Patents by Inventor HECTOR R. MENDOZA

HECTOR R. MENDOZA 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: 11891999
    Abstract: An improved an end cap assembly for a fuel pump is provided. The end cap assembly includes first and second brush caps herein that are overmolded onto first and second shunt wires to ensure a fluid-tight seal around the shunt wires without requiring heat staking, sonic welding, or melt flowing the end cap to the shunt wires. The brush caps are cone-shaped and include a snap-fit feature that retains the brush caps in place when the endcap assembly is transported prior to being assembled to a fuel pump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Luis M. Porras, Sarah Cruz, Jonathan R. Martinez, Isai Chavez, Hector R. Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20230400028
    Abstract: An improved an end cap assembly for a fuel pump is provided. The end cap assembly includes first and second brush caps herein that are overmolded onto first and second shunt wires to ensure a fluid-tight seal around the shunt wires without requiring heat staking, sonic welding, or melt flowing the end cap to the shunt wires. The brush caps are cone-shaped and include a snap-fit feature that retains the brush caps in place when the endcap assembly is transported prior to being assembled to a fuel pump body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Luis M. Porras, Sarah Cruz, Jonathan R. Martinez, Isai Chavez, Hector R. Mendoza
  • Patent number: 10247185
    Abstract: A fluid pump includes a housing; an outlet; an inlet plate within the housing and having an inlet; an outlet plate disposed within the housing and having an outlet plate outlet passage; an electric motor which rotates about an axis; a pumping arrangement rotationally coupled to the electric motor such that rotation of the pumping arrangement causes fluid to be pumped from the inlet to the outlet plate outlet passage and through the outlet; a diverter plate between the outlet plate outlet passage and the electric motor and having a diverter passage which provides fluid communication from the outlet plate outlet passage, past the electric motor, to the outlet, the diverter plate also having an imperforate wall which is axially aligned with the outlet plate outlet passage such that the imperforate wall laterally directs fluid from the outlet passage to the diverter passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Alejandro Moreno, Hector R. Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20160245284
    Abstract: A fluid pump includes a housing; an outlet; an inlet plate within the housing and having an inlet; an outlet plate disposed within the housing and having an outlet plate outlet passage; an electric motor which rotates about an axis; a pumping arrangement rotationally coupled to the electric motor such that rotation of the pumping arrangement causes fluid to be pumped from the inlet to the outlet plate outlet passage and through the outlet; a diverter plate between the outlet plate outlet passage and the electric motor and having a diverter passage which provides fluid communication from the outlet plate outlet passage, past the electric motor, to the outlet, the diverter plate also having an imperforate wall which is axially aligned with the outlet plate outlet passage such that the imperforate wall laterally directs fluid from the outlet passage to the diverter passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: ALEJANDRO MORENO, HECTOR R. MENDOZA