Patents Assigned to Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
  • Publication number: 20210056771
    Abstract: A connectivity system includes an engine control module, a pump assembly remote from the engine control module, and a connectivity unit mounted to the pump assembly. The connectivity unit is communicatively coupled to the engine control module and configured to transmit data received from the engine control module to a device external to a vehicle with which the connectivity system is associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Federle
  • Patent number: 10927739
    Abstract: An injector includes a needle and a body. The needle is configured to receive fluid from a fluid supply and operable between a first position, in which the fluid is not provided to a target, and a second position, in which the fluid is provided to the target. The needle includes a first needle bore, a second needle bore, and a first connector. The first needle bore is configured to receive fluid from the fluid supply. The second needle bore is aligned with the first needle bore and configured to provide fluid to the fluid supply. The first connector is in fluid communication with the second needle bore. The body includes an end, a first body bore, and a second body bore. The first body bore is configured to receive the needle. The second body bore is positioned to be contiguous with the end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony A. Shaull, Bradlee J. Stroia, Stephen M. Holl, Richard Davis Thomas, Michael Hays
  • Patent number: 10927742
    Abstract: A controller configured to be operatively coupled to a reductant insertion assembly comprising a first pump for inserting a reductant into a selective catalytic reduction system, is programmed to set an insertion interval timer for the first insertion interval in response to receiving a first insertion command. The controller starts the insertion interval timer, records an elapsed time period from the start of the insertion interval timer, and activates the first pump when the timer starts. The controller receives a second insertion command comprising information for activating the first pump for a second duty cycle for second insertion intervals different than the first insertion interval. If the second insertion interval is smaller than the recorded elapsed time period, the insertion interval timer is set for the second insertion interval, the insertion interval timer is started, and if not already activated, the first pump is activated for the second duty cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kern Lik Tan, Joe V. Hill, Deepu Chandy, Vikram Sundararajan, Vinayak Mandavkar, Hemant Sindkar
  • Patent number: 10927741
    Abstract: A method includes determining whether a urea refill event is detected, and clearing a quality accumulator value and clearing a latching abort command. The method includes determining whether urea fluid quality check abort conditions are met, and clearing the urea quality accumulator, latching the abort command, and exiting the reductant fluid quality check. In response to the abort conditions not being met, incrementing the urea quality accumulator according to an amount of urea being injected, and comparing the accumulated urea quantity to a low test threshold. The method includes, in response to the accumulated urea quantity being greater than the low test threshold, comparing the accumulated urea quantity to a high test threshold, and in response to the urea quantity being greater than the high test threshold, determining whether the a NOx exceedance is observed and clearing a urea quality error in response to the NOx exceedance not being observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Xi Wei, David Samuel Everard, Baohua Qi, Mickey R. McDaniel, Edmund P. Hodzen, Guoqiang Li
  • Publication number: 20210047957
    Abstract: An exhaust gas system includes an engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit, a turbocharger, a turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit, an injection housing, a dosing module, and a bypass system. The engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit is configured to receive exhaust gas. The turbocharger includes a turbine. The turbine is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit. The turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit is coupled to the turbine. The injection housing is coupled to the turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit and centered on an injection housing axis. The dosing module is coupled to the injection housing and includes an injector. The injector is configured to dose reductant into the injection housing. The injector is centered on an injector axis. The bypass system includes a bypass inlet conduit, a bypass valve, and a bypass outlet conduit. The bypass inlet conduit is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Colin L. Norris, Matthew Henry, Stephen W. Caddy, Randolph G. Zoran, Stephen M. Holl, Matthew Robert Brookes, Jamie Archer, John M. Clark
  • Publication number: 20210025308
    Abstract: A dosing lance assembly for an exhaust component includes: a housing comprising: a plate having a first channel, an endcap having a second channel, and a pipe having a first end coupled to the plate and a second end coupled to the endcap, wherein at least a portion of the pipe is airfoil-shaped; and a delivery conduit having a first end coupled to the plate and a second end coupled to the endcap, such that reductant is flowable from the first channel to the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Snehal Shivaji Yesumali, Colin L. Norris, Ronald Hale, Ken Hummel, Tyler Kent Lorenz, Raghunath Thakar
  • Publication number: 20210025310
