Patents by Inventor Charles E. Kilfoyle

Charles E. Kilfoyle 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).

  • ASSURED COMPLIANCE MODE OF OPERATING A COMBUSTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120100493
    Abstract: A combustion system is operated with reference to compliant values of a governmentally regulated exhaust emission parameter. If an alarm condition is detected during an ordinary mode of operation, the combustion system is shifted into an assured compliance mode of operation. The shift to the assured compliance mode is made while continuing to operate the combustion system without a shut-down interruption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas F. Robertson, Thomas B. Neville, Charles E. Kilfoyle, John J. Nowakowski
  • Assured compliance mode of operating a combustion system
    Patent number: 8109759
    Abstract: A combustion system is operated with reference to compliant values of a governmentally regulated exhaust emission parameter. If an alarm condition is detected during an ordinary mode of operation, the combustion system is shifted into an assured compliance mode of operation. The shift to the assured compliance mode is made while continuing to operate the combustion system without a shut-down interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Fives North America Combustion, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Robertson, Thomas B. Neville, Charles E. Kilfoyle, John J. Nowakowski