Patents by Inventor Jeff Georgas

Jeff Georgas 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).

  • Air induction system having an environmentally resistant acoustic membrane
    Patent number: 7111601
    Abstract: An air induction system for inducting air into an engine of an automobile is disclosed. The air induction system has an air cleaner and an air inlet tube. The air cleaner is in fluid communication with the engine of the automobile for filtering intake air inducted into the engine. The air inlet tube is made of a first material and is connected at a first end to the air cleaner and open to ambient air at a second end. The inlet tube has a flexible portion that flexes as a result of internal pressure pulsations during the air induction event. The flexing reduces or eliminates acoustic standing waves that have significant pressure fluctuations at the same location in the air induction system as the flexible portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Moenssen, Hovie J. Cassell, Celine J. Dixon, Jeff Georgas, John D. Kostun
  • Air induction system having an environmentally resistant acoustic membrane
    Publication number: 20050205041
    Abstract: An air induction system for inducting air into an engine of an automobile is disclosed. The air induction system has an air cleaner and an air inlet tube. The air cleaner is in fluid communication with the engine of the automobile for filtering intake air inducted into the engine. The air inlet tube is made of a first material and is connected at a first end to the air cleaner and open to ambient air at a second end. The inlet tube has a flexible portion that flexes as a result of internal pressure pulsations during the air induction event. The flexing reduces or eliminates acoustic standing waves that have significant pressure fluctuations at the same location in the air induction system as the flexible portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: David Moenssen, Hovie Cassell, Celine Dixon, Jeff Georgas, John Kostun