Patents by Inventor Kurtis E. Chenoweth

Kurtis E. Chenoweth 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: 10364728
    Abstract: A system for assembling an exhaust after-treatment assembly having a plurality of exhaust after-treatment blocks is described. Each of the plurality of exhaust after-treatment blocks is disposed adjacent to at least one other exhaust after-treatment block. Each exhaust after-treatment block has one or more catalyst substrates. Each catalyst substrate includes a first face, a second face, and a plurality of side faces. The system includes at least one flange member to surround the one or more catalyst substrates about the side faces. The system further includes a locking arrangement including one or more clips on the flange member and a bracket member configured to engage with the one or more clips in the flange members of the adjacent exhaust after-treatment blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Kurtis E. Chenoweth
  • Publication number: 20190178139
    Abstract: A system for assembling an exhaust after-treatment assembly having a plurality of exhaust after-treatment blocks is described. Each of the plurality of exhaust after-treatment blocks is disposed adjacent to at least one other exhaust after-treatment block. Each exhaust after-treatment block has one or more catalyst substrates. Each catalyst substrate includes a first face, a second face, and a plurality of side faces. The system includes at least one flange member to surround the one or more catalyst substrates about the side faces. The system further includes a locking arrangement including one or more clips on the flange member and a bracket member configured to engage with the one or more clips in the flange members of the adjacent exhaust after-treatment blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Kurtis E. Chenoweth
  • Patent number: 9976470
    Abstract: An aftertreatment module is disclosed for use with an engine. The aftertreatment module may have an inlet housing at least partially defining an inlet passage for exhaust, and at least one mixer disposed in the inlet passage. The aftertreatment module may also have an outlet housing at least partially defining an outlet passage for exhaust, and a catalyst housing removably connected between the inlet housing and the outlet housing. The aftertreatment module may further have a plurality of catalyst substrates configured to be mounted in the catalyst housing, to receive exhaust from the inlet passage in parallel, and to discharge exhaust to the outlet housing in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond U. Isada, Kurtis E. Chenoweth, Eric Spaeth, Ping Xiang, Yung T. Bui
  • Publication number: 20170241322
    Abstract: An aftertreatment module is disclosed for use with an engine. The aftertreatment module may have an inlet housing at least partially defining an inlet passage for exhaust, and at least one mixer disposed in the inlet passage. The aftertreatment module may also have an outlet housing at least partially defining an outlet passage for exhaust, and a catalyst housing removably connected between the inlet housing and the outlet housing. The aftertreatment module may further have a plurality of catalyst substrates configured to be mounted in the catalyst housing, to receive exhaust from the inlet passage in parallel, and to discharge exhaust to the outlet housing in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Raymond U. Isada, Kurtis E. Chenoweth, Eric Spaeth, Ping Xiang, Yung T. Bui