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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chadwick P Anderson, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Jan P Thimmesch, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Phillips & Temro Industries Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123549 ; 123556 ; 219206 ;
Abstract
A modular intake heater for an internal combustion engine. The heater includes a first holder, a second holder, a heating element coupled to the first holder, biasing means for urging one of said first holder and said second holder away from the other of said first holder and said second holder, and a retainer mechanism coupling the first holder to the second holder against the urging of the biasing means.