Patents by Inventor Joseph Marie Gerard Vankan

Joseph Marie Gerard Vankan 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: 10473018
    Abstract: An exhaust line includes a housing having a wall with an opening and a baffle disposed within the opening. In certain embodiments, the exhaust line includes a divider between the wall and baffle that partially defines a mixing chamber for receiving an exhaust and a reducing agent, and partially defines a bypass chamber for receiving another portion of the exhaust. The divider defines an inlet and outlet facing respective upstream and downstream ends. The divider transfers heat from exhaust passing through the bypass chamber to the reducing agent inside the mixing chamber. In other embodiments, the baffle partially defines a first passageway substantially parallel to and offset from a center axis for delivering a portion of the exhaust to the mixing chamber, and a ramped surface partially defining a second passageway transverse to the first passageway for delivering another portion of the exhaust to the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: KATCON GLOBAL S.A.
    Inventors: Joseph Marie Gerard Vankan, Janusz Puczok
  • Publication number: 20190162098
    Abstract: An exhaust line includes a housing having a wall with an opening and a baffle disposed within the opening. In certain embodiments, the exhaust line includes a divider between the wall and baffle that partially defines a mixing chamber for receiving an exhaust and a reducing agent, and partially defines a bypass chamber for receiving another portion of the exhaust. The divider defines an inlet and outlet facing respective upstream and downstream ends. The divider transfers heat from exhaust passing through the bypass chamber to the reducing agent inside the mixing chamber. In other embodiments, the baffle partially defines a first passageway substantially parallel to and offset from a center axis for delivering a portion of the exhaust to the mixing chamber, and a ramped surface partially defining a second passageway transverse to the first passageway for delivering another portion of the exhaust to the mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph Marie Gerard Vankan, Janusz Puczok