Patents Assigned to Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240141815
    Abstract: A system for controlling reductant spray momentum for a target spray distribution includes an exhaust system having an exhaust conduit with exhaust flowing therethrough, a reductant injection system for injecting reductant into the exhaust flowing through the exhaust system based on one or more injection parameters, a reductant supply system for supplying reductant to the reductant injection system based on one or more supply parameters, and a controller. The controller is configured to access current vehicle, engine, exhaust, or reductant condition parameters, determine one or more control parameters based on a control model and the accessed current vehicle, engine, exhaust, or reductant condition parameters, and modify a value of the one or more injection parameters or the one or more supply parameters to control the reductant spray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, Nassim Khaled, Patrick C. Hudson
  • Patent number: 11965449
    Abstract: A mixer for a vehicle exhaust gas system, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a mixer housing defining an internal cavity and a venturi section including integrally formed mixing vanes and positioned within the internal cavity. The venturi section comprises a first portion and a second portion that are combined to provide a mixing chamber therebetween. A doser mount opening is formed within the mixer housing that is open to the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Chapman, Eduardo Alano
  • Publication number: 20240125263
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes a first decomposition chamber, a first dosing module, a first conversion catalyst member, a second decomposition chamber, a second dosing module, a second conversion catalyst member, and a third conversion catalyst member. The first decomposition chamber is configured to receive an exhaust gas. The first dosing module is coupled to the first decomposition chamber and configured to provide a first treatment fluid into the first decomposition chamber. The first conversion catalyst member is configured to receive a mixture of the first treatment fluid and the exhaust gas, from the first decomposition chamber. The second decomposition chamber is configured to receive the exhaust gas from the first conversion catalyst member. The second dosing module is coupled to the second decomposition chamber and configured to provide a second treatment fluid into the second decomposition chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11959433
    Abstract: At least one server comprising at least one processor coupled to at least one memory storing instructions. The server can receive a first signal from a first monitored system comprising an internal combustion engine and a first sensor, the first signal associated with a first occurrence of an internal combustion engine event, a second occurrence of the internal combustion engine event, and first measurement data of the first sensor. The server can determine a first measurement from the first measurement data. The server can determine a second measurement from the first measurement data. The server can determine a measurement deviation between the first measurement and the second measurement. The server can compare the measurement deviation to a stored measurement threshold. The server can determine a first exhibited useful life of the first sensor based on the measurement deviation and at least one of the first measurement or the second measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Swapnali Gujar, Kapil Rajkumar Dhanwani, Kwadwo O. Owusu, Premjee Sasidharan, Alan H. Zhao, Jinqian Gong, Jeffrey Diwakar Abraham, Thomas C. Smith, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240110499
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system includes: a first exhaust gas path comprising a heater; a second exhaust gas path comprising a first decomposition chamber configured to receive reductant and a first selective catalytic reduction catalyst downstream of the first decomposition chamber; a combined exhaust gas path downstream of the first exhaust gas path and the second exhaust gas path, the combined exhaust gas path configured to receive exhaust gas from both the first exhaust gas path and the second exhaust gas path; a selector valve configured to divert the exhaust gas between the first exhaust gas path and the second exhaust gas path based on a temperature of the exhaust gas; and a controller programmed to control the selector valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Srinivasan, John K. Heichelbech
  • Patent number: 11946428
    Abstract: A controller for an aftertreatment system coupled to an engine is configured to: in response to receiving an engine shutdown signal, determine an estimated amount of ammonia stored on a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst included in the aftertreatment system; in response to determining that the estimated amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is less than an ammonia storage threshold, cause flow of a heated gas towards the SCR catalyst; cause insertion of reductant into an exhaust gas flowing through the aftertreatment system; and in response to determining that the estimated amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is equal to or greater than the ammonia storage threshold, cause shutdown of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew K. Volmerding, Simon Guest
  • Publication number: 20240093624
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes an exhaust gas conduit a mixer, and a plurality of flow disrupters. The exhaust gas conduit is centered on a conduit center axis and includes an inner surface. The mixer includes a mixer body and an upstream vane plate. The upstream vane plate has a plurality of upstream vanes. At least one of the upstream vanes is coupled to the mixer body. The flow disrupters are disposed downstream of the mixer and circumferentially around the conduit center axis. Each of the flow disrupters is coupled to the exhaust gas conduit or integrally formed with the exhaust gas conduit. Each of the flow disrupters extends inwardly from the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Chiruta, David Dunnuck, Matthew Henry, Akshat Gattani, Reeed Tracy Gardner
  • Publication number: 20240063573
