Patents by Inventor John Sponsky

John Sponsky 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: 9488098
    Abstract: A device for mixing exhaust gas in an engine air intake includes a mixing chamber disposed or formed in an air intake conduit, the mixing chamber having an inlet for receiving intake air and an outlet for exhausting the intake air, and having a port between the inlet and the outlet and a mixer tube extending into the port, an end portion of the mixer tube disposed in the mixing chamber shaped as a cylindrical-section having an elongated opening facing the mixing chamber outlet and a wall facing the mixing chamber inlet, a cross-sectional area of the end portion of the mixer tube being at least 40% of a cross sectional area of the mixing chamber at a point where the mixer tube extends into the mixing chamber and an end tip of the mixer tube being spaced from a wall of the mixing chamber opposite the aperture by a distance not more than 20% of a width of the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: MACK TRUCKS, INC.
    Inventor: John Sponsky
  • Patent number: 8939174
    Abstract: A drop-in cartridge style, four-chamber EGR valve, includes a valve actuator, a valve stem extending from the valve actuator and having two valve heads mutually spaced on the stem, and a frame having a plurality of longitudinally extending members connected by at least first and second ring members, the frame being divided along a longitudinal axis into two mating parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Sponsky, John Lowe
  • Patent number: 8661803
    Abstract: An exhaust diluting and diffusing apparatus includes a first pipe forming a vertically directed outlet for an exhaust conduit and a second diffuser pipe mounted to receive an exhaust gas flow from the outlet of the first pipe, the second pipe having a diameter greater than the diameter of the first pipe to define an ambient air inlet gap surrounding the outlet of the first pipe, and being sufficiently wide to allow the exhaust gas to expand and diffuse in the second pipe. The device further includes a dispersing outlet mounted at an end of the second pipe and configured to direct exhaust gas radially outward, an area defined by the diffuser outlet being greater than an area of the outlet of the first pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Sponsky, Edward M Smith, III
  • Publication number: 20130248752
    Abstract: A drop-in cartridge style, four-chamber EGR valve, includes a valve actuator, a valve stem extending from the valve actuator and having two valve heads mutually spaced on the stem, and a frame having a plurality of longitudinally extending members connected by at least first and second ring members, the frame being divided along a longitudinal axis into two mating parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Sponsky, John Lowe
  • Publication number: 20130180240
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery device bypass arrangement includes a conduit having s first end and a second end adapted to connect upstream and downstream, respectively, of a waste heat recovery device, a valve in the conduit, the valve being control-table to open and close, and a controller arranged to control the valve to open in response to a first signal and close in response to a second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Horne, John Sponsky
  • Publication number: 20110061634
    Abstract: A device for mixing exhaust gas in an engine air intake includes a mixing chamber disposed or formed in an air intake conduit, the mixing chamber having an inlet for receiving intake air and an outlet for exhausting the intake air, and having a port between the inlet and the outlet and a mixer tube extending into the port, an end portion of the mixer tube disposed in the mixing chamber shaped as a cylindrical-section having an elongated opening facing the mixing chamber outlet and a wall facing the mixing chamber inlet, a cross-sectional area of the end portion of the mixer tube being at least 40% of a cross sectional area of the mixing chamber at a point where the mixer tube extends into the mixing chamber and an end tip of the mixer tube being spaced from a wall of the mixing chamber opposite the aperture by a distance not more than 20% of a width of the mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: MACK TRUCKS, INC.
    Inventor: John Sponsky
  • Publication number: 20100242460
    Abstract: An exhaust diluting and diffusing apparatus includes a first pipe forming a vertically directed outlet for an exhaust conduit and a second diffuser pipe mounted to receive an exhaust gas flow from the outlet of the first pipe, the second pipe having a diameter greater than the diameter of the first pipe to define an ambient air inlet gap surrounding the outlet of the first pipe, and being sufficiently wide to allow the exhaust gas to expand and diffuse in the second pipe. The device further includes a dispersing outlet mounted at an end of the second pipe and configured to direct exhaust gas radially outward, an area defined by the diffuser outlet being greater than an area of the outlet of the first pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: MACK TRUCKS, INC.
    Inventors: John Sponsky, Edward M Smith, III