Patents by Inventor Cory Andrew Brown

Cory Andrew Brown 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).

  • Publication number: 20100071355
    Abstract: A combustion device for an exhaust treatment system is disclosed. The combustion device may have a fuel injector configured to inject fuel toward an exhaust flow. The combustion device may also have an ignition source configured to ignite the injected fuel. The combustion device may further have a deflector configured to redirect at least a portion of the ignited fuel towards a center of the exhaust flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Cory Andrew Brown, Glenn Brian Cox, Yung T. Bui
  • Publication number: 20080035187
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a regeneration assembly to regenerate a filter assembly during a regeneration cycle, and for supplying fuel through a fuel flow path to at least one fuel injector unit associated with the regeneration assembly during the regeneration cycle. The method includes dispensing a cleaning substance into the fuel flow path during a cleaning cycle. The method further includes directing the cleaning substance through the at least one fuel injector unit during the cleaning cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Cory Andrew Brown, Kevin James Karkkainen, John Gierszewski, Curtis Graham
  • Patent number: 7185614
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston has a piston crown with a face having an interior annular edge. The piston also has first piston bowl recessed within the face of the piston crown. The first piston bowl has a bottom surface and an outer wall. A line extending from the interior annular edge of the face and tangent with the outer wall forms an interior angle greater than 90 degrees with the face of the piston. The piston also has a second piston bowl that is centrally located and has an upper edge located below a face of the piston crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Darrel Henry Meffert, Roger Leroy Urven, Jr., Cory Andrew Brown, Mark Harold Runge