Patents by Inventor Patricia A. Mcwade

Patricia A. Mcwade 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: 11525419
    Abstract: An engine power module includes a water jacket, a cylinder liner, and a cylinder head. The water jacket forms a coolant supply conduit arranged in a lower coolant annulus extending around the cylinder liner and an upper coolant annulus extending around the cylinder head. The cylinder head has formed therein an injector bore, and a plurality of drill holes convergent on the injector bore. A lower coolant cavity in the cylinder head forms a coolant flow path extending circumferentially around the injector bore between a cavity inlet opening fluidly connected to the coolant supply conduit, and a cavity connection opening fluidly connected to an upper coolant cavity. The arrangement provides flows of coolant through the drill holes to cool an injector sleeve, and separate coolant flows through the lower coolant cavity and upper coolant cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
    Inventors: Raji Rexavier, Joshua David Schueler, Patricia A McWade
  • Patent number: 11035362
    Abstract: An oil pump for an engine is disclosed. The oil pump may include a first pump mechanism configured to supply oil to a main lubrication gallery of the engine, and a second pump mechanism configured to supply oil to a piston cooling gallery of the engine. The first pump mechanism may be designed for a first type of engine and the second pump mechanism may be designed for a second type of engine. The first type of engine may have a greater quantity of cylinders than the second type of engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
    Inventors: Adarsh Gopinathan Nair, Mathias Klemp, Kyle Figge, Vijaya Kumar, Patricia McWade
  • Publication number: 20210054840
    Abstract: An oil pump for an engine is disclosed. The oil pump may include a first pump mechanism configured to supply oil to a main lubrication gallery of the engine, and a second pump mechanism configured to supply oil to a piston cooling gallery of the engine. The first pump mechanism may be designed for a first type of engine and the second pump mechanism may be designed for a second type of engine. The first type of engine may have a greater quantity of cylinders than the second type of engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: PROGRESS RAIL LOCOMOTIVE INC.
    Inventors: Adarsh Gopinathan NAIR, Mathias KLEMP, Kyle FIGGE, Vijaya KUMAR, Patricia MCWADE
  • Patent number: 10415498
    Abstract: A coolant outlet system for a cylinder head associated with an engine includes a core hole communicating with an upper surface thereof, wherein the core hole is in fluid communication with a coolant jacket of the cylinder head. The coolant outlet system includes an outlet tube having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the outlet tube is coupled to the core hole. The coolant outlet system also includes a jumper elbow coupled to the second end of the outlet tube, wherein the outlet tube and the jumper elbow provide fluid communication between the coolant jacket and an engine crankcase to introduce coolant discharged from the core hole into the engine crankcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Funk, Frank Kalemba, Patricia A. McWade
  • Publication number: 20180347506
    Abstract: A coolant outlet system for a cylinder head associated with an engine includes a core hole communicating with an upper surface thereof, wherein the core hole is in fluid communication with a coolant jacket of the cylinder head. The coolant outlet system includes an outlet tube having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the outlet tube is coupled to the core hole. The coolant outlet system also includes a jumper elbow coupled to the second end of the outlet tube, wherein the outlet tube and the jumper elbow provide fluid communication between the coolant jacket and an engine crankcase to introduce coolant discharged from the core hole into the engine crankcase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Funk, Frank Kalemba, Patricia A. McWade
  • Patent number: 10132216
    Abstract: A housing of a compressor for an internal combustion engine is provided. The housing includes a first air inlet portion. Further, housing includes a tubular wall defining an annular chamber along a circumference of the first air inlet portion. Tubular wall comprising a second air inlet portion. Housing further includes an opening formed in a wall of first air inlet portion, contiguously extending along the circumference of the first air inlet portion, to fluidly couple the annular chamber with the first air inlet portion. The opening being formed at an offset from the second air inlet portion. The opening defines a first edge and a second edge in the wall of the first air inlet portion. The first edge and the second edge are radially offset from each other with respect to a central axis of the first air inlet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
    Inventors: Raji Rexavier, Joshua Schueler, John Michael Carr, Patricia A Mcwade
  • Publication number: 20170342880
    Abstract: A housing of a compressor for an internal combustion engine is provided. The housing includes a first air inlet portion. Further, housing includes a tubular wall defining an annular chamber along a circumference of the first air inlet portion. Tubular wall comprising a second air inlet portion. Housing further includes an opening formed in a wall of first air inlet portion, contiguously extending along the circumference of the first air inlet portion, to fluidly couple the annular chamber with the first air inlet portion. The opening being formed at an offset from the second air inlet portion. The opening defines a first edge and a second edge in the wall of the first air inlet portion. The first edge and the second edge are radially offset from each other with respect to a central axis of the first air inlet portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Raji Rexavier, Joshua Schueler, John Michael Carr, Patricia A. Mcwade
  • Patent number: D641378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Electro-Motive Diesel Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Moravec, Gary R. Svihla, Patricia McWade