Patents by Inventor Steven Dropps

Steven Dropps 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).

  • INTEGRATED EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND CYLINDER HEAD GASKET
    Publication number: 20100242278
    Abstract: A gasket assembly for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder head gasket and an exhaust manifold gasket. The cylinder head gasket and the exhaust manifold gasket have a common layer of gasket material. The gasket assembly is formed by stamping a cylinder head gasket portion for the engine in one region of a common layer of gasket material concurrently with stamping an exhaust gasket portion for the engine in an adjacent region of the common layer of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Darrell Drouillard, Steven Dropps
  • Integrated exhaust manifold and cylinder head gasket
    Patent number: 7757653
    Abstract: A gasket assembly for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder head gasket and an exhaust manifold gasket. The cylinder head gasket and the exhaust manifold gasket have a common layer of gasket material. The gasket assembly is formed by stamping a cylinder head gasket portion for the engine in one region of a common layer of gasket material concurrently with stamping an exhaust gasket portion for the engine in an adjacent region of the common layer of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Darrell Drouillard, Steven Dropps
  • Integrated Exhaust Manifold and Cylinder Head Gasket
    Publication number: 20080197577
    Abstract: A gasket assembly for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder head gasket and an exhaust manifold gasket. The cylinder head gasket and the exhaust manifold gasket have a common layer of gasket material. The gasket assembly is formed by stamping a cylinder head gasket portion for the engine in one region of a common layer of gasket material concurrently with stamping an exhaust gasket portion for the engine in an adjacent region of the common layer of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Darrell Drouillard, Steven Dropps