Patents by Inventor James E. McCarthy

James E. McCarthy 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: 20250043708
    Abstract: A method of controlling temperature of an engine aftertreatment system includes directing an electric heater in the engine aftertreatment system to apply heat using a first temperature setpoint; while applying the heat at the first temperature setpoint, receiving temperature data from a temperature sensor proximate to a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device in the engine aftertreatment system; determining from the temperature data that a first temperature is at a first threshold temperature which is less than the first temperature setpoint; and after determining that the first temperature is at the first threshold temperature, directing the electric heater to apply heat using a second temperature setpoint which is less than the first temperature setpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventor: James E. MCCARTHY, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20250043709
    Abstract: A vehicle hybrid powertrain includes an internal combustion engine: an electrical drivetrain: a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device coupled to receive exhaust from the internal combustion engine: a fuel burner; and a control system that controls heat applied to the SCR device including by controlling the fuel burner and the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: James E. MCCARTHY, Jr., Mihai DOROBANTU
  • Patent number: 12214211
    Abstract: A medical treatment system includes a medical treatment device for monitoring and providing treatment to a patient and a companion device communicatively coupled to the medical treatment device. The medical treatment device may display case information including physiological information visually rendered from physiological sensor inputs in a first display format and transmit the case information and medical data to the companion device. The companion device may include a device interface having a display screen to accept user input instructions for the medical treatment device during a medical event. The companion device may process the case information and medical data received from the medical treatment device and also cause display, at the device interface, of multiple data display views in which each of the display views is selectable via a respective display view selection portion of the device interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: James P. O'Connor, Kristen B. McCarthy, Mark Weary, Brett B. Bonner, Dan E. Goldman, Martin F. Trew, Shannon L. Peterson, Denise R. Eizadkhah
  • Patent number: 12209544
    Abstract: A method of operating a system including a hydrogen internal combustion engine and a supercharger between a normal operating mode and an engine braking mode. In the normal operating mode, the supercharger operates at a first rotational speed to deliver air to an intake manifold of the engine. In the engine braking mode, the supercharger operates at a second rotational speed to deliver air to the intake manifold and a restriction is provided to increase a pressure ratio across the supercharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, Jr., Mihai Dorobantu, Kevin Snyder
  • Patent number: 12163447
    Abstract: A rocker arm configured to perform a first event and a second event against a valve bridge assembly operably associated with first and second engine valves includes a rocker arm body configured to rotate about a rocker shaft. The rocker arm body includes a first event rocker arm assembly comprising a hydraulic capsule in a bore, and a second event rocker arm assembly. The first event rocker arm assembly is configured to selectively engage the valve bridge assembly to open the first and second engine valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, Jr., Douglas J. Nielsen, Kshamta Bishnoi, Nicola Andrisani
  • Publication number: 20240392713
    Abstract: A transmission system selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes a transmission, an aftertreatment system, an accessory device and a controller. The aftertreatment system reduces emissions in an exhaust of the internal combustion engine. The accessory device is configured to provide power. The controller operates in an aftertreatment heat-up mode such that the aftertreatment system is heated up to an elevated temperature and emissions are thereby reduced based on the elevated temperature. The controller is configured to heat up the aftertreatment system to reach between one (1) and two (2) kilowatt hours (kWh) of enthalpy before two minutes at engine startup by (i) operating the internal combustion engine in cylinder deactivation mode (CDA); (ii) operating the internal combustion engine at an elevated idle speed; and (iii) operating the accessory device at a threshold power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, JR., Mihai Dorobantu, Gary Neely, Andrew Matheaus, Viken Yeranosian
  • Publication number: 20240392156
    Abstract: Coating compositions may protect substrates from environmental exposure. A coating composition may comprise an epoxy resin component, a polyol, a cardanol-based diluent, and a crosslinking agent. The coating composition may resist chalking and extend the recoat window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ross Curran, James E. McCarthy
