Patents by Inventor Gina L. Powers

Gina L. Powers 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).

  • Filter assembly for separating water from fuel
    Patent number: 9957932
    Abstract: A filter assembly is configured to prevent water from infiltrating a fuel tank and/or engine. The filter assembly may include a housing having a fuel inlet line and a fuel outlet line. The housing defines an internal chamber in fluid communication with the fuel inlet line and the fuel outlet line. Fuel passes into the internal chamber through the fuel inlet, and filtered fuel passes out of the internal chamber to the fuel tank and/or the engine through the fuel outlet line. A filtering frame may be secured within the internal chamber, and may include a coalescing frame portion that is configured to allow water to coalesce thereon and sink toward a bottom of the internal chamber, and a hydrophobic frame portion that is configured to repel the water from a valve coupled to the fuel outlet line. A flow restrictor is configured to float on the water toward the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan G Metz, Gina L Powers, Jonathan P LeBlanc, Christopher J Cichelli
  • Filter Assembly for Separating Water From Fuel
    Publication number: 20150292455
    Abstract: A filter assembly is configured to prevent water from infiltrating a fuel tank and/or engine. The filter assembly may include a housing having a fuel inlet line and a fuel outlet line. The housing defines an internal chamber in fluid communication with the fuel inlet line and the fuel outlet line. Fuel passes into the internal chamber through the fuel inlet, and filtered fuel passes out of the internal chamber to the fuel tank and/or the engine through the fuel outlet line. A filtering frame may be secured within the internal chamber, and may include a coalescing frame portion that is configured to allow water to coalesce thereon and sink toward a bottom of the internal chamber, and a hydrophobic frame portion that is configured to repel the water from a valve coupled to the fuel outlet line. A flow restrictor is configured to float on the water toward the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Brendan G. Metz, Gina L. Powers, Jonathan P. LeBlanc, Christopher J. Cichelli