Patents by Inventor James Clerc

James Clerc 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: 20070220867
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for particulate filter regeneration. The apparatus includes a bypass exhaust channel configured to conduct exhaust gasses away from a main exhaust channel and reintroduce the exhaust gasses into the main exhaust channel upstream from a particulate filter, a burner, and a regeneration module configured to monitor exhaust gas variables and divert a portion of the exhaust gasses through the bypass exhaust channel in response to the exhaust gas variables. The system includes a vehicle having an internal combustion engine coupled to a transmission, and the apparatus. The method includes conducting exhaust gasses away from a main exhaust channel and reintroducing the exhaust gasses into the main exhaust channel, raising the temperature of the exhaust gasses, and monitoring exhaust gas variables and selectively diverting a portion of the exhaust gasses through a bypass exhaust channel in response to the exhaust gas variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: James Clerc, Bruce Watson
  • Publication number: 20070163249
    Abstract: A lobed exhaust diffuser apparatus, system, and method configured to cool exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine comprises a diffuser having a proximal end, configured to receive exhaust gases from the engine, and a distal end, configured to expel the exhaust gases into the atmosphere. A plurality of lobes are disposed on the distal end such that at least a portion of the exhaust gases pass through the lobes, increasing the interaction surface area between the exhaust gases and the atmosphere, allowing for more rapid diffusion and entrainment between exhaust gases and atmospheric gases, resulting in more rapid cooling of the exhaust gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: James Clerc, James Cramer, J. Dixon, Francois Ntone, Patrick Klein