Patents by Inventor Kevin C. Earle

Kevin C. Earle 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: 10590857
    Abstract: An assembly including a first turbocharger, the first turbocharger including a first turbine and a first compressor, the first turbine arranged in a turbine flowpath to be driven in rotation by an exhaust gas flowing at a variable flow rate through the turbine flowpath. The first compressor arranged in a compressor flowpath to be driven by the first turbine to urge an intake gas to flow through the compressor flowpath. The first turbine and first compressor being supported for rotation in bearings supplied via an oil flowpath at an oil pressure. The assembly further including a seal arranged between the oil flowpath and the compressor flowpath to resist leakage of the oil into the compressor flowpath and a flow control means configured to control a rotational speed of the first turbine and first compressor by controlling the flow of exhaust gas in the turbine flowpath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: Lorna Thomas, Prabhu Ramasamy, Kevin C. Earle, Steven A. Gahlings
  • Publication number: 20180202370
    Abstract: An assembly including a first turbocharger, the first turbocharger including a first turbine and a first compressor, the first turbine arranged in a turbine flowpath to be driven in rotation by an exhaust gas flowing at a variable flow rate through the turbine flowpath. The first compressor arranged in a compressor flowpath to be driven by the first turbine to urge an intake gas to flow through the compressor flowpath. The first turbine and first compressor being supported for rotation in bearings supplied via an oil flowpath at an oil pressure. The assembly further including a seal arranged between the oil flowpath and the compressor flowpath to resist leakage of the oil into the compressor flowpath and a flow control means configured to control a rotational speed of the first turbine and first compressor by controlling the flow of exhaust gas in the turbine flowpath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: Lorna Lorna Thomas, Prabhu Ramasamy, Kevin C. Earle, Steven A. Gahlings
  • Publication number: 20070288291
    Abstract: A method and system for providing notification of scheduled meetings in a meeting room. The method includes determining that a first meeting has been scheduled in a meeting room and that another meeting has been scheduled or is occurring in the meeting room within a predetermined time range prior to the first meeting. An automatic notification may then be provided in the meeting room as a function of the predetermined time range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Kevin C. Earle