  • Patent number: 12152523
    Abstract: Systems include a prime mover that generates power for a mobile vehicle; a power converter that receives a portion of the generated power, and provides configured electrical power to an aftertreatment heater device configured to selectively heat an exhaust fluid of the prime mover; at least one aftertreatment component positioned downstream of the aftertreatment heater device, and configured to treat a constituent of the exhaust fluid; and a controller including an operating conditions circuit structured to interpret an operating parameter of one of the power converter, the aftertreatment heater device, the prime mover, or the exhaust fluid; a heater management circuit that determines a heating power value in response to the operating parameter; and a heater control circuit that provides a heating command in response to the heating power value; and wherein the power converter is responsive to the heating command to heat the exhaust fluid of the prime mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Viken Rafi Yeranosian, Sarah Elizabeth Behringer, Elizabeth Jane Mercer, Nicole Downing, James E. McCarthy, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12104542
    Abstract: When selecting cylinders of a multi-cylinder diesel engine in an engine system for cylinder deactivation (CDA), a method can comprise designating a first resonance around a first periodic frequency output of the engine system as a primary boundary and designating a second resonance around a second periodic frequency output of the engine system as a secondary boundary. Selecting cylinders can comprise selecting one of half, one third, or two thirds of the multiple cylinders for CDA while firing the remaining multiple cylinders. The selection can be made so that the periodic frequency output of the engine is between the primary and secondary boundaries. A compact periodic frequency band can be implemented to further restrict the selection of cylinders for CDA. The first periodic frequency output can be about 15 Hertz+/?1.5 Hertz and the second periodic frequency output can be between 30-40 Hertz+/?1.5 Hertz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, Jr., Matthew Pieczko
  • Publication number: 20240317210
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle with a hybrid powertrain comprising an electrical drivetrain and an internal combustion engine includes detecting that a temperature of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device of an aftertreatment system of the vehicle is below a particular temperature; directing the electrical drivetrain to fulfil a vehicle drive load; and while the electrical drivetrain is fulfilling the vehicle drive load and the temperature of the SCR device is below the particular temperature, operating the internal combustion engine to generate airflow for transport of heat through the aftertreatment system and directing a heat source to raise a temperature through the SCR device of the aftertreatment system. The internal combustion engine can be operated in idle to spin the internal combustion engine to generate the airflow while the electrical drivetrain fulfils the vehicle drive load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, JR., Mihai DOROBANTU
  • Patent number: 12071867
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an exhaust valve rocker arm assembly selectively opening first and second exhaust valves is provided. The assembly includes an exhaust rocker arm and a valve bridge operably associated with the exhaust rocker arm and including a main body and a first lever rotatably coupled to the main body. The main body is configured to engage the first exhaust valve, and the first lever is configured to engage the second exhaust valve. The valve bridge further includes a second lever rotatably coupled to the main body. The second lever is configured to engage the first exhaust valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, Jr., Douglas J. Nielsen, Mark VanWingerden
  • Patent number: 12071884
    Abstract: A transmission system selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes a transmission, an aftertreatment system, an accessory device and a controller. The aftertreatment system reduces emissions in an exhaust of the internal combustion engine. The accessory device is configured to provide power. The controller operates in an aftertreatment heat-up mode such that the aftertreatment system is heated up to an elevated temperature and emissions are thereby reduced based on the elevated temperature. The controller is configured to heat up the aftertreatment system to reach between one (1) and two (2) kilowatt hours (kWh) of enthalpy before two minutes at engine startup by (i) operating the internal combustion engine in cylinder deactivation mode (CDA); (ii) operating the internal combustion engine at an elevated idle speed; and (iii) operating the accessory device at a threshold power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, Jr., Mihai Dorobantu, Gary Neely, Andrew Matheaus, Viken Yeranosian
  • Patent number: 12006850
