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William E. Galka — 23 Patents

WAWalbro: 20 patents #7 of 212Top 4%
WLWalbro Engine Management, L.L.C.: 3 patents #16 of 85Top 20%
Caro, MI: #3 of 44 inventorsTop 7%
Michigan: #3,302 of 86,293 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
William E. Galka has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Walbro. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in October 2024. William E. Galka ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list William E. Galka in Caro, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2002.peak 42000: 2 patents20002002: 4 patents2004: 1 patents20042013: 1 patents2015: 2 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 1 patents20172021: 2 patents2022: 3 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 4 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12123374 Fuel supply device with injector and vapor management Bryan K. Gangler, Jeffrey C. Hoppe, Adam M. McGilton, Bradley J. Roche, Albert L. Sayers +1 more 2024-10-22
11927164 Low pressure fuel and air charge forming device for a combustion engine Gary J. Burns, Andreas D. Dixon, Eric G. Zbytowski, Albert L. Sayers, Justin T. Dolane +3 more 2024-03-12
11920544 Fuel supply device with injector and vapor management Bryan K. Gangler, Jeffrey C. Hoppe, Adam M. McGilton, Bradley J. Roche, Albert L. Sayers +1 more 2024-03-05
11885430 Electromechanical valve and method of assembly Bradley J. Roche, David L. Speirs, Jeffrey C. Hoppe, Ernesto O. Basanez 2024-01-30
11781493 Throttle body with fluid flow control Gary J. Burns, Bradley J. Roche, Albert L. Sayers, David L. Speirs 2023-10-10
11536235 Low pressure fuel and air charge forming device for a combustion engine Gary J. Burns, Andreas D. Dixon, Eric G. Zbytowski, Albert L. Sayers, Justin T. Dolane +3 more 2022-12-27
11480142 In-tank fuel system component retention member Bryan K. Gangler, Bradley J. Roche 2022-10-25
11268455 Throttle body with fluid flow control Gary J. Burns, Bradley J. Roche, Albert L. Sayers, David L. Speirs 2022-03-08
11073122 Low pressure fuel and air charge forming device for a combustion engine Gary J. Burns, Andreas D. Dixon, Eric G. Zbytowski, Albert L. Sayers, Justin T. Dolane +3 more 2021-07-27
11008951 Low pressure fuel injection system for a multi-cylinder light-duty internal combustion engine Gary J. Burns, Bradley J. Roche, Albert L. Sayers, David L. Speirs, Eric G. Zbytowski 2021-05-18
9765724 Fuel injected engine system Massimo Casoni, Bradley J. Roche, David L. Speirs, Mark S. Swanson, Eric G. Zbytowski 2017-09-19
9464577 Rotary position sensor with buffer David L. Speirs 2016-10-11
9371786 Fuel injected engine system Massimo Casoni, Bradley J. Roche, David L. Speirs, Mark S. Swanson, Eric G. Zbytowski 2016-06-21
9022011 Engine fuel delivery systems, apparatus and methods Martin N. Andersson, Andrew E. Bejcek, Massimo Casoni, Cyrus M. Healy, Alessandro Pascoli +4 more 2015-05-05
8933691 Rotary position sensor Bradley J. Roche, David L. Speirs, Eric G. Zbytowski 2015-01-13
8382072 Charge forming device and solenoid valve Ronald H. Roche 2013-02-26
6715737 Fuel metering system for a carburetor Bradley D. Hilbig, Ronald H. Roche, James E. Van Allen 2004-04-06
6439546 Carburetor with fuel vapor control 2002-08-27
6427646 Small engine fuel injection system Anthony M. Kueffner, Dale P. Kus, Kevin L. Williams 2002-08-06
6427647 Internal combustion engines Ronald H. Roche 2002-08-06
6394426 Engine dual fuel supply apparatus Joseph M. Graham, Anthony M. Kueffner, Peter P. Kuperus, Ronald H. Roche 2002-05-28
6026769 Mechanical direct cylinder fuel injection Muniappan Anbarasu, Martin L. Radue, Ronald H. Roche, Kevin L. Williams, Charles H. Tuckey +1 more 2000-02-22
6019075 Air and fuel delivery system for fuel injected engines Yukio Kitamura 2000-02-01