passage prior to sloping downward toward the main exhaust gas passage. One of the inlet branch passages is positioned at an end of the housing opposite the exhaust gas passage outlet. The remaining inlet branch passages include integrally formed deflector members arranged to provide an angular change of flow direction requiring exhaust gas to enter the main exhaust gas passage in the downstream direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Edward A. Ruehle
  • Patent number: 7171805
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold is provided with deflector members positioned between downstream gas inlets and a main gas passage. The deflector members redirect the flow of exhaust gas from the inlets into the general direction of the gas flowing in the main passage as the exhaust gas enters the main passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventor: Edward A. Ruehle
  • Publication number: 20060236687
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold is provided with deflector members positioned between downstream gas inlets and a main gas passage. The deflector members redirect the flow of exhaust gas from the inlets into the general direction of the gas flowing in the main passage as the exhaust gas enters the main passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventor: Edward Ruehle
  • Patent number: 6755881
    Abstract: An air cleaner housing for holding a cylindrical filter element and providing a laminar flow of air to a carburetor of an engine. The housing has a bottom plate with an outer peripheral portion and a venturi section radially inward of the outer peripheral portion. A top cover of the housing has a convex section radially inward of a top peripheral portion. The convex section of the top cover is at least partially positioned over the bottom venturi section of the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventor: Edward A. Ruehle
  • Publication number: 20030163980
    Abstract: An air cleaner housing for holding a cylindrical filter element and providing a laminar flow of air to a carburetor of an engine. The housing has a bottom plate with an outer peripheral portion and a venturi section radially inward of the outer peripheral portion. A top cover of the housing has a convex section radially inward of a top peripheral portion. The convex section of the top cover is at least partially positioned over the bottom venturi section of the bottom plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Edward A. Ruehle
  • Patent number: 4511112
    Abstract: This application relates to an engine test stand and mounting system for vehicle engines during testing by a dynamometer or other testing device requiring engine operation. Previous engine test stands utilized rigid metal bed plates which were permanently secured to the floor or ground structure. Thus an engine had to be mounted thereto while the dynamometer went unused. The present invention provides a movable frame on which an engine is mounted at a location remote from the dynamometer. The frame may then be moved into operative relationship to the dynamometer and supported by a plurality of post supports which secure the frame to the ground and accurately position the frame and engine with respect to the dynamometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventor: Edward A. Ruehle