Patents by Inventor Kirk Bennett

Kirk Bennett 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: 20160297042
    Abstract: A lubricant distribution device configured to be coupled to a rotating cutting tool having a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutting surfaces comprises a main body having a manifold conduit extending along a central rotational axis of the main body and a plurality of lubricant distributing conduits formed in the main body and extending radially outwardly from the manifold conduit. Each of the lubricant distributing conduits is configured to convey a lubricant therethrough and includes an inlet fluidly coupling each of the lubricant distributing conduits to the manifold conduit and an outlet disposed adjacent a corresponding one of the circumferentially spaced cutting surfaces of the cutting tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Erik Koik, Kirk Bennett, Lori Munding
  • Publication number: 20160201581
    Abstract: A throttle body fuel injection system and method that is arranged to easily replace four-barrel carburetors includes a throttle body assembly with four main bores, each with a throttle plate and an associated fuel injector. Each injector feeds fuel into a circular fuel distribution ring via a fuel injection conduit, which introduces pressurized fuel into the air stream. The fuel distribution rings and bores have profiles that avoid constrictions for to prevent low pressure zones according to the Venturi effect. The throttle body includes an idle air control circuit having a port opening into main intake bores downstream of the point of fuel distribution into the air stream, thereby reducing the tendency for a lean fuel mixture at idle. An ECU “feed forward” algorithm controls fuel injection as a function of the position of the idle air control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Wittkopf, Todd Alan Petersen, Richard Kirk Bennett, Douglas David Webber
  • Patent number: 9266174
    Abstract: A cutting tool including an annular cutter body having at least one V-shaped pocket formed therein and a cutting tool cartridge configured to be received in the at least one pocket of the cutter body. The cutting tool cartridge including a main body. The main body includes a cutting head having a cutting chip control portion and a pocket configured to receive a cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: sp3 Cutting Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Koik, Kirk Bennett
  • Publication number: 20160031019
    Abstract: A cutting tool including an annular cutter body having at least one V-shaped pocket formed therein and a cutting tool cartridge configured to be received in the at least one pocket of the cutter body. The cutting tool cartridge including a main body. The main body includes a cutting head having a cutting chip control portion and a pocket configured to receive a cutting insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Erik Koik, Kirk Bennett
  • Publication number: 20140363243
    Abstract: A cutting tool including an annular cutter body having at least one V-shaped pocket formed therein and a cutting tool cartridge configured to be received in the at least one pocket of the cutter body. The cutting tool cartridge including a main body. The main body includes a cutting head having a cutting chip control portion and a pocket configured to receive a cutting insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Erik Koik, Kirk Bennett
  • Publication number: 20130298871
    Abstract: A throttle body fuel injection system and method that is arranged to easily replace four-barrel carburetors includes a throttle body assembly with four main bores, each with a throttle plate and an associated fuel injector. Each injector feeds fuel into a circular fuel distribution ring via a fuel injection conduit, which introduces pressurized fuel into the air stream. The fuel distribution rings and bores have profiles that avoid constrictions for to prevent low pressure zones according to the Venturi effect. Fuel is injected through downward-facing outlets at or near the bottom end of the rings. The fuel injection rings are two-piece, each formed of an insert pressed into an outer housing. The insert includes axial grooves intervaled about its exterior circumference of insert that are joined by a circumferential groove formed about the insert. The grooves are in fluid communication with a conduit that supplies fuel from a fuel injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: RICHARD KIRK BENNETT, DOUGLAS DAVID WEBBER