Patents by Inventor Knut L. Winquist

Knut L. Winquist 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).

  • Patent number: 4984738
    Abstract: A unit injector for staged injection of fuel in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The unit injector comprises a fuel pump and a spray nozzle combined in a single unit adapted to be mounted on the engine with the fuel pump adapted to be driven by a mechanism provided on the engine. The fuel pump of the unit injector includes a pair of cooperating plungers defining first and second fuel compression chambers for producing a plurality of discrete fuel injections during a single cycle of the internal combustion engine and with a single stroke of the driven plunger of the fuel pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: Association of American Railroads
    Inventor: Knut L. Winquist
  • Patent number: 4546924
    Abstract: There are disclosed several embodiments of a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine in response to the pressure of the fuel. In each embodiment, a nozzle of the injector which extends into the combustion chamber is opened and closed by means of a valve member which is yieldably urged into tight engagement with a seat in the lower end of the nozzle and which is rotated in response to increasing and decreasing fuel pressure, respectively, to move the outlets in the valve member and nozzle into and out of register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventor: Knut L. Winquist
  • Patent number: 4440325
    Abstract: An actuator having a collar with two annular grooves so that the actuator container be engaged to an aerosol container in two different positions; one, the lower, where the container is kept activated and another, the upper, where the container is kept deactivated. The actuator can easily be manually engaged or disengaged to the container, and likewise, easily be moved into the different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Inventors: Martin B. Treuhaft, Knut L. Winquist