Patents by Inventor Eric C. Martin

Eric C. 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).

  • Patent number: 9366176
    Abstract: A system and method for cooling an internal combustion engine. In one embodiment of the invention a cooling system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, comprising an engine; an intercooler for receiving combustion air from a turbocharger, the intercooler comprising an air-to-liquid heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the combustion air and a liquid coolant; an intercooler radiator; at least one engine coolant radiator; an expansion tank; an oil cooler; and at least one pump, wherein the dedicated fan is controlled by a temperature switch or controller and wherein the at least one engine coolant radiator and the intercooler radiator are located on opposite sides of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald R. Faulkner, William B. Thompson, Patrick E. Keister, Eric C. Martin, Charles W. Murray
  • Publication number: 20140060463
    Abstract: A system and method for cooling an internal combustion engine. In one embodiment of the invention a cooling system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, comprising an engine; an intercooler for receiving combustion air from a turbocharger, the intercooler comprising an air-to-liquid heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the combustion air and a liquid coolant; an intercooler radiator; at least one engine coolant radiator; an expansion tank; an oil cooler; and at least one pump, wherein the dedicated fan is controlled by a temperature switch or controller and wherein the at least one engine coolant radiator and the intercooler radiator are located on opposite sides of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Donald R. Faulkner, William B. Thompson, Patrick E. Keister, Eric C. Martin, Charles W. Murray
  • Patent number: 8601986
    Abstract: A system and method for cooling an internal combustion engine. In one embodiment of the invention a cooling system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, comprising an engine; an intercooler for receiving combustion air from a turbocharger, the intercooler comprising an air-to-liquid heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the combustion air and a liquid coolant; an intercooler radiator; at least one engine coolant radiator; an expansion tank; an oil cooler; and at least one pump, wherein the dedicated fan is controlled by a temperature switch or controller and wherein the at least one engine coolant radiator and the intercooler radiator are located on opposite sides of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Norfolk Southern
    Inventors: Donald R. Faulkner, William B. Thompson, Patrick E. Keister, Eric C. Martin, Charles W. Murray
  • Publication number: 20120234266
    Abstract: A system and method for cooling an internal combustion engine. In one embodiment of the invention a cooling system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, comprising an engine; an intercooler for receiving combustion air from a turbocharger, the intercooler comprising an air-to-liquid heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the combustion air and a liquid coolant; an intercooler radiator; at least one engine coolant radiator; an expansion tank; an oil cooler; and at least one pump, wherein the dedicated fan is controlled by a temperature switch or controller and wherein the at least one engine coolant radiator and the intercooler radiator are located on opposite sides of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Donald R. Faulkner, William B. Thompson, Patrick E. Keister, Eric C. Martin, Charles W. Murray
  • Patent number: 7037329
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel bifurcated stent for providing retrograde flow of oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the myocardium via the coronary sinus without a significant or deleterious left-to-right shunt. The present invention includes a main covered stent and a side limb, generally contemplating a Y or a T shaped bifurcated stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventor: Eric C. Martin
  • Patent number: 6893413
    Abstract: The present invention contemplates a method for percutaneously providing oxygenated blood retrogradely from the left ventricle via coronary sinus to the heart tissue without a significant left-to-right shunt. The present invention contemplates a two-piece stent combination generally having an arterializing stent and a restricting covered stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Inventor: Eric C. Martin
  • Publication number: 20030130719
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel bifurcated stent for providing retrograde flow of oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the myocardium via the coronary sinus without a significant or deleterious left-to-right shunt. The present invention includes a main covered stent and a side limb, generally contemplating a Y or a T shaped bifurcated stent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventor: Eric C. Martin
  • Publication number: 20030130611
    Abstract: The present invention contemplates a method for percutaneously providing oxygenated blood retrogradely from the left ventricle via coronary sinus to the heart tissue without a significant left-to-right shunt. The present invention contemplates a two-piece stent combination generally having an arterializing stent and a restricting covered stent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventor: Eric C. Martin
  • Publication number: 20030125798
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel stent and a method for communicating oxygenated blood directly from the left ventricle to the coronary sinus to provide retrograde perfusion to the myocardium. The stent is placed substantially within the coronary sinus with its trailing end protruding into the right atrium and the leading end protruding into the left ventricle. The stent has a smaller passageway at or near the trailing (right ventricular) end and at or near the leading (left ventricle) end, and has a covering at the trailing end. The smaller passageway and the cover at the trailing end to promote retrograde flow into the venous system of the hear and specifically the myocardium of the left ventricle and to reduce a significant left-to-right shunt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventor: Eric C. Martin
  • Patent number: 6562066
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel stent and a method for communicating oxygenated blood directly from the left ventricle to the coronary sinus to provide retrograde perfusion to the myocardium. The stent is placed substantially within the coronary sinus with its trailing end protruding into the right atrium and the leading end protruding into the left ventricle. The stent has a smaller passageway at the trailing (right ventricular) end and at the leading (left ventricle) end, and has a covering at the trailing end. The smaller passageway and the cover at the trailing end to promote retrograde flow into the venous system of the heart and specifically the myocardium of the left ventricle and to reduce a significant left-to-right shunt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Inventor: Eric C. Martin
  • Patent number: 5653743
    Abstract: A small bifurcated graft is described which may be placed in each hypogastric artery to maintain patency both to it and to the external iliac artery and the leg below. The purpose is to maintain flow to the hypogastric artery while stenting the whole of the aorta-iliac system with endovascular overlapping straight tube grafts. Without this bifurcated device, aorto-iliac stenting would result in colonic ischemic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Inventor: Eric C. Martin
  • Patent number: 5575817
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reinforcing a bifurcating blood vessel. The apparatus comprises two sections that form an inverted Y-shape graft prosthesis when joined together inside the blood vessel. The method comprises inserting the two sections into the bifurcating blood vessel by encasing the sections in retractable membranes mounted on two catheters, inserting the catheters into the blood vessel, deploying and attaching the first section to the vessel, deploying the second section and joining it to the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Inventor: Eric C. Martin
  • Patent number: D256761
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Assignee: Pye (Electronic Products) Limited
    Inventors: Eric C. Martin, Peter Ingledew