Patents by Inventor James E. VanAllen

James E. VanAllen 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).

  • Carburetor valve rotational setting retainer assembly
    Patent number: 6540212
    Abstract: A fuel needle valve assembly of a carburetor has a retainer which yieldingly restrains the rotational fuel flow setting capability of the needle valve. The retainer engages a shank of the needle valve and a parallel shaft, both of which project from the carburetor body. The retainer exerts a force which laterally displaces the projecting shank with respect to the shaft. The retainer has sufficient strength to ensure the factory set rotational setting of the fuel needle valve does not alter when a limiter cap is press fitted to a distal head of the needle. Furthermore, wherein the shaft is also a shank of a second needle valve, the same retainer laterally displaces the projecting shanks of both needle valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Walbro Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Burns, Gary U. Gliniecki, George M. Pattullo, James E. VanAllen
  • Carburetor valve rotational setting retainer assembly
    Publication number: 20020070466
    Abstract: A fuel needle valve assembly of a carburetor has a retainer which yieldingly restrains the rotational fuel flow setting capability of the needle valve. The retainer engages a shank of the needle valve and a parallel shaft, both of which project from the carburetor body. The retainer exerts a force which laterally displaces the projecting shank with respect to the shaft. The retainer has sufficient strength to ensure the factory set rotational setting of the fuel needle valve does not alter when a limiter cap is press fitted to a distal head of the needle. Furthermore, wherein the shaft is also a shank of a second needle valve, the same retainer laterally displaces the projecting shanks of both needle valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Michael P. Burns, Gary U. Gliniecki, George M. Pattullo, James E. VanAllen
  • Carburetor valve rotational setting retainer assembly
    Patent number: 6402125
    Abstract: A fuel needle valve assembly of a carburetor has a retainer which yieldingly restrains the rotational fuel flow setting capability of the needle valve. The retainer engages a shank of the needle valve and a parallel shaft, both of which project from the carburetor body. The retainer exerts a force which laterally displaces the projecting shank with respect to the shaft. The retainer has sufficient strength to ensure the factory set rotational setting of the fuel needle valve does not alter when a limiter cap is press fitted to a distal head of the needle. Furthermore, wherein the shaft is also a shank of a second needle valve, the same retainer laterally displaces the projecting shanks of both needle valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Walbro Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Burns, Gary U. Gliniecki, George M. Pattullo, James E. VanAllen