    Abstract: A reductant insertion assembly comprises a reductant bladder defining a bladder internal volume for holding a reductant. The reductant bladder comprises a bladder inlet and a bladder outlet. A pressure sensor is positioned downstream of the bladder outlet. The pressure sensor is operable to sense a pressure of the reductant downstream of the reductant bladder, and generate a pressure signal indicative of the pressure. A compression mechanism is operably coupled to the reductant bladder. The compression mechanism is configured to selectively exert a compressive force on the reductant bladder so as to expel the reductant therefrom via the bladder outlet. The compression mechanism exerts the compressive force in response to the pressure signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Patrick C. Hudson
  • Publication number: 20210017893
    Abstract: A water drainage assembly for an aftertreatment system comprises a first tube structured to be coupled to an outlet conduit of the aftertreatment system and has a first cross-sectional width. A second tube is disposed radially around the first tube. A first end of the second tube is coupled to a radially outer surface of the first tube. A portion of the second tube has a second cross-sectional width larger than the first cross-sectional width such that a volume is defined between the first and second tubes. A drain port is defined in the second tube proximate to the first end. The assembly is structured such that water flowing into the water drainage assembly flows into the volume defined between the first tube and the second tube and is expelled therefrom via the drain port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Shaila Sangmeshwar Kalyanshetti, Jeffrey T. Sedlacek, Collin P. Veele, Douglas Robert Farnsworth
  • Publication number: 20210017891
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing defining an internal volume and structured to house aftertreatment component for reducing constituents of an exhaust gas. A noise reducing component is disposed within the internal volume and structured to extend around at least a portion of the aftertreatment component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Shashikant Ramdas More, Jacob D. Canik, Jonathan M. Wuest, David A. Nickel, Jeffrey S. O'Neill, Robney J. Andrews, Ken Hummel, Shawn A. Rockey
  • Publication number: 20210010407
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a reductant storage tank configured to store a reductant, and a reductant delivery conduit. A first end of the reductant delivery conduit is fluidly coupled to the reductant storage tank. A second end of the reductant delivery conduit opposite the first end is configured to be fluidly coupled to a connector of a reductant insertion assembly. At least one bend having a bend angle is provided in the reductant delivery conduit along a length thereof, the at least one bend being configured to inhibit failure at an interface between the second end of the reductant delivery conduit and the connector of the reductant insertion assembly due to freezing of a reductant in the reductant delivery conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tushar Tej Dandu, David E. Shreve, Sriram Narayanasamy
  • Publication number: 20210010404
    Abstract: A controller configured to be operatively coupled to a reductant insertion assembly comprising a first pump for inserting a reductant into a selective catalytic reduction system, is programmed to set an insertion interval timer for the first insertion interval in response to receiving a firs insertion command. The controller starts the insertion interval timer, records an elapsed time period from the start of the insertion interval timer, and activates the first pump when the timer starts. The controller receives a second insertion command comprising information for activating the first pump for a second duty cycle for second insertion intervals different than the first insertion interval. If the second insertion interval is smaller than the recorded elapsed time period, the insertion interval timer is set for the second insertion interval, the insertion interval timer is started, and if not already activated, the first pump is activated for the second duty cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kern Lik Tan, Joe V. Hill, Deepu Chandy, Vikram Sundararajan, Vinayak Mandavkar, Hemant Sindkar
  • Patent number: 10890091
    Abstract: A dosing module includes a frame assembly, a first manifold, a first dosing tray, and a first rail assembly. The frame assembly includes a plurality of panels. The first manifold is coupled to one of the plurality of panels. The first manifold is configured to separately receive air and reductant. The first manifold includes a first connector extending from the first manifold. The first dosing tray includes a first base panel, a second manifold, and a second connector. The second manifold is coupled to the first base panel. The second manifold is configured to separately receive air and reductant from the first manifold and to provide the air and the reductant back to the first manifold. The second connector extends from the second manifold. The second connector is configured to be selectively coupled to the first connector. The first rail assembly includes a first member and a second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Bowden, Nicholas Blodgett, Taren Dehart, Tyler Lorenz
  • Publication number: 20210003058
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system includes an exhaust conduit and a vane plate. The vane plate is located in the exhaust conduit. The vane plate includes a plurality of first vanes. The vane plate includes a plurality of second vanes that intersects the plurality of first vanes. The plurality of first vanes and the plurality of second vanes form a plurality of channels. The vane plate is configured to redirect flow of exhaust gas through the exhaust conduit to be in an axial direction of the exhaust conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jacob D. Canik, Corey Verseman
