Patents Assigned to Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
  • Patent number: 9057664
    Abstract: A system and/or method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in vehicle exhaust, and more particularly to a non-contact, sampling system and method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in exhaust emissions of commercial and/or heavy-duty vehicles that emit exhaust at an elevated level, under actual operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventor: Donald H. Stedman
  • Patent number: 8838396
    Abstract: Water droplets in exhaust gas that is, or was, analyzed by a remote emissions sensing system are detected. The detection may be made using measurements generally captured by the remote emissions sensing system during typical operation. As such, the detection may be applied “on site” as remote emissions sensing analysis is ongoing, or may be applied post hoc from data previously acquired by a remote emissions sensing system. The detection may be implemented without requiring additional sensors, more sophisticated sensors, and/or other additional or more sophisticated equipment being included in the remote emissions sensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Gentala, Peter Miles McClintock, Donald Hugh Stedman
  • Publication number: 20140033796
    Abstract: A system and/or method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in vehicle exhaust, and more particularly to a non-contact, sampling system and method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in exhaust emissions of commercial and/or heavy-duty vehicles that emit exhaust at an elevated level, under actual operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventor: Donald H. Stedman
  • Publication number: 20130253849
    Abstract: Water droplets in exhaust gas that is, or was, analyzed by a remote emissions sensing system are detected. The detection may be made using measurements generally captured by the remote emissions sensing system during typical operation. As such, the detection may be applied “on site” as remote emissions sensing analysis is ongoing, or may be applied post hoc from data previously acquired by a remote emissions sensing system. The detection may be implemented without requiring additional sensors, more sophisticated sensors, and/or other additional or more sophisticated equipment being included in the remote emissions sensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Gentala, Peter Miles McClintock, Donald Hugh Stedman
  • Publication number: 20130233052
    Abstract: A system and/or method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in vehicle exhaust, and more particularly to a non-contact, sampling system and method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in exhaust emissions of commercial and/or heavy-duty vehicles that emit exhaust at an elevated level, under actual operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventor: Donald H. Stedman
  • Patent number: 8447528
    Abstract: Water droplets in exhaust gas that is, or was, analyzed by a remote emissions sensing system are detected. The detection may be made using measurements generally captured by the remote emissions sensing system during typical operation. As such, the detection may be applied “on site” as remote emissions sensing analysis is ongoing, or may be applied post hoc from data previously acquired by a remote emissions sensing system. The detection may be implemented without requiring additional sensors, more sophisticated sensors, and/or other additional or more sophisticated equipment being included in the remote emissions sensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Gentala, Peter Miles McClintock, Donald Hugh Stedman
  • Patent number: 8429957
    Abstract: A system and/or method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in vehicle exhaust, and more particularly to a non-contact, sampling system and method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in exhaust emissions of commercial and/or heavy-duty vehicles that emit exhaust at an elevated level, under actual operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventor: Donald H. Stedman
  • Patent number: 8355837
    Abstract: A system and method for testing the integrity of a vehicle testing/diagnostic system is provided. Examples of vehicle testing/diagnostic systems may include any equipment (portable or stationary) found in an automotive maintenance and/or testing environment (or other environment) that is capable of communicating with vehicle on-board diagnostic (OBD) systems. Prior to conducting an OBD test on one or more vehicles, an integrity testing system interfaces with a vehicle testing/diagnostic system to determine whether the vehicle testing/diagnostic system is capable of communicating via one or more predetermined communications protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Donald Jackson Avery, Terry Edward Goretti
  • Patent number: 8347701
    Abstract: A system and/or method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in vehicle exhaust, and more particularly to a non-contact, sampling system and method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in exhaust emissions of commercial and/or heavy-duty vehicles that emit exhaust at an elevated level, under actual operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventor: Donald H. Stedman
  • Patent number: 8266952
    Abstract: A system and/or method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in vehicle exhaust, and more particularly to a non-contact, extractive sampling system and method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in exhaust emissions of commercial and/or heavy-duty vehicles that emit exhaust at an elevated level, under actual operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventor: Donald H. Stedman
  • Patent number: RE44214
    Abstract: An unmanned integrated RES 12 integrates all of its components except the reflector 22 into a single console 30 that is positioned at the side of a road and has a CPU 36 that controls calibration, verification and data gathering. The RES's source 32 and receiver 34 are preferably stacked one on top of the other such that the IR beam 24 traverses a low and high path as it crosses the road 14. This allows the RES to detect both low and high ground clearance vehicles. To maintain the vehicle processing and identification throughput, the speed sensor 54 and ALPR 48,50 detect the passing vehicles at steep angles, approximately 20 to 35 degrees. In a preferred system, a manned control center 16 communicates with a large number of the unmanned integrated RES to download emissions data, perform remote diagnostics, and, if necessary, dispatch a technician to perform maintenance on a particular RES.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Jay Peterson, David R Nelson, Troy P. Bahan, George C. Polchin, Michael D. Jack
  • Patent number: RE44976
    Abstract: Apparatus for obtaining the speed and acceleration of a motor vehicle in which the speed and acceleration are used in combination with exhaust emissions data obtained from the motor vehicle to analyze information about the pollutants being dispersed into the air by the motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a first radiation source producing a visible laser beam received by a first detector and a second radiation source producing a visible laser beam received by a second detector. The first and second radiation sources are arranged along the roadway with a known spacing and at a height so that the visible laser beams are interrupted by the front and rear wheels of the motor vehicle as it passes along the roadway. The detectors provide output pulses indicating whether the visible laser beams are interrupted and the time of the occurrence of each of the pulses is measured and recorded. An analyzer then calculates the speed and acceleration from the known spacing distance and the stored time measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Envirotest Systems Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: James H. Johnson, John DiDomenico