Patents by Inventor Faith Juliet McKenzie

Faith Juliet McKenzie 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: 20160032801
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system is disclosed for use with a combustion engine. The aftertreatment system may have at least one exhaust passage, and a plurality of dosing circuits configured to inject reductant into the at least one exhaust passage. The aftertreatment system may also have a controller in communication with each of the plurality of dosing circuits. The controller may be configured to determine a failure of a first of the plurality of dosing circuits, and to selectively adjust operation of a second of the plurality of dosing circuits based on the failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Eric Tyler Alig, Jinhui Sun, Scott Charles Morris, Faith Juliet McKenzie, Matthew Colin Mowers
  • Patent number: 7650778
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for testing a fuel pump in a fuel supply system on a IC fuel injected engine, the pump having a pumping element for supplying fuel injectors via a fuel rail. The method includes providing a pump element pumping event; disabling overlapping injectors during a test-period that includes the pumping event; measuring pressure in the rail at least two engine crank angles surrounding the pumping event during the test period; and determining a fuel delivery rate value for the pump based on the measured rail pressures. Methods and apparatus also are provided for determining quantitative leakage rate in the fuel supply system of a fuel injected IC engine, the fuel system including a fuel pump with one or more pumping elements supplying injectors via a fuel rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Reese Puckett, Faith Juliet McKenzie
  • Publication number: 20080302174
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for testing a fuel pump in a fuel supply system on a IC fuel injected engine, the pump having a pumping element for supplying fuel injectors via a fuel rail. The method includes providing a pump element pumping event; disabling overlapping injectors during a test-period that includes the pumping event; measuring pressure in the rail at at least two engine crank angles surrounding the pumping event during the test period; and determining a fuel delivery rate value for the pump based on the measured rail pressures. Methods and apparatus also are provided for determining quantitative leakage rate in the fuel supply system of a fuel injected IC engine, the fuel system including a fuel pump with one or more pumping elements supplying injectors via a fuel rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel Reese Puckett, Faith Juliet McKenzie