  • Publication number: 20210003060
    Abstract: An exhaust filtration system comprises a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor, each configured to measure pressure in the exhaust filtration system under low-flow conditions. The exhaust filtration system comprises a third pressure sensor and a fourth pressure sensor, each configured to measure pressure in the exhaust filtration system under high-flow conditions. A flow rate of exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust filtration system is periodically determined. When the flow rate is below a predetermined flow rate threshold, the first and second pressure sensors are used to measure pressure in the exhaust filtration system, and a soot load of the exhaust filtration system is estimated using the pressure measured by the first and second pressure sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Sriram Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 10883971
    Abstract: An exemplary exhaust test tog apparatus includes a housing defining an exhaust flow path extending from an inlet to an outlet. At least a portion of the housing is selectably rotatable relative to an exhaust aftertreatment system. An arm extends from the housing into the exhaust flow path. An exhaust probe configured to measure an exhaust constituent is coupled with the arm and positioned at a location in the exhaust flow path. An actuator is configured to extend and retract the arm to vary the location of the exhaust probe in the exhaust flow path. The exhaust probe is moveable to a plurality of locations within the exhaust flow path through a combination of rotation of the housing and extension and retraction of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Mitchell, Tamas Szailer, Alonzo Scott Cole, Newton Crenshaw
  • Publication number: 20200408122
    Abstract: A lance injector assembly for an exhaust component is provided. The lance injector assembly includes a lance and a poppet valve. The lance includes a lance housing, a supply passage fluidly coupled to a reductant source and terminating at a nozzle orifice, and a return passage fluidly coupled to the reductant source. The poppet valve is positioned downstream of the nozzle orifice and includes a poppet movable between a closed position and an open position. When operating in a recirculation mode, the poppet is in the closed position to permit a full portion of reductant supplied to the lance from the reductant source to return to the reductant source. When operating in an injection mode, the poppet is in the open position to permit a first portion of reductant to flow from the nozzle orifice and a second portion of reductant to return to the reductant source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, John G. Buechler, Matthew K. Volmerding, Jacob W. Brown, Gaurav Hemant Pandit
  • Publication number: 20200398199
    Abstract: A filtration assembly structured to filter reductant includes an outer housing and an inner housing. The inner housing is positioned within the outer housing. The inner housing is structured to contain the reductant and operable between a first state in which the inner housing has a first volume and a second state in which the inner housing has a second volume that is larger than the first volume, the inner housing including an end face. The inner housing is separated from the outer housing by a gap when the inner housing is in the first state. A volume of the gap decreases as the inner housing transitions from the first state to the second state and increases as the inner housing transitions from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Nicolas Aljoscha RAUPP, Friedrich Johann ZAPF, Ralf ROHRMUELLER, Andreas LANNIG, Thomas BETZ, Kay Henning SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 10871097
    Abstract: System and methods for detecting NH3 slip using cross-sensitivity of an NOx sensor may include accessing a temperature value for a catalyst and determining the temperature value for the catalyst exceeds a predetermined value. If the temperature exceeds the predetermined value, a system-out NOx measurement signal from the system-out NOx sensor and an estimated system-out NOx value are used to calculate a delta value. A flag is set indicative of NH3 slip for an exhaust system responsive to an average of delta values for a predetermined period of time exceeding a predetermined value. If the temperature does not exceed the predetermined value, then an average of a plurality of system-out NOx measurement signals can be calculated and a flag is set indicative of NH3 slip responsive to the calculated average for a predetermined period of time exceeding a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Jinqian Gong, Varun R. Rajagopal
  • Patent number: 10865681
    Abstract: An aftertreatment component's shape, entrance geometry, and/or position within an aftertreatment assembly can be modified for local and/or bulk exhaust flow control. In some implementations, a body of the aftertreatment component has a non-circular cross-section, a non-circular opening, and/or a variable face geometry. The non-circular cross-section and/or opening can be of a variety of different shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Buechler, Randolph G. Zoran, Ryan M. Johnson, Stephen M. Holl, Taren DeHart, Jim L. Alonzo, Matthew L. Anderson, Apoorv Kalyankar, George Eugene Mavroudis, Gaurav Hemant Pandit
  • Patent number: D907552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Priyanka Vinod Chare, Yash Pal, Giridharan Balakumar, Dhaval R. Sheth, Joydeep Dipak Chakrabarti, Roger S. Zhang