Patents by Inventor Eric HODGKINSON

Eric HODGKINSON 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).

  • Valve actuation system comprising lost motion and high lift transfer components in a main motion load path
    Patent number: 11619180
    Abstract: A valve actuation system comprising a valve actuation motion source configured to provide a main event valve actuation motion to at least one engine valve via a main motion load path that comprises at least one valve train component. The valve actuation system further includes a lost motion component arranged within a first valve train component in the main motion load path, the lost motion component being controllable to operate in a motion conveying state or a motion absorbing state. The valve actuation system also comprises a high lift transfer component arranged in the main motion load path, with the high lift transfer component being configured to permit the main motion load path to convey at least a high lift portion of the main event valve actuation motion when the lost motion component is in the motion absorbing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel S. Roberts, Steven Benn, Dong Yang, Eric Hodgkinson, Dominick Guarna
  • VALVE ACTUATION SYSTEM COMPRISING LOST MOTION AND HIGH LIFT TRANSFER COMPONENTS IN A MAIN MOTION LOAD PATH
    Publication number: 20210340891
    Abstract: A valve actuation system comprising a valve actuation motion source configured to provide a main event valve actuation motion to at least one engine valve via a main motion load path that comprises at least one valve train component. The valve actuation system further includes a lost motion component arranged within a first valve train component in the main motion load path, the lost motion component being controllable to operate in a motion conveying state or a motion absorbing state. The valve actuation system also comprises a high lift transfer component arranged in the main motion load path, with the high lift transfer component being configured to permit the main motion load path to convey at least a high lift portion of the main event valve actuation motion when the lost motion component is in the motion absorbing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Gabriel S. ROBERTS, Steven BENN, Dong YANG, Eric HODGKINSON, Dominick GUARNA