Patents by Inventor Marc B. Ruprecht

Marc B. Ruprecht 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: 5962946
    Abstract: A flat commutator for an electric motor of a vehicle fuel pump. The commutator, is made with a one-piece carbon ring having a flat outer face, a one-piece conductor ring underlying the outer face of and embedded in the carbon ring, and a housing of a plastic insulating material molded on the rear face and the inner and outer edges of the carbon ring and adapted to mount the commutator on a motor armature. A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart grooves extend radially and axially completely through both the carbon ring and the conductor ring to provide a plurality of individual sintered carbon segments each with a separate conductor for electrically connecting the segments with armature coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Walbro Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Kobman, Michael L. Mercer, Dirk G. Westendorf, Arthur J. Birchenough, James A. George, Marc B. Ruprecht, J. D. Tuckey, deceased
  • Patent number: 5925962
    Abstract: A flat commutator for an electric motor of a vehicle fuel pump. The commutator, is made with a one-piece carbon ring having a flat outer face, a one-piece conductor ring underlying the outer face of and embedded in the carbon ring, and a housing of a plastic insulating material molded on the rear face and the inner and outer edges of the carbon ring and adapted to mount the commutator on a motor armature. A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart grooves extend radially and axially completely through both the carbon ring and the conductor ring to provide a plurality of individual sintered carbon segments each with a separate conductor for electrically connecting the segments with armature coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Walbro Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Kobman, Michael L. Mercer, Dirk G. Westendorf, Arthur J. Birchenough, James A. George, Marc B. Ruprecht, J. D. Tuckey, deceased