Patents by Inventor Jeffrey B. Hoke

Jeffrey B. Hoke 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: 20240024818
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to oxidation catalyst compositions comprising a platinum group metal (PGM) component comprising palladium, platinum, or a combination thereof; a manganese component; and a first refractory metal oxide support material comprising zirconia; catalytic articles; and exhaust gas treatment systems, as well as methods of making and using such oxidation catalyst compositions, for example, to reduce formaldehyde levels in engine exhaust emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shiang Sung, Jeffrey B. Hoke, Markus Koegel
  • Publication number: 20230330598
    Abstract: The present invention relates a system for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a diesel combustion engine, said system comprising a specific NOx adsorber component, a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) component, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) component, a gas heating component, and a reductant injector, wherein in said system, the specific NOx adsorber component is arranged upstream of the gas heating component, the reductant injector is arranged up-stream of the SCR component, the gas heating component is arranged upstream of the reductant injector, the DOC component is arranged upstream of the reductant injector, and the DOC component and the gas heating component are directly consecutive components. Further, the present invention relates a process for preparing such a system and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Gerd Grubert, Alfred Punke, Arne Tobias Niggebaum, Sven Jare Lohmeier, Emre Emmez, Torsten Neubauer, Jeffrey B. Hoke, Shiang Sung
  • Publication number: 20230321636
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to oxidation catalyst compositions comprising a platinum group metal (PGM) component comprising palladium, platinum, or a combination thereof; a first oxide chosen from oxides of cerium, silicon, iron, cobalt, zinc, chromium, molybdenum, nickel, tungsten, magnesium, antimony, tin, lead, yttrium, and combinations thereof; and a first refractory metal oxide support material; catalytic articles; and exhaust gas treatment systems, as well as methods of making and using such oxidation catalyst compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Shiang Sung, Jeffrey B. Hoke, Markus Koegel
  • Patent number: 11484874
    Abstract: Described herein are coatings. The coatings can, for example, catalyze carbon gasification. In some examples, the coatings comprise: a first region having a first thickness, the first region comprising a manganese oxide, a chromium-manganese oxide, or a combination thereof; a second region having a second thickness, the second region comprising Ni, Fe, W, Cr, Co, Mn, Ti, Mo, V, Nb, Zr, Si, C, or a combination thereof; and an alkaline earth metal, an alkaline earth oxide, an alkaline earth carbonate, an alkaline earth silicate, molybdemun, a molybdenum oxide, a molybdenum carbide, a mixed-metal perovskite, a mixed metal inorganic oxide, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: BASF QTECH INC.
    Inventors: Roy Venturina, Qingyuan Hu, Jeffrey B. Hoke, Pascaline Tran
  • Publication number: 20220241761
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an emission treatment system for oxidation of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and for NOx abatement in an exhaust stream of a lean burn engine, the emission treatment system including a low-temperature NOx adsorber (LT-NA) that includes a molecular sieve impregnated with at least one PGM component positioned in fluid communication with the exhaust stream; and an oxidation catalyst that includes a refractory metal oxide support containing manganese impregnated with platinum positioned in fluid communication with the exhaust stream, each of the LT-NA and the oxidation catalyst being disposed on a substrate. The invention provides a catalyst article combining an oxidation catalyst with a LT-NA and a related method of treatment of an exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Hoke, Gerd Grubert, Alfred Punke
  • Publication number: 20200330972
    Abstract: Described herein are coatings. The coatings can, for example, catalyze carbon gasification. In some examples, the coatings comprise: a first region having a first thickness, the first region comprising a manganese oxide, a chromium-manganese oxide, or a combination thereof; a second region having a second thickness, the second region comprising Ni, Fe, W, Cr, Co, Mn, Ti, Mo, V, Nb, Zr, Si, C, or a combination thereof; and an alkaline earth metal, an alkaline earth oxide, an alkaline earth carbonate, an alkaline earth silicate, molybdemun, a molybdemn oxide, a molybdemn carbide, a mixed-metal perovskite, a mixed metal inorganic oxide, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Roy Venturina, Qingyuan Hu, Jeffrey B. Hoke, Pascaline Tran
  • Patent number: 10744459
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides an emission treatment system for at least partial conversion of gaseous CO emissions. The exhaust gas treatment system includes various components such as a first catalyst component selected from a LNT or an oxidation catalyst for the abatement of HC and CO, which contains a catalyst composition such as a platinum group metal component impregnated into a refractory oxide material. Another component in the exhaust gas treatment system is an SCR catalyst for the abatement of NOx, which contains a catalyst composition such as a metal ion-exchanged molecular sieve and can be optionally absent when the first catalyst component is an LNT. A second oxidation catalyst for further abatement of CO is also part of the emission treatment system and includes a third catalyst composition selected from a platinum group metal component, a base metal oxide component, or combinations thereof disposed onto a carrier substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey B. Hoke
  • Publication number: 20200001280
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composition is provided, the composition including at least one platinum group metal impregnated onto a porous alumina material, wherein the porous alumina material comprises a copper-alumina spinel phase. At least a portion of the copper-alumina spinel phase can be proximal to, or in direct contact with, at least one platinum group metal crystallite, such as a crystallite having a size of about 1 nm or greater. The close proximity of the copper-alumina spinel phase to the platinum group metal crystallite is believed to provide synergistic enhancement of carbon monoxide oxidation. Methods of making and using the catalyst composition are also provided, as well as emission treatment systems comprising a catalyst article coated with the catalyst composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Oleg Ilinich, Jeffrey B. Hoke
  • Publication number: 20190270081
    Abstract: Catalytic and/or sorptive articles comprising a metal fiber felt, the metal felt having an array of metal fibers and voids and a catalyst composition and/or a sorbent composition disposed on the metal fibers and within the voids are described. Such articles can be highly effective towards the abatement of pollutants in exhaust gas streams from internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Oleg Ilinich, Stanley A. Roth, Jeffrey B. Hoke
  • Publication number: 20190060833
