Farmington Hills, MI, United States of America

Bret Wayne Harris

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC. Active years: 2022.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Bret Wayne Harris. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/bret-wayne-harris

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Years Active: 2022

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Bret Wayne Harris: Inventor of an Engine Intake Noise-Reduction System.

Introduction

Bret Wayne Harris is an inventor associated with Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States. His patent work includes an intake system designed to reduce noise in an internal combustion engine.

Latest Patents

Harris is credited with 1 patent: “Intake System for an Internal Combustion Engine.” The invention describes an intake manifold with two runners extending from a plenum to the manifold’s mounting face, which mates with the cylinder head. A passage directly connects the runners and is spaced apart from both the plenum and the mounting face. This arrangement is intended to reduce engine noise, and the patent also describes a method for controlling that noise.

Career Highlights

Harris is associated with Ford Global Technologies, LLC. His patented work addresses engine acoustics through the design of an intake manifold and its internal airflow passages.

Collaborations

Harris’s coworker, Alan Eden, is also associated with his professional work.

Conclusion

Bret Wayne Harris’s patent reflects an engineering approach to reducing internal-combustion engine noise through a passage connecting intake manifold runners.

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