Patents by Inventor Thomas Olin Zurfluh

Thomas Olin Zurfluh 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).

  • Method of making engine spacer plate gasket
    Patent number: 10082103
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for establishing a gas and fluid tight seal in an internal combustion engine is provided. The sealing assembly includes a plate of metal which has a plurality of openings and at least one generally flat surface. The plate also has at least one shelf which circumferentially surrounds one of the openings and which opens to the generally flat surface and the opening. The sealing assembly further includes at least one sealing bead of an elastically compressible material which is engaged with the shelf and extends outwardly therefrom past the generally flat surface for sealing the plate with another component in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Olin Zurfluh, Daniel Joseph Orozco, Wilford Dean Virgin
  • Engine spacer plate gasket
    Patent number: 9441574
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for establishing a gas and fluid tight seal in an internal combustion engine is provided. The sealing assembly includes a plate of metal which has a plurality of openings and at least one generally flat surface. The plate also has at least one shelf which circumferentially surrounds one of the openings and which opens to the generally flat surface and the opening. The sealing assembly further includes at least one sealing bead of an elastically compressible material which is engaged with the shelf and extends outwardly therefrom past the generally flat surface for sealing the plate with another component in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Olin Zurfluh, Daniel Joseph Orozco, Wilford Dean Virgin
  • ENGINE SPACER PLATE GASKET
    Publication number: 20140261287
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for establishing a gas and fluid tight seal in an internal combustion engine is provided. The sealing assembly includes a plate of metal which has a plurality of openings and at least one generally flat surface. The plate also has at least one shelf which circumferentially surrounds one of the openings and which opens to the generally flat surface and the opening. The sealing assembly further includes at least one sealing bead of an elastically compressible material which is engaged with the shelf and extends outwardly therefrom past the generally flat surface for sealing the plate with another component in the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Olin Zurfluh, Daniel Joseph Orozco, Wilford Dean Virgin
  • JOINT BETWEEN SHEETS OF MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130224512
    Abstract: Two sheets of material are positioned in overlying and parallel relationship with one another. Each of the sheets has a plurality of perforations with a tang extending from each perforation and the tangs of one sheet cooperate with the tangs of the other sheet to interconnect the sheets. At least one of the tangs on one of the sheets is a wide tang having a first width, and at least one of the tangs on the other of the sheets is a narrow tang having a second width which is less than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Olin Zurfluh, Jonathan David Youngman