Patents by Inventor Alan R. Bennett

Alan R. Bennett 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).

  • Publication number: 20250020084
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes an engine with a plurality of cylinders, a fueling system to provide fuel to the plurality of cylinders, an air intake system to provide air to the plurality of cylinders through respective ones of a plurality of intake valves, and an exhaust system to release exhaust gas from the plurality of cylinders through respective ones of a plurality of exhaust valves. During engine braking, an amount of fuel is injected into one or more cylinders involved in the engine braking during the compression stroke thereof to improve engine braking performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: James A. DODS, Alan R. BENNETT
  • Publication number: 20220349323
    Abstract: Disclosured herein are apparatus and methods relating to combustion engines. In an example, a combustion engine includes a head and a rocker assembly. The rocker assembly including: a rocker shaft including therein a pressure reservoir, a pedestal support adapted to be fastened to the head and sized and structured to support the rocker shaft, a rocker lever pivotally supported by the rocker shaft, and a hydraulic engine brake mechanism within the rocker lever including a hydraulic control valve configured to selectively actuate an exhaust valve of the combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Alan R. Bennett, Sushanth Kadaba Vasuki, Mathew A. Clark, Robert C. Ahrmann
  • Publication number: 20080265112
    Abstract: A standoff support system comprises a standoff support including a mounting foot and a body portion, with the body portion having a first engagement portion formed on a free end of it and the further comprising clip tray having a second engagement portion such that the first and second engagement portions are arranged to be engagable with one another and have complementary mating services arranged limit the orientation of the clip tray relative to the standoff support to one or more predefined orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: AIRBUS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Jesus Pascual, Alan R. Bennett, Theo Hoekstra
  • Patent number: D813124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Gustafson, Robert C. Ahrmann, Michael Lee Stark, II, Alan R. Bennett
  • Patent number: D828249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Gustafson, Robert C. Ahrmann, Michael Lee Stark, II, Alan R. Bennett
  • Patent number: D828250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Gustafson, Robert C. Ahrmann, Michael Lee Stark, II, Alan R. Bennett
  • Patent number: D836505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Gustafson, Robert C. Ahrmann, Michael Lee Stark, II, Alan R. Bennett