Patents by Inventor Andrew Darley

Andrew Darley 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: 10041458
    Abstract: An injector clamp for clamping at least two injectors to an engine head includes a body having at least a first arm and a second arm. Each arm having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface on opposing sides of the body. A distance between the first clamping surfaces of the first arm and the second arm is different from a distance between the second clamping surfaces of the first arm and the second arm. The body is configurable, for use, in one of: a first position in which the first clamping surfaces from each of the first and second arms can abut with an injector; and a second position in which the second clamping surfaces from each of the first and second arms can abut with an injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: James Kenneth Batchelor, Joe Daniel Bradley, Richard Kitchen, James Andrew Darley
  • Publication number: 20170204825
    Abstract: An injector clamp for clamping at least two injectors to an engine head includes a body having at least a first arm and a second arm. Each arm having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface on opposing sides of the body. A distance between the first clamping surfaces of the first arm and the second arm is different from a distance between the second clamping surfaces of the first arm and the second arm. The body is configurable, for use, in one of: a first position in which the first clamping surfaces from each of the first and second arms can abut with an injector; and a second position in which the second clamping surfaces from each of the first and second arms can abut with an injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: James Kenneth Batchelor, Joe Daniel Bradley, Richard Kitchen, James Andrew Darley
  • Patent number: 7213394
    Abstract: An engine blowby injection system including a blowby passage, and a blowby injector with a blowby flow outlet sized to inject the blowby flow into an exhaust gas flow generated by an internal combustion engine. The blowby injector includes a cooling mechanism for cooling the blowby flow outlet to reduce the likelihood of carboning. In one embodiment, the blowby injector includes an adapter, an injector body including an injector nozzle with the blowby flow outlet, and a flow passage that allows cooling air to flow therethrough. A method of injecting blowby flow from an internal combustion engine is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Darley, Nicholas J. Scull
  • Publication number: 20060162325
    Abstract: An engine blowby injection system including a blowby passage, and a blowby injector with a blowby flow outlet sized to inject the blowby flow into an exhaust gas flow generated by an internal combustion engine. The blowby injector includes a cooling mechanism for cooling the blowby flow outlet to reduce the likelihood of carboning. In one embodiment, the blowby injector includes an adapter, an injector body including an injector nozzle with the blowby flow outlet, and a flow passage that allows cooling air to flow therethrough. A method of injecting blowby flow from an internal combustion engine is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Darley, Nicholas Scull
  • Patent number: 6418712
    Abstract: A breather gas outlet has an adaptor having a hollow member with a first end engaged at an aperture in a wall of an exhaust system of an engine to allow breather gas flow thereinto. A nozzle has a second hollow member serves as a breather gas conduit and is positioned inside the adaptor. The nozzle has a mounting portion sealingly engaged with an inside surface of the adaptor towards a second end thereof. And, a nozzle portion extends laterally towards but ends short of the first end thereof. The nozzle portion has an outer dimension less than the inner dimension of the adaptor so as to form a space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventor: Andrew Darley
  • Publication number: 20010015067
    Abstract: A breather gas outlet has an adaptor having a hollow member with a first end engaged at an aperture in a wall of an exhaust system of an engine to allow breather gas flow thereinto. A nozzle has a second hollow member serves as a breather gas conduit and is positioned inside the adaptor. The nozzle has a mounting portion sealingly engaged with an inside surface of the adaptor towards a second end thereof. And, a nozzle portion extends laterally towards but ends short of the first end thereof. The nozzle portion has an outer dimension less than the inner dimension of the adaptor so as to form a space therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventor: Andrew Darley