Patents by Inventor Patrick M. Klein

Patrick M. Klein 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: 7757481
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for cooling exhaust gases includes an inlet operatively connected to an exhaust port from a diesel engine or the like, and a housing defining a substantially enclosed volume. At least a portion of the volume is larger in cross-section than the inlet in cross-section, such that the exhaust gases expand upon entering the housing from the inlet. At least one outlet larger in collective cross-section than the inlet in cross-section is disposed on the housing and configured to expel the exhaust gases from the housing into the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc
    Inventors: Michael E. Ryan, J. David Dixon, Patrick M. Klein
  • Patent number: 7713493
    Abstract: An ultra-compact combination exhaust muffler and aftertreatment element and water trap assembly provides exhaust flow through an aftertreatment element surrounded by an annular water collection space receiving water diverted and shed from an upper dome cap above the aftertreatment element and below the upper outlet. In a further embodiment, the assembly includes housing sections separable from each other at a service joint axially between axial ends of the aftertreatment element for ease of servicing. In a further aspect, the aftertreatment element has an axial end within a housing section saving axial extension space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Fleetguard, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Bosanec, Jr., Patrick M. Klein, Jeffrey T. Sedlacek, David M. Grimm
  • Patent number: 7712305
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system, including injection of chemical species, includes a mixer provided by a spiral chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Universal Silencer, LLC
    Inventors: David W. Kapsos, Cary D. Bremigan, Mark P. Adams, Patrick M. Klein
  • Patent number: 7582267
    Abstract: An aftertreatment exhaust assembly includes housing sections separable from each other at a service joint axially between axial ends of an aftertreatment element for ease of servicing. The aftertreatment element has an axial end within a housing section saving axial extension space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Fleetguard, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick M. Klein, Jeffrey T. Sedlacek, David M. Grimm
  • Patent number: 7472610
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for differential pressure measurement across a fluid conduit flow area change. The apparatus may include a particulate filter, a differential pressure sensor, and a fluid conduit size change downstream of the particulate filter. The apparatus may include a tube configured to place the downstream differential pressure sensor port in fluid contact with a uniform flow region of the fluid conduit downstream of the particulate filter. An apparatus is thereby provided to measure differential pressure across a fluid conduit flow area change such that the differential pressure measurement is minimally affected by the change in flow characteristics induced by the change in cross-sectional flow area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc
    Inventors: James C. Clerc, Patrick M. Klein, Timothy M. Doyle
  • Publication number: 20080134796
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for differential pressure measurement across a fluid conduit flow area change. The apparatus may include a particulate filter, a differential pressure sensor, and a fluid conduit size change downstream of the particulate filter. The apparatus may include a tube configured to place the downstream differential pressure sensor port in fluid contact with a uniform flow region of the fluid conduit downstream of the particulate filter. An apparatus is thereby provided to measure differential pressure across a fluid conduit flow area change such that the differential pressure measurement is minimally affected by the change in flow characteristics induced by the change in cross-sectional flow area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: James C. Clerc, Patrick M. Klein, Timothy M. Doyle
  • Patent number: 7347044
    Abstract: A vertical exhaust water trap assembly has an outer housing and an internal housing or exhaust tube defining an annular water collection spaced therebetween bypassing a central exhaust flow area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Fleetguard, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott M. Lubenow, Patrick M. Klein, Robert J. Schellin
  • Publication number: 20080047260
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system, including injection of chemical species, includes a mixer provided by a spiral chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: David W. Kapsos, Cary D. Gremigan, Mark P. Adams, Patrick M. Klein
  • Patent number: 7316109
    Abstract: A lobed exhaust diffuser apparatus, system, and method configured to cool exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine comprises a diffuser having a proximal end, configured to receive exhaust gases from the engine, and a distal end, configured to expel the exhaust gases into the atmosphere. A plurality of lobes are disposed on the distal end such that at least a portion of the exhaust gases pass through the lobes, increasing the interaction surface area between the exhaust gases and the atmosphere, allowing for more rapid diffusion and entrainment between exhaust gases and atmospheric gases, resulting in more rapid cooling of the exhaust gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Fleetguard, Inc
    Inventors: James C. Clerc, James A. Cramer, J. David Dixon, Francois Ntone, Patrick M. Klein