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
  • Publication number: 20050224044
    Abstract: The present invention, provides a strategy or method for injecting fuel in two distinct fuel injection events per engine cycle. The first injection event is main fuel injection, which occurs when the crankshaft is near top-dead center. The main injection event delivers a majority of the fuel needed to provide a majority of the power produced during combustion. The second injection event is post injection, which occurs shortly after the main fuel injection event. The post injection event provides a supplemental amount of fuel to the combustion chamber to reduce the rate of pressure rise while increasing, turbulence, mixing and cylinder pressure within the combustion chamber to reduce the formation of soot. In addition, the combination of the main fuel injection event and the post fuel injection event reduces engine noise by reducing heat release rates and the rate of combustion chamber pressurization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Boris Stojkovic, Forrest Jehlik, Sherif Tahry, Roger Krieger
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20050121007
    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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Forrest Jehlik, Sherif Tahry, Roger Krieger