Patents by Inventor Chad Ramsby

Chad Ramsby 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: 11692503
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a cylinder head with an exterior wall including a removable camshaft carrier. In one example, a cylinder head includes a camshaft carrier removably couplable to a mount surface of the cylinder head and adapted to form a portion of an exterior wall of the cylinder head while coupled to the mount surface. The camshaft carrier may include a first section removably couplable to the cylinder head and a second section removably couplable to the first section, with the first section and the second section together shaped to receive a camshaft journal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Fluharty, Forest Heggie, Chad Ramsby, Robert Stephen Furby
  • Patent number: 11441474
    Abstract: Systems for an integrated exhaust manifold cylinder head are provided. In one example, an exhaust manifold for a vehicle includes a plurality of exhaust runners coupling a plurality of cylinder exhaust gas outlet ports to an exhaust exit port, the plurality of exhaust runners forming at least a first exhaust passage and a second exhaust passage at the exhaust exit port; an upper cooling jacket positioned vertically above the first exhaust passage; a lower cooling jacket positioned vertically below the second exhaust passage; and a central cooling jacket positioned vertically below the first exhaust passage and vertically above the second passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Fluharty, Forest Heggie, Phil Cierpial, Chad Ramsby, Jon LaCroix
  • Publication number: 20220178327
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a cylinder head with an exterior wall including a removable camshaft carrier. In one example, a cylinder head includes a camshaft carrier removably couplable to a mount surface of the cylinder head and adapted to form a portion of an exterior wall of the cylinder head while coupled to the mount surface. The camshaft carrier may include a first section removably couplable to the cylinder head and a second section removably couplable to the first section, with the first section and the second section together shaped to receive a camshaft journal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jeff Fluharty, Forest Heggie, Chad Ramsby, Robert Stephen Furby
  • Publication number: 20220154624
    Abstract: Systems for an integrated exhaust manifold cylinder head are provided. In one example, an exhaust manifold for a vehicle includes a plurality of exhaust runners coupling a plurality of cylinder exhaust gas outlet ports to an exhaust exit port, the plurality of exhaust runners forming at least a first exhaust passage and a second exhaust passage at the exhaust exit port; an upper cooling jacket positioned vertically above the first exhaust passage; a lower cooling jacket positioned vertically below the second exhaust passage; and a central cooling jacket positioned vertically below the first exhaust passage and vertically above the second passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jeff Fluharty, Forest Heggie, Phil Cierpial, Chad Ramsby, Jon LaCroix