Patents by Inventor Neil Robert Collins

Neil Robert Collins 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: 11794169
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Neil Robert Collins, John Benjamin Goodwin, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips
  • Patent number: 10569257
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Neil Robert Collins, John Benjamin Goodwin, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips
  • Patent number: 10443472
    Abstract: An extruded honeycomb catalyst for nitrogen oxide reduction according to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) method in exhaust gases from motor vehicles includes an extruded active carrier in honeycomb form having a first SCR catalytically active component and with a plurality of channels through which the exhaust gas flows during operation, and a washcoat coating having a second SCR catalytically active component being applied to the extruded body, wherein the first SCR catalytically active component and the second SCR catalytically active component are each independently one of: (i) vanadium catalyst with vanadium as catalytically active component; (ii) mixed-oxide catalyst with one or more oxides, in particular those of transition metals or lanthanides as catalytically active component; and (iii) an Fe- or a Cu-zeolite catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Ralf Dotzel, Joerg Muench, Paul Richard Phillips, Gudmund Smedler, Andrew Peter Walker
  • Patent number: 9987618
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Neil Robert Collins, John Benjamin Goodwin, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips
  • Patent number: 9643161
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Neil Robert Collins, John Benjamin Goodwin, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips
  • Patent number: 9527031
    Abstract: An exhaust system (10) for a lean-burn internal combustion engine (12) comprises a first substrate monolith (16) comprising a catalyst for oxidizing nitric oxide (NO) comprising a catalytic oxidation component followed downstream by a second substrate monolith (18) which is a wall-flow filter having inlet channels and outlet channels, wherein the inlet channels comprise a NOx absorber catalyst (20) and the outlet channels comprise a catalyst for selective catalytic reduction (22) of nitrogen oxides with nitrogenous reductant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Paul Richard Phillips, Daniel Swallow
  • Publication number: 20160040576
    Abstract: An extruded honeycomb catalyst for nitrogen oxide reduction according to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) method in exhaust gases from motor vehicles includes an extruded active carrier in honeycomb form having a first SCR catalytically active component and with a plurality of channels through which the exhaust gas flows during operation, and a washcoat coating having a second SCR catalytically active component being applied to the extruded body, wherein the first SCR catalytically active component and the second SCR catalytically active component are each independently one of: (i) vanadium catalyst with vanadium as catalytically active component; (ii) mixed-oxide catalyst with one or more oxides, in particular those of transition metals or lanthanides as catalytically active component; and (iii) an Fe- or a Cu-zeolite catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Ralf Dotzel, Jörg Werner Münch, Paul Richard Phillips, Gudmund Smedler, Andrew Peter Walker
  • Patent number: 9138731
    Abstract: An extruded honeycomb catalyst for nitrogen oxide reduction according to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) method in exhaust gases from motor vehicles includes an extruded active carrier in honeycomb form having a first SCR catalytically active component and with a plurality of channels through which the exhaust gas flows during operation, and a washcoat coating having a second SCR catalytically active component being applied to the extruded body, wherein the first SCR catalytically active component and the second SCR catalytically active component are each independently one of: (i) vanadium catalyst with vanadium as catalytically active component; (ii) mixed-oxide catalyst with one or more oxides, in particular those of transition metals or lanthanides as catalytically active component; and (iii) an Fe- or a Cu-zeolite catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Ralf Dotzel, Jörg Werner Münch, Paul Richard Phillips, Gudmund Smedler, Andrew Peter Walker
  • Patent number: 8756926
    Abstract: An exhaust system (10) for a lean-burn internal combustion engine (12) comprises a first substrate monolith (16) comprising a catalyst for oxidizing nitric oxide (NO) comprising a catalytic oxidation component followed downstream by a second substrate monolith (18) which is a wall-flow filter having inlet channels and outlet channels, wherein the inlet channels comprise a NO x absorber catalyst (20) and the outlet channels comprise a catalyst for selective catalytic reduction (22) of nitrogen oxides with nitrogenous reductant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Paul Richard Phillips, Daniel Swallow
