Patents by Inventor Kent Jeffries

Kent Jeffries 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: 11725619
    Abstract: An alignment system includes an optical sensor device that may be inserted into a passage of a body that is located between a fuel injector and a combustion chamber of an engine cylinder. The body is shaped to transmit fuel ejected from a spray hole in a fuel injector into the combustion chamber of the engine cylinder. The system also includes a controller that may examine output of the optical sensor device and determine whether the passage of the body is aligned with the spray hole of the fuel injector based on the output from the optical sensor device. The controller may change a position of one or more of the body or the fuel injector responsive to determining that the passage of the body is not aligned with the spray hole of the fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Richerson, Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Eric Dillen, Kevin Bailey, Kent Jeffries, Brett Heher, Manuel Licon Flores
  • Publication number: 20220268248
    Abstract: An alignment system includes an optical sensor device that may be inserted into a passage of a body that is located between a fuel injector and a combustion chamber of an engine cylinder. The body is shaped to transmit fuel ejected from a spray hole in a fuel injector into the combustion chamber of the engine cylinder. The system also includes a controller that may examine output of the optical sensor device and determine whether the passage of the body is aligned with the spray hole of the fuel injector based on the output from the optical sensor device. The controller may change a position of one or more of the body or the fuel injector responsive to determining that the passage of the body is not aligned with the spray hole of the fuel injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jay Richerson, Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Eric Dillen, Kevin Bailey, Kent Jeffries, Brett Heher, Manuel Licon Flores
  • Patent number: 10323607
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a drain system for an EGR system of an engine system. In one example, the drain system includes a connector fluidly coupled to each of an intake system, an exhaust system, and a fluid collector, where the connector is positioned vertically below an intake manifold of the intake system and an exhaust passage of the exhaust system and vertically above the fluid collector with respect to a surface on which an engine sits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Paul Bailey, Daniel Edward Loringer, Kent Jeffries, Eric David Peters, David Marshall Wright, Christopher Joseph Homison
  • Publication number: 20180017025
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a drain system for an EGR system of an engine system. In one example, the drain system includes a connector fluidly coupled to each of an intake system, an exhaust system, and a fluid collector, where the connector is positioned vertically below an intake manifold of the intake system and an exhaust passage of the exhaust system and vertically above the fluid collector with respect to a surface on which an engine sits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kevin Paul Bailey, Daniel Edward Loringer, Kent Jeffries, Eric David Peters, David Marshall Wright, Christopher Joseph Homison
  • Publication number: 20090107770
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting fugitive fueling arising from a pressure-lubricated air inlet system component, such as a turbocharger, within an internal combustion engine includes monitoring lubricating oil pressure within at least one location within the lubrication circuit of the engine and comparing the monitored oil pressure with the failure range contained within a component failure template. If the monitored oil pressure lies within the failure range of the component failure template, remedial action will be taken to mitigate engine damage caused by oil entering engine cylinders from the failed component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: James R. Mischler, Luke M. Henry, Nikita Goel, Kyle C. Stott, Kent Jeffries, John S. Roth