    Abstract: A method of providing a rocker arm set for a valvetrain includes providing a first intake rocker arm, a second intake rocker arm and a first exhaust rocker arm. The first intake rocker arm is configured as a switching rocker arm for a first intake valve on a first cylinder. The second intake rocker arm is for a second intake valve on a second cylinder. The second rocker arm is configured to operate in a normal Otto cycle mode. The first exhaust rocker arm is provided for a first exhaust valve on the second cylinder. The first intake rocker arm operates in one of an LIVC or EIVC mode where the first intake rocker arm is configured to open or close at a different time compared to the second intake valve. The first exhaust rocker arm operates in a cylinder deactivation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, Jr., Eric Yankovic
  • Patent number: 11999341
    Abstract: A method of heating an aftertreatment system includes fulfilling a vehicle drive load of a vehicle via an electrical drivetrain of a vehicle hybrid powertrain, wherein the vehicle hybrid powertrain comprises the electrical drivetrain and an internal combustion engine; while the electrical drivetrain is fulfilling the vehicle drive load, operating the internal combustion engine to generate airflow for transport of heat through the aftertreatment system; and directing a heat source to raise a temperature through a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device of the aftertreatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, Jr., Mihai Dorobantu
  • Patent number: 11821350
    Abstract: An exhaust control system for a vehicle includes a temperature sensor positioned downstream of an exhaust burner and upstream of an SCR catalyst in an exhaust system. The temperature sensor is configured to generate a measurement signal indicative a temperature of exhaust flowing through the exhaust system at an outlet of a DPF positioned downstream of the exhaust burner. An exhaust control module is configured to turn the exhaust burner on to heat the exhaust, monitor the temperature of the exhaust based on the measurement signal, subsequent to turning the exhaust burner on, turn the exhaust burner off based on an upper threshold temperature of the exhaust, and, subsequent to turning the exhaust burner off, turn the exhaust burner on based on a lower threshold temperature of the exhaust. The lower threshold temperature is less than the upper threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Harris, James E. McCarthy, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11814033
    Abstract: A vehicle hybrid powertrain includes an internal combustion engine; an electrical drivetrain; a light-off selective catalytic reduction (LO-SCR) device coupled to receive exhaust from the internal combustion engine; and a control system that directs cylinder deactivation (CDA) of the internal combustion engine and controls heat applied to the LO-SCR device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, Jr., Mihai Dorobantu
  • Publication number: 20230235686
    Abstract: A rocker arm assembly selectively opening first and second engine valves. The assembly includes a rocker arm and a valve bridge operably associated with the rocker arm and including a main body and a lever rotatably coupled to the main body. The main body is configured to engage the first engine valve, and the lever is configured to engage the second engine valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, JR., Douglas J. Nielsen, Mark VanWingerden
  • Publication number: 20230174050
    Abstract: A method of heating an aftertreatment system includes fulfilling a vehicle drive load of a vehicle via an electrical drivetrain of a vehicle hybrid powertrain, wherein the vehicle hybrid powertrain comprises the electrical drivetrain and an internal combustion engine; while the electrical drivetrain is fulfilling the vehicle drive load, operating the internal combustion engine to generate airflow for transport of heat through the aftertreatment system; and directing a heat source to raise a temperature through a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device of the aftertreatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, JR., Mihai DOROBANTU
  • Publication number: 20230174049
    Abstract: A vehicle hybrid powertrain includes an internal combustion engine; an electrical drivetrain; a light-off selective catalytic reduction (LO-SCR) device coupled to receive exhaust from the internal combustion engine; and a control system that directs cylinder deactivation (CDA) of the internal combustion engine and controls heat applied to the LO-SCR device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, JR., Mihai DOROBANTU
  • Publication number: 20230167754
    Abstract: A rocker arm configured to perform a first event and a second event against a valve bridge assembly operably associated with first and second engine valves includes a rocker arm body configured to rotate about a rocker shaft. The rocker arm body includes a first event rocker arm assembly comprising a hydraulic capsule in a bore, and a second event rocker arm assembly. The first event rocker arm assembly is configured to selectively engage the valve bridge assembly to open the first and second engine valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James E. McCarthy, JR., Douglas J. Nielsen, Kshamta Bishnoi, Nicola Andrisani