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides an emission treatment system for at least partial conversion of gaseous CO emissions. The exhaust gas treatment system includes various components such as a first catalyst component selected from a LNT or an oxidation catalyst for the abatement of HC and CO, which contains a catalyst composition such as a platinum group metal component impregnated into a refractory oxide material. Another component in the exhaust gas treatment system is an SCR catalyst for the abatement of NOx, which contains a catalyst composition such as a metal ion-exchanged molecular sieve and can be optionally absent when the first catalyst component is an LNT. A second oxidation catalyst for further abatement of CO is also part of the emission treatment system and includes a third catalyst composition selected from a platinum group metal component, a base metal oxide component, or combinations thereof disposed onto a carrier substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffrey B. Hoke
  • Patent number: 10137414
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composite, methods and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from an advanced combustion engine, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) and the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from a diesel engine and an advanced combustion diesel engine are disclosed. More particularly, washcoat compositions are disclosed comprising at least two washcoat layers, a first washcoat comprising a palladium component and a first support containing cerium and a second washcoat containing platinum and one or more molecular sieves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Hoke, Joseph C. Dettling
  • Publication number: 20160339389
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composite, methods and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from an advanced combustion engine, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) and the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from a diesel engine and an advanced combustion diesel engine are disclosed. More particularly, washcoat compositions are disclosed comprising at least two washcoat layers, a first washcoat comprising a palladium component and a first support containing cerium and a second washcoat containing platinum and one or more molecular sieves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Hoke, Joseph C. Dettling
  • Patent number: 9440192
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composite, methods and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from an advanced combustion engine, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) and the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from a diesel engine and an advanced combustion diesel engine are disclosed. More particularly, washcoat compositions are disclosed comprising at least two washcoat layers, a first washcoat comprising a palladium component and a first support containing cerium and a second washcoat containing platinum and one or more molecular sieves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Hoke, Joseph C. Dettling
  • Patent number: 9321042
    Abstract: Described are catalyst compositions, catalytic articles, methods of manufacturing catalytic articles and exhaust gas treatment systems and methods that utilize the catalytic articles. The catalytic articles include a washcoat of platinum group metal on refractory oxide support particles, and further including a molecular sieve wherein greater than 90% of the molecular sieve particles have a particle size greater than 1 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Hoke, Ahmad Moini, Marcus Hilgendorff
  • Patent number: 9138725
    Abstract: A catalyst material for the oxidation of NO comprising a catalyst carrier including a ceria-alumina support having platinum and optionally palladium dispersed on the support is described. When palladium is present, the ratio of platinum to palladium by weight is at least 1:1. The amount of ceria in the support is in the range of 1% to 12% by weight. The catalyst material is useful for methods and systems of abating pollutants from automotive exhaust gas from lean burn engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Hoke, Olga Gerlach, Andreas Sundermann
  • Patent number: 9034287
    Abstract: Described are catalyst compositions, catalytic articles, exhaust gas treatment systems and methods that utilize the catalytic articles. The catalyst composition comprises a washcoat including a zeolite, refractory metal oxide support particles, and a platinum group metal supported on the refractory metal oxide support particles. Greater than 90% of the refractory metal oxide particles supporting PGM have a particle size greater than 1 ?m and a d50 less than 40 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Olga Gerlach, Andreas Sundermann, Jeffrey B. Hoke
  • Patent number: 9034269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst comprising a carrier substrate, and a first washcoat layer disposed on the substrate, the first washcoat layer comprising palladium supported on a support material comprising a metal oxide, gold supported on a support material comprising a metal oxide, and a ceria comprising compound, as well as a process for the preparation of such catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marcus Hilgendorff, Alfred H. Punke, Torsten W. Müller-Stach, Gerd Grubert, Torsten Neubauer, Jeffrey B. Hoke
  • Patent number: 8980209
    Abstract: Described are catalyst compositions, catalytic articles, methods of manufacturing catalytic articles and exhaust gas treatment systems and methods that utilize the catalytic articles. The catalyst composition comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising a washcoat layer including a platinum group metal supported on a refractory metal oxide support and porous molecular sieve particles having internal pores, the molecular sieve particles protected by a protecting material selected from an organic wax encapsulating the molecular sieve particles, a polymer encapsulating the molecular sieve particles, an inorganic oxide deposited on the surface of the molecular sieve particles, or an organic compound filling the internal pores of the molecular sieve particles, wherein the protecting material prevents interaction of the molecular sieve particles with the platinum group metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Hoke, Oleg Ilinich, Michael Breen
  • Publication number: 20140271428
    Abstract: Described are catalyst compositions, catalytic articles, exhaust gas treatment systems and methods that utilize the catalytic articles. The catalyst composition comprises a washcoat including a zeolite, refractory metal oxide support particles, and a platinum group metal supported on the refractory metal oxide support particles. Greater than 90% of the refractory metal oxide particles supporting PGM have a particle size greater than 1 ?m and a d50 less than 40 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Olga Gerlach, Andreas Sundermann, Jeffrey B. Hoke
  • Publication number: 20140271427
    Abstract: A catalyst material for the oxidation of NO comprising a catalyst carrier including a ceria-alumina support having platinum and optionally palladium dispersed on the support is described. When palladium is present, the ratio of platinum to palladium by weight is at least 1:1. The amount of ceria in the support is in the range of 1% to 12% by weight. The catalyst material is useful for methods and systems of abating pollutants from automotive exhaust gas from lean burn engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Hoke, Olga Gerlach, Andreas Sundermann