Patents by Inventor Philip Bruza

Philip Bruza 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).

  • Exhaust gas particulate filter for a machine and filter cartridge therefor
    Publication number: 20080236119
    Abstract: An exhaust particulate filter for an engine system includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet and a shell shaped to fit the particulate filter within a predefined spatial envelope. Filter elements are arranged in a composite filter assembly and are packed within a housing. Each of the filter elements includes a cartridge having a frame wrapped with fibrous metallic filter