Patents by Inventor Paul J. Luft

Paul J. Luft 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: 9470195
    Abstract: A fuel supply system with an accumulator that allows for the accumulation of fuel at a pressure greater than the nominal operating pressure of the fuel supply system. The accumulation of fuel allows for less frequent fuel pump operation and therefore a reduction in overall fuel consumption of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Michael R Teets, Joseph B Adams, Thomas A Sharp, Regina M Cook, Paul J Fitzgerald, Russell J Wakeman, John R Jaye, Glen E Tallarek, Paul J Luft
  • Publication number: 20150369189
    Abstract: A fuel supply system with an accumulator that allows for the accumulation of fuel at a pressure greater than the nominal operating pressure of the fuel supply system. The accumulation of fuel allows for less frequent fuel pump operation and therefore a reduction in overall fuel consumption of an engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Michael R. Teets, Joseph B. Adams, Thomas A. Sharp, Regina M. Cook, Paul J. Fitzgerald, Russell J. Wakeman, John R. Jaye, Glen E. Tallarek, Paul J. Luft
  • Publication number: 20150176551
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, an integrated PWM fuel pump driver module includes a circuit board on which at least one power semiconductor is disposed and a fuel tube downstream of a fuel pump controlled by the driver module. The fuel flowing through the fuel tube cools each power semiconductor as heat is transferred from each power semiconductor into the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Michael R. Teets, Paul J. Luft, Greg Schoenberg
  • Publication number: 20140165965
    Abstract: A fuel supply system with an accumulator that allows for the accumulation of fuel at a pressure greater than the nominal operating pressure of the fuel supply system. The accumulation of fuel allows for less frequent fuel pump operation and therefore a reduction in overall fuel consumption of an engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Michael R. Teets, Joseph B. Adams, Thomas A. Sharp, Regina M. Cook, Paul J. Fitzgerald, Russell J. Wakeman, John R. Jaye, Glen E. Tallarek, Paul J. Luft
  • Patent number: 5120511
    Abstract: Chlorine and hydrogen sulfide contamination in a local atmosphere is removed by drafting a ventilation flow stream of the contaminated atmosphere over an activated carbon adsorber bed. Saturation of the adsorber bed by adsorbed contaminant occurs as a progressive front advancing along the flow stream direction. One or more chlorine and hydrogen sulfide sensitive monitors signal passage of the saturation front at designated bed depth points. Each monitor is exposed to a small air sample flow from the bed at the respectively designated point. Each sample flow is directed serially over two reactive paper filters: the first being impregnated with 0-toluidine to remove Cl.sub.2 and the second being in impregnated with lead acetate to remove H.sub.2 S. Both filters respond to the respective compounds with a color change. Monitor construction and assembly places both filters side-by-side behind transparent chamber windows for manual observation of the color change without disassembly of the monitor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Paul J. Luft