Patents by Inventor Gary Svihla

Gary Svihla 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: 9874099
    Abstract: A turbocharger for a powered machine including a turbine is disclosed. The turbocharger may include a turbine wheel including a disk section, the disk section including a disk body, the disk body including a length extending between a longitudinal axis and a blade platform. The disk section may further include a shoulder section positioned radially outward the longitudinal axis, a neck section positioned radially outward the shoulder section and a throat section positioned radially outward the neck section, an upstream axial plane coextensive with an upstream side of the blade platform, a downstream axial plane coextensive with a downstream side of the blade platform. Further, the turbine burst shield section may have a geometry that peaks in depth in the burst plane which prevents ejection of secondary mass in the event of a turbine burst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Raji Rexavier, Gary Svihla
  • Patent number: 9850857
    Abstract: This document discloses an exhaust gas turbocharger, which includes a turbine disk connected to a turbine disk hub. The turbine disk hub extends distally away from the turbine disk and towards a shaft that connects the turbine disk to a compressor. The shaft includes a proximal end that includes a shaft hub that extends proximally away from the shaft and towards the turbine disk hub. The turbine disk hub is coaxially connected to the shaft hub at a joint. The turbine disk hub and the shaft hub form a cavity between the turbine disk and the proximal end of the shaft. The turbocharger also includes a sleeve having an inner surface that surrounds and engages at least part of the turbine disk hub, at least part of the shaft hub and that further surrounds the joint and partially surrounds the cavity. The sleeve provides structural reinforcement for the joint and additional cooling functions beyond the cooling function provided by the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Raji Rexavier, Gary Svihla, Alan Wiedmeyer
  • Publication number: 20170051706
    Abstract: This document discloses an exhaust gas turbocharger, which includes a turbine disk connected to a turbine disk hub. The turbine disk hub extends distally away from the turbine disk and towards a shaft that connects the turbine disk to a compressor. The shaft includes a proximal end that includes a shaft hub that extends proximally away from the shaft and towards the turbine disk hub. The turbine disk. hub is coaxially connected to the shaft hub at a joint. The turbine disk hub and the shaft hub form a cavity between the turbine disk and the proximal end of the shaft. The turbocharger also includes a sleeve having an inner surface that surrounds and engages at least part of the turbine disk hub, at least part of the shaft hub and that further surrounds the joint and partially surrounds the cavity. The sleeve provides structural reinforcement for the joint and additional cooling functions beyond the cooling function provided by the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIESEL, INC.
    Inventors: Raji Rexavier, Gary Svihla, Alan Wiedmeyer
  • Publication number: 20170002828
    Abstract: A turbocharger for a powered machine including a turbine is disclosed. The turbocharger may include a turbine wheel including a disk section, the disk section including a disk body, the disk body including a length extending between a longitudinal axis and a blade platform. The disk section may further include a shoulder section positioned radially outward the longitudinal axis, a neck section positioned radially outward the shoulder section and a throat section positioned radially outward the neck section, an upstream axial plane coextensive with an upstream side of the blade platform, a downstream axial plane coextensive with a downstream side of the blade platform. Further, the turbine burst shield section may have a geometry that peaks in depth in the burst plane which prevents ejection of secondary mass in the event of a turbine burst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Raji Rexavier, Gary Svihla
  • Publication number: 20160186693
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation system may include a header located at an end of a cooler, and a mixer for mixing exhaust gases and intake air within the header. The mixer may include a passage for receiving exhaust gases and an inlet for receiving intake air. The exhaust gases and intake air may collide at a substantially perpendicular angle within the mixer, and the mixer may further include an outlet for emitting mixed exhaust gases and intake air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIESEL, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Johnson, Gary Svihla, Josh Schueler, Pradeep Ganesan
  • Publication number: 20050163606
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an annular inlet air recirculation channel having a smoothly variable cross section extending from a first slot at a forward end of the channel adjacent an inlet member to a second slot at a rearward end of the channel beyond an inlet end of a vaned compressor impeller. The channel is formed between an aerodynamic channel ring supported in a smooth annular recess formed in a compressor housing and the separate inlet member. The ring may be mounted by radial struts connected with the housing and located in an area of low momentum air flow. The channel ring and the channel recess may be machined or otherwise formed with smoothly variable surfaces prior to assembly of the ring into the housing. The channel may have a smoothly diminishing annular cross section for aerodynamically efficient air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Gary Svihla, Xinwen Xiao, John Carr