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a male connector comprising a wire connection portion configured to be connected to a wire, and a pin connection portion configured to contact a conductor pin in an electrically conductive manner; a collar comprising a collar cylindrical body portion and a collar outer flange having a first surface and a second surface; a nut comprising a nut cylindrical body portion and a nut inner flange having a first surface that faces the second surface of the collar outer flange; a first seal that surrounds the collar cylindrical body portion and is positioned between the second surface of the collar outer flange and the first surface of the nut inner flange; and a second seal that surrounds the pin connection portion of the male connector and is positioned between an end surface of the nut cylindrical body portion and a first surface of the wire connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan M. Johnson, Colin L. Norris
  • Patent number: 11905874
    Abstract: A system for controlling reductant spray momentum for a target spray distribution includes an exhaust system having an exhaust conduit with exhaust flowing therethrough, a reductant injection system for injecting reductant into the exhaust flowing through the exhaust system based on one or more injection parameters, a reductant supply system for supplying reductant to the reductant injection system based on one or more supply parameters, and a controller. The controller is configured to access current vehicle, engine, exhaust, or reductant condition parameters, determine one or more control parameters based on a control model and the accessed current vehicle, engine, exhaust, or reductant condition parameters, and modify a value of the one or more injection parameters or the one or more supply parameters to control the reductant spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, Nassim Khaled, Patrick C. Hudson
  • Patent number: 11905867
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes: a first sensor configured to measure a parameter in the exhaust gas aftertreatment system; a second sensor configured to measure the parameter in the exhaust gas aftertreatment system, the second sensor disposed proximate the first sensor; and at least one controller configured to alternately receive sensor values from the first sensor for a first target period of time, and receive sensor values from the second sensor for a second target period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan A. Ottinger, M. Yusuf Khan, Z. Gerald Liu, Shirish Ambadas Shimpi
  • Publication number: 20240055802
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a tubular wire connection portion having recess in which a wire is insertable. The recess extends in a first direction. The tubular wire connection portion crimps onto the wire. The electrical connector further includes a pin connection portion having first and second projections extending from the tubular wire connection portion, a first through hole that extends through the first projection, a second through hole that extends through the second projection, and a third through hole that is defined by the first projection and the second projection and extends in a direction transverse to the first and second through holes. The first and second through holes receive a fastener and move towards each other upon fastening of the fastener. The third through hole receives a pin and clamps the pin when the first and second through holes are moved towards each other by the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Colin L. Norris, Ryan M. Johnson, Daniel Edward Novreske
  • Publication number: 20240044272
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system for treating constituents of an exhaust gas includes: a housing defining a first internal volume and a second internal volume; an oxidation catalyst in the first internal volume and extending along a first axis, the oxidation catalyst configured to receive at least a portion of the exhaust gas via an inlet conduit fluidly coupled to the oxidation catalyst; a filter in the first internal volume and extending along a second axis parallel to and offset from the first axis, wherein an outlet of the filter is disposed within the second internal volume and configured to emit the exhaust gas into the second internal volume; at least one selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst in the second internal volume and extending along a third axis that is perpendicular to the first axis; and a decomposition tube in the second internal volume in a direction parallel to the third axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan M. Johnson, John G. Buechler, Matthew K. Volmerding, Randy G. Zoran
  • Patent number: 11891937
    Abstract: A mixing assembly for an exhaust system can include an outer body, a front plate, a back plate, a middle member, and an inner member. The outer body defines an interior volume and has a center axis. The front plate defines an upstream portion of the interior volume and the back plate defines a downstream portion of the interior volume. The middle member is positioned transverse to the center axis and defines a volume. The inner member is positioned coaxially with the middle member inside the middle member. The front plate includes inlets configured to direct exhaust to (i) a first flow path into an interior of the inner member, (ii) a second flow path into the volume of the middle member between a sidewall of the middle member and a sidewall of the inner member, and (iii) a third flow path into the interior volume of the outer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew K. Volmerding, Ryan M. Johnson, Jim L Alonzo, Samuel Johnson, Apoorv Kalyankar, Pranjal Naik, Kartiki Jagtap, Mahendra Mittapalli
  • Publication number: 20240026836
    Abstract: At least one server comprising at least one processor coupled to at least one memory storing instructions. The server can receive a first signal from a first monitored system comprising an internal combustion engine and a first sensor, the first signal associated with a first occurrence of an internal combustion engine event, a second occurrence of the internal combustion engine event, and first measurement data of the first sensor. The server can determine a first measurement from the first measurement data. The server can determine a second measurement from the first measurement data. The server can determine a measurement deviation between the first measurement and the second measurement. The server can compare the measurement deviation to a stored measurement threshold. The server can determine a first exhibited useful life of the first sensor based on the measurement deviation and at least one of the first measurement or the second measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Swapnali Gujar, Kapil Rajkumar Dhanwani, Kwadwo O. Owusu, Premjee Sasidharan, Alan H. Zhao, Jinqian Gong, Jeffrey Diwakar Abraham, Thomas C. Smith, JR.
