Patents by Inventor Mike AUSBROOKS

Mike AUSBROOKS 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).

  • Dual volute turbocharger to optimize pulse energy separation for fuel economy and EGR utilization via asymmetric dual volutes
    Patent number: 10301952
    Abstract: A product for use in a turbocharger system. A turbine housing may define a center core that is circular in shape with a circumference. The turbine housing may define a first volute that extends for a length around only a part of the circumference of the center core, and a second volute that may be positioned radially outside the first volute and that may extend entirely around the circumference of the center core. The first volute and the second volute may define first and second exhaust gas passages through the turbine housing that may be asymmetric. All points of the second volute may be radially outside the first volute from the center core over the entire length of the first volute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Mike Ausbrooks
  • Pulse energy enhanced turbine for automotive turbochargers
    Patent number: 10053995
    Abstract: A turbocharger with a turbine (10) having a turbine wheel (12) in a turbine housing (14) with an associated manifold (24) having individual ports (22) corresponding to unobstructed passageways (26) from each cylinder of an engine. The ports (22) are substantially equally spaced around a face of the turbine wheel (12) to preserve benefits of pulses without interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Grissom, Brock S. Fraser, Mike Ausbrooks
  • DUAL VOLUTE TURBOCHARGER TO OPTIMIZE PULSE ENERGY SEPARATION FOR FUEL ECONOMY AND EGR UTILIZATION VIA ASYMMETRIC DUAL VOLUTES
    Publication number: 20170183975
    Abstract: A product for use in a turbocharger system. A turbine housing may define a center core that is circular in shape with a circumference. The turbine housing may define a first volute that extends for a length around only a part of the circumference of the center core, and a second volute that may be positioned radially outside the first volute and that may extend entirely around the circumference of the center core. The first volute and the second volute may define first and second exhaust gas passages through the turbine housing that may be asymmetric. All points of the second volute may be radially outside the first volute from the center core over the entire length of the first volute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Mike AUSBROOKS
  • PULSE ENERGY ENHANCED TURBINE FOR AUTOMOTIVE TURBOCHARGERS
    Publication number: 20160115802
    Abstract: A turbocharger with a turbine (10) having a turbine wheel (12) in a turbine housing (14) with an associated manifold (24) having individual ports (22) corresponding to unobstructed passageways (26) from each cylinder of an engine. The ports (22) are substantially equally spaced around a face of the turbine wheel (12) to preserve benefits of pulses without interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas A. GRISSOM, Brock S. FRASER, Mike AUSBROOKS