Patents by Inventor James D. Kahlenbeck

James D. Kahlenbeck 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: 10724408
    Abstract: A method of performing a cleanup service on an internal combustion engine. The method involves draining used fleet oil from the engine, filling the engine with cleanup oil, draining the cleanup oil after an operation interval, and filling the engine with fresh fleet oil. The method can be performed as a remedial measure for an engine already exhibiting high oil consumption, or as a preventative measure on a healthy engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Dale England, James D. Kahlenbeck, Corey W. Trobaugh
  • Publication number: 20180112566
    Abstract: A method of performing a cleanup service on an internal combustion engine. The method involves draining used fleet oil from the engine, filling the engine with cleanup oil, draining the cleanup oil after an operation interval, and filling the engine with fresh fleet oil. The method can be performed as a remedial measure for an engine already exhibiting high oil consumption, or as a preventative measure on a healthy engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: CUMMINS INC.
    Inventors: Roger Dale England, James D. Kahlenbeck, Corey W. Trobaugh
  • Publication number: 20160130995
    Abstract: Oil pan assemblies and methods of draining oil pans are disclosed. An example oil pan assembly includes an oil pan defining first and second sumps. The first sump has a first lower surface and the second sump has a second lower surface. The second lower surface is elevated along a vertical axis relative to the first lower surface. The oil pan assembly also includes a siphon tube extending from an inlet positioned in the second sump to an outlet positioned proximate a drain hole in the first sump. The siphon tube is configured to automatically transmit oil from the second sump to the first sump upon oil being drained from the drain hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Cummins, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger D. England, Zack D. Ellison, James D. Kahlenbeck, Reid Irish, Peter Thomas Quanz, Jonathan W. Martin
  • Patent number: 4781530
    Abstract: A compressor having either an axial or radial stage adjacent the air inlet includes a circumferential row of slots in the inner casing wall, the slots opening into the casing bore; a rotor having a leading row of compressor blades thereon rotatable within the bore with the tips of the blades adjacent the row of slots; and, the axial centerline of the circumferential row of slots being positioned axially forward of the axial centerline of the blades of the leading blade row with a substantial portion of the axial slot length of each slot being forward of the leading edge of the blades of the leading blade row. In a preferred form of the compressor, the inner casing wall includes a circumferential stationary ring having an inner wall for defining with the inner casing wall the bore in which the rotor rotates, the circumferential row of slots being formed in the ring wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerre F. Lauterbach, James D. Kahlenbeck, Bruce W. Turner