Patents by Inventor L. Kirk Walters

L. Kirk Walters 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).

  • Malleable stop for engine control element
    Patent number: 4271094
    Abstract: In a vacuum motor for opening an internal combustion engine carburetor choke to a vacuum break position, a stop is engaged between the actuating diaphragm and a base member to establish the vacuum break position. The stop is formed of a malleable material which plastically deforms slightly upon engagement--and thus gradually changes the vacuum break position upon repeated engagement--to compensate for changes in engine operating characteristics over an extended period of engine operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: L. Kirk Walters, Richard K. Judd, Terrance J. Atkins