Patents by Inventor Patrick Seiler

Patrick Seiler 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: 11939904
    Abstract: Operating a gaseous fuel engine system includes combusting a mixture containing a gaseous hydrogen fuel and air in a cylinder of an engine, varying an operating parameter of the engine to which a crown surface temperature of a piston within the cylinder is responsive, and populating a temperature model based on a value of the varied operating parameter. Operating a gaseous fuel engine system further includes operating an oil spray apparatus to spray oil onto the piston based on the populated temperature model, and maintaining the crown surface temperature of the piston between a high temperature limit and a pre-ignition mitigation temperature limit based on the operating of the oil spray apparatus. Related apparatus and control logic is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R Bochart, Jaswinder Singh, Patrick Seiler, Eric Lee Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20230265777
    Abstract: Operating a gaseous fuel engine system includes combusting a mixture containing a gaseous hydrogen fuel and air in a cylinder of an engine, varying an operating parameter of the engine to which a crown surface temperature of a piston within the cylinder is responsive, and populating a temperature model based on a value of the varied operating parameter. Operating a gaseous fuel engine system further includes operating an oil spray apparatus to spray oil onto the piston based on the populated temperature model, and maintaining the crown surface temperature of the piston between a high temperature limit and a pre-ignition mitigation temperature limit based on the operating of the oil spray apparatus. Related apparatus and control logic is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Bochart, Jaswinder Singh, Patrick Seiler, Eric Lee Schroeder
  • Patent number: 10895224
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine includes an EGR cooler having a heat exchange surface exposed to a flow of exhaust, and a second heat exchange surface. A coolant heat exchanger is fluidly connected to a coolant outlet of the EGR cooler and a coolant pump is fluidly connected to a coolant inlet of the EGR cooler. A condensate collector collects condensate from exhaust, and a condensate pump pumps condensate from the condensate collector to a sprayer to spray condensate onto the second heat exchange surface to vaporize the condensate for discharging out through an outgoing exhaust conduit of the exhaust system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jaswinder Singh, Michael Bardell, David Ginter, Paul Wang, Patrick Seiler
  • Publication number: 20210003103
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine includes an EGR cooler having a heat exchange surface exposed to a flow of exhaust, and a second heat exchange surface. A coolant heat exchanger is fluidly connected to a coolant outlet of the EGR cooler and a coolant pump is fluidly connected to a coolant inlet of the EGR cooler. A condensate collector collects condensate from exhaust, and a condensate pump pumps condensate from the condensate collector to a sprayer to spray condensate onto the second heat exchange surface to vaporize the condensate for discharging out through an outgoing exhaust conduit of the exhaust system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jaswinder Singh, Michael Bardell, David Ginter, Paul Wang, Patrick Seiler
  • Publication number: 20070062642
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for applying a pasty, preferably at least partially elastic substance used for sealing connection of a first component to a second component. In the method, the pasty substance is pressed out of an outlet opening of an application nozzle and is applied in a positionally defined manner to a connecting face of the first component. The application nozzle and/or the first component is moved in a controlled manner by an industrial robot. A delivery pump removes the pasty substance from a reservoir. The substance is conveyed to the application nozzle via a feed line, a metering pump and a following switching device, with an application nozzle being arranged behind the switching device. The metering pump controls the pressure in the pasty substance in accordance with the actual pressure is measured in the region of the switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Guenter Reck, Patrick Seiler, Rainer Stettin