Patents by Inventor Van Sudhakar

Van Sudhakar 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: 5611203
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine by which a portion of exhaust gases produced by the engine is recirculated from an exhaust line of the engine into an intake line of the engine introduces the EGR exhaust gas flow into the intake passageway via a mixer ejector which is provided with mixer lobes and a diffuser downstream of the lobes. The mixer ejector enhances the momentum transfer from the intake flow to the exhaust flow, and in this way, the static pressure of the exhaust flow at the entrance to the mixing region is decreased, thereby increasing the differential pressure across the EGR tube and increasing the exhaust flow. In a second embodiment, in addition to, or instead of, using the special ejector construction of the first embodiment, an ejector pump is located in the EGR tube. The ejector in the EGR tube is connected to the vehicle air system compressor or turbocompressor and serves to pump the exhaust gases to the engine intake passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory H. Henderson, Van Sudhakar