Patents by Inventor Ronald Michael Tkac

Ronald Michael Tkac 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: 6840268
    Abstract: A high-pressure connector for a fuel injection system including an elongated body having an inlet that is in fluid communication with a source of high-pressure fuel, an outlet in fluid communication with the inlet of a fuel injector and a fuel passage extending therebetween. A filter is supported within the fuel passage and acts to filter particulates from the high-pressure fuel. A fuel flow limiter is supported within the fuel passage and is operable to provide predetermined quantities of fuel to pass between the inlet and the outlet at each injection event during normal operation of the combustion chamber serviced by the injector and to automatically terminate fuel flow through the connector in the event of a malfunction at the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Detroit Diesel Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Charles Kennedy, Ronald Michael Tkac, Haoran Hu
  • Publication number: 20030217726
    Abstract: A high-pressure connector for a fuel injection system including an elongated body having an inlet that is in fluid communication with a source of high-pressure fuel, an outlet in fluid communication with the inlet of a fuel injector and a fuel passage extending therebetween. A filter is supported within the fuel passage and acts to filter particulates from the high-pressure fuel. A fuel flow limiter is supported within the fuel passage and is operable to provide predetermined quantities of fuel to pass between the inlet and the outlet at each injection event during normal operation of the combustion chamber serviced by the injector and to automatically terminate fuel flow through the connector in the event of a malfunction at the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Lawrence Charles Kennedy, Ronald Michael Tkac, Haoran Hu
  • Patent number: 6199539
    Abstract: A circular cross-sectional fuel pipe can be prevented from undesired rotation in an engine cylinder head, by a key-key slot combination having a relatively small radial dimension. The key slot is formed by a groove formed in a cylindrical sleeve that is press fit in a counterbore machined in the cylinder head. The mating key can be a ball, or pin, or bar press fit into a side surface of the fuel pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Detroit Diesel Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Pearlman, James Edward McCarthy, Jr., David Henry Mitchell, Ronald Michael Tkac