Patents by Inventor Tamas Vitalis

Tamas Vitalis 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: 7159578
    Abstract: A fuel delivery module assembly for a vehicle which includes a fuel delivery module for supplying fuel from a fuel tank, a flange for attachment to a fuel tank and an emissions canister for controlling evaporative emissions. The fuel delivery module includes a reservoir for retaining fuel and a fuel pump for supplying fuel from the reservoir. The emissions canister is coupled to the fuel delivery module in a sliding relationship and is arranged such that the emissions canister can be displaced along a slide axis relative to the fuel delivery module between an installed position, in which the reservoir and emissions canister overlap parallel with the slide axis, and an installation position, in which the reservoir and emissions canister substantially do not overlap parallel with the slide axis. The invention also provides a fuel tank assembly comprising such a fuel delivery module assembly and to a method of positioning such a fuel delivery module assembly within a fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Zoltan Horvath, Pal Biegelbauer, Tamas Vitalis, Karoly Balazs, Mihaly Soos, Viktor Nyeste, Zsolt Kariko
  • Patent number: 7066153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a jet pump having a first inlet duct, a second inlet duct and an outlet duct having an outlet end, wherein the ducts are in fluid communication with each other at a central volume portion. The jet pump also includes a sleeve formed with a closed end at the bottom and partially enclosing said outlet duct. The sleeve has a lateral opening therein at a predetermined height above the outlet end of said outlet duct. A continuous flowpath with different flow directions is also present within the sleeve along the inner and outer surfaces of said outlet duct towards the lateral opening. The jet pump can be advantageously used in fuel delivery system with saddle fuel tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Tamas Vitalis, Zoltan Horvath
  • Publication number: 20050183781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a jet pump having a first inlet duct, a second inlet duct and an outlet duct having an outlet end, wherein the ducts are in fluid communication with each other at a central volume portion. The jet pump also includes a sleeve formed with a closed end at the bottom and partially enclosing said outlet duct. The sleeve has a lateral opening therein at a predetermined height above the outlet end of said outlet duct. A continuous flowpath with different flow directions is also present within the sleeve along the inner and outer surfaces of said outlet duct towards the lateral opening. The jet pump can be advantageously used in fuel delivery system with saddle fuel tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Tamas Vitalis, Zoltan Horvath
  • Publication number: 20050183779
    Abstract: A fuel delivery module assembly for a vehicle which includes a fuel delivery module for supplying fuel from a fuel tank, a flange for attachment to a fuel tank and an emissions canister for controlling evaporative emissions. The fuel delivery module includes a reservoir for retaining fuel and a fuel pump for supplying fuel from the reservoir. The emissions canister is coupled to the fuel delivery module in a sliding relationship and is arranged such that the emissions canister can be displaced along a slide axis relative to the fuel delivery module between an installed position, in which the reservoir and emissions canister overlap parallel with the slide axis, and an installation position, in which the reservoir and emissions canister substantially do not overlap parallel with the slide axis. The invention also provides a fuel tank assembly comprising such a fuel delivery module assembly and to a method of positioning such a fuel delivery module assembly within a fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Zoltan Horvath, Pal Biegelbauer, Tamas Vitalis, Karoly Balazs, Mihaly Soos, Viktor Nyeste, Zsolt Kariko