Patents by Inventor Lee J. Becker

Lee J. Becker 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: 9322400
    Abstract: A jet pump that supplies fluid to a transmission pump includes a pump inlet, a sump, a fluid source, and a nozzle including an axial passage for carrying fluid from the sump toward the inlet, and a second passage having an arcuate periphery and including an entrance facing a lateral side of the nozzle and connected to the fluid source and an exit communicating with the pump inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Lee J. Becker, Charles M. Robeck, Mark R. Dobson, Li Liu, Jason R. Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20150093261
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes a pump housing including an inner surface, a pump inlet and an excess flow passage, a filter assembly including a spout extending into the housing, and an insert located within and secured to the housing, and including a first surface spaced from the inner surface and producing therebetween an annular nozzle communicating with said excess flow passage, the nozzle directing a first fluid stream exiting the excess flow passage toward a second fluid stream exiting the spout, the fluid streams flowing toward the pump inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Lee J. Becker, Charles M. Robeck, Mark K. Quinn, Eric G. Robertson, John W. Fallu, Mark R. Dobson, Jason K. Mazur
  • Patent number: 8926292
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes a pump housing including an inner surface, a pump inlet and an excess flow passage, a filter assembly including a spout extending into the housing, and an insert located within and secured to the housing, and including a first surface spaced from the inner surface and producing therebetween an annular nozzle communicating with said excess flow passage, the nozzle directing a first fluid stream exiting the excess flow passage toward a second fluid stream exiting the spout, the fluid streams flowing toward the pump inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lee J. Becker, Charles M. Robeck, Mark K. Quinn, Eric G. Robertson, John W. Fallu, Mark R. Dobson, Jason K. Mazur
  • Publication number: 20140093401
    Abstract: A jet pump that supplies fluid to a transmission pump includes a pump inlet, a sump, a fluid source, and a nozzle including an axial passage for carrying fluid from the sump toward the inlet, and a second passage having an arcuate periphery and including an entrance facing a lateral side of the nozzle and connected to the fluid source and an exit communicating with the pump inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Lee J. Becker, Charles M. Robeck, Mark R. Dobson, Li Liu, Jason R. Ludwig
  • Patent number: 8047807
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle transmission with jet pump. The jet pump includes a hydraulic control system that has a nozzle fitted between a first and second housing. The nozzle is separable from the first and second housing. The hydraulic control system is configured to produce a jet stream of fluid through a center section of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Charles M. Robeck, Robert J. Miller, Lee J. Becker, Mark R. Dobson
  • Publication number: 20100290924
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes a pump housing including an inner surface, a pump inlet and an excess flow passage, a filter assembly including a spout extending into the housing, and an insert located within and secured to the housing, and including a first surface spaced from the inner surface and producing therebetween an annular nozzle communicating with said excess flow passage, the nozzle directing a first fluid stream exiting the excess flow passage toward a second fluid stream exiting the spout, the fluid streams flowing toward the pump inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Lee J. Becker, Charles M. Robeck, Mark K. Quinn, Eric G. Robertson, John W. Fallu, Mark R. Dobson, Jason K. Mazur
  • Publication number: 20100092310
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle transmission with jet pump. The jet pump includes a hydraulic control system that has a nozzle fitted between a first and second housing. The nozzle is separable from the first and second housing. The hydraulic control system is configured to produce a jet stream of fluid through a center section of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Charles M. Robeck, Robert J. Miller, Lee J. Becker, Mark R. Dobson
  • Patent number: 7500548
    Abstract: A dual mode one-way torque transmitting device includes an inner race having a first plurality of notches spaced about an axis. An intermediate race includes a second plurality of notches spaced about the axis, a first plurality of pockets spaced about the axis, and a first plurality of rockers, each rocker being located in a pocket of the intermediate race. A spring urges each rocker toward engagement with a notch on the inner race. An outer race includes a second plurality of pockets spaced about the axis, a second plurality of rockers, each rocker being located in a pocket on the outer race, and a plurality of actuators, each actuator alternately engages and disengages a rocker on the outer race and a notch on the intermediate race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John W. Kimes, Gregory D. Gardner, Norman J. Bird, Lee J. Becker, Dennis N. Wys
  • Patent number: 5762134
    Abstract: A cooler bypass valve, located in a hydraulic circuit between the discharge side of a torque converter and lubrication circuit, includes a valve spool urged by feedback pressure acting in opposition to the force of a compression spring to a bypass cooling mode position where the converter discharge fluid flow is connected to the lubrication circuit bypassing the oil cooler. The bypass valve includes a viscosity-sensitive pressure divider, which includes a series arrangement of a laminar orifice and a sharp-edged orifice located between the converter discharge and an oil sump. As oil temperature increases, flow through the laminar orifice produces a control pressure in opposition to the feedback pressure and additive to a spring force, which combine to move the valve spool to a cooling mode position where substantially all of the converter discharge is directed through the oil cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Droste, Lee J. Becker