Patents by Inventor Richard G. Grundman

Richard G. Grundman 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: 6092737
    Abstract: An electrically controlled hydraulic actuated fuel injector wherein the amount of return fuel flow is substantially reduced without adversely affecting injection valve operation. An improved control valve armature valve disk of faster acting construction is also included. In one embodiment, dual pressurizing passages of differing diameters provide lower total fuel flow to a control chamber than the outflow through a depressurizing passage controlled by a control valve. Upon full opening of the injection valve, all return fuel flow is supplied to the control chamber through the smaller pressurizing passage, thereby reducing the requirement for pressure fuel flow. Upon closing of the control valve, cutting off discharge through the depressurizing passage, both of the dual pressurizing passages help fill the control chamber to quickly close the injection valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Russell Harmon Bosch, Richard G. Grundman, Michael James Seino
  • Patent number: 4301777
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump assembly in which fuel delivered from individual cam lobe driven pump plungers is controlled by an engine driven drive shaft rotated control valve, the position of which, relative to the spill ports from the plungers, is controlled by means of a hydraulic governor. A separate governor cam lobe is used to also actuate the plungers whereby fluid supplied to the hydraulic governor is at a flow rate proportional to pump speed and therefore, engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Richard G. Grundman, Richard S. Knape
  • Patent number: 3964506
    Abstract: A system for controlling pressure of a fluid, specifically the pressure of servo oil delivered to a clutch which determines the torque transmitted by the clutch. The system includes a pump, a pressure regulating valve to provide servo oil at constant pressure from the pump, and a pilot valve controlled by a solenoid responsive to electric current to vary the pressure in a pilot fluid line supplied from the constant pressure line. The oil is delivered from the fixed pressure line to the clutch by a throttling flow control servo valve which can open for rapid filling of the clutch cylinder. This valve is biased to close by the delivered pressure and biased to open by the pilot pressure. It may also be biased to close by a spring, and in this case be restrained from completely closing, so that the valve assumes its minimum area when the delivered pressure is slightly less than the pilot pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1973
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Richard G. Grundman