Patents by Inventor Gopinath BASKARAN

Gopinath BASKARAN 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: 10006317
    Abstract: A valve actuation system is disclosed for use with an internal combustion engine. The valve actuation system may have a rocker shaft, a rocker arm pivotally mounted on the rocker shaft, at least one cam follower and a pushrod connecting the at least one cam follower to the rocker arm. The valve actuation system may also have a plurality of gas exchange valves, and a bridge connecting the rocker arm to the valves. The valve actuation system may further have at least one spring disposed around each of the valves and configured to bias each of the valves toward closed positions, and a rotocoil configured to rotatably connect the at least one spring to each of the valves. The rotocoil may have an internal chamfer at a bridge end with an angle of about 26-28°. The at least one spring may have an assembled load of about 750-850 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Indrajith Kizhakkethara, Gopinath Baskaran, Ashwin A. Hattiangadi, Rong Qu, Kevin W. Redinbo
  • Publication number: 20180078885
    Abstract: A modular bracket for mounting a first filter and a second filter thereon is provided. The modular bracket includes a first mount and a second mount adapted to receive the first filter and the second filter thereon respectively. The modular bracket includes a first chamber and a second chamber provided in fluid communication with the first mount and the second mount respectively. Each of the first chamber and the second chamber is adapted to receive a filtered fluid from the first filter and the second filter respectively. The modular bracket also includes a central chamber, provided in fluid communication with the first chamber and the second chamber, adapted to receive the filtered fluid from the first chamber and the second chamber. The modular bracket further includes an outlet, provided in fluid communication with the central chamber, adapted to provide an egress of the filtered fluid from the central chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Gopinath Baskaran, Ravinder R. Manne, Rajendar Immanuel, Jay S3 Underwood, Aravindhan S. Subbaiah
  • Publication number: 20170089223
    Abstract: A valve actuation system is disclosed for use with an internal combustion engine. The valve actuation system may have a rocker shaft, a rocker arm pivotally mounted on the rocker shaft, at least one cam follower and a pushrod connecting the at least one cam follower to the rocker arm. The valve actuation system may also have a plurality of gas exchange valves, and a bridge connecting the rocker arm to the valves. The valve actuation system may further have at least one spring disposed around each of the valves and configured to bias each of the valves toward closed positions, and a rotocoil configured to rotatably connect the at least one spring to each of the valves. The rotocoil may have an internal chamfer at a bridge end with an angle of about 26-28°. The at least one spring may have an assembled load of about 750-850 N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Indrajith KIZHAKKETHARA, Gopinath BASKARAN, Ashwin A. HATTIANGADI, Rong Qu, Kevin W. REDINBO
  • Publication number: 20160273415
    Abstract: A valve actuation system is disclosed for an internal combustion engine. The system may have a gas exchange valve, a rocker arm pivotally connected to a shaft, a pushrod, a lash adjuster disposed in the pushrod. The system may also have an adjusting screw disposed in the rocker arm and configured to engage and fluidly supply the lash adjuster. The adjusting screw may include a shaft having a threaded outer annular surface, and a head connected to the shaft and having a rounded outer surface and a flat end face. The adjusting screw may also include an axial passage passing through the flat end face, a radial passage formed in the shaft and extending from the threaded bore of the rocker arm to the axial passage, and at least one radial groove formed in the rounded outer surface of the head and passing through the axial passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Indrajith KIZHAKKETHARA, Sathishkumar RAMAN, Bhavin N. MEHTA, John S. PIPIS, JR., Gopinath BASKARAN, Paul D. RUDOLPH