  • Publication number: 20140157763
    Abstract: An extruded honeycomb catalyst for nitrogen oxide reduction according to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) method in exhaust gases from motor vehicles includes an extruded active carrier in honeycomb form having a first SCR catalytically active component and with a plurality of channels through which the exhaust gas flows during operation, and a washcoat coating having a second SCR catalytically active component being applied to the extruded body, wherein the first SCR catalytically active component and the second SCR catalytically active component are each independently one of: (i) vanadium catalyst with vanadium as catalytically active component; (ii) mixed-oxide catalyst with one or more oxides, in particular those of transition metals or lanthanides as catalytically active component; and (iii) an Fe- or a Cu-zeolite catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Ralf Dotzel, Jörg Werner Münch, Paul Richard Philips, Gudmund Smedler, Andrew Peter Walker
  • Patent number: 8677739
    Abstract: Hydrocarbon traps used to trap then release unburned hydrocarbons upon startup of a spark ignition internal combustion engine are sensitive to degradation if exposed to normal temperature exhaust gases. On board diagnostics of HC traps are provided by the invention, by incorporating a heat sensitive oxygen storage material in the HC trap material, and using conventional determination of OSC efficiency to determine if the HC trap material has been exposed to excessive temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Neil Robert Collins, Christopher Morgan, Michael Howard
  • Publication number: 20140033685
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a vehicular lean burn internal combustion engine that emits oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) is disclosed. The system comprises a NOx reduction catalyst for reducing NOx in the presence of a nitrogenous reductant, means for introducing the nitrogenous reductant into a flowing exhaust gas, a filter for removing PM from exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust system and a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) circuit for connecting the exhaust system downstream of the filter to an air intake of the engine. The EGR circuit comprises an ammonia oxidation catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Paul Richard Phillips
  • Publication number: 20120216508
    Abstract: Hydrocarbon traps used to trap then release unburned hydrocarbons upon startup of a spark ignition internal combustion engine are sensitive to degradation if exposed to normal temperature exhaust gases. On board diagnostics of HC traps are provided by the invention, by incorporating a heat sensitive oxygen storage material in the HC trap material, and using conventional determination of OSC efficiency to determine if the HC trap material has been exposed to excessive temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Neil Robert Collins, Christopher Morgan, Michael Howard
  • Patent number: 8211393
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a vehicular positive ignition internal combustion engine comprises a filter for filtering particulate matter from exhaust gas emitted from the engine, which filter comprising a porous substrate having inlet and outlet surfaces, wherein the inlet surfaces are separated from the outlet surfaces by a porous structure containing pores of a first mean pore size, wherein the porous substrate is coated with a three-way catalyst washcoat comprising a plurality of solid particles wherein the porous structure of the washcoated porous substrate contains pores of a second mean pore size, which is less than the first mean pore size, and a three-way catalyst washcoat disposed on a separate substrate monolith located upstream of the filter, wherein a mass of three-way catalyst washcoat on the upstream substrate monolith is ?75% of the total mass of three-way catalyst washcoat in the exhaust system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Louise Clare Arnold, Robert James Brisley, Neil Robert Collins, David Robert Greenwell, Christopher Gough Morgan
  • Patent number: 8205437
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, which system comprises a monolith substrate (10) coated with a catalyst, which monolith substrate comprising a plurality of substantially parallel channels, each channel having a length extending from an upstream end to a downstream end; and a first sensor disposed in a hole (16) defined in part by an external wall of the monolith substrate, wherein the monolith substrate comprises a portion (12) of the plurality of channels wherein the catalyst composition in at least a part of the length of channels extending from the upstream end has an increased activity for a reaction for which the catalyst composition is intended relative to catalyst composition in a remainder (14) of the monolith substrate, the arrangement being such that the sensor is contacted substantially only with exhaust gas that has first contacted the catalyst composition having an increased activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Louise Clare Arnold, Robert James Brisley, Graham Peter Champion, Maire Charlotte Clements, Neil Robert Collins, Darrell Morris, Paul Richard Phillips
