Patents by Inventor Jithin Benjamin
Jithin Benjamin 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).
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Patent number: 12646729Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of detecting a hydrogen leak in a system comprising a hydrogen storage system storing hydrogen, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a hydrogen storage system controller, and a notification system. The hydrogen storage system controller is configured to measure thermodynamic properties of the hydrogen in the hydrogen storage system, and the thermodynamic properties of the hydrogen are used to determine if there is a hydrogen leak in the fuel cell system. The notification system alerts a user of any detected hydrogen leak.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Tarkan Yapici, Max Donald Carruthers, Jithin Benjamin, Archit N. Koti, Stephen James McLaren, Arun Harohalli Chandra Shekar, Mehfoos Lal Yacoob
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Publication number: 20260054696Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for optimizing refueling hydrogen in vehicles. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to identifying a refueling station, conducting a safety check on the vehicle based on a distance between the vehicle and the refueling station, switching a power source of the vehicle to only be a battery, swapping an empty or partially filled hydrogen fuel tank on the vehicle with a filled or partially filled hydrogen fuel tank at the refueling station, and switching the power source of the vehicle to include a hydrogen power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2025Publication date: February 26, 2026Inventors: Aaron William BEINBORN, David P. GENTER, Kieran J. RICHARDS, Brian K. LANDES, Jithin BENJAMIN, Joseph P. CHANDRARAJ, Agneya TURLAPATI, Sravan Kumar RAGI, Heonjoong LEE, Michael BATES
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Patent number: 12479402Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for optimizing refueling hydrogen in vehicles. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to identifying a refueling station, conducting a safety check on the vehicle based on a distance between the vehicle and the refueling station, switching a power source of the vehicle to only be a battery, swapping an empty or partially filled hydrogen fuel tank on the vehicle with a filled or partially filled hydrogen fuel tank at the refueling station, and switching the power source of the vehicle to include a hydrogen power source.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignee: CUMMINS INC.Inventors: Aaron William Beinborn, David P. Genter, Kieran J. Richards, Brian K. Landes, Jithin Benjamin, Joseph P. Chandraraj, Agneya Turlapati, Sravan Kumar Ragi, Heonjoong Lee, Michael Bates
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Publication number: 20240227778Abstract: In some implementations, a method may include obtaining target fault data indicating a preselected fault for a vehicle having a hydrogen source. In addition, the method may include obtaining vehicle fault data indicating a fault of the vehicle. The method may include identifying a match between the fault and the preselected fault. Moreover, the method may include purging, in response to the identifying the match, hydrogen from the hydrogen source so as to reduce consequences of a battery thermal event by reducing the likelihood of a hydrogen-fueled fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Max Donald Carruthers, Steven James Mclaren, Abdul Ishaq, Tarkan Yapici, Mehfoos Yacoob, Thomas Stewart, Jithin Benjamin, J. Steven Kolhouse, Kenneth M. Follen, Ethan Charles Seifer, Hoseinali Borhan, Lisa A. Orth-Farrell, Joseph P. Chandraraj, Michael Stuglik
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Publication number: 20240132051Abstract: In some implementations, a method may include obtaining target fault data indicating a preselected fault for a vehicle having a hydrogen source. In addition, the method may include obtaining vehicle fault data indicating a fault of the vehicle. The method may include identifying a match between the fault and the preselected fault. Moreover, the method may include purging, in response to the identifying the match, hydrogen from the hydrogen source so as to reduce consequences of a battery thermal event by reducing the likelihood of a hydrogen-fueled fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Max Donald Carruthers, Steven James Mclaren, Abdul Ishaq, Tarkan Yapici, Mehfoos Yacoob, Thomas Stewart, Jithin Benjamin, J. Steven Kolhouse, Kenneth M. Follen, Ethan Charles Seifer, Hoseinali Borhan, Lisa A. Orth-Farrell, Joseph P. Chandraraj, Michael Stuglik
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Publication number: 20240079616Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of detecting a hydrogen leak in a system comprising a hydrogen storage system storing hydrogen, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a hydrogen storage system controller, and a notification system. The hydrogen storage system controller is configured to measure thermodynamic properties of the hydrogen in the hydrogen storage system, and the thermodynamic properties of the hydrogen are used to determine if there is a hydrogen leak in the fuel cell system. The notification system alerts a user of any detected hydrogen leak.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Tarkan Yapici, Max Donald Carruthers, Jithin Benjamin, Archit N. Koti, Stephen James McLaren, Arun Harohalli Chandra Shekar, Mehfoos Lal Yacoob
