Patents by Inventor Adam Felton
Adam Felton 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: 11891909Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for electric turbochargers. In one example, a turbocharger comprises a shaft coupling a compressor wheel to a turbine wheel, an electric machine including a stator encircling the shaft between the compressor wheel and the turbine wheel, and an oil supply passage formed in a housing of the electric machine and fluidly coupled to a first oil nozzle oriented toward the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Adam Felton, Christopher Homison, Louis Kobielski
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Patent number: 11821441Abstract: Various systems are provided for a single turbocharger case housing each of turbine of a turbocharger and a bearing of the turbocharger. In one example, an apparatus for an engine includes an integrated, monolithic turbocharger case that houses each of a turbine and a bearing of a turbocharger and a nozzle ring integrated into the turbocharger case between the turbine and the bearing. In further examples of the system, portions of the turbocharger case are formed of a lattice structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Louis Kobielski, Baris Uygun, Adam Felton
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Patent number: 11761379Abstract: Various systems are provided for an axially split turbocharger case housing each of a turbine of a turbocharger, a compressor of the turbocharger, and a bearing of the turbocharger. In one example, an apparatus for an engine includes a first monolithic component and a second monolithic component that, when coupled together, form a turbocharger case configured to house each of a turbine, a compressor, and a bearing, the first and second monolithic components, when coupled together, also forming a compressor shroud and a turbine shroud. In further examples of the system, portions of the turbocharger case are formed of a lattice structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Louis Kobielski, Adam Felton
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Publication number: 20230287833Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an electric turbocharger (e-turbo). In one example, a method may include monitoring an e-turbo parameter or an engine parameter, comparing the monitored e-turbo or engine parameter to a determined threshold value for the e-turbo or engine parameter, and signaling a status of the e-turbo in response to the monitored e-turbo or engine parameter differing from the determined threshold value by at least a threshold amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Louis Kobielski, Christopher Homison, Adam Felton
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Patent number: 11753986Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a power output of a power source using a fluidic variable turbine turbocharger. In one example, a turbocharger system coupled to the power source includes a first turbocharger having a first compressor and a first turbine, and a second turbocharger having a second compressor and a second turbine, where boost air from the second compressor is directed to only a nozzle of the first turbine.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Christopher Homison, Louis Kobielski, Adam Felton
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Publication number: 20230272723Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for electric turbochargers. In one example, a turbocharger comprises a shaft coupling a compressor wheel to a turbine wheel, an electric machine including a stator encircling the shaft between the compressor wheel and the turbine wheel, and an oil supply passage formed in a housing of the electric machine and fluidly coupled to a first oil nozzle oriented toward the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Adam Felton, Christopher Homison, Louis Kobielski
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Publication number: 20230265785Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a power output of a power source using a fluidic variable turbine turbocharger. In one example, a turbocharger system coupled to the power source includes a first turbocharger having a first compressor and a first turbine, and a second turbocharger having a second compressor and a second turbine, where boost air from the second compressor is directed to only a nozzle of the first turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Christopher Homison, Louis Kobielski, Adam Felton
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Patent number: 11674410Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a fluidic variable turbine. In one example, a system for an engine comprises a turbocharger turbine including a nozzle ring, the nozzle ring including a plurality of stationary vanes, each vane of the plurality of stationary vanes including a plurality of injection ports arranged at an outer surface of the vane, and a gas supply system to supply variable gas flow to and out of the plurality of injection ports.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Louis Kobielski, Baris Uygun, Adam Felton
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Patent number: 11536216Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for adjusting operating parameters of an internal combustion engine. In one example, a system may include adjusting an amount of advance of a fuel injection timing of a plurality of fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine relative to top dead center (TDC) responsive to engine output demand, where, as the engine output demand increases, the amount of advance first decreases and then increases. In this way, an amount of vehicle emissions may be decreased while an amount of fuel consumption is decreased.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Matthew Hart, Thomas Lavertu, Adam Felton, Preeti Vaidya, Daniel Loringer, Venu Gupta, Jesse Brigden, Justin Brumberg, Taylor Gray, Shawn Gallagher
