Patents by Inventor Peter Lenhard

Peter Lenhard 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: 6367520
    Abstract: A fuel-filler inlet for motor vehicles comprises a closure neck, an insert associated with the closure neck, a filling chamber downstream of the insert, and a filling tube downstream of the filling chamber which leads to a fuel tank. In order to achieve good guidance of the fuel nozzle, reliable response of the expansion port and ventilation during the fuel-dispensing operation, a collar is provided between the filling chamber and filling tube, the internal diameter of which is somewhat larger than that of the opening tube of a fuel nozzle. The collar provides through-passage openings which, with the fuel nozzle inserted, produce a flow connection between the filling tube and filling chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Tesma Motoren-Une Getriebetechnik Ges.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Sandor Palvolgyi, Johann Schuster, Peter Lenhard