Patents by Inventor Gary D. Joyce

Gary D. Joyce 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).

  • Three-way controllable valve
    Patent number: 8479717
    Abstract: A valve system includes a conical valve body disposed in an engine gaseous fluid stream and having a first fluid passageway, where the conical valve body is a cone or a frustum of a cone. The system includes a fluid inlet conduit fluidly coupled to the conical valve body on an upstream side, a first fluid outlet conduit, and a second fluid outlet conduit. The first and second fluid outlet conduits are fluidly coupled to the conical valve body on a downstream side. The valve system includes a valve actuator operatively coupled to the conical valve body and that rotates the conical valve body, and a controller that provides a valve actuator command and thereby selectively flows the engine gaseous fluid stream through the first fluid outlet conduit and the second fluid outlet conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Cummins, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Victor Perr, Karen S. Ferguson, Gary D. Joyce, Onkarappa Bolanahalli
  • THREE-WAY CONTROLLABLE VALVE
    Publication number: 20110232789
    Abstract: A valve system includes a conical valve body disposed in an engine gaseous fluid stream and having a first fluid passageway, where the conical valve body is a cone or a frustum of a cone. The system includes a fluid inlet conduit fluidly coupled to the conical valve body on an upstream side, a first fluid outlet conduit, and a second fluid outlet conduit. The first and second fluid outlet conduits are fluidly coupled to the conical valve body on a downstream side. The valve system includes a valve actuator operatively coupled to the conical valve body and that rotates the conical valve body, and a controller that provides a valve actuator command and thereby selectively flows the engine gaseous fluid stream through the first fluid outlet conduit and the second fluid outlet conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: J. Victor Perr, Karen S. Ferguson, Gary D. Joyce, Onkarappa Bolanahalli