Patents by Inventor Gabriel Salanta

Gabriel Salanta 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: 20140116032
    Abstract: An injector for injecting a reagent includes an axially translatable valve member positioned within a housing. An electromagnet is positioned within the housing and includes a coil of wire positioned proximate the valve member such that the valve member moves between a seated position and an unseated position relative to an orifice in response to energizing the electromagnet. A capillary tube is provided to convert liquid reagent to an ambient pressure vapor and supply it to the orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.
    Inventors: Dervis Argun Yetkin, Adam J. Kotrba, Gabriel Salanta, Stephen M. Thomas
  • Patent number: 8397495
    Abstract: An exhaust mixer (16) is provided for use in an engine exhaust system (10) downstream from an additive injector (14). The mixer (16) includes eight vanes (20), with four of the vanes (20A) extending from a first side (22) of the mixer (16) and arranged in an equally spaced circumferential array around a central axis (24), and the other four of the vanes (20B) extending from an opposite side (26) of the mixer (16) and arranged opposite from the other four vanes (20A) in an equally spaced circumferential array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Salanta, Guanyu Zheng, Daniel Salanta
  • Publication number: 20130061579
    Abstract: A system for treating exhaust of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust recirculation system and a turbocharger includes an exhaust passageway adapted to receive exhaust from the engine. A heat exchanger is adapted to be positioned within the exhaust gas recirculation system. A pressurized air supply system includes a conduit containing pressurized air and extending within the heat exchanger. A regeneration unit for combusting a fuel and heating the exhaust flowing through the exhaust passageway is supplied air from the air supply system that has been heated by the heat exchanger. An exhaust treatment device is positioned downstream from the regeneration unit in receipt of the heated exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Adam J. Kotrba, Argun Yetkin, Timothy Jackson, Gabriel Salanta
  • Patent number: 8381514
    Abstract: An emissions system for reducing nitrogen oxides in engine exhaust includes an emissions catalyst having an inlet adapted to receive an exhaust from the engine. A fuel tank is adapted to provide fuel for combustion within the engine. A first injector is operable to inject fuel into the exhaust upstream of the catalyst. A second injector is operable to inject supplemental reductant from a supplemental reductant tank into the exhaust upstream of the catalyst. A controller is operable to control the first and second injectors and vary the supply of fuel and supplemental reductant into the exhaust to reduce nitrogen oxides within the exhaust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Salanta, Timothy Jackson, Henry Sullivan, Adam J. Kotrba
  • Patent number: 8375709
    Abstract: An exhaust mixer (16) is provided for use in an engine exhaust system (10) downstream from an additive injector (14). The mixer (16) includes eight vanes (20), with four of the vanes (20A) extending from a first side (22) of the mixer (16) and arranged in an equally spaced circumferential array around a central axis (24), and the other four of the vanes (20B) extending from an opposite side (26) of the mixer (16) and arranged opposite from the other four vanes (20A) in an equally spaced circumferential array. The vanes (20) include embossed ribs (60) and mount flanges (64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Salanta, Daniel Salanta, Guanyu Zheng
  • Patent number: 8353153
    Abstract: A system for controlling the temperature of an exhaust stream includes a main exhaust passageway adapted to receive the exhaust stream from an engine. A bypass passage includes an inlet and an outlet in communication with the main exhaust passageway. The outlet is located downstream from the inlet. A burner is positioned within the bypass passage for treating the exhaust passing through the bypass passage. A valve is positioned within the main exhaust passageway downstream from the inlet and upstream from the outlet. The valve is operable to vary the exhaust flow through the burner. A controller selectively operates the burner to maintain a desired exhaust temperature downstream of the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Kotrba, Guanyu Zheng, Mike Golin, Gabriel Salanta
  • Publication number: 20110283685
    Abstract: A system for treating an exhaust stream from an engine includes a main exhaust passageway adapted to receive the exhaust stream from the engine. A side branch is in communication with the main exhaust passageway. A regeneration unit is positioned within the side branch for combusting a fuel and heating the exhaust flowing through the main exhaust passageway. A lean NOx catalyst is positioned within the main exhaust passageway downstream of the regeneration unit. A reductant injector is positioned downstream of the regeneration unit and upstream of the lean NOx catalyst to inject reductant particles into the exhaust stream. A controller operates the regeneration unit to increase the exhaust temperature as well as operates the reductant injector to reduce NOx within the lean NOx catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Adam J. Kotrba, Gabriel Salanta, Timothy Jackson
  • Publication number: 20110203261
    Abstract: A system for controlling the temperature of an exhaust stream includes a main exhaust passageway adapted to receive the exhaust stream from an engine. A bypass passage includes an inlet and an outlet in communication with the main exhaust passageway. The outlet is located downstream from the inlet. A burner is positioned within the bypass passage for treating the exhaust passing through the bypass passage. A valve is positioned within the main exhaust passageway downstream from the inlet and upstream from the outlet. The valve is operable to vary the exhaust flow through the burner. A controller selectively operates the burner to maintain a desired exhaust temperature downstream of the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Adam Kotrba, Guanyu Zheng, Mike Golin, Gabriel Salanta
  • Publication number: 20110197569
    Abstract: An emissions system for reducing nitrogen oxides in engine exhaust includes an emissions catalyst having an inlet adapted to receive an exhaust from the engine. A fuel tank is adapted to provide fuel for combustion within the engine. A first injector is operable to inject fuel into the exhaust upstream of the catalyst. A second injector is operable to inject supplemental reductant from a supplemental reductant tank into the exhaust upstream of the catalyst. A controller is operable to control the first and second injectors and vary the supply of fuel and supplemental reductant into the exhaust to reduce nitrogen oxides within the exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Gabriel Salanta, Timothy Jackson, Henry Sullivan, Adam J. Kotrba
  • Publication number: 20110113764
    Abstract: An exhaust mixer (16) is provided for use in an engine exhaust system (10) downstream from an additive injector (14). The mixer (16) includes eight vanes (20), with four of the vanes (20A) extending from a first side (22) of the mixer (16) and arranged in an equally spaced circumferential array around a central axis (24), and the other four of the vanes (20B) extending from an opposite side (26) of the mixer (16) and arranged opposite from the other four vanes (20A) in an equally spaced circumferential array. The vanes (20) include embossed ribs (60) and mount flanges (64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Gabriel Salanta, Daniel Salanta, Guanyu Zheng
  • Publication number: 20090320453
    Abstract: An exhaust mixer (16) is provided for use in an engine exhaust system (10) downstream from an additive injector (14). The mixer (16) includes eight vanes (20), with four of the vanes (20A) extending from a first side (22) of the mixer (16) and arranged in an equally spaced circumferential array around a central axis (24), and the other four of the vanes (20B) extending from an opposite side (26) of the mixer (16) and arranged opposite from the other four vanes (20A) in an equally spaced circumferential array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Gabriel Salanta, Guanyu Zheng, Daniel Salanta