Patents by Inventor John Felecan

John Felecan 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).

  • Variable capacity, configurable hydrocarbon emissions trap
    Patent number: 10018160
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a vapor canister couple to a fuel tank of a vehicle. A series of fluidically coupled, variable capacity bleed elements, externally coupled to a sidewall of the vapor canister, capture the bleed emissions resulting from desorption of fuel vapors from an adsorbent material inside the vapor canister. The series of bleed elements may be fluidically coupled through flow paths passing through the vapor canister wall, connecting through a first flow path to a chamber inside the vapor canister and connecting through a second flow path to a vent port of the vapor canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chuck Frank Bartus, Dennis Lowe, David Ballheim, Floyd Leon Bergeron, John Felecan, Dawn Woodring, Todd Blankenship, Robert Joseph Pyle, Dwayne Pollitt
  • VARIABLE CAPACITY, CONFIGURABLE HYDROCARBON EMISSIONS TRAP
    Publication number: 20170211518
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a vapor canister couple to a fuel tank of a vehicle. A series of fluidically coupled, variable capacity bleed elements, externally coupled to a sidewall of the vapor canister, capture the bleed emissions resulting from desorption of fuel vapors from an adsorbent material inside the vapor canister. The series of bleed elements may be fluidically coupled through flow paths passing through the vapor canister wall, connecting through a first flow path to a chamber inside the vapor canister and connecting through a second flow path to a vent port of the vapor canister.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Chuck Frank Bartus, Dennis Lowe, David Ballheim, Floyd Leon Bergeron, John Felecan, Dawn Woodring, Todd Blankenship, Robert Joseph Pyle, Dwayne Pollitt