  • Patent number: 8127537
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a spark-ignited internal combustion engine comprises a three-way catalyst composition including an oxygen storage component, which TWC composition is coated on a flow-through monolith substrate, which substrate comprising a plurality of channels, each channel having a length extending from an inlet end to an outlet end and a single lambda sensor, wherein the substrate comprises a portion of the plurality of channels wherein the TWC composition in at least a part of the length of channels extending from the inlet end has a reduced oxygen storage activity, or no oxygen storage activity, relative to the TWC composition in a remainder of the substrate, the arrangement being such that the single lambda sensor is contacted substantially only with exhaust gas that has first contacted the TWC composition having a reduced oxygen storage activity or no oxygen storage activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Louise Clare Arnold, Marie Charlotte Clements, Neil Robert Collins, Darrell Morris
  • Publication number: 20110179777
    Abstract: An exhaust system(10) for a lean-burn internal combustion engine (12) comprises a first substrate monolith (16) comprising a catalyst for oxidising nitric oxide (NO) comprising a catalytic oxidation component followed downstream by a second substrate monolith (18) which is a wall-flow filter having inlet channels and outlet channels, wherein the inlet channels comprise a NO x absorber catalyst (20) and the outlet channels comprise a catalyst for selective catalytic reduction (22) of nitrogen oxides with nitrogenous reductant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Paul Richard Phillips, Daniel Swallow
  • Publication number: 20110182790
    Abstract: A synthetic alumino silicate zeolite catalyst containing at least one catalytically active transition metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Hf, La, Au, In, V, lanthanides and Group VIII transition metals, which alumino silicate zeolite is a small pore aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms, wherein the mean crystallite size of the aluminosilicate zeolite determined by scanning electron microscope is >0.50 micrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Neil Robert Collins, Rodney Foo Kok Shin, Alexander Nicholas Michael Green, Paul Richard Phillips, Raj Rao Rajaram, Stuart David Reid
  • Publication number: 20110158871
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a vehicular positive ignition internal combustion engine comprises a filter for filtering particulate matter from exhaust gas emitted from the engine, which filter comprising a porous substrate having inlet and outlet surfaces, wherein the inlet surfaces are separated from the outlet surfaces by a porous structure containing pores of a first mean pore size, wherein the porous substrate is coated with a three-way catalyst washcoat comprising a plurality of solid particles wherein the porous structure of the washcoated porous substrate contains pores of a second mean pore size, which is less than the first mean pore size, and a three-way catalyst washcoat disposed on a separate substrate monolith located upstream of the filter, wherein a mass of three-way catalyst washcoat on the upstream substrate monolith is ?75% of the total mass of three-way catalyst washcoat in the exhaust system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Louise Clare ARNOLD, Robert James Brisley, Neil Robert Collins, David Robert Greenwell, Christopher Gough Morgan
  • Publication number: 20110036071
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, which system comprises a monolith substrate (10) coated with a catalyst, which monolith substrate comprising a plurality of substantially parallel channels, each channel having a length extending from an upstream end to a downstream end; and a first sensor disposed in a hole (16) defined in part by an external wall of the monolith substrate, wherein the monolith substrate comprises a portion (12) of the plurality of channels wherein the catalyst composition in at least a part of the length of channels extending from the upstream end has an increased activity for a reaction for which the catalyst composition is intended relative to catalyst composition in a remainder (14) of the monolith substrate, the arrangement being such that the sensor is contacted substantially only with exhaust gas that has first contacted the catalyst composition having an increased activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Jonhson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Louise Clare Arnold, Robert James Brisley, Graham Peter Champion, Marie Charlotte Clements, Neil Robert Collins, Darrell Morris, Paul Richard Phillips