Patents by Inventor Jeff J. Klas

Jeff J. Klas 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).

  • Integrated fuel delivery and electronic powertrain control module and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 6688290
    Abstract: An integrated control and fuel delivery system having an intake manifold that receives a portion of an airflow and delivers air to an engine and a fuel spacer that receives the air from the intake manifold. The fuel spacer includes a wiring harness. A control module is disposed on the fuel spacer adjacent to the intake manifold of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Zehnal, Lakhi N. Goenka, Mark D. Miller, Andrew Z. Glovatsky, David J. Steinert, Harvinder Singh, Jeff J. Klas
  • Constrained layer damping system
    Publication number: 20030164159
    Abstract: A constrained layer damping system for use in an integrated air fuel module having a control module mounted thereon is provided. A control module and a wiring harness extending from the control module are coated with an encapsulant. A first layer of formed material is placed on a first side of the wiring harness and a first side of the control module, and a second layer of formed material is placed on a second side of both the wiring harness and the control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Jeff J. Klas, Mark K. Rhodes, Michael D. Bennett, Dan Guglielmo
  • Integrated fuel delivery and electronic powertrain control module and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20030140897
    Abstract: An integrated control and fuel delivery system having an intake manifold that receives a portion of an airflow and delivers air to an engine and a fuel spacer that receives the air from the intake manifold. The fuel spacer includes a wiring harness. A control module is disposed on the fuel spacer adjacent to the intake manifold of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Jim Zehnal, Lakhi N. Goenka, Mark D. Miller, Andrew Z. Glovatsky, David J. Steinert, Harvinder Singh, Jeff J. Klas