Patents by Inventor Michael A. Gorney

Michael A. Gorney 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: 8353268
    Abstract: An oiling system for providing oil to a timing chain adjacent a cylinder head of an engine is provided. The oiling system includes a redirect feature, a vent window defined by the cylinder head, a rail feature, and a transfer feature. The redirect feature is configured to channel oil toward the vent window, the rail feature is configured to channel oil from the vent window to the transfer feature, and the transfer feature is configured to transfer oil to the timing chain. The oil is transferred from the transfer feature to the timing chain at substantially ambient pressure. The engine may be characterized by the absence of a nozzle configured to transfer oil onto the timing chain. Furthermore, the redirect feature, the rail feature, and the transfer feature may all be formed as integral, one-piece structures with the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: James B. Hicks, Michael A. Gorney
  • Publication number: 20110277726
    Abstract: An oiling system for providing oil to a timing chain adjacent a cylinder head of an engine is provided. The oiling system includes a redirect feature, a vent window defined by the cylinder head, a rail feature, and a transfer feature. The redirect feature is configured to channel oil toward the vent window, the rail feature is configured to channel oil from the vent window to the transfer feature, and the transfer feature is configured to transfer oil to the timing chain. The oil is transferred from the transfer feature to the timing chain at substantially ambient pressure. The engine may be characterized by the absence of a nozzle configured to transfer oil onto the timing chain. Furthermore, the redirect feature, the rail feature, and the transfer feature may all be formed as integral, one-piece structures with the cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: James B. Hicks, Michael A. Gorney
  • Patent number: 6009976
    Abstract: A ladder rack system which allows a contractor to locate elongated articles alongside the contractor's ladder while the materials are easily accessible to the contractor at work level, yet the elongated articles are not subject to being carried off by wind. A support member is bucket-like, having a bottom wall and sideways at the rectilinear periphery of the bottom wall for captively receiving the end of elongated articles. A pair of mutually spaced apart rung hooks are connected with each of two opposing sidewalls of the support member for hookably interfacing simultaneously with two rungs of an extension ladder in a selectively removable manner at either side rail of the ladder. At least one rectilinear bracket member has a rung hook for hookably interfacing with a rung of a ladder at either side rail thereof. A boss bracket portion partially occludes an opening of the bracket member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventors: Michael A. Gorney, Guy T. Jones, Gilbert T. Jones