Patents by Inventor Neal Corey

Neal Corey 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).

  • Electronic valve actuator electrical connector
    Patent number: 7182603
    Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting to an electronically controlled valve assembly of an internal combustion engine and for electrically connecting the valve assembly to a control system for the engine. The electrical connector has disposed in a housing thereof: a plurality of high current conductors for carrying relatively high current to the electromagnet coils of the valve assembly and a plurality of low current conductors for carrying relatively low current valve position sensing signals from the valve assembly; and a pair of electrical shields, one of the pair of shields being disposed around the plurality of high current conductors and the other one of the pair of shields being disposed around the plurality of low current conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Koneda, Neal Corey, Allan Gale