Patents by Inventor Erich J. Nowka

Erich J. Nowka 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).

  • Noise attenuating exhaust tail pipe
    Patent number: 11319859
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust system of a vehicle. In one example, the exhaust system includes an exhaust tail pipe with an asymmetric outlet. The asymmetric outlet of the tail pipe may flare outwards, away from a central axis of the tail pipe, circumferentially surrounded by a housing with a geometry matching a geometry of the asymmetric outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yahong Zhang, Erich J. Nowka, Eric Hupfel, Elisangela Po Previte, Ian McLaughlin
  • NOISE ATTENUATING EXHAUST TAIL PIPE
    Publication number: 20200378294
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust system of a vehicle. In one example, the exhaust system includes an exhaust tail pipe with an asymmetric outlet. The asymmetric outlet of the tail pipe may flare outwards, away from a central axis of the tail pipe, circumferentially surrounded by a housing with a geometry matching a geometry of the asymmetric outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yahong Zhang, Erich J. Nowka, Eric Hupfel, Elisangela Po Previte, Ian McLaughlin
  • Tail pipe
    Patent number: D911897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yahong Zhang, Erich J. Nowka, Eric Hupfel, Elisangela Po Previte, Ian McLaughlin
  • Tail pipe
    Patent number: D997807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yahong Zhang, Erich J. Nowka, Eric Hupfel, Elisangela Po Previte, Ian McLaughlin