Patents by Inventor Tim Covert

Tim Covert 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).

  • Methods and systems for a fuel system
    Patent number: 10556505
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a fuel system including a fuel filler pipe, an anti-siphoning device, and a fuel tank. In one example, a manufacturing method may include internally welding an anti-siphon device to a fuel filler pipe, applying a metal coating to the welded device and pipe including the internal welds, and externally welding the coated pipe including the device to a fuel tank. The metal coating to the filler pipe, the device and the internal welds may be applied by an electroless plating process but the electroless plating may not be applied to the external welds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tim Covert, Frank Joseph Topolovec, John Alva Kinzinger
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A FUEL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170210222
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a fuel system including a fuel filler pipe, an anti-siphoning device, and a fuel tank. In one example, a manufacturing method may include internally welding an anti-siphon device to a fuel filler pipe, applying a metal coating to the welded device and pipe including the internal welds, and externally welding the coated pipe including the device to a fuel tank. The metal coating to the filler pipe, the device and the internal welds may be applied by an electroless plating process but the electroless plating may not be applied to the external welds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Tim Covert, Frank Joseph Topolovec, John Alva Kinzinger