Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Hazel Mountstevens
Elizabeth Hazel Mountstevens 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).
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Publication number: 20170043322Abstract: A NOx trap comprises components comprising at least one platinum group metal, at least one NOx storage material and bulk ceria or a bulk cerium-containing mixed oxide deposited uniformly in a first layer on a honeycombed substrate monolith, the components in the first layer having a first, upstream, zone having increased activity relative to a second, downstream zone for oxidising hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, and a second, downstream, zone having increased activity to generate heat during a desulphation event, relative to the first zone, wherein the second zone comprises a dispersion of rare earth oxide, wherein the rare earth oxide loading in the second zone is greater than the loading in the first zone. An exhaust system for a lean burn internal combustion engine, a vehicle comprising a lean burn internal combustion engine and the exhaust system and methods of making the NOx trap are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Guy Richard CHANDLER, Elizabeth Hazel MOUNTSTEVENS, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Daniel SWALLOW
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Patent number: 9114385Abstract: A NOx absorber catalyst comprising a substrate monolith coated with one or more washcoat layers and comprising a first component comprising a nitrogen oxide storage component, at least one precious metal and a dispersed rare earth oxide supported on a refractory support material, and a second component comprising a precious metal supported on a bulk reducible oxide that is substantially free of nitrogen oxide storage material, wherein the precious metal present in the second component comprises Pt, Pd or a combination of both Pt and Pd and wherein the bulk reducible oxide is an oxide, a composite oxide or a mixed oxide comprising at least one of manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, tin or cerium.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Robert James Brisley, Kenneth David Camm, Noelia Cortes Felix, Fiona-Mairead McKenna, Paul James Millington, Elizabeth Hazel Mountstevens, Daniel Swallow
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Patent number: 8641993Abstract: A NOx absorber catalyst comprising an extruded solid body comprises either: (A) 10-95% by weight of at least one binder/matrix component; and 5-90% by weight of a zeolitic molecular sieve, a non-zeolitic molecular sieve or a mixture of any two or more thereof, which catalyst comprising at least one metal comprising (a) at least one precious metal; and (b) at least one alkali metal or at least one alkaline earth metal, wherein (a) and (b) are carried in one or more coating layer(s) on a surface of the extruded solid body; or (B) 10-95% by weight of at least one binder/matrix component; and 5-80% by weight optionally stabilized ceria, which catalyst comprising at least one metal comprising (a) at least one precious metal; and (b) at least one alkali metal or at least one alkaline earth metal.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Co.Inventors: Ralf Dotzel, Rainer Leppelt, Elizabeth Hazel Mountstevens, Jörg Werner Münch, Paul Richard Phillips, Hubert Schedel, Daniel Swallow
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Publication number: 20130336865Abstract: A NOx absorber catalyst comprising a substrate monolith coated with one or more washcoat layers and comprising a first component comprising a nitrogen oxide storage component, at least one precious metal and a dispersed rare earth oxide supported on a refractory support material, and a second component comprising a precious metal supported on a bulk reducible oxide that is substantially free of nitrogen oxide storage material, wherein the precious metal present in the second component comprises Pt, Pd or a combination of both Pt and Pd and wherein the bulk reducible oxide is an oxide, a composite oxide or a mixed oxide comprising at least one of manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, tin or cerium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Robert James Brisley, Kenneth David Camm, Noelia Cortes Felix, Fiona-Mairead McKenna, Paul James Millington, Elizabeth Hazel Mountstevens, Daniel Swallow
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Publication number: 20120110988Abstract: A NOx absorber catalyst comprising an extruded solid body comprises either: (A) 10-95% by weight of at least one binder/matrix component; and 5-90% by weight of a zeolitic molecular sieve, a non-zeolitic molecular sieve or a mixture of any two or more thereof, which catalyst comprising at least one metal comprising (a) at least one precious metal; and (b) at least one alkali metal or at least one alkaline earth metal, wherein (a) and (b) are carried in one or more coating layer(s) on a surface of the extruded solid body; or (B) 10-95% by weight of at least one binder/matrix component; and 5-80% by weight optionally stabilised ceria, which catalyst comprising at least one metal comprising (a) at least one precious metal; and (b) at least one alkali metal or at least one alkaline earth metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Ralf Dotzel, Rainer Leppelt, Elizabeth Hazel Mountstevens, Jörg Werner Münch, Paul Richard Phillips, Hubert Schedel, Daniel Swallow
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Patent number: 8105559Abstract: A method of reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) present in a lean gas stream comprising nitric oxide (NO) comprises the steps of: (i) net adsorbing NO per se from the lean gas stream in an adsorbent comprising palladium and a cerium oxide at below 200° C.; (ii) thermally net desorbing NO from the NO adsorbent in a lean gas stream at 200° C. and above; and (iii) catalytically reducing NOx on a catalyst other than the NO adsorbent with a reductant selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon reductant, a nitrogenous reductant, hydrogen and a mixture of any two or more thereof. A system for carrying out such a method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Joanne Elizabeth Melville, Robert James Brisley, Orla Keane, Paul Richard Phillips, Elizabeth Hazel Mountstevens
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Publication number: 20110274606Abstract: A method of reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) present in a lean gas stream comprising nitric oxide (NO) comprises the steps of: (i) net adsorbing NO per se from the lean gas stream in an adsorbent comprising palladium and a cerium oxide at below 200° C.; (ii) thermally net desorbing NO from the NO adsorbent in a lean gas stream at 200° C. and above; and (iii) catalytically reducing NOx on a catalyst other than the NO adsorbent with a reductant selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon reductant, a nitrogenous reductant, hydrogen and a mixture of any two or more thereof. A system for carrying out such a method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2007Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Joanne Elizabeth Melville, Robert James Brisley, Orla Keane, Paul Richard Phillips, Elizabeth Hazel Mountstevens
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Publication number: 20110154807Abstract: A NOx trap comprises components comprising at least one platinum group metal, at least one NOx storage material and bulk ceria or a bulk cerium-containing mixed oxide deposited uniformly in a first layer on a honeycombed substrate monolith, the components in the first layer having a first, upstream, zone having increased activity relative to a second, downstream zone for oxidising hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, and a second, downstream, zone having increased activity to generate heat during a desulphation event, relative to the first zone, wherein the second zone comprises a dispersion of rare earth oxide, wherein the rare earth oxide loading in the second zone is greater than the loading in the first zone. An exhaust system for a lean burn internal combustion engine, a vehicle comprising a lean burn internal combustion engine and the exhaust system and methods of making the NOx trap are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Guy Richard CHANDLER, Elizabeth Hazel MOUNTSTEVENS, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Daniel SWALLOW