Patents by Inventor Donald S. Masch

Donald S. Masch 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).

  • Method to protect the exhaust manifold from overheating using heat pipe
    Patent number: 8806858
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an engine is disclosed herein. The exhaust system includes a catalytic converter, an exhaust manifold upstream from the catalytic converter, and a heat pipe in thermal contact with the exhaust manifold and atmosphere. The system further includes a phase changing material that passively absorbs heat after catalytic light-off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shiguang Zhou, Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, Donald S. Masch, Zhaoyang Zeng, James Patrick O'Neill, Danrich Henry Demitroff
  • METHOD TO PROTECT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD FROM OVERHEATING USING HEAT PIPE
    Publication number: 20130186076
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an engine is disclosed herein. The exhaust system includes a catalytic converter, an exhaust manifold upstream from the catalytic converter, and a heat pipe in thermal contact with the exhaust manifold and atmosphere. The system further includes a phase changing material that passively absorbs heat after catalytic light-off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Shiguang (Steven) Zhou, Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, Donald S. Masch, Zhaoyang Zeng, James Patrick O'Neill, Danrich Henry Demitroff