Patents by Inventor Theodore M. Bryson

Theodore M. Bryson 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: 6171492
    Abstract: An improved filter for liquid fuel housing an elongated tubular housing with a cylindrical wall and having an inlet end and an outlet end and including an integral inlet connector portion at the inlet end and an integral outlet connector portion at the outlet end and a filter element positioned within the tubular housing and having filter media defining a central passageway closed at one end, the passageway having an opposite end in communication with the housing outlet connector portion, the filter media having an external surface in communication with the housing inlet connector portion so that liquid fuel flowing through the housing flows through the filter media, the housing cylindrical wall being formed of an inner wall portion and an outer wall portion with a space therebetween providing a housing that resists static electric induced sparks passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Purolator Products Company
    Inventors: Richard E. Hedgepeth, Theodore M. Bryson