Patents by Inventor Forrest A. Jehlik

Forrest A. Jehlik 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: 7461639
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a housing with an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet. A plurality of heat exchange conduits has a first surface in fluid communication with the exhaust inlet and the exhaust outlet and has a second surface in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, wherein the first surface is coated with a material including TeflonĀ®.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Forrest A. Jehlik
  • Publication number: 20070246203
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a housing with an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet. A plurality of heat exchange conduits has a first surface in fluid communication with the exhaust inlet and the exhaust outlet and has a second surface in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, wherein the first surface is coated with a material including TeflonĀ®.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventor: Forrest A. Jehlik
  • Patent number: 6918384
    Abstract: A cam phaser is mounted on the exhaust camshaft of a diesel engine and is operable to selectively advance timing of only the exhaust valves relative to a nominal position. The purpose of advancing timing of the exhaust valves is to advance valve closing sufficiently to shorten the effective exhaust strokes of the pistons and thus increase the trapped hot exhaust residuals. This occurs when the exhaust valves close earlier than piston top dead center in the normal exhaust stroke phase of engine operation. This increases the in-cylinder temperature so that combustion stability and hydrocarbon emissions are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Forrest A. Jehlik, Sherif Hussein El Tahry, Roger B. Krieger