Patents by Inventor Roger Kurt Starke

Roger Kurt Starke 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).

  • Exhaust management system
    Patent number: 5749223
    Abstract: An exhaust management system comprising a catalytic converter having a catalyst operative to reduce HC emissions from a flow of exhaust gas from an automotive internal combustion engine when the catalyst is above a light-off temperature and a heater assembly mounted in the flow of exhaust gas, upstream of the catalyst and exterior of the catalytic converter, wherein the heater assembly includes an electric heater located more than one inch from a front surface of the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: John Eric Kreucher, Barry Odell Christenson, Roger Kurt Starke, Stephen Joe Myers, John Arthur Horton