Patents by Inventor Christie Susan Ragle

Christie Susan Ragle 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: 8236261
    Abstract: A method of providing an exhaust treatment device is disclosed. The method includes applying a catalyst including gold and a platinum group metal to a particulate filter. The concentration of the gold and the platinum group metal is sufficient to enable oxidation of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christie Susan Ragle, Ronald G. Silver, Svetlana Mikhailovna Zemskova, Colleen J. Eckstein
  • Publication number: 20120051992
    Abstract: A method of providing an exhaust treatment device is disclosed. The method includes applying a catalyst including gold and a platinum group metal to a particulate filter. The concentration of the gold and the platinum group metal is sufficient to enable oxidation of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christie Susan Ragle, Ronald G. Silver, Svetlana Mikhailovna Zemskova, Colleen J. Eckstein
  • Patent number: 8071504
    Abstract: A method of providing an exhaust treatment device is disclosed. The method includes applying a catalyst including gold and a platinum group metal to a particulate filter. The concentration of the gold and the platinum group metal is sufficient to enable oxidation of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christie Susan Ragle, Ronald G. Silver, Svetlana Mikhailovna Zemskova, Colleen J. Eckstein
  • Patent number: 7767181
    Abstract: A method of ammonia production for a selective catalytic reduction system includes producing a first exhaust flow and a second exhaust flow. The first exhaust flow has a higher NOx concentration than the second exhaust flow. The method also includes directing a portion of the second exhaust flow to a reformer. The method further includes combining the portion of the second exhaust flow directed to the reformer with the first exhaust flow upstream of an ammonia-producing catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Ronald Silver, Julie Marie Faas, Paul Worn Park, Christie Susan Ragle
  • Publication number: 20100158779
    Abstract: A method of providing an exhaust treatment device is disclosed. The method includes applying a catalyst including gold and a platinum group metal to a particulate filter. The concentration of the gold and the platinum group metal is sufficient to enable oxidation of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Christie Susan Ragle, Ronald G. Silver, Svetlana Mikhailovna Zemskova, Colleen J. Eckstein
  • Patent number: 7673446
    Abstract: An exhaust emission control system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The exhaust emission control system has a first passageway and a second passageway disposed to receive exhaust in parallel. The exhaust emission control system also has a valve arrangement configured to regulate the flow of exhaust to the first and second passageways, and at least one sensor configured to sense a parameter indicative of a constituent of the exhaust. The at least one sensor generates a signal corresponding to the sensed parameter. The exhaust emission control system also has a controller in communication with the valve and the at least one sensor. The controller is configured to affect operation of the valve in response to the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Svetlana Mikhailovna Zemskova, Julie Marie Faas, Christie Susan Ragle, Matthew Owen Stefanick, Ronald Graham Silver
  • Patent number: 7541010
    Abstract: A method of making an exhaust treatment element includes washcoating a substrate with a slurry that includes a catalyst support material. At least some of the catalyst support material from the slurry may be transferred to the substrate, and silver metal (Ag) is dispersed within the catalyst support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Worn Park, Virgil Raymond Hester, Christie Susan Ragle, Carrie L. Boyer
  • Publication number: 20080178579
    Abstract: An exhaust emission control system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The exhaust emission control system has a first passageway and a second passageway disposed to receive exhaust in parallel. The exhaust emission control system also has a valve arrangement configured to regulate the flow of exhaust to the first and second passageways, and at least one sensor configured to sense a parameter indicative of a constituent of the exhaust. The at least one sensor generates a signal corresponding to the sensed parameter. The exhaust emission control system also has a controller in communication with the valve and the at least one sensor. The controller is configured to affect operation of the valve in response to the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Svetlana Mikhailovna Zemskova, Julie Marie Faas, Christie Susan Ragle, Matthew Owen Stefanick, Ronald Graham Silver
  • Publication number: 20080003163
    Abstract: A method of ammonia production for a selective catalytic reduction system includes producing a first exhaust flow and a second exhaust flow. The first exhaust flow has a higher NOx concentration than the second exhaust flow. The method also includes directing a portion of the second exhaust flow to a reformer. The method further includes combining the portion of the second exhaust flow directed to the reformer with the first exhaust flow upstream of an ammonia-producing catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald Silver, Julie Marie Faas, Paul Worn Park, Christie Susan Ragle