Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Murphy

Michael Paul Murphy 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).

  • Vapor canister and fuel tank assembly
    Patent number: 6182693
    Abstract: A vapor canister and fuel tank assembly for a vehicle includes a fuel tank having an interior chamber and a tank opening communicating with the interior chamber. The vapor canister and fuel tank assembly also includes an insert disposed in the interior chamber and the tank opening and forming a vapor plenum chamber in the tank opening and a canister chamber therein. The vapor canister and fuel tank assembly includes a canister bed disposed in the canister chamber to absorb vapor fuel in the vapor plenum chamber. The vapor canister and fuel tank assembly further includes a coaxial line having one end for connection to an engine of the vehicle and another end connected to the vapor plenum chamber to allow liquid fuel to communicate with the interior chamber and vapor fuel to communicate with the vapor plenum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Francis Stack, Michael Paul Murphy, Gregory Thomas Roth