Patents by Inventor Manoj Sampath

Manoj Sampath 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: 9364790
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment component including a mixing assembly located within a housing. The mixing assembly includes a decomposition tube having a first end and a second end, the first end being configured to receive the exhaust from the inlet and being configured to receive a reagent exhaust treatment fluid; a flow reversing device disposed proximate the second end, the flow reversing device configured to direct a mixture of the exhaust and reagent exhaust treatment fluid as the mixture exits the second end of the decomposition tube in a direction back toward the first end, the flow reversing device including a plurality of deflecting members for swirling and intermixing the exhaust and reagent exhaust treatment fluid; and a swirl arrester device configured to eliminate the swirling of the exhaust and reagent exhaust treatment fluid after exiting the flow reversing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj Sampath, Omkar Champhekar
  • Patent number: 9352276
    Abstract: A swirl device for intermixing a reagent exhaust treatment fluid and an exhaust produced by an engine. The swirl device includes a cylindrical tube defining an inlet for receipt of the reagent exhaust treatment fluid and the exhaust, and a swirl member attached to the cylindrical tube. The swirl member conically expands outward from the cylindrical tube and includes a plurality of tabs separated by elongate slots. The plurality of tabs are configured to swirl and intermingle the reagent exhaust treatment fluid and the exhaust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventor: Manoj Sampath
  • Publication number: 20150071825
    Abstract: A swirl device for intermixing a reagent exhaust treatment fluid and an exhaust produced by an engine. The swirl device includes a cylindrical tube defining an inlet for receipt of the reagent exhaust treatment fluid and the exhaust, and a swirl member attached to the cylindrical tube. The swirl member conically expands outward from the cylindrical tube and includes a plurality of tabs separated by elongate slots. The plurality of tabs are configured to swirl and intermingle the reagent exhaust treatment fluid and the exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Manoj Sampath
  • Publication number: 20150071828
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment component including a mixing assembly located within a housing. The mixing assembly includes a decomposition tube having a first end and a second end, the first end being configured to receive the exhaust from the inlet and being configured to receive a reagent exhaust treatment fluid; a flow reversing device disposed proximate the second end, the flow reversing device configured to direct a mixture of the exhaust and reagent exhaust treatment fluid as the mixture exits the second end of the decomposition tube in a direction back toward the first end, the flow reversing device including a plurality of deflecting members for swirling and intermixing the exhaust and reagent exhaust treatment fluid; and a swirl arrester device configured to eliminate the swirling of the exhaust and reagent exhaust treatment fluid after exiting the flow reversing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Manoj Sampath, Omkar Champhekar
  • Publication number: 20150071826
    Abstract: An engine exhaust after-treatment system including an exhaust conduit for carrying an engine exhaust; a dosing module for dosing the engine exhaust with a reagent exhaust treatment fluid, the dosing module dispersing the reagent exhaust treatment fluid into plurality of conical spray paths; and a mixing device positioned in the exhaust conduit downstream from the dosing module for intermixing the reagent exhaust treatment fluid and the engine exhaust, the mixing device including a plurality of mixing blades in a number that is equal to a number of the conical spray paths, wherein the mixing device is oriented in the exhaust conduit based on an orientation of each of the conical spray paths
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Manoj Sampath, Michael Golin
  • Patent number: 7730878
    Abstract: Embodiments of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) mixing device include an air inlet port and an outlet port disposed at opposite ends of the mixing pipe, an exhaust feeder having a scroll mixing chamber and occupying a portion of the mixing pipe between the air inlet port and the outlet port. The exhaust feeder includes an exhaust feed splitter beam disposed within an open-ended exhaust inlet tube and the scroll mixing chamber, and can be configured to split an exhaust stream into a plurality of exhaust streams before entering the scroll mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tenghua Tom Shieh, Naveen Rajan, Manoj Sampath
  • Publication number: 20090165755
    Abstract: Embodiments of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device comprise a mixing pipe having an air inlet port and an outlet port disposed at opposite ends of the mixing pipe, and an exhaust inlet port disposed at a region of the mixing pipe between the air inlet port and the outlet port, wherein the exhaust inlet port is configured to deliver exhaust to be mixed with air inside the mixing pipe. The exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device further comprises a nozzle disposed internally within a region of the mixing pipe between the exhaust inlet ring and the outlet port such that the diffuser nozzle defines an outer mixing channel in the spacing between the diffuser nozzle and the mixing pipe region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Tenghua Tom Shieh, Naveen Rajan, Manoj Sampath
  • Publication number: 20090165756
    Abstract: Embodiments of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) mixing device include an air inlet port and an outlet port disposed at opposite ends of the mixing pipe, an exhaust feeder having a scroll mixing chamber and occupying a portion of the mixing pipe between the air inlet port and the outlet port. The exhaust feeder includes an exhaust feed splitter beam disposed within an open-ended exhaust inlet tube and the scroll mixing chamber, and can be configured to split an exhaust stream into a plurality of exhaust streams before entering the scroll mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Tenghua Tom Shieh, Naveen Rajan, Manoj Sampath
  • Patent number: 7552722
    Abstract: Embodiments of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device comprise a mixing pipe having an air inlet port and an outlet port disposed at opposite ends of the mixing pipe, and an exhaust inlet port disposed at a region of the mixing pipe between the air inlet port and the outlet port, wherein the exhaust inlet port is configured to deliver exhaust to be mixed with air inside the mixing pipe. The exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device further comprises a nozzle disposed internally within a region of the mixing pipe between the exhaust inlet ring and the outlet port such that the diffuser nozzle defines an outer mixing channel in the spacing between the diffuser nozzle and the mixing pipe region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Teng-Hua Shieh, Naveen Rajan, Manoj Sampath