Patents by Inventor Tor Audun Oftedal

Tor Audun Oftedal 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).

  • Closed feeding system for liquid fuel
    Patent number: 5785085
    Abstract: A closed feeding system for liquid fuel includes a flexible tube (1) extending from a reservoir (7) to a strainer housing (8) for differential pressure feeding of fuel, provided with pump assembly (3), in which system there is disposed a second, flexible tube (2) for return of fuel to the reservoir (7), the feed tube upstream and downstream of the pump assembly (3) being provided with non-return valves (4'-5') for flowing toward the strainer housing (8) and the return tube (2) optionally being provided with a non-return valve (6') for flowing toward the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt, Div. for Weapon and Material
    Inventors: Odd Halsnes, Tor Audun Oftedal