Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Byrd

Timothy A. Byrd 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).

  • Side Seal Relief Valve
    Publication number: 20150129470
    Abstract: A fluid filter includes a filtering medium and a relief valve. The relief valve includes an opening and is disposed between opposite longitudinal ends of the filtering medium. The filtering medium may include a plurality of pleats, and the relief valve may couple planar surfaces of two pleats. The opening of the relief valve may be directly connected to an outlet of the fluid filter, so that flow of fluid through the opening bypasses the filtering medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Mann+Hummel Purolator Filters LLC
    Inventor: Timothy A. BYRD
  • Static dissipater for a fuel filter assembly
    Patent number: 8932464
    Abstract: Static dissipaters for eliminating static electricity in fuel filter assemblies and fuel filter assemblies including static dissipaters are provided. The static dissipaters are in the form of a static dissipation sleeve that is disposed around the outside of a fuel pump within a fuel filter assembly. The static dissipation sleeve has one or more protrusion portions that protrude radially from the surface of the static dissipation sleeve and provide contacts for static dissipation of static electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL Purolator Filters LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A. Byrd, L. Steven Cline
  • Static Dissipater for a Fuel Filter Assembly
    Publication number: 20130248435
    Abstract: Static dissipaters for eliminating static electricity in fuel filter assemblies and fuel filter assemblies including static dissipaters are provided. The static dissipaters are in the form of a static dissipation sleeve that is disposed around the outside of a fuel pump within a fuel filter assembly. The static dissipation sleeve has one or more protrusion portions that protrude radially from the surface of the static dissipation sleeve and provide contacts for static dissipation of static electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Purolator Filters NA LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A. Byrd, L. Steven Cline