Patents by Inventor Matthew Oaks

Matthew Oaks 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: 8707687
    Abstract: A diesel exhaust treatment system for treating exhaust gas from a diesel engine comprises at least one diesel particulate filter, at least one diesel exhaust fluid mixing chamber and at least one selective catalytic reduction converter (SCR). In one desirable embodiment, plural diesel particulate filters are arranged in parallel and plural SCRs are arranged in parallel. These components including the diesel exhaust fluid mixing chamber can be included in a common housing with the exhaust flow reversing directions a plurality of times as it passes through the treatment system from an exhaust inlet to an exhaust outlet. The housing can be coupled to one vehicle frame rail with most of the housing and components contained therein positioned outside the outer surface of the one frame rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler Trucks North America LLC
    Inventors: Rakesh Aneja, Jeffrey M. Girbach, Jeffrey A. Begeman, Matthew Oaks, Jason T. Krajewski, Andrew S. McLandress, Napolyon Isikbay
  • Publication number: 20120260635
    Abstract: A diesel exhaust treatment system for treating exhaust gas from a diesel engine comprises at least one diesel particulate filter, at least one diesel exhaust fluid mixing chamber and at least one selective catalytic reduction converter (SCR). In one desirable embodiment, plural diesel particulate filters are arranged in parallel and plural SCRs are arranged in parallel. These components including the diesel exhaust fluid mixing chamber can be included in a common housing with the exhaust flow reversing directions a plurality of times as it passes through the treatment system from an exhaust inlet to an exhaust outlet. The housing can be coupled to one vehicle frame rail with most of the housing and components contained therein positioned outside the outer surface of the one frame rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Rakesh Aneja, Jeffrey M. Girbach, Jeffrey A. Begeman, Matthew Oaks, Jason T. Krajewski, Andrew S. McLandress, Napolyon Isikbay
  • Patent number: 8230678
    Abstract: A diesel exhaust treatment system for treating exhaust gas from a diesel engine comprises at least one diesel particulate filter, at least one diesel exhaust fluid mixing chamber and at least one selective catalytic reduction converter (SCR). In one desirable embodiment, plural diesel particulate filters are arranged in parallel and plural SCRs are arranged in parallel. These components including the diesel exhaust fluid mixing chamber can be included in a common housing with the exhaust flow reversing directions a plurality of times as it passes through the treatment system from an exhaust inlet to an exhaust outlet. The housing can be coupled to one vehicle frame rail with most of the housing and components contained therein positioned outside the outer surface of the one frame rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Daimler Trucks North America LLC
    Inventors: Rakesh Aneja, Jeffrey M. Girbach, Jeffrey A. Begeman, Matthew Oaks, Jason T. Krajewski, Andrew S. McLandress, Napolyon Isikbay
  • Publication number: 20080314033
    Abstract: A diesel exhaust treatment system for treating exhaust gas from a diesel engine comprises at least one diesel particulate filter, at least one diesel exhaust fluid mixing chamber and at least one selective catalytic reduction converter (SCR). In one desirable embodiment, plural diesel particulate filters are arranged in parallel and plural SCRs are arranged in parallel. These components including the diesel exhaust fluid mixing chamber can be included in a common housing with the exhaust flow reversing directions a plurality of times as it passes through the treatment system from an exhaust inlet to an exhaust outlet. The housing can be coupled to one vehicle frame rail with most of the housing and components contained therein positioned outside the outer surface of the one frame rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Rakesh Aneja, Jeffrey M. Girbach, Jeffrey A. Begeman, Matthew Oaks, Jason T. Krajewski, Andrew S. McLandress, Napolyon Isikbay