  • Patent number: 11867106
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system for reducing constituents of an exhaust gas having a sulfur content includes: an oxidation catalyst; a filter disposed downstream of the oxidation catalyst; and a controller configured to, in response to determining that the filter is to be regenerated and a desulfation condition being satisfied: cause a temperature of the oxidation catalyst to increase to a first regeneration temperature that is greater than or equal to 400 degrees Celsius and less than 550 degrees Celsius, cause the temperature of the oxidation catalyst to be maintained at the first regeneration temperature for a first time period, and after the first time period, cause the temperature of the oxidation catalyst to increase to a second regeneration temperature equal to or greater than 550 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Cunningham, Aleksey Yezerets, Junhui Li, James A. Cramer
  • Patent number: 11867111
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system includes a first exhaust gas path, a second exhaust gas path, and a selector valve configured to divert exhaust gas between the first exhaust gas path and the second exhaust gas path based on a temperature of the exhaust gas. The aftertreatment system also includes a controller programmed to control the selector valve such that the selector valve diverts at least a portion of the exhaust gas to the first exhaust gas path when the temperature of the exhaust gas is equal to or less than a predetermined temperature threshold and the selector valve diverts the exhaust gas to the second exhaust gas path when the temperature of the exhaust gas is greater than the predetermined temperature threshold. The first exhaust gas path includes a heater configured to heat the exhaust gas received in the first exhaust gas path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Srinivasan, John K. Heichelbech
  • Publication number: 20230392533
    Abstract: A reductant dosing system includes an injector, a fixed displacement pump in fluid communication with the injector, a reductant source in fluid communication with the fixed displacement pump, a pressure sensor assembly that detects a pressure of a reductant and stores a calibration value, and a controller communicatively coupled to the fixed displacement pump and the pressure sensor assembly. The controller receives data that includes the detected pressure of the reductant and the calibration value. The controller, in response to the calibration value being within a predetermined calibration value range, calculates a flow rate of the fixed displacement pump based on at least the detected pressure and the calibration value, and, in response to the calibration value being outside the predetermined calibration value range, calculates the flow rate of the fixed displacement pump based on at least the detected pressure and a pre-determined calibration value different from the calibration value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Vikram Sundararajan, Masoud Ziabakhsh Deilami, Catherine Alviz-Radi, Joe V. Hill, Patrick E. Conlon, Stephen M. Holl
  • Publication number: 20230392531
    Abstract: An exhaust gas system includes an engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit, a turbocharger, a turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit, an injection housing, a dosing module, and a bypass system. The engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit is configured to receive exhaust gas. The turbocharger includes a turbine. The turbine is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit. The turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit is coupled to the turbine. The injection housing is coupled to the turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit and centered on an injection housing axis. The dosing module is coupled to the injection housing and includes an injector. The injector is configured to dose reductant into the injection housing. The injector is centered on an injector axis. The bypass system includes a bypass inlet conduit, a bypass valve, and a bypass outlet conduit. The bypass inlet conduit is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Colin L. Norris, Matthew Henry, Stephen W. Caddy, Randolph G. Zoran, Stephen M. Holl, Matthew Robert Brookes, Jamie Archer, John M. Clark
  • Publication number: 20230392534
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes an introduction housing, a transfer housing, a distributing housing, and a first aftertreatment component. The introduction housing is configured to receive an exhaust gas and a treatment fluid. The transfer housing is coupled to the introduction housing and configured to receive the exhaust gas and the treatment fluid from the introduction housing. The distributing housing is coupled to the transfer housing and configured to receive the exhaust gas and the treatment fluid from the transfer housing. The distributing housing includes a distributing housing first panel and a distributing housing first panel opening. The distributing housing first panel opening extends through the distributing housing first panel. The first aftertreatment component is configured to receive at least a portion of the exhaust gas and the treatment fluid from the distributing housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Alphonse R. Luecking, Thomas Osgood Roe, Peter C. Christianson, Tyler J. Haverland, Ken Hummel, Timothy C. Clementz
  • Patent number: D1024286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Rehn, III, Jacob D. Canik, Lindsey R. Henry, Scott Charles Ehlenfeldt