Patents by Inventor Mike Terrence Zitkovic

Mike Terrence Zitkovic 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: 11766930
    Abstract: An anti-siphon device and method for operation of an anti-siphon device is provided. The anti-siphon device includes a plurality of radially aligned fins that are unsupported at one end and attached to a carrier body at a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Blas Martinez, Enrique Lopez Hernandez, Dhaval P. Vaishnav, Daniel Hernandez, Miguel Angel Leon Guerrero, Kristian Ulyses Flores Aviña, Frank Joseph Topolovec, Mike Terrence Zitkovic
  • Publication number: 20210078403
    Abstract: An anti-siphon device and method for operation of an anti-siphon device is provided. The anti-siphon device includes a plurality of radially aligned fins that are unsupported at one end and attached to a carrier body at a second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Blas Martinez, Enrique Lopez Hernandez, Dhaval P. Vaishnav, Daniel Hernandez, Miguel Angel Leon Guerrero, Kristian Ulyses Flores Aviña, Frank Joseph Topolovec, Mike Terrence Zitkovic
  • Patent number: 10640358
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an adapter for a fluid refilling system. In one example, an adapter configured for use with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) system may include a first end configured to couple with a DEF refill passage, a second end including an aperture shaped to receive a DEF nozzle, a pivotable door closing the aperture and biased against the aperture by a biasing member, and a magnetic ring positioned within the adapter and downstream of the pivotable door. The pivotable door may be formed of a material permeable to DEF vapors and may include a plurality of vent holes configured to flow vapors from the DEF system to atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Terrence Zitkovic, Jr., Xiankai Song, Christopher Anthony Danowski
  • Publication number: 20180370786
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an adapter for a fluid refilling system. In one example, an adapter configured for use with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) system may include a first end configured to couple with a DEF refill passage, a second end including an aperture shaped to receive a DEF nozzle, a pivotable door closing the aperture and biased against the aperture by a biasing member, and a magnetic ring positioned within the adapter and downstream of the pivotable door. The pivotable door may be formed of a material permeable to DEF vapors and may include a plurality of vent holes configured to flow vapors from the DEF system to atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Mike Terrence Zitkovic, JR., Xiankai Song, Christopher Anthony Danowski
  • Patent number: 9365404
    Abstract: A universal refueling funnel for a capless refueling system is provided. In one example approach the refueling funnel comprises a funnel body with a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end opposing the first end, the first opening larger than the second opening, and cross-sections of the funnel body decreasing from the first end towards the second end; and at least two opposing tabs at the second end, the opposing tabs deformable from a first position to a second position, a distance between outer surfaces of the opposing tabs at the second end being a first amount in the first position, the distance being a second, smaller amount, in the second position. Such a universal funnel may be used for both petrol and diesel size capless inserts, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Terrence Zitkovic, Brian Thomas Aitken
  • Publication number: 20140137985
    Abstract: A universal refueling funnel for a capless refueling system is provided. In one example approach the refueling funnel comprises a funnel body with a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end opposing the first end, the first opening larger than the second opening, and cross-sections of the funnel body decreasing from the first end towards the second end; and at least two opposing tabs at the second end, the opposing tabs deformable from a first position to a second position, a distance between outer surfaces of the opposing tabs at the second end being a first amount in the first position, the distance being a second, smaller amount, in the second position. Such a universal funnel may be used for both petrol and diesel size capless inserts, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Terrence Zitkovic, Brian Thomas Aitken