Patents by Inventor Robert Bannister

Robert Bannister 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).

  • Filter Element
    Publication number: 20070125052
    Abstract: A filter element for mounting in a filter housing has a support frame for supporting filter media and a seal integrally formed with the support frame for sealing against the filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Fleetguard, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Holzmann, Robert Bannister, Christopher Holm, Michael Connor, Larry Gunderson
  • Easy moulding filter element support tube
    Publication number: 20060070945
    Abstract: A filter element support tube has a pair of axially extending spines and first and second sets of oppositely laterally extending half-rings axially offset from each other. The support tube is efficiently manufacturable, and desirably provides a constant diameter along its axial length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Gildas Men, Robert Bannister, Michael Connor, Michael Furseth
  • Filter element
    Publication number: 20050229563
    Abstract: A filter element for mounting in a filter housing has a support frame for supporting filter media and a seal integrally formed with the support frame for sealing against the filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Mark Holzmann, Robert Bannister, Christopher Holm, Michael Connor, Larry Gunderson
  • Filter with end cap base retainer
    Publication number: 20050081497
    Abstract: A filter includes a filter element mounted to a base and having first and second end caps spaced axially along an axis. Fluid to be filtered flows laterally through the filter element and axially through a hollow interior and through an axial flow opening of the second end cap. The filter element is mounted to the base solely by the second end cap independently of the first end cap, eliminating the need for a third component traditionally needed for mounting a housing cover to the base and enclosing and/or sealing and/or retaining the filter element in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Connor, Rebecca Beier, Mark Holzmann, Robert Bannister, Michael Furseth