Patents by Inventor James M. Sokol

James M. Sokol 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: 9770975
    Abstract: A fresh air inlet system includes an inlet panel defining first windows and second windows, offset from the first windows. An inlet baffle is below the inlet panel and an outlet baffle is opposite the inlet panel from the inlet baffle. The outlet baffle at least partially defines an outlet plenum providing air-flow communication to an induction duct. A longitudinal flow section is defined between the inlet baffle and the inlet panel. A first vertical flow section is defined by the first windows and a second vertical flow section is defined by the second windows. The first vertical flow section is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal flow section and the second vertical flow section is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal flow section. Therefore, intake air flows successively from the longitudinal flow section to the first vertical flow section, to the second vertical flow section, and to the induction duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: James M. Sokol, David A. Schoener
  • Publication number: 20160290215
    Abstract: A fresh air inlet system includes an inlet panel defining first windows and second windows, offset from the first windows. An inlet baffle is below the inlet panel and an outlet baffle is opposite the inlet panel from the inlet baffle. The outlet baffle at least partially defines an outlet plenum providing air-flow communication to an induction duct. A longitudinal flow section is defined between the inlet baffle and the inlet panel. A first vertical flow section is defined by the first windows and a second vertical flow section is defined by the second windows. The first vertical flow section is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal flow section and the second vertical flow section is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal flow section. Therefore, intake air flows successively from the longitudinal flow section to the first vertical flow section, to the second vertical flow section, and to the induction duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: James M. Sokol, David A. Schoener
  • Patent number: 5013222
    Abstract: An electric motor driven fuel pump for a motor vehicle includes a tubular metal housing, a pump in the housing at an inlet end thereof, an electric motor in the housing adjacent the pump, a plastic end cap in the housing near a discharge end thereof, and a plastic RFI module in the housing over the end cap. Brushes for the motor are disposed in brush passages in the end cap and connected to brass terminal studs press fitted into the open ends of the brush passages. The plastic RFI module completely shrouds the terminal studs on the end cap to minimize corrosion and contamination and has a pair of flat metal contact plates embedded therein. An edge of the tubular housing is crimped over the outside diameter of the RFI module and overlaps the metal contact plates so that the plates reinforce the RFI module against forces urging dislodgment of the RFI module and the end cap from the tubular housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Sokol, Robert L. Lochmann, John G. Fischer