Patents by Inventor Neil Robert Collins
Neil Robert Collins 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).
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Patent number: 11794169Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Neil Robert Collins, John Benjamin Goodwin, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips
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Publication number: 20200206721Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Andrew Francis CHIFFEY, Neil Robert COLLINS, John Benjamin GOODWIN, Francois MOREAU, Paul Richard PHILLIPS
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Patent number: 10569257Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Neil Robert Collins, John Benjamin Goodwin, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips
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Patent number: 10443472Abstract: An extruded honeycomb catalyst for nitrogen oxide reduction according to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) method in exhaust gases from motor vehicles includes an extruded active carrier in honeycomb form having a first SCR catalytically active component and with a plurality of channels through which the exhaust gas flows during operation, and a washcoat coating having a second SCR catalytically active component being applied to the extruded body, wherein the first SCR catalytically active component and the second SCR catalytically active component are each independently one of: (i) vanadium catalyst with vanadium as catalytically active component; (ii) mixed-oxide catalyst with one or more oxides, in particular those of transition metals or lanthanides as catalytically active component; and (iii) an Fe- or a Cu-zeolite catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Ralf Dotzel, Joerg Muench, Paul Richard Phillips, Gudmund Smedler, Andrew Peter Walker
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Publication number: 20180298801Abstract: An extruded honeycomb catalyst for nitrogen oxide reduction according to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) method in exhaust gases from motor vehicles includes an extruded active carrier in honeycomb form having a first SCR catalytically active component and with a plurality of channels through which the exhaust gas flows during operation, and a washcoat coating having a second SCR catalytically active component being applied to the extruded body, wherein the first SCR catalytically active component and the second SCR catalytically active component are each independently one of: (i) vanadium catalyst with vanadium as catalytically active component; (ii) mixed-oxide catalyst with one or more oxides, in particular those of transition metals or lanthanides as catalytically active component; and (iii) an Fe- or a Cu-zeolite catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2017Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Guy Richard CHANDLER, Neil Robert COLLINS, Ralf DOTZEL, Joerg MUENCH, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Gudmund SMEDLER, Andrew Peter WALKER
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Publication number: 20180257062Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Andrew Francis CHIFFEY, Neil Robert COLLINS, John Benjamin GOODWIN, Francois MOREAU, Paul Richard PHILLIPS
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Patent number: 9987618Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Neil Robert Collins, John Benjamin Goodwin, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips
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Publication number: 20170216822Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Andrew Francis CHIFFEY, Neil Robert COLLINS, John Benjamin GOODWIN, Francois MOREAU, Paul Richard PHILLIPS
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Publication number: 20170216826Abstract: A synthetic aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst containing at least one catalytically active transition metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Hf, La, Au, In, V, lanthanides and Group VIII transition metals, which aluminosilicate zeolite is a small pore aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms, wherein the mean crystallite size of the aluminosilicate zeolite determined by scanning electron microscope is >0.50 micrometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Guy Richard CHANDLER, Neil Robert COLLINS, Rodney FOO KOK SHIN, Alexander Nicholas Michael GREEN, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Raj Rao RAJARAM, Stuart David REID
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Patent number: 9643161Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Neil Robert Collins, John Benjamin Goodwin, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips
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Patent number: 9527031Abstract: An exhaust system (10) for a lean-burn internal combustion engine (12) comprises a first substrate monolith (16) comprising a catalyst for oxidizing nitric oxide (NO) comprising a catalytic oxidation component followed downstream by a second substrate monolith (18) which is a wall-flow filter having inlet channels and outlet channels, wherein the inlet channels comprise a NOx absorber catalyst (20) and the outlet channels comprise a catalyst for selective catalytic reduction (22) of nitrogen oxides with nitrogenous reductant.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Paul Richard Phillips, Daniel Swallow
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Publication number: 20160167022Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Andrew Francis CHIFFEY, Neil Robert COLLINS, John Benjamin GOODWIN, Francois MOREAU, Paul Richard PHILLIPS
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Publication number: 20160040576Abstract: An extruded honeycomb catalyst for nitrogen oxide reduction according to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) method in exhaust gases from motor vehicles includes an extruded active carrier in honeycomb form having a first SCR catalytically active component and with a plurality of channels through which the exhaust gas flows during operation, and a washcoat coating having a second SCR catalytically active component being applied to the extruded body, wherein the first SCR catalytically active component and the second SCR catalytically active component are each independently one of: (i) vanadium catalyst with vanadium as catalytically active component; (ii) mixed-oxide catalyst with one or more oxides, in particular those of transition metals or lanthanides as catalytically active component; and (iii) an Fe- or a Cu-zeolite catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Ralf Dotzel, Jörg Werner Münch, Paul Richard Phillips, Gudmund Smedler, Andrew Peter Walker
