Patents by Inventor Manimurugan Palaniyappan
Manimurugan Palaniyappan 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: 10502125Abstract: A turbocharger wastegate assembly includes a turbine housing that includes a chamber, a bore, two exhaust passages, a divider wall disposed between the two exhaust passages, and a wastegate seat, where the divider wall includes a divider wall surface; and a wastegate that includes a shaft, an arm and a plug, where the shaft is received by the bore of the turbine housing for rotation about an axis of the shaft to orient the plug in a closed state and to orient the plug in an open state, where, in the closed state, a contact portion of the plug contacts the wastegate seat and a shell portion of the plug defines a clearance with respect to the divider wall surface and extends into the two exhaust passages.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.Inventors: Manimurugan Palaniyappan, Martin Benda, Jan Jurasek, Manuel Marques
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Publication number: 20180298812Abstract: A turbocharger wastegate assembly includes a turbine housing that includes a chamber, a bore, two exhaust passages, a divider wall disposed between the two exhaust passages, and a wastegate seat, where the divider wall includes a divider wall surface; and a wastegate that includes a shaft, an arm and a plug, where the shaft is received by the bore of the turbine housing for rotation about an axis of the shaft to orient the plug in a closed state and to orient the plug in an open state, where, in the closed state, a contact portion of the plug contacts the wastegate seat and a shell portion of the plug defines a clearance with respect to the divider wall surface and extends into the two exhaust passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Manimurugan PALANIYAPPAN, Martin BENDA, Jan JURASEK, Manuel MARQUES
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Patent number: 9200532Abstract: An assembly can include a turbine housing that includes a bore, a wastegate seat and a wastegate passage that extends to the wastegate seat; a bushing configured for receipt by the bore; a rotatable wastegate shaft configured for receipt by the bushing; a wastegate arm extending from the wastegate shaft; and a wastegate plug extending from the wastegate arm where the wastegate plug includes a contact portion that contacts the wastegate seat to cover the wastegate passage in a closed state and a shell portion that extends into the wastegate passage in the closed state and that defines a clearance with respect to the wastegate seat in an open state. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Manimurugan Palaniyappan, Martin Benda, Jan Jurasek, Manuel Marques
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Patent number: 9097120Abstract: An assembly includes a cast cartridge component and a curved wall where the cast cartridge includes a base plate having an opening configured for receipt of a turbine wheel, an exhaust conduit having an inlet and an outlet, a cylindrical wall, and vanes disposed between the cylindrical wall and the base plate where adjacent vanes define throats; where the curved wall includes a proximal end and a distal end, and an upper edge and a lower edge; and where joinder of the proximal end and the outlet of the exhaust conduit, joinder of the upper edge and the cylindrical wall and joinder of the lower edge and the base plate forms a volute configured to direct exhaust received via the inlet to a turbine wheel via the throats. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Dominique Petitjean, Guillaume Dupont, Anthony Ruquart, Philippe Arnold, Manimurugan Palaniyappan, Manuel Marques, Jean-Jacques Laissus, Raphael Ceotto
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Patent number: 9021802Abstract: An assembly includes a cast cartridge component that includes a base plate having an opening configured for receipt of a turbine wheel, a cylindrical wall that comprises a shroud portion, one or more supports disposed between the cylindrical wall and the base plate, an exhaust conduit that has an inlet, an outlet and a wastegate opening positioned intermediate the inlet and the outlet, and a substantially planar surface integral to the exhaust conduit, the wastegate opening located on the planar surface; and a wastegate outlet component that includes a cylindrical portion that extends between and defines an inlet and an outlet, and a cover portion configured to cover the substantially planar surface of the cast cartridge component to form a wastegate chamber where one or more openings provide for flow of exhaust from the wastegate chamber to the cylindrical portion. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Dominique Petitjean, Guillaume Dupont, Anthony Ruquart, Philippe Arnold, Manimurugan Palaniyappan, Manuel Marques, Jean-Jacques Laissus, Raphael Ceotto
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Publication number: 20140174077Abstract: An assembly can include a turbine housing that includes a bore, a wastegate seat and a wastegate passage that extends to the wastegate seat; a bushing configured for receipt by the bore; a rotatable wastegate shaft configured for receipt by the bushing; a wastegate arm extending from the wastegate shaft; and a wastegate plug extending from the wastegate arm where the wastegate plug includes a contact portion that contacts the wastegate seat to cover the wastegate passage in a closed state and a shell portion that extends into the wastegate passage in the closed state and that defines a clearance with respect to the wastegate seat in an open state. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Manimurugan PALANIYAPPAN, Martin BENDA, Jan JURASEK, Manuel MARQUES
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Publication number: 20120047887Abstract: An assembly includes a cast cartridge component that includes a base plate having an opening configured for receipt of a turbine wheel, a cylindrical wall that comprises a shroud portion, one or more supports disposed between the cylindrical wall and the base plate, an exhaust conduit that has an inlet, an outlet and a wastegate opening positioned intermediate the inlet and the outlet, and a substantially planar surface integral to the exhaust conduit, the wastegate opening located on the planar surface; and a wastegate outlet component that includes a cylindrical portion that extends between and defines an inlet and an outlet, and a cover portion configured to cover the substantially planar surface of the cast cartridge component to form a wastegate chamber where one or more openings provide for flow of exhaust from the wastegate chamber to the cylindrical portion. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Dominique Petitjean, Guillaume Dupont, Anthony Ruquart, Philippe Arnold, Manimurugan Palaniyappan, Manuel Marques, Jean-Jacques Laissus, Raphael Ceotto
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Publication number: 20120051899Abstract: An assembly includes a cast cartridge component and a curved wall where the cast cartridge includes a base plate having an opening configured for receipt of a turbine wheel, an exhaust conduit having an inlet and an outlet, a cylindrical wall, and vanes disposed between the cylindrical wall and the base plate where adjacent vanes define throats; where the curved wall includes a proximal end and a distal end, and an upper edge and a lower edge; and where joinder of the proximal end and the outlet of the exhaust conduit, joinder of the upper edge and the cylindrical wall and joinder of the lower edge and the base plate forms a volute configured to direct exhaust received via the inlet to a turbine wheel via the throats. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Dominique Petitjean, Guillaume Dupont, Anthony Ruquart, Philippe Arnold, Manimurugan Palaniyappan, Manuel Marques, Jean-Jacques Laissus, Raphael Ceotto