Patents by Inventor Charles Joseph Patanis
Charles Joseph Patanis 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).
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Patent number: 10330054Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an EGR system including an EGR cooler module directly mounted to a cylinder head. In one example, the EGR cooler module includes an EGR inlet port, an EGR outlet port, a coolant inlet port, and a coolant outlet port all arranged parallel with each other and directly mounted to a first side of a cylinder head to interface with passages internal to the cylinder head. In another example, the EGR cool module includes an EGR inlet port and a coolant inlet port parallel to each other and directly mounted to a first side of a cylinder head to interface with passages internal to the cylinder head, while also including an EGR outlet port and a coolant outlet port to interface with passages external to the cylinder head.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Theodore Beyer, Charles Joseph Patanis, Jody Michael Slike, William Spence
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Patent number: 10184364Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for deactivating a valve actuation mechanism. In one example, a system may include a hydraulic gallery that may deliver a restricted flow of hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic flow restrictor to a pressure relief valve within a valve deactivation oil control valve, and during a second condition may deliver an unrestricted flow of hydraulic fluid from the valve deactivation oil control valve to the hydraulic flow restrictor. The hydraulic flow restrictor may comprise two vertical bores within the camshaft carrier that are fluidically coupled via a restrictive groove on the bottom surface of the camshaft carrier.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Theodore Beyer, Charles Joseph Patanis, Jon Michael LaCroix, Joseph Keenan, Jonathan Denis Crowe
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Patent number: 10087894Abstract: An engine is provided with a cylinder head having a bridge region surrounded by an exhaust face, an exhaust passage intersecting the exhaust face, and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) passage fluidly coupled to the exhaust passage and intersecting the exhaust face. The head defines an upper cooling jacket having a cavity or fluid passage extending from the jacket towards a head deck face and to a closed end wall within the bridge region. The cylinder head is cooled by directing coolant from a lower jacket to an upper jacket via a drill passage adjacent to an exhaust face of the head, diverting the coolant exiting the drill passage into the fluid passage or cavity along a rib. Coolant is then directed from the fluid passage into an EGR cooling passage formed by the upper jacket adjacent to the exhaust face and about the EGR passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Theodore Beyer, Brian W. Lizotte, Charles Joseph Patanis, Philip Damian Cierpial, Shane Keough, John Christopher Riegger
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Publication number: 20170314430Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for deactivating a valve actuation mechanism. In one example, a system may include a hydraulic gallery that may deliver a restricted flow of hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic flow restrictor to a pressure relief valve within a valve deactivation oil control valve, and during a second condition may deliver an unrestricted flow of hydraulic fluid from the valve deactivation oil control valve to the hydraulic flow restrictor. The hydraulic flow restrictor may comprise two vertical bores within the camshaft carrier that are fluidically coupled via a restrictive groove on the bottom surface of the camshaft carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Theodore Beyer, Charles Joseph Patanis, Jon Michael LaCroix, Joseph Keenan, Jonathan Denis Crowe
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Publication number: 20170276095Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an EGR system including an EGR cooler module directly mounted to a cylinder head. In one example, the EGR cooler module includes an EGR inlet port, an EGR outlet port, a coolant inlet port, and a coolant outlet port all arranged parallel with each other and directly mounted to a first side of a cylinder head to interface with passages internal to the cylinder head. In another example, the EGR cool module includes an EGR inlet port and a coolant inlet port parallel to each other and directly mounted to a first side of a cylinder head to interface with passages internal to the cylinder head, while also including an EGR outlet port and a coolant outlet port to interface with passages external to the cylinder head.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Theodore Beyer, Charles Joseph Patanis, Jody Michael Slike, William Spence
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Patent number: 9765656Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for deactivating a valve actuation mechanism. In one example, a system may include a hydraulic gallery that may deliver a restricted flow of hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic flow restrictor to a pressure relief valve within a valve deactivation oil control valve, and during a second condition may deliver an unrestricted flow of hydraulic fluid from the valve deactivation oil control valve to the hydraulic flow restrictor. The hydraulic flow restrictor may comprise two vertical bores within the camshaft carrier that are fluidically coupled via a restrictive groove on the bottom surface of the camshaft carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Theodore Beyer, Charles Joseph Patanis, Jon Michael LaCroix, Joseph Keenan, Jonathan Denis Crowe
