Patents by Inventor James P. Viken

James P. Viken 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: 5472064
    Abstract: A system for providing total fluid exchange for an automatic transmission which interconnects with the transmission's opened cooling circuit to deliver new, fresh fluid to the transmission while simultaneously extracting the spent, used fluid. The system provides a means of quick and random interconnection to an opened cooling circuit and means of identifying and aligning direction of flow in such cooling circuit. The system can accurately calibrate and regulate the rate that fresh fluid will flow into the transmission to be the same as that at which the used fluid is extracted, both of which are regulated to flow at the same rate that fluid normally circulates at in the cooling circuit when it is closed under similar operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Inventor: James P. Viken
  • Patent number: 5318080
    Abstract: Fluid changing in an automatic transmission by opening the cooler line and draining used fluid, at the flow of normal circulation, out of the cooler line from the transmission into a drain receptacle for receiving used fluid and simultaneously supplying fresh fluid, from a pressurized supply receptacle, into the cooler return line to the transmission at a similar controlled rate that is equal or greater than the rate of flow of the used fluid into the drain receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Inventor: James P. Viken
  • Patent number: D365583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Inventor: James P. Viken