Patents by Inventor Cape Alan Hall

Cape Alan Hall 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).

  • Dual air induction arrangement
    Patent number: 6691665
    Abstract: An air induction arrangement 7 for a variable displacement engine is provided. The air induction arrangement 7 includes first and second plenums 22, 24 fluidly connected to respective first and second throttles 26, 28. The first and second throttles 26, 28 are connected to respective first and second inlets 44, 60. In partial operation, the air induction arrangement 7 induces air into the first plenum 22. In higher power demand operation, the air induction arrangement 7 additionally induces air through the second plenum 24. There is a reduction of the cancellation of acoustic output between the first and second inlets 44, 60 so that an acoustic output of the engine 14 operating with only a first group of cylinders 16 is similar to the acoustic output of the engine when the engine is operating with both groups of cylinders 16, 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Ernest Gray, Cape Alan Hall, Lloyd Bozzi, Takeshi Abe, Vincent Paul Solferino
  • Dual air induction arrangement
    Publication number: 20030066503
    Abstract: An air induction arrangement 7 for a variable displacement engine is provided. The air induction arrangement 7 includes first and second plenums 22, 24 fluidly connected to respective first and second throttles 26, 28. The first and second throttles 26, 28 are connected to respective first and second inlets 44, 60. In partial operation, the air induction arrangement 7 induces air into the first plenum 22. In higher power demand operation, the air induction arrangement 7 additionally induces air through the second plenum 24. There is a reduction of the cancellation of acoustic output between the first and second inlets 44, 60 so that an acoustic output of the engine 14 operating with only a first group of cylinders 16 is similar to the acoustic output of the engine when the engine is operating with both groups of cylinders 16, 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Charles Ernest Gray, Cape Alan Hall, Lloyd Bozzi, Takeshi Abe, Vincent Paul Solferino