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Publication number: 20170254298Abstract: An engine is provided with a cylinder head having a bridge region surrounded by an exhaust face, an exhaust passage intersecting the exhaust face, and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) passage fluidly coupled to the exhaust passage and intersecting the exhaust face. The head defines an upper cooling jacket having a cavity or fluid passage extending from the jacket towards a head deck face and to a closed end wall within the bridge region. The cylinder head is cooled by directing coolant from a lower jacket to an upper jacket via a drill passage adjacent to an exhaust face of the head, diverting the coolant exiting the drill passage into the fluid passage or cavity along a rib. Coolant is then directed from the fluid passage into an EGR cooling passage formed by the upper jacket adjacent to the exhaust face and about the EGR passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Theodore BEYER, Brian W. LIZOTTE, Charles Joseph PATANIS, Philip Damian CIERPIAL, Shane KEOUGH, John Christopher RIEGGER
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Patent number: 9664153Abstract: A cylinder head for an engine defines first and second exhaust runners fluidly coupled to an exhaust passage extending transversely in the head to an exhaust port on an exhaust side. The head defines an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) passage connected to the exhaust passage and extending longitudinally to an EGR port on the exhaust side. The head also defines a cooling jacket passage adjacent to and substantially surrounding the EGR passage to cool EGR gases prior to cooling by an EGR cooler.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Theodore Beyer, Charles Joseph Patanis, William Spence, Jody Michael Slike, John Christopher Riegger
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Publication number: 20160363012Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for deactivating a valve actuation mechanism. In one example, a system may include a hydraulic gallery that may deliver a restricted flow of hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic flow restrictor to a pressure relief valve within a valve deactivation oil control valve, and during a second condition may deliver an unrestricted flow of hydraulic fluid from the valve deactivation oil control valve to the hydraulic flow restrictor. The hydraulic flow restrictor may comprise two vertical bores within the camshaft carrier that are fluidically coupled via a restrictive groove on the bottom surface of the camshaft carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Theodore Beyer, Charles Joseph Patanis, Jon Michael LaCroix, Joseph Keenan, Jonathan Denis Crowe
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Publication number: 20160265487Abstract: A cylinder head for an engine defines first and second exhaust runners fluidly coupled to an exhaust passage extending transversely in the head to an exhaust port on an exhaust side. The head defines an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) passage connected to the exhaust passage and extending longitudinally to an EGR port on the exhaust side. The head also defines a cooling jacket passage adjacent to and substantially surrounding the EGR passage to cool EGR gases prior to cooling by an EGR cooler.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Theodore BEYER, Charles Joseph PATANIS, William SPENCE, Jody Michael SLIKE, John Christopher RIEGGER
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Patent number: 9334828Abstract: An engine has a cylinder head with a deck face defining first and second chambers adjacent to one another and separated by a bore bridge. The body defines a first cooling jacket and a second cooling jacket configured to operate at a lower pressure than the first cooling jacket. The first cooling jacket is positioned substantially between the deck face and the second cooling jacket. The first cooling jacket has a series of passages intersecting the deck face and configured to receive coolant from a cylinder block cooling jacket. The second cooling jacket has an inlet passage intersecting the deck face adjacent to the bore bridge and configured to receive coolant from the cylinder block cooling jacket to cool the bore bridge.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Theodore Beyer, Jody Michael Slike, Charles Joseph Patanis, William Michael Sanderson, Mathew Leonard Hintzen
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Publication number: 20150369167Abstract: An engine has a cylinder head with a deck face defining first and second chambers adjacent to one another and separated by a bore bridge. The body defines a first cooling jacket and a second cooling jacket configured to operate at a lower pressure than the first cooling jacket. The first cooling jacket is positioned substantially between the deck face and the second cooling jacket. The first cooling jacket has a series of passages intersecting the deck face and configured to receive coolant from a cylinder block cooling jacket. The second cooling jacket has an inlet passage intersecting the deck face adjacent to the bore bridge and configured to receive coolant from the cylinder block cooling jacket to cool the bore bridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Theodore Beyer, Jody Michael Slike, Charles Joseph Patanis, William Michael Sanderson, Mathew Leonard Hintzen