Patents by Inventor Michael Rini

Michael Rini 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: 7350818
    Abstract: The vehicle frame rail in one form has front, middle and rear portions which are seamlessly joined together to form a unitary one-piece monolithic frame rail. The frame rail may be straight with an upper surface of an upper flange of the frame rail being planar. At the transition regions of this form of frame rail form, the lower flange converges toward the upper flange at a transition between the front and middle portion and diverges from the upper flange at a transition from the middle portion to the rear portion. The upper flange of the frame rail may converge toward the lower flange along a rearmost section of the frame rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Freightliner LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Rini, Mark Waitman Pitsenbarger
  • Patent number: 7314106
    Abstract: An elongated air intake plenum is disclosed together with mounting structure for supporting the plenum at the side of a vehicle chassis such as from the frame rail of a chassis for a motor home or recreational vehicle. The plenum and mounting structure is desirably positioned rearwardly of a rear axle of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Freightliner LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Rini, Mark Waitman Pitsenbarger
  • Publication number: 20060204417
    Abstract: A method for removing pollutants from flue gas generated by a plant having one or more burners located at an inlet end of a vertically extending stack, the flue gas being discharged through an outlet end of the stack. The pollutants are removed by an emission treatment system which includes a major component module and inlet and outlet ductwork providing fluid communications between the stack and the major component module. The major component module includes an SCR segment, a heat exchanger segment, and an ID fan, the SCR segment having at least one catalyst unit composed of materials for selectively catalyzing at least one pollutant. The method comprises the steps of drawing the flue gas from the stack and through the major component module with the ID fan, removing the pollutant from the flue gas with the SCR segment to produce a clean flue gas, and discharging the clean flue gas to the stack with the ID fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Rini, Mou Jian, Thomas Raines, Marie Aumaugher, Noel Kuck, Arlyn Petig, David Anderson, Frederic Kozak, Keri Cochran, James Yann, Tom Lillestolen, Robert Hilton