Patents by Inventor Sidney Foster

Sidney Foster 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).

  • Cooling system and method for a vehicle engine
    Patent number: 9353672
    Abstract: An exemplary cooling system includes, among other things, a first pump to supply coolant to a cylinder head or cylinder block of an engine, a second pump to supply coolant to a cylinder block or cylinder head of the engine. A control unit governs the first pump and second pump. Fluid return channels recirculate coolant to the pumps. The first and second pumps are arranged to backflow coolant through the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Peter Bilezikjian, Kenneth J. Jackson, Valerie Anne Nelson, Thomas Joseph Cusumano, Elmer Sidney Foster
  • COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20150007783
    Abstract: An exemplary cooling system includes, among other things, a first pump to supply coolant to a cylinder head of an engine, a second pump to supply coolant to a cylinder block of the engine, a control unit that governs the first pump and second pump, and at least two fluid return channels to recirculate coolant to the pumps. The first and second pumps are arranged to backflow coolant through the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: John Peter Bilezikjian, Kenneth J. Jackson, Valerie Anne Nelson, Thomas Joseph Cusumano, Elmer Sidney Foster
  • Egg temperature indicating device
    Patent number: 4077259
    Abstract: An egg temperature indicating device adapted to stand in a boiling pan of water along with the cooking eggs comprising a body of the same general shape and density of an egg into which the bulb of a thermometer is centrally embedded, the thermometer shaft extending therefrom vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1978
    Inventor: Sidney Foster