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Publication number: 20230322190Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for optimizing refueling hydrogen in vehicles. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to identifying a refueling station, conducting a safety check on the vehicle based on a distance between the vehicle and the refueling station, switching a power source of the vehicle to only be a battery, swapping an empty or partially filled hydrogen fuel tank on the vehicle with a filled or partially filled hydrogen fuel tank at the refueling station, and switching the power source of the vehicle to include a hydrogen power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Aaron William BEINBORN, David P. GENTER, Kieran J. RICHARDS, Brian K. LANDES, Jithin BENJAMIN, Joseph P. CHANDRARAJ, Agneya TURLAPATI, Sravan Kumar RAGI, Heonjoong LEE, Michael BATES
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Patent number: 11529572Abstract: A filtration assembly includes a housing. The housing includes a first housing for fluid and a second housing opening for fluid. A containment cover is removably coupled to the housing. The containment cover defines a cover opening, a cover surface, and a flow passage. The cover opening is in fluid communication with the housing. The cover surface is substantially continuous around a circumference of the containment cover. The cover surface includes an open portion in fluid communication with the second housing opening. The flow passage is formed by a first passage surface and a second passage surface. The flow passage includes a first end in fluid communication with the cover opening. A second end is in fluid communication with the second housing opening through the open portion of the cover surface. The flow passage extends radially outward from the cover opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Wassem Abdalla, Joshua Luther Young, Vaibhav Pimpalte, Peter K. Herman, Ismail C. Bagci, Jithin Benjamin
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Publication number: 20210170313Abstract: A filtration assembly includes a housing. The housing includes a first housing for fluid and a second housing opening for fluid. A containment cover is removably coupled to the housing. The containment cover defines a cover opening, a cover surface, and a flow passage. The cover opening is in fluid communication with the housing. The cover surface is substantially continuous around a circumference of the containment cover. The cover surface includes an open portion in fluid communication with the second housing opening. The flow passage is formed by a first passage surface and a second passage surface. The flow passage includes a first end in fluid communication with the cover opening. A second end is in fluid communication with the second housing opening through the open portion of the cover surface. The flow passage extends radially outward from the cover opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.Inventors: Wassem Abdalla, Joshua Luther Young, Vaibhav Pimpalte, Peter K. Herman, Ismail C. Bagci, Jithin Benjamin
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Patent number: 10605149Abstract: Integrated cooling systems including a frame configured for mounting to a vehicle chassis in a path of ram air entering an engine compartment of a vehicle, a radiator connected to the frame in the ram air path, a waste heat recovery (WHR) condenser, a recouperator connected to the frame above a ram air path and coupled to the WHR condenser, and a coolant boiler connected to the frame below the ram air path and coupled to the radiator and recouperator are disclosed. Cooling systems configured for use in a WHR system, including an inlet header fixedly disposed on a first end of a condenser, the inlet header fluidly coupled to a heat exchanger to receive the working fluid, and a receiver fixedly disposed on a second end of the condenser opposite the first end, the receiver configured to receive the working fluid from the condenser are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Jithin Benjamin, Timothy C. Ernst, James A. Zigan, Kevin C. Augustin, Sr., David E. Koeberlein, Nimish Bagayatkar
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Publication number: 20170335745Abstract: Integrated cooling systems including a frame configured for mounting to a vehicle chassis in a path of ram air entering an engine compartment of a vehicle, a radiator connected to the frame in the ram air path, a waste heat recovery (WHR) condenser, a recouperator connected to the frame above a ram air path and coupled to the WHR condenser, and a coolant boiler connected to the frame below the ram air path and coupled to the radiator and recouperator are disclosed. Cooling systems configured for use in a WHR system, including an inlet header fixedly disposed on a first end of a condenser, the inlet header fluidly coupled to a heat exchanger to receive the working fluid, and a receiver fixedly disposed on a second end of the condenser opposite the first end, the receiver configured to receive the working fluid from the condenser are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Jithin Benjamin, Timothy C. Ernst, James A. Zigan, Kevin C. Augustin, David E. Koeberlein, Nimish Bagayatkar