Patents by Inventor William Edward Thomas

William Edward Thomas 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).

  • UNIVER PLUS MASS AIR FLOW METER
    Publication number: 20040074309
    Abstract: Improvement in a mass air flow meter having an elongated hollow body having a venturi member therein, the improvement comprising channels formed in the outside surface of the venturi member, lands defined by such outside surface which bear against the inside surface of the hollow body, such lands, together with the inside surface of the hollow body, directing the flow of sample air to be measured through such channels, around the outside surface of the venturi member and axially thereof, a first one of the channels being annular and in communication with the interior of the meter for receiving sample air therein, a second one of the channels serving as a measurement path in which the mass of sample air is measured as it travels therethrough, and a third one of the channels being annular and in which air exiting from the measurement path is accumulated before being recombined with the main flow of air traveling through the meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: James Gonzales, Gladwyn Wendell Cummins, William Edward Thomas
  • Univer plus mass air flow meter
    Patent number: 6715367
    Abstract: Improvement in a mass air flow meter having an elongated hollow body having a venturi member therein, the improvement comprising channels formed in the outside surface of the venturi member, lands defined by such outside surface which bear against the inside surface of the hollow body, such lands, together with the inside surface of the hollow body, directing the flow of sample air to be measured through such channels, around the outside surface of the venturi member and axially thereof, a first one of the channels being annular and in communication with the interior of the meter for receiving sample air therein, a second one of the channels serving as a measurement path in which the mass of sample air is measured as it travels therethrough, and a third one of the channels being annular and in which air exiting from the measurement path is accumulated before being recombined with the main flow of air traveling through the meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Best Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James Gonzales, Gladwyn Wendell Cummins, William Edward Thomas