Patents by Inventor Jeff Devall

Jeff Devall 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).

  • Method for forming a weldable mount for fuel systems component
    Patent number: 6623682
    Abstract: A vent apparatus includes a tank mount made of a weldable plastics material and a fuel systems component such as a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a valve housing made of a non-weldable plastics material and a valve movable in a valve chamber formed in the valve housing to open and close an aperture leading to a venting outlet. The tank mount supports the valve housing in a position in a mounting aperture formed in a fuel tank. The valve housing is made by injecting non-weldable plastics material into a mold containing the pre-molded tank mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Stant Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy Amburgey, Thomas Blease, Jeff Devall, Dwight Smith
  • Method for forming a weldable mount for fuel systems component
    Publication number: 20030047835
    Abstract: A vent apparatus includes a tank mount made of a weldable plastics material and a fuel systems component such as a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a valve housing made of a non-weldable plastics material and a valve movable in a valve chamber formed in the valve housing to open and close an aperture leading to a venting outlet. The tank mount supports the valve housing in a position in a mounting aperture formed in a fuel tank. The valve housing is made by injecting non-weldable plastics material into a mold containing the pre-molded tank mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Nancy Amburgey, Thomas Blease, Jeff Devall, Dwight Smith
  • Method for forming a weldable mount for fuel systems component
    Patent number: 6488877
    Abstract: A vent apparatus includes a tank mount made of a weldable plastics material and a fuel systems component such as a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a valve housing made of a non-weldable plastics material and a valve movable in a valve chamber formed in the valve housing to open and close an aperture leading to a venting outlet. The tank mount supports the valve housing in a position in a mounting aperture formed in a fuel tank. The valve housing is made by injecting non-weldable plastics material into a mold containing the pre-molded tank mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Stant Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy Amburgey, Thomas Blease, Jeff Devall, Dwight Smith