Patents by Inventor Kevin Bird

Kevin Bird 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).

  • HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20140336901
    Abstract: A method to protect a high-pressure fuel pump in a diesel-engine system includes enabling the high-pressure fuel pump when fuel pressure in the diesel-engine system is above a threshold, and disabling the high-pressure fuel pump if the fuel pressure is below the threshold. In this manner, the high-pressure fuel pump is protected from premature wear and failure due to inadequate lubrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Braden Roberts, Kevin Bird, Thomas Billings, Ace Koua Kue, James Joseph Moylan, Brien Lloyd Fulton, Carlos Armesto
  • Method of manufacturing a peripherally encapsulating unit
    Patent number: 6210618
    Abstract: A peripherally encapsulated unit is manufactured by molding a peripheral encapsulation of a predetermined internal peripheral contour and internal peripheral size from hot polymeric material in a mold. The mold is opened and a member is positioned in internal relationship to the hot molded peripheral encapsulation. Thereafter, the hot molded peripheral encapsulation shrinks as it cools to reduce its internal peripheral size thereby unitizing the peripheral encapsulation with a peripheral edge portion of the member to form a peripherally encapsulated unit, such as a cook top, range door, “touch” control panel, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Gemtron Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Bird, Lloyd Kaper, Bob Herrmann, Craig Bienick, Gary Reames, Howard Daley, Greg Wolters
  • Cooktop or hob top including a planar panel interlocked to an outboard frame by an injection molded encapsulation having injection molded encapsulation having integral fasteners
    Patent number: 5785047
    Abstract: A cooktop, hob top or the like includes a cooktop, hob top panel having a peripheral edge portion, a frame bordering the same and a substantially one-piece homogeneous injection molded polymeric/copolymeric encapsulation securing the peripheral edge portion of the panel to the frame. The encapsulation includes integral fasteners adapted to be inserted into openings of a horizontal flange of a range, countertop or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Gemtrom Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Bird, Lloyd Kaper, Bob Herrmann, Craig Bienick, Gary Reames, Howard Daley, Greg Wolters