Patents by Inventor Clive Robert Martin

Clive Robert Martin 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).

  • Turbine housing for a turbocharger
    Patent number: 7798774
    Abstract: A turbine housing (13) for a radial flow turbine, particularly a turbine used in an exhaust gas turbocharger. The housing has a general volute shape with a substantially annular part extending around the turbine axis and an inlet duct (20) extending therefrom. The inlet duct (20) has a first wall facing part of the outer surface of the annular part of the housing, a pair of spaced webs (44) extending from the outer surface of the circular part of the housing to the first wall, the webs defining a valley (45) therebetween. The arrangement renders the housing stiffer and less prone to fatigue cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Cummins Turbo Technologies Limited
    Inventors: John Martin Allport, Georgina Chiu, Clive Robert Martin
  • Turbine housing for a turbocharger
    Publication number: 20090129920
    Abstract: A turbine housing (13) for a radial flow turbine, particularly a turbine used in an exhaust gas turbocharger. The housing has a general volute shape with a substantially annular part extending around the turbine axis and an inlet duct (20) extending therefrom. The inlet duct (20) has a first wall facing part of the outer surface of the annular part of the housing, a pair of spaced webs (44) extending from the outer surface of the circular part of the housing to the first wall, the webs defining a valley (45) therebetween. The arrangement renders the housing stiffer and less prone to fatigue cracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: John Martin Allport, Georgina Chiu, Clive Robert Martin