Patents by Inventor Daniel Lawerence Sylvester

Daniel Lawerence Sylvester has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11136997
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. In one example, a system comprises a compressor housing clamped to a bearing housing via a clamp ring. The clamp ring may be configured to at least partially detach the compressor and allow the compressor to rotate and/or shift in response to a force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Kevin Carlisle, Adam Matthew Selthofer, Anthony Morelli, Kristofor Robert Norman, Rick Renwick, Daniel Lawerence Sylvester
  • Publication number: 20210025408
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. In one example, a system comprises a compressor housing clamped to a bearing housing via a clamp ring. The clamp ring may be configured to at least partially detach the compressor and allow the compressor to rotate and/or shift in response to a force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Shawn Kevin Carlisle, Adam Matthew Selthofer, Anthony Morelli, Kristofor Robert Norman, Rick Renwick, Daniel Lawerence Sylvester
  • Patent number: 9657636
    Abstract: A wastegate assembly in a turbine of an internal combustion engine is provided. The wastegate assembly includes a wastegate conduit bypassing a turbine rotor, a valve sealing plate configured to seat and seal on a wastegate conduit outlet in a closed position, and a flow diverting tab coupled to the valve sealing plate, extending upstream of the wastegate conduit outlet, and separating a wastegate conduit outflow and a turbine rotor outflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Matthews, Patrick James Hertrich, Daniel Lawerence Sylvester
  • Publication number: 20160123222
    Abstract: A wastegate assembly in a turbine of an internal combustion engine is provided. The wastegate assembly includes a wastegate conduit bypassing a turbine rotor, a valve sealing plate configured to seat and seal on a wastegate conduit outlet in a closed position, and a flow diverting tab coupled to the valve sealing plate, extending upstream of the wastegate conduit outlet, and separating a wastegate conduit outflow and a turbine rotor outflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Patrick Matthews, Patrick James Hertrich, Daniel Lawerence Sylvester
  • Publication number: 20100043736
    Abstract: A camshaft system for internal combustion engine includes a camshaft having a thrust ring which is lubricated by oil from a control valve which operates a camshaft phaser with lubricating oil, and with the lubricating oil being furnished to the camshaft at crankcase pressure after the oil leaves the camshaft phaser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Lunsford, Mike David Deegan, Daniel Lawerence Sylvester, Robert Stephen Furby