Patents by Inventor Anthony William Hudson

Anthony William Hudson 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: 8245511
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and hard point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Cowland, Patrick Sexton, Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Anthony William Hudson
  • Patent number: 8215113
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and a mounting surface associated with the engine. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to the engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony William Hudson, Patrick Sexton, Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Christopher Cowland
  • Patent number: 8146359
    Abstract: A dual-inlet turbocharger system for internal combustion engine includes a single-shaft turbocharger with a dual-inlet compressor section. An air router provides a bifurcated air supply for the dual-inlet compressor section, and also provides a bifurcated source of charge air for the engine's cylinders in the case in which the present turbocharger system is applied to a V-block engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Currie, Anthony William Hudson, Patrick Sexton
  • Patent number: 8042519
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a fuel system having a first fuel rail with an integrated diverter portion coupled to a high-pressure pump and separated from a common rail portion by a flow restriction device. The first fuel rail includes a pressure sensor coupled to the diverter portion at one end and a control valve coupled to the common rail portion at the other end of the same fuel rail. In V-engine embodiments, a second fuel rail communicates with the integrated diverter portion of the first fuel rail. In one embodiment, components including the first and second fuel rails, a pressure sensor, and a pressure or volume control valve are externally mounted outside the engine valve cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brien Lloyd Fulton, Anthony William Hudson, Adam John Gryglak, Kenneth G Pumford
  • Patent number: 7950363
    Abstract: An air inlet system for an internal combustion engine includes an air inlet duct for drawing charge air into a charge air processor, and an intake manifold system leading from the charge air processor to the power cylinders of the engine. A resonator which suppresses pressure pulses within the inlet duct is mounted to the intake manifold system, but fluidically connected to the air inlet duct, and not to the intake manifold system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: David Currie, Ivan Lazich, John Jasso, Anthony William Hudson
  • Publication number: 20110023818
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a fuel system having a first fuel rail with an integrated diverter portion coupled to a high-pressure pump and separated from a common rail portion by a flow restriction device. The first fuel rail includes a pressure sensor coupled to the diverter portion at one end and a control valve coupled to the common rail portion at the other end of the same fuel rail. In V-engine embodiments, a second fuel rail communicates with the integrated diverter portion of the first fuel rail. In one embodiment, components including the first and second fuel rails, a pressure sensor, and a pressure or volume control valve are externally mounted outside the engine valve cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Brien Lloyd Fulton, Anthony William Hudson, Adam John Gryglak, Kenneth G. Pumford
  • Patent number: 7743756
    Abstract: An air inlet system for an internal combustion engine includes an inlet duct for furnishing air to the engine's cylinders, and a combination port formed within the inlet duct for inducting both recirculated exhaust gas and charge air into the engine. Mixing of the recirculated exhaust gas and the charge air is promoted by a flow director which is mounted at a downstream end of an EGR supply passage, as well as by a flow guide mounted upstream from the flow director, with the flow guide including an aerodynamic projection for causing charge air to move smoothly around the flow director and a swirl generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Styles, Anthony William Hudson, Ivan Lazich, David Currie
  • Publication number: 20100065028
    Abstract: An air inlet system for an internal combustion engine includes an inlet duct for furnishing air to the engine's cylinders, and a combination port formed within the inlet duct for inducting both recirculated exhaust gas and charge air into the engine. Mixing of the recirculated exhaust gas and the charge air is promoted by a flow director which is mounted at a downstream end of an EGR supply passage, as well as by a flow guide mounted upstream from the flow director, with the flow guide including an aerodynamic projection for causing charge air to move smoothly around the flow director and a swirl generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Styles, Anthony William Hudson, Ivan Lazich, David Currie
  • Publication number: 20100064683
    Abstract: A dual-inlet turbocharger system for internal combustion engine includes a single-shaft turbocharger with a dual-inlet compressor section. An air router provides a bifurcated air supply for the dual-inlet compressor section, and also provides a bifurcated source of charge air for the engine's cylinders in the case in which the present turbocharger system is applied to a V-block engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Currie, Anthony William Hudson, Patrick Sexton
  • Publication number: 20100065005
    Abstract: An air inlet system for an internal combustion engine includes an air inlet duct for drawing charge air into a charge air processor, and an intake manifold system leading from the charge air processor to the power cylinders of the engine. A resonator which suppresses pressure pulses within the inlet duct is mounted to the intake manifold system, but fluidically connected to the air inlet duct, and not to the intake manifold system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Currie, Ivan Lazich, John Jasso, Anthony William Hudson
  • Publication number: 20090320472
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and hard point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Cowland, Patrick Sexton, Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Anthony William Hudson
  • Publication number: 20090320470
    Abstract: A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and a mounting surface associated with the engine. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to the engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Anthony William Hudson, Patrick Sexton, Christopher Kelly Palazzolo, Christopher Cowland