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Publication number: 20220112856Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for adjusting operating parameters of an internal combustion engine. In one example, a system may include adjusting an amount of advance of a fuel injection timing of a plurality of fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine relative to top dead center (TDC) responsive to engine output demand, where, as the engine output demand increases, the amount of advance first decreases and then increases. In this way, an amount of vehicle emissions may be decreased while an amount of fuel consumption is decreased.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Matthew Hart, Thomas Lavertu, Adam Felton, Preeti Vaidya, Daniel Loringer, Venu Gupta, Jesse Brigden, Justin Brumberg, Taylor Gray, Shawn Gallagher
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Patent number: 11187149Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for a shroud of a turbomachine. In one example, a turbomachine includes a case and a rotor rotatably coupled to the case and configured to transfer energy between the rotor and a working fluid. The case includes a shroud housing the rotor, the shroud including an inner shell, an outer shell, and a lattice structure positioned between the inner shell and the outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Louis Kobielski, Baris Uygun, Adam Felton
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Publication number: 20210301715Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a fluidic variable turbine. In one example, a system for an engine comprises a turbocharger turbine including a nozzle ring, the nozzle ring including a plurality of stationary vanes, each vane of the plurality of stationary vanes including a plurality of injection ports arranged at an outer surface of the vane, and a gas supply system to supply variable gas flow to and out of the plurality of injection ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Louis Kobielski, Baris Uygun, Adam Felton
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Publication number: 20210156304Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for a shroud of a turbomachine. In one example, a turbomachine includes a case and a rotor rotatably coupled to the case and configured to transfer energy between the rotor and a working fluid. The case includes a shroud housing the rotor, the shroud including an inner shell, an outer shell, and a lattice structure positioned between the inner shell and the outer shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Louis Kobielski, Baris Uygun, Adam Felton
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Patent number: 10907497Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a variable geometry turbine. In one example, a system for an engine comprises a turbocharger turbine including a nozzle ring, the nozzle ring including a plurality of stationary vanes, each vane of the plurality of stationary vanes including a plurality of injection ports arranged at an outer surface of the vane and a gas supply system to supply variable gas flow to and out of the plurality of injection ports.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Louis Kobielski, Baris Uygun, Adam Felton
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Publication number: 20210025325Abstract: Various systems are provided for an axially split turbocharger case housing each of a turbine of a turbocharger, a compressor of the turbocharger, and a bearing of the turbocharger. In one example, an apparatus for an engine includes a first monolithic component and a second monolithic component that, when coupled together, form a turbocharger case configured to house each of a turbine, a compressor, and a bearing, the first and second monolithic components, when coupled together, also forming a compressor shroud and a turbine shroud. In further examples of the system, portions of the turbocharger case are formed of a lattice structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Louis Kobielski, Adam Felton
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Publication number: 20210025405Abstract: Various systems are provided for a single turbocharger case housing each of turbine of a turbocharger and a bearing of the turbocharger. In one example, an apparatus for an engine includes an integrated, monolithic turbocharger case that houses each of a turbine and a bearing of a turbocharger and a nozzle ring integrated into the turbocharger case between the turbine and the bearing. In further examples of the system, portions of the turbocharger case are formed of a lattice structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Louis Kobielski, Baris Uygun, Adam Felton
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Publication number: 20200191012Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a variable geometry turbine. In one example, a system for an engine comprises a turbocharger turbine including a nozzle ring, the nozzle ring including a plurality of stationary vanes, each vane of the plurality of stationary vanes including a plurality of injection ports arranged at an outer surface of the vane and a gas supply system to supply variable gas flow to and out of the plurality of injection ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: GE Global Sourcing LLCInventors: Louis Kobielski, Baris Uygun, Adam Felton