Patents by Inventor Brandon Lee Bowditch

Brandon Lee Bowditch 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).

  • Combustion bowl of a piston for an engine
    Patent number: 10113503
    Abstract: A piston for an engine may include a piston body. The piston body may include a piston crown disposed symmetrically about a central longitudinal axis of the piston. A combustion bowl may be recessed into the piston body and may be offset axially inwardly with respect to the piston crown. A central bowl apex may protrude axially from the combustion bowl and may be offset axially inwardly with respect to the piston crown. A first bowl apex may protrude axially from the combustion bowl and may be disposed radially inwardly with respect to the piston crown. A second bowl apex may protrude axially from the combustion bowl and may be disposed radially inwardly with respect to the first bowl apex and may be radially between the first bowl apex and the central bowl apex. The second bowl apex may be offset axially inwardly with respect to the central bowl apex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Lee Bowditch, Adwait Vilas Joshi, David Andrew Pierpont, Kalyana Chakravarthy Vutukuri, Abhijitsinha Dilipsinha Pawar
  • COMBUSTION BOWL OF A PISTON FOR AN ENGINE
    Publication number: 20180100466
    Abstract: A piston for an engine may include a piston body. The piston body may include a piston crown disposed symmetrically about a central longitudinal axis of the piston. A combustion bowl may be recessed into the piston body and may be offset axially inwardly with respect to the piston crown. A central bowl apex may protrude axially from the combustion bowl and may be offset axially inwardly with respect to the piston crown. A first bowl apex may protrude axially from the combustion bowl and may be disposed radially inwardly with respect to the piston crown. A second bowl apex may protrude axially from the combustion bowl and may be disposed radially inwardly with respect to the first bowl apex and may be radially between the first bowl apex and the central bowl apex. The second bowl apex may be offset axially inwardly with respect to the central bowl apex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Lee Bowditch, Adwait Vilas Joshi, David Andrew Pierpont, Kalyana Chakravarthy Vutukuri, Abhijitsinha Dilipsinha Pawar