Patents by Inventor Chetan A. Dharmadhikari

Chetan A. Dharmadhikari 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: 11691707
    Abstract: A system for draining a cooling system of a power generation system on a marine vessel includes a pump in fluid communication with the cooling system, the pump actively removing cooling water from the cooling system. An outlet drain discharges the cooling water. A controller starts the pump in response to an operator command to stop a prime mover of the marine power generation system and/or a speed of the prime mover being below a threshold speed. In one example, a temperature sensor determines a temperature of the cooling water in the cooling system, and the controller stops the pump in response to the temperature of the cooling water exceeding a threshold temperature. In another example, a sensor determines a pressure and/or a level of the cooling water in the cooling system, and the controller stops the pump in response to the pressure and/or the level of the cooling water dropping below a threshold pressure or a threshold level, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: John N. Oenick, Paul M. Radavich, Chetan A. DharmadhIkari, Eric S. Mueller
  • Patent number: 11293335
    Abstract: A cooling system for a marine inboard internal combustion engine includes at least one engine cooling passage disposed in thermal communication with heat emitting portions of the engine. A pump is in fluid communication with the at least one engine cooling passage. The pump draws cooling water out of the at least one engine cooling passage. At least one outlet drain is downstream of the pump for discharging the cooling water that was pumped out of the at least one cooling passage. A switch activates the pump in response to the following: an operator command to stop the engine and/or a speed of the engine being below a threshold speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Radavich, Chetan A. Dharmadhikari
  • Patent number: 11286027
    Abstract: A marine engine has a powerhead, a crankcase and a crankshaft disposed in the crankcase. A cooling system has a cooling passage that conveys cooling water for cooling the crankcase, a pump that pumps the cooling water from a body of water in which the marine engine is operated through the cooling passage, and a valve that controls discharge of the cooling water from the cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Chetan A. Dharmadhikari, Pankaj A. Jagadale, Jacob D. Packianathan, Barry P. Schleicher
  • Patent number: 11072408
    Abstract: A marine engine has a powerhead, a crankcase and a crankshaft disposed in the crankcase. A cooling system has a cooling passage that conveys cooling water for cooling the crankcase, a pump that pumps the cooling water from a body of water in which the marine engine is operated through the cooling passage, and a valve that controls discharge of the cooling water from the cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Adam J. Kurzynski, Chetan A. Dharmadhikari, Barry P. Schleicher
  • Patent number: 10336429
    Abstract: A cowling for an outboard motor has port and starboard intake ports that direct flow of intake air into the cowling and extend downwardly along the aftward side of the cowling and face laterally outwardly. A duct system receives and conveys intake air intake ports to an intake conduit for the outboard motor. The duct system includes port and starboard intake troughs that extend alongside the intake ports and redirect the intake air from a generally lateral flow into the intake ports to a generally vertically downward flow and then to a generally forward flow towards the intake conduit. Port and starboard baffles that extend alongside the intake ports and direct flow of water into port and starboard channels located alongside the baffles, respectively. The channels drain the water by gravity depending on tilt and trim orientation of the outboard motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Amerling, Evan N. Kobman, Thomas F. Nickols, Chetan A. Dharmadhikari