Patents by Inventor Harry Arthur Cikanek, Jr.

Harry Arthur Cikanek, Jr. 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).

  • Heated assembly for vaporization of fuel in an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 6067971
    Abstract: A heated assembly is provided for vaporization of fuel in an internal combustion engine. The heated assembly includes a grid disposed in an inlet runner of the internal combustion engine. The heated assembly also includes structure for heating the grid during cold start of the internal combustion engine and vaporizing fuel in the inlet runner of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Harry Arthur Cikanek, Jr., George Carver Davis
  • Internal combustion engine with siamesed cylinder bores and pistons
    Patent number: 5927243
    Abstract: A reciprocating internal combustion engine includes a siamesed piston bore having a configuration formed by the intersection of two circular cylindrical elements and a matching piston having a similar siamesed configuration. This cylinder configuration allows a four cylinder engine to be about 25% shorter with the same displacement as an engine having circular cylinders and the same stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Arthur Cikanek, Jr., Josef Wandeler, Daniel Michael Kabat, Mark Michael Madin
  • Heated assembly for vaporization of fuel in an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 5813388
    Abstract: A heated assembly is provided for vaporization of fuel in an internal combustion engine. The heated assembly includes a grid disposed in an inlet runner of the internal combustion engine. The assembly also includes structure for heating the grid during cold start of the internal combustion engine and vaporizing fuel in the inlet runner of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Harry Arthur Cikanek, Jr., George Carver Davis