Patents by Inventor Lloyd E. STANLEY, JR.

Lloyd E. STANLEY, JR. 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).

  • Cooling system for an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 10161290
    Abstract: An engine cooling system is provided with an internal combustion engine defining a head cooling jacket and a block cooling jacket in a split flow configuration. A first thermostat is positioned at an outlet of the block cooling jacket and configured to control coolant flow therethrough. A second thermostat is positioned to receive coolant flow from the first thermostat and the head cooling jacket. The first and second thermostats are in a thermostat assembly within a housing. In response to coolant temperature being below a first threshold, a first and a second thermostat downstream of the engine in a thermostat assembly are closed such that coolant flows through a head jacket and the thermostat assembly to a pump, and such that coolant in the head jacket entrains a trickle flow of coolant from a block jacket through an interbore cooling passage, thereby cooling an interbore region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Clifford E. Maki, Sunil Katragadda, Ravi Gopal, Peter Kanefsky, Jeffrey A. Mullins, Lloyd E. Stanley, Jr.
  • COOLING SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20170114700
    Abstract: An engine cooling system is provided with an internal combustion engine defining a head cooling jacket and a block cooling jacket in a split flow configuration. A first thermostat is positioned at an outlet of the block cooling jacket and configured to control coolant flow therethrough. A second thermostat is positioned to receive coolant flow from the first thermostat and the head cooling jacket. The first and second thermostats are in a thermostat assembly within a housing. In response to coolant temperature being below a first threshold, a first and a second thermostat downstream of the engine in a thermostat assembly are closed such that coolant flows through a head jacket and the thermostat assembly to a pump, and such that coolant in the head jacket entrains a trickle flow of coolant from a block jacket through an interbore cooling passage, thereby cooling an interbore region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Clifford E. MAKI, Sunil KATRAGADDA, Ravi GOPAL, Peter KANEFSKY, Jeffrey A. MULLINS, Lloyd E. STANLEY, JR.