Patents by Inventor Kerry Grifka

Kerry Grifka 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).

  • Publication number: 20060236983
    Abstract: A low cost bypass pressure regulator for liquid flowing preferably in a returnless fuel system for a combustion engine communicates operatively with a conduit which flows fuel from a fuel pump of the fuel system to at least one fuel injector of the combustion engine. The pressure regulator preferably has a valve head disposed at least in-part in a valve chamber defined by a circumferentially continuous inner surface carried by a valve body and which transitions radially outward with respect to a center axis and in a downstream direction. The valve head preferably tapers radially inward with respect to the center axis in an upstream direction and from a peripheral outer edge of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Douyama, Kerry Grifka, Kevin Israelson, Ronald Roche, Edward Talaski
  • Publication number: 20060207573
    Abstract: A fuel delivery system for a combustion engine has a fuel tank which defines an access hole preferably communicating through either the top wall or bottom wall of the tank. An associated top or bottom flange, both having a fuel channel for flowing fuel out of the tank, sealably covers the access hole. A fuel pump module is located in the fuel chamber of the tank and has a universal, structural, pod which engages either the top or bottom flange while preferably maintaining an axial upright position. The pod defines an axially extending first bore for housing a fuel pump and preferably an electric pump motor and a second bore defined by a cylindrical inner face and spaced radially outward from the first chamber for housing a reversable filter cartridge of the module. The pod also has a fuel discharge nozzle which generally defines a counter bore that communicates axially with the second bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Douyama, Kerry Grifka, Kevin Israelson, Ronald Roche