Patents by Inventor Christopher Batta

Christopher Batta 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: 9624869
    Abstract: A cylinder liner associated with an internal combustion engine includes a cooling moat to reduce temperatures at an upper cylinder liner seal. The cooling moat may have a gap extending upwardly toward an inner running surface of the cylinder liner to supply coolant to an upper portion of the cylinder liner. The cooling moat may be provided at a location between the inner running surface of the cylinder liner and a groove for the upper cylinder liner seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Batta, Thomas Bowman
  • Patent number: 9482178
    Abstract: A cylinder liner for an engine includes a cylindrical wall having a radially internal surface and a radially external surface opposite the radially internal surface, the cylindrical wall defining a longitudinal axis therethrough, the radially external surface including a sealing surface and an undercut surface adjacent to the sealing surface, the sealing surface at least partly facing away from the longitudinal axis. The undercut surface includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface at least partly facing the longitudinal axis, and the second surface at least partly facing away from the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Batta
  • Publication number: 20160053707
    Abstract: A cylinder liner for an engine includes a cylindrical wall having a radially internal surface and a radially external surface opposite the radially internal surface, the cylindrical wall defining a longitudinal axis therethrough, the radially external surface including a sealing surface and an undercut surface adjacent to the sealing surface, the sealing surface at least partly facing away from the longitudinal axis. The undercut surface includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface at least partly facing the longitudinal axis, and the second surface at least partly facing away from the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Batta
  • Publication number: 20160053711
    Abstract: A cylinder liner associated with an internal combustion engine includes a cooling moat to reduce temperatures at an upper cylinder liner seal. The cooling moat may have a gap extending upwardly toward an inner running surface of the cylinder liner to supply coolant to an upper portion of the cylinder liner. The cooling moat may be provided at a location between the inner running surface of the cylinder liner and a groove for the upper cylinder liner seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Batta, Thomas Bowman
  • Patent number: 8813713
    Abstract: The piston has a crown forming a piston bowl. The piston bowl has a center portion with a convex spherical shape, a floor having a convex frusto-conical shape adjacent the center portion, and a base having a concave toroidal shape surrounding the floor. The piston bowl also has a cylindrical wall extending tangentially from the base that surrounds the center portion. The piston has a top surface perpendicular to the cylindrical wall along a rim of the piston bowl. A ratio between the piston bowl depth and the cylindrical wall length is less than 4, and a ratio between the piston bowl diameter and the piston bowl depth is 4.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Gladden, Jonathan Kilkenny, Christopher Batta
  • Publication number: 20120160205
    Abstract: The piston has a crown forming a piston bowl. The piston bowl has a center portion with a convex spherical shape, a floor having a convex frusto-conical shape adjacent the center portion, and a base having a concave toroidal shape surrounding the floor. The piston bowl also has a cylindrical wall extending tangentially from the base that surrounds the center portion. The piston has a top surface perpendicular to the cylindrical wall along a rim of the piston bowl. A ratio between the piston bowl depth and the cylindrical wall length is less than 4, and a ratio between the piston bowl diameter and the piston bowl depth is 4.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: John Gladden, Jonathan Kilkenny, Christopher Batta