Patents by Inventor Steve P. Martin

Steve P. Martin 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: 7530228
    Abstract: An exemplary center housing for a turbocharger includes a lubricant control valve that includes a stem seated at least partially in the center housing where the stem has one or more orifices for controlling lubricant flow. The exemplary center housing also includes a lubricant filter positioned adjacent the stem of the lubricant control valve. The lubricant filter is optionally replaceable, for example, being accessible by removal of the stem from the center housing. Various other exemplary devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Steve P. Martin, Christopher O Meade
  • Patent number: 7040874
    Abstract: An exemplary center housing for a turbocharger includes a filter well for receiving a lubricant filter unit. An exemplary filter unit, for attachment to a center housing of a turbocharger, includes an attachment mechanism to attach the filter unit to the center housing, a filter for filtering lubricant and a lubricant flow path where the lubricant flow path commences at a peripheral surface of the filter unit, passes through the filter and ends at a bore surface of the filter unit. Various other exemplary devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve P. Martin, Christopher O Meade