Patents by Inventor Jeffrey S. Sayler

Jeffrey S. Sayler 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).

  • Cyclonic air cleaner
    Patent number: 9206721
    Abstract: An air cleaner device for filtering intake air including a housing defining a chamber, a filter element disposed within the chamber, and a duct element having a passageway in fluid communication with the chamber. Further, the duct element extends along and downwardly from about a portion of the housing and further includes an inlet for drawing intake air into the chamber. The air cleaner having a base member in fluid communication with the chamber and an outlet, where the air drawn into the chamber is filtered by first and second filtering operations to obtain filtered air, with the first and the second filtering operations accomplished at least in part due to a cyclonic motion of the air and passage of the air through the filter element, respectively; and where the filtered air from the chamber of the housing is released through the outlet in the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Terrence M. Rotter, Jeffrey S. Sayler, Robert J. Hensel
  • Cyclonic air cleaner
    Patent number: 8808432
    Abstract: An air cleaner device for filtering intake air including a housing defining a chamber, a filter element disposed within the chamber, and a duct element having a passageway in fluid communication with the chamber. Further, the duct element extends along and downwardly from about a portion of the housing and further includes an inlet for drawing intake air into the chamber. The air cleaner having a base member in fluid communication with the chamber and an outlet, where the air drawn into the chamber is filtered by first and second filtering operations to obtain filtered air, with the first and the second filtering operations accomplished at least in part due to a cyclonic motion of the air and passage of the air through the filter element, respectively; and where the filtered air from the chamber of the housing is released through the outlet in the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Terrence M. Rotter, Jeffrey S. Sayler, Robert J. Hensel
  • CYCLONIC AIR CLEANER
    Publication number: 20140053796
    Abstract: An air cleaner device for filtering intake air including a housing defining a chamber, a filter element disposed within the chamber, and a duct element having a passageway in fluid communication with the chamber. Further, the duct element extends along and downwardly from about a portion of the housing and further includes an inlet for drawing intake air into the chamber. The air cleaner having a base member in fluid communication with the chamber and an outlet, where the air drawn into the chamber is filtered by first and second filtering operations to obtain filtered air, with the first and the second filtering operations accomplished at least in part due to a cyclonic motion of the air and passage of the air through the filter element, respectively; and where the filtered air from the chamber of the housing is released through the outlet in the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Terrence M. Rotter, Jeffrey S. Sayler, Robert J. Hensel
  • Cyclonic air cleaner
    Patent number: 8585805
    Abstract: An air cleaner device for filtering intake air including a housing defining a chamber, a filter element disposed within the chamber, and a duct element having a passageway in fluid communication with the chamber. Further, the duct element extends along and downwardly from about a portion of the housing and further includes an inlet for drawing intake air into the chamber. The air cleaner having a base member in fluid communication with the chamber and an outlet, where the air drawn into the chamber is filtered by first and second filtering operations to obtain filtered air, with the first and the second filtering operations accomplished at least in part due to a cyclonic motion of the air and passage of the air through the filter element, respectively; and where the filtered air from the chamber of the housing is released through the outlet in the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Terrence M. Rotter, Jeffrey S. Sayler, Robert J. Hensel
  • Cyclonic Air Cleaner
    Publication number: 20090308250
    Abstract: An air cleaner device for filtering intake air including a housing defining a chamber, a filter element disposed within the chamber, and a duct element having a passageway in fluid communication with the chamber. Further, the duct element extends along-and downwardly from about a portion of the housing and further includes an inlet for drawing intake air into the chamber. The air cleaner having a base member in fluid communication with the chamber and an outlet, where the air drawn into the chamber is filtered by first and second filtering operations to obtain filtered air, with the first and the second filtering operations accomplished at least in part due to a cyclonic motion of the air and passage of the air through the filter element, respectively; and where the filtered air from the chamber of the housing is released through the outlet in the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Terrence M. Rotter, Jeffrey S. Sayler, Robert J. Hensel
  • Cyclonic air cleaner housing
    Patent number: D632770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Terrence M. Rotter, Jeffrey S. Sayler, Richard R. Koehl, Robert J. Hensel, Herbert V. Kohler, Jr.