Heinz K Gund

55031250, Apr 2, 1996

Jun 26, 1995

8/494700

Heinz K. Gund - Brookfield WI

Briggs & Stratton Corporation - Wauwatosa WI

F02D 3100

123392

The air vane governor has improved speed droop characteristics under no load and light load conditions to prevent engine stumbling. The air vane governor includes a primary spring and a secondary spring; both springs oppose the movement of the air vane at no load and light load conditions. At increased load, the secondary spring drops out. The tension on both springs is adjustable. The added spring force of the secondary spring makes the governor less sensitive at no load and light load, resulting in more even operation, particularly during engine warmup.

40686361, Jan 17, 1978

Oct 29, 1975

5/626928

Paul R. Nau - Wauwatosa WI
James L. Bartlett - Mequon WI
Heinz K. Gund - Brookfield WI

Briggs & Stratton Corporation - Wawwatosa WI

F02M 110

123119B

End portions of the choke valve shaft project outside the carburetor mixing passage duct. One end portion is connected with an actuator mechanism that is responsive to either engine speed or manifold pressure. The other projects into a cylindrical chamber on the carburetor body that houses a spirally coiled bimetal strip having its inner end connected with the shaft, its outer end engageable with circumferentially spaced abutments. The chamber is communicated with the crankcase breather and also with the mixing duct through a flapper valve, so that the bimetal is subjected to the temperature of vented crankcase vapors.

49712195, Nov 20, 1990

Aug 25, 1989

7/399263

Wayne L. Dombeck - Wauwatosa WI
Heinz Gund - Brookfield WI

Briggs & Stratton Corporation - Milwaukee WI

B65D 5116

220303

A removable cap for closing the filler neck of a fuel tank for an internal combustion engine. The cap includes a one piece gasket and baffle member which not only provides a fluid seal between the cap and the filler neck, but also permits venting of the fuel tank through the gasket. The one piece member includes an annular flat gasket portion integrally formed on the outer periphery of a dome-shaped baffle member projecting downwardly from the inner surface of the cap. Venting is accomplished by means of at least one vent opening extending through the dome-shaped baffle member which in turn communicates via a vent chamber to a passageway formed through the gasket. The passageway in turn communicates with a non-sealing threaded interconnection between the cap and filler neck. A splash guard is also located beneath the baffle member to aid in preventing fuel from splashing through the vent openings in the baffle member.

41682882, Sep 18, 1979

Jun 29, 1978

5/920231

Paul R. Nau - Wauwatosa WI
Heinz K. Gund - Brookfield WI

Briggs & Stratton Corporation - Wauwatosa WI

F02M 3712

261 35

A combined float bowl carburetor and fuel pump for small engines has a lateral extension on its carburetor body that terminates at a flat exterior surface to which open certain cavities and a passageway leading to the float valve inlet. A block-like pump body having flat inner and outer surfaces overlies said exterior surface and has cavities opening to its inner surface that cooperate with those in the carburetor body. A resilient pump membrane, providing a pump diaphragm and valves, is confined between the pump body and said exterior surface. Two cavities open to the outer face of the pump body, which is overlain by an imperforate resilient membrane to define inlet and outlet surge chambers that are respectively communicated with the pump by way of the inlet and outlet valves. All cavities, inlets and outlets are arranged to ensure maintenance of a consistent head of fuel at every inlet.

40318729, Jun 28, 1977

Sep 19, 1975

5/614891

Robert G. Thompson - Milwaukee WI
Heinz K. Gund - Brookfield WI

Briggs & Stratton Corporation - Wauwatosa WI

F02B 3300

123119F

The choke valve of a small engine, biased towards a closed position, is link connected with an air vane that tends to open it under force of cooling air blown across the engine. The air vane has a lost motion connection with a control shaft that is rotatable between defined hot and cold positions. Shaft position is established by two spirally coiled bi-metal thermostats, one for high temperatures, one for low temperatures, each in a unidirectional torque transmitting connection between the shaft and fixed structure whereby each thermostat imposes force upon the shaft only at temperatures within its own range.