Patents by Inventor Bogdan Balea

Bogdan Balea 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: 11384669
    Abstract: A base filter for a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) filter of a header assembly in a fluid reservoir is disclosed may include first and second semi-cylindrical holder portions having a semi-cylindrical walls concluding at abutment surfaces that face and engage when the base filter is assembled. The semi-cylindrical holder portions have one or more mounting tabs extending inward from inner surfaces of the semi-cylindrical walls. The header assembly may include a header with a cylindrical header boss having mounting recess defined therein. The mounting tabs may be circumferentially spaced about the semi-cylindrical walls to align with and be inserted into the mounting recesses of the header boss the base filter is assembled on the cylindrical header boss. Fasteners may be inserted through fastener bosses of the semi-cylindrical holder portions and into fastener bores of the header boss to hold the semi-cylindrical holder portions together and on the header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Govind Swaroop, Raghuram Gaikwad, Scott Frederick Meyer, Bogdan Balea, Shawn Richard Herold
  • Patent number: 11268419
    Abstract: A reductant storage system for an internal combustion engine system includes a storage container having a bottom wall, a top wall opposite the bottom wall, an opening extending through the top wall, and a reservoir formed by a hollow interior of the storage container and a filter assembly. The filter assembly extends through the opening and include a filtering material and a gasket integrally formed with the filtering material. The gasket includes a proximal flange that is larger than the opening and including a sealing surface in sealing contact with the storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Bogdan Balea
  • Publication number: 20210047956
    Abstract: A reductant storage system for an internal combustion engine system includes a storage container having a bottom wall, a top wall opposite the bottom wall, an opening extending through the top wall, and a reservoir formed by a hollow interior of the storage container and a filter assembly. The filter assembly extends through the opening and include a filtering material and a gasket integrally formed with the filtering material. The gasket includes a proximal flange that is larger than the opening and including a sealing surface in sealing contact with the storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Bogdan BALEA
  • Publication number: 20210010406
    Abstract: A base filter for a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) filter of a header assembly in a fluid reservoir is disclosed may include first and second semi-cylindrical holder portions having a semi-cylindrical walls concluding at abutment surfaces that face and engage when the base filter is assembled. The semi-cylindrical holder portions have one or more mounting tabs extending inward from inner surfaces of the semi-cylindrical walls. The header assembly may include a header with a cylindrical header boss having mounting recess defined therein. The mounting tabs may be circumferentially spaced about the semi-cylindrical walls to align with and be inserted into the mounting recesses of the header boss the base filter is assembled on the cylindrical header boss. Fasteners may be inserted through fastener bosses of the semi-cylindrical holder portions and into fastener bores of the header boss to hold the semi-cylindrical holder portions together and on the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Govind Swaroop, Raghuram Gaikwad, Scott Frederick Meyer, Bogdan Balea, Shawn Richard Herold
  • Patent number: 10132222
    Abstract: A component of the exhaust aftertreatment system includes a metallic body having a tapered portion. The component of the exhaust aftertreatment system further includes a curved plate arranged within the tapered portion of the metallic body. The curved plate has a plurality of perforations disposed on the curved plate to facilitate distribution of an exhaust mixture flowing through the curved plate across a surface of a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Bogdan Balea, Eric P. Spaeth
  • Patent number: 10066535
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system includes a housing including at least one exhaust aftertreatment component. The housing defines a body portion and an outlet portion terminating in an outlet opening. The outlet portion decreases in diameter from the body portion toward the outlet opening. A sampling tube is positioned within the outlet portion and extends between opposing sides of an inner wall of the outlet portion, with the sampling tube having a plurality of openings facing the body portion. A NOx sensor is positioned in fluid communication with an interior of the sampling tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Yi, Bogdan Balea, Eric Paul Spaeth
  • Publication number: 20180156094
    Abstract: A component of the exhaust aftertreatment system includes a metallic body having a tapered portion. The component of the exhaust aftertreatment system further includes a curved plate arranged within the tapered portion of the metallic body. The curved plate has a plurality of perforations disposed on the curved plate to facilitate distribution of an exhaust mixture flowing through the curved plate across a surface of a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Bogdan BALEA, Eric P. SPAETH
  • Publication number: 20180135496
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system includes a housing including at least one exhaust aftertreatment component. The housing defines a body portion and an outlet portion terminating in an outlet opening. The outlet portion decreases in diameter from the body portion toward the outlet opening. A sampling tube is positioned within the outlet portion and extends between opposing sides of an inner wall of the outlet portion, with the sampling tube having a plurality of openings facing the body portion. A NOx sensor is positioned in fluid communication with an interior of the sampling tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Yong YI, Bogdan BALEA, Eric Paul SPAETH
  • Patent number: 9879581
    Abstract: An after-treatment system includes, in series along an exhaust gas flow direction through the after-treatment system: a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) delivery device, a soot-reducing device and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony C. Rodman, J. Josh Driscoll, Bogdan Balea, Wade J. Robel
  • Publication number: 20170276053
    Abstract: An after-treatment system includes, in series along an exhaust gas flow direction through the after-treatment system: a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) or a passive NOx adsorber (PNA), a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) delivery device, a soot-reducing device and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, which may also include an additional PNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Wade J. Robel, Tom Paulson, Anthony C. Rodman, J. Josh Driscoll, Bogdan Balea
  • Publication number: 20170276044
    Abstract: An after-treatment system includes, in series along an exhaust gas flow direction through the after-treatment system: a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) delivery device, a soot-reducing device and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony C. Rodman, J. Josh Driscoll, Bogdan Balea, Wade J. Robel