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Publication number: 20150360212Abstract: A synthetic aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst containing at least one catalytically active transition metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Hf, La, Au, In, V, lanthanides and Group VIII transition metals, which aluminosilicate zeolite is a small pore aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms, wherein the mean crystallite size of the aluminosilicate zeolite determined by scanning electron microscope is >0.50 micrometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Guy Richard CHANDLER, Neil Robert COLLINS, Rodney FOO KOK SHIN, Alexander Nicholas Michael GREEN, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Raj Rao RAJARAM, Stuart David REID
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Patent number: 9138731Abstract: An extruded honeycomb catalyst for nitrogen oxide reduction according to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) method in exhaust gases from motor vehicles includes an extruded active carrier in honeycomb form having a first SCR catalytically active component and with a plurality of channels through which the exhaust gas flows during operation, and a washcoat coating having a second SCR catalytically active component being applied to the extruded body, wherein the first SCR catalytically active component and the second SCR catalytically active component are each independently one of: (i) vanadium catalyst with vanadium as catalytically active component; (ii) mixed-oxide catalyst with one or more oxides, in particular those of transition metals or lanthanides as catalytically active component; and (iii) an Fe- or a Cu-zeolite catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Ralf Dotzel, Jörg Werner Münch, Paul Richard Phillips, Gudmund Smedler, Andrew Peter Walker
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Publication number: 20150152768Abstract: A catalysed honeycomb wall-flow filter for treating exhaust gas comprising particulate matter emitted from an internal combustion engine, which filter comprising a honeycomb substrate having a first end and a second end and comprising an array of interconnecting porous walls defining an array of longitudinally extending first channels and second channels, wherein the first channels are bordered on their sides by the second channels and have a larger hydraulic diameter than the second channels, wherein the first channels are end-plugged at a first end of the honeycomb substrate and the second channels are end-plugged at a second end of the honeycomb substrate, wherein channel wall surfaces of the first channels comprise an on-wall-type catalytic washcoat. The invention also relates to an exhaust system comprising the catalysed filter and to methods of making it.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Kaneshalingham ARULRAJ, Guy Richard CHANDLER, Neil Robert COLLINS, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, David William PREST
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Publication number: 20140241950Abstract: An exhaust system (10) for a lean-burn internal combustion engine (12) comprises a first substrate monolith (16) comprising a catalyst for oxidising nitric oxide (NO) comprising a catalytic oxidation component followed downstream by a second substrate monolith (18) which is a wall-flow filter having inlet channels and outlet channels, wherein the inlet channels comprise a NOx absorber catalyst (20) and the outlet channels comprise a catalyst for selective catalytic reduction (22) of nitrogen oxides with nitrogenous reductant.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Guy Richard CHANDLER, Neil Robert COLLINS, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Daniel SWALLOW
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Patent number: 8756926Abstract: An exhaust system (10) for a lean-burn internal combustion engine (12) comprises a first substrate monolith (16) comprising a catalyst for oxidizing nitric oxide (NO) comprising a catalytic oxidation component followed downstream by a second substrate monolith (18) which is a wall-flow filter having inlet channels and outlet channels, wherein the inlet channels comprise a NO x absorber catalyst (20) and the outlet channels comprise a catalyst for selective catalytic reduction (22) of nitrogen oxides with nitrogenous reductant.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Paul Richard Phillips, Daniel Swallow
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Publication number: 20140157763Abstract: An extruded honeycomb catalyst for nitrogen oxide reduction according to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) method in exhaust gases from motor vehicles includes an extruded active carrier in honeycomb form having a first SCR catalytically active component and with a plurality of channels through which the exhaust gas flows during operation, and a washcoat coating having a second SCR catalytically active component being applied to the extruded body, wherein the first SCR catalytically active component and the second SCR catalytically active component are each independently one of: (i) vanadium catalyst with vanadium as catalytically active component; (ii) mixed-oxide catalyst with one or more oxides, in particular those of transition metals or lanthanides as catalytically active component; and (iii) an Fe- or a Cu-zeolite catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Ralf Dotzel, Jörg Werner Münch, Paul Richard Philips, Gudmund Smedler, Andrew Peter Walker
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Patent number: 8677739Abstract: Hydrocarbon traps used to trap then release unburned hydrocarbons upon startup of a spark ignition internal combustion engine are sensitive to degradation if exposed to normal temperature exhaust gases. On board diagnostics of HC traps are provided by the invention, by incorporating a heat sensitive oxygen storage material in the HC trap material, and using conventional determination of OSC efficiency to determine if the HC trap material has been exposed to excessive temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Neil Robert Collins, Christopher Morgan, Michael Howard