Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Rossman

Thomas E. Rossman 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).

  • Modular intake manifold
    Patent number: 8181620
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an intake manifold assembly that comprises a first outer covering, a second outer covering connected to the first outer covering that together define a chamber having an intake port, and a flow channel insert. The second outer covering has an outlet port positioned within its interior surface and the flow channel insert is nestingly connected to the outlet port with the rest of the flow channel insert received within the chamber. The flow channel insert being a single piece that defines a channel having a first end and a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Mark IV Systems Moteurs USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis V. Rolland, Iliya Goldin, Eric F. Grimminger, Allen G. Crowley, Thomas E. Rossman, Tony A. Price
  • Engine air intake manifold having a shell
    Patent number: 8074616
    Abstract: Apparatus includes a motor-vehicle, internal-combustion-engine air intake manifold having an intake-manifold first shell attachable or monolithically joined to an intake-manifold second shell to surround an internal manifold volume. The first shell has a wall with at least a portion having undulating concave and convex regions as defined exterior to the internal manifold volume of the attached or monolithically-joined first shell and second shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Mark IV Systemes Moteurs USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis V. Rolland, Thomas E. Rossman, Allen G. Crowley, Raffik Said
  • ENGINE AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD HAVING A SHELL
    Publication number: 20100031912
    Abstract: Apparatus includes a motor-vehicle, internal-combustion-engine air intake manifold having an intake-manifold first shell attachable or monolithically joined to an intake-manifold second shell to surround an internal manifold volume. The first shell has a wall with at least a portion having undulating concave and convex regions as defined exterior to the internal manifold volume of the attached or monolithically-joined first shell and second shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Francis V. Rolland, Thomas E. Rossman, Allen G. Crowley, Raffik Said
  • MODULAR INTAKE MANIFOLD
    Publication number: 20100031913
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an intake manifold assembly that comprises a first outer covering, a second outer covering connected to the first outer covering that together define a chamber having an intake port, and a flow channel insert. The second outer covering has an outlet port positioned within its interior surface and the flow channel insert is nestingly connected to the outlet port with the rest of the flow channel insert received within the chamber. The flow channel insert being a single piece that defines a channel having a first end and a second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Francis V. Rolland, Iliya Goldin, Eric F. Grimminger, Allen G. Crowley, Thomas E. Rossman, Tony A. Price