Patents by Inventor Jason Pless

Jason Pless 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).

  • Publication number: 20170341026
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system for lowering the content of impurities in a lean exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine comprising, a feeding device that feeds ammonia or a compound decomposable to ammonia into an exhaust gas stream containing nitrogen oxides; a selective catalytic reduction catalyst comprising vanadium (V-SCR catalyst) which catalyzes the nitrogen oxides with ammonia in a temperature range of about 150° C. to about 400° C. and at an NO2/NOx ratio of about 0.3 to about 0.9; and a downstream system comprising a diesel oxidation catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hai-Ying Chen, Julian Cox, Joseph Fedeyko, Penelope Markatou, Jason Pless
  • Publication number: 20160047751
    Abstract: A diagnostic system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The diagnostic system comprises a catalyst component and a marker that undergoes a physical transition above a transition temperature of the marker. A method for determining if a catalyst component in an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine has been exposed to a deactivating temperature is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Jason PLESS, Darrell Scott SAPP, Penelope MARKATOU
  • Patent number: 8685352
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to catalyst systems for nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon, and sulfur reactions that are free or substantially free of platinum group metals. The catalyst system of the present invention comprise a substrate and a washcoat, wherein the washcoat comprises at least one oxide solid, wherein the oxide solid comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a carrier material oxide, a catalyst, and mixtures thereof. The catalyst system may optionally have an overcoat, wherein the overcoat comprises at least one oxide solid, wherein the oxide solid comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a carrier material oxide, a catalyst, and mixtures thereof. The catalyst comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a ZPGM transition metal catalyst, a mixed metal oxide catalyst, a zeolite catalysts, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: ECS Holdings, Inc., Catalytic Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Golden, Randal Hatfield, Jason Pless, Johnny Ngo, Mann Sakbodin
  • Patent number: 8496896
    Abstract: The present invention relates improving the performance of nitrogen oxide reduction by exposing rich exhaust to catalysts systems comprising a catalyst, wherein the catalyst systems are free of platinum group metals. The present invention also relates to improving reduction of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon in exhaust by introducing air into a portion of the exhaust between a first catalyst system and a second catalyst system. The present invention also relates to improving nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon reduction by (1) exposing rich exhaust to a first catalysts system, wherein the exhaust has an R value of greater than 1.0 and the first catalyst system comprises a catalyst and is free of platinum group metals and (2) introducing air into a portion of the exhaust in between the first catalyst system and a second catalyst system, wherein the second catalyst system is free of platinum group metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignees: Catalytic Solutions, Inc., ECS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Golden, Randal Hatfield, Johnny Ngo, Jason Pless
  • Patent number: 8323601
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a catalyst for the conversion of CO and/or hydrocarbons in an exhaust stream including a Sn compound selected from the group consisting of a binary composition comprising Sn and Ti, a ternary composition comprising Sn, Ti and Zr, and mixtures of any thereof. In those embodiments, the binary composition may include Sn(X)Ti(y)O2, wherein x+y=1, 0.85>y>0. In other embodiments of the present disclosure, the Sn compound includes a ternary composition including Sn(a)Ti(b)Zr(c)O2, wherein a is 0.25, b is 0.25 and c is 0.5. Certain embodiments of this disclosure include a method for the conversion of CO in an exhaust stream, including contacting an exhaust stream containing CO with the catalyst described above containing a Sn compound. In other embodiments, the exhaust stream includes hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Catalytic Solutions, Inc., ECS Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Rachelle Justice, Rajashekharam Malyala, Svetlana Iretskaya, Dylan Trandal, Dien To, Jason Pless, Stephen Golden, Jiho Yoo
  • Publication number: 20100316547
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a catalyst for the conversion of CO and/or hydrocarbons in an exhaust stream including a Sn compound selected from the group consisting of a binary composition comprising Sn and Ti, a ternary composition comprising Sn, Ti and Zr, and mixtures of any thereof. In those embodiments, the binary composition may include Sn(X)Ti(y)O2, wherein x+y=1, 0.85>y>0. In other embodiments of the present disclosure, the Sn compound includes a ternary composition including Sn(a)Ti(b)Zr(c)O2, wherein a is 0.25, b is 0.25 and c is 0.5. Certain embodiments of this disclosure include a method for the conversion of CO in an exhaust stream, including contacting an exhaust stream containing CO with the catalyst described above containing a Sn compound. In other embodiments, the exhaust stream includes hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Rachelle Justice, Rajashekharam V. Malyala, Svetlana Iretskaya, Dylan Trandal, Dien To, Jason Pless, Stephen Golden, Jiho Yoo
  • Publication number: 20100240525
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to catalyst systems for nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon, and sulfur reactions that are free or substantially free of platinum group metals. The catalyst system of the present invention comprise a substrate and a washcoat, wherein the washcoat comprises at least one oxide solid, wherein the oxide solid comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a carrier material oxide, a catalyst, and mixtures thereof. The catalyst system may optionally have an overcoat, wherein the overcoat comprises at least one oxide solid, wherein the oxide solid comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a carrier material oxide, a catalyst, and mixtures thereof. The catalyst comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a ZPGM transition metal catalyst, a mixed metal oxide catalyst, a zeolite catalysts, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Catalytic Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Golden, Randal Hatfield, Jason Pless, Johnny Ngo, Mann Sakbodin
  • Publication number: 20090324469
    Abstract: The present invention relates improving the performance of nitrogen oxide reduction by exposing rich exhaust to catalysts systems comprising a catalyst, wherein the catalyst systems are free of platinum group metals. The present invention also relates to improving reduction of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon in exhaust by introducing air into a portion of the exhaust between a first catalyst system and a second catalyst system. The present invention also relates to improving nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon reduction by (1) exposing rich exhaust to a first catalysts system, wherein the exhaust has an R value of greater than 1.0 and the first catalyst system comprises a catalyst and is free of platinum group metals and (2) introducing air into a portion of the exhaust in between the first catalyst system and a second catalyst system, wherein the second catalyst system is free of platinum group metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen J. Golden, Randal Hatfield, Johnny Ngo, Jason Pless
  • Publication number: 20090324468
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to catalyst systems for nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon, and sulfur reactions that are free or substantially free of platinum group metals. The catalyst system of the present invention comprise a substrate and a washcoat, wherein the washcoat comprises at least one oxide solid, wherein the oxide solid comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a carrier material oxide, a catalyst, and mixtures thereof. The catalyst system may optionally have an overcoat, wherein the overcoat comprises at least one oxide solid, wherein the oxide solid comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a carrier material oxide, a catalyst, and mixtures thereof. The catalyst comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a ZPGM transition metal catalyst, a mixed metal oxide catalyst, a zeolite catalysts, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen J. Golden, Randal Hatfield, Jason Pless, Johnny Ngo, Mann Sakbodin