Patents by Inventor MANOHAR VITTAL

MANOHAR VITTAL 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: 20240102426
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods of cylinder deactivation in compression-ignition engines. An engine described herein can include N cylinders, with N being an integer of at least 2, with each cylinder including an inner surface, a piston disposed and configured to move in each cylinder of the N cylinders, an intake port, an exhaust port, and a fuel injector. The piston and the inner surface define a combustion chamber. A method of operating the compression ignition engine includes injecting a fuel into each of the combustion chambers, combusting substantially all of the fuel in the compression ignition engine, monitoring engine load of the compression ignition engine, and deactivating a cylinder of the N cylinders upon a decrease in load to less than (N?1)/N×FL, wherein FL is a full load at a given engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ClearFlame Engines, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie BLUMREITER, Bernard JOHNSON, Robert SCHANZ, Manohar VITTAL
  • Patent number: 11674462
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods of cylinder deactivation in compression-ignition engines. An engine described herein can include N cylinders, with N being an integer of at least 2, with each cylinder including an inner surface, a piston disposed and configured to move in each cylinder of the N cylinders, an intake port, an exhaust port, and a fuel injector. The piston and the inner surface define a combustion chamber. A method of operating the compression ignition engine includes injecting a fuel into each of the combustion chambers, combusting substantially all of the fuel in the compression ignition engine, monitoring engine load of the compression ignition engine, and deactivating a cylinder of the N cylinders upon a decrease in load to less than (N?1)/N×FL, wherein FL is a full load at a given engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ClearFlame Engines, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Blumreiter, Bernard Johnson, Robert Schanz, Manohar Vittal
  • Publication number: 20220018297
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods of cylinder deactivation in compression-ignition engines. An engine described herein can include N cylinders, with N being an integer of at least 2, with each cylinder including an inner surface, a piston disposed and configured to move in each cylinder of the N cylinders, an intake port, an exhaust port, and a fuel injector. The piston and the inner surface define a combustion chamber. A method of operating the compression ignition engine includes injecting a fuel into each of the combustion chambers, combusting substantially all of the fuel in the compression ignition engine, monitoring engine load of the compression ignition engine, and deactivating a cylinder of the N cylinders upon a decrease in load to less than (N?1)/N×FL, wherein FL is a full load at a given engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Julie BLUMREITER, Bernard JOHNSON, Robert SCHANZ, Manohar VITTAL
  • Publication number: 20200088033
    Abstract: In a supercharged, two-stroke cycle, opposed-piston engine with an EGR loop, exhaust gas recirculated to a charge air channel through which charge air is provided to a supercharger inlet is cleansed of particulate materials by a particulate filter located in the EGR channel to capture and oxidize particulate matter before EGR is allowed to flow through the supercharger and any cooler in the EGR flow path. A diesel oxidation catalyst device may be provided in the EGR channel, in series with the particulate filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: ACHATES POWER, INC.
    Inventors: MANOHAR VITTAL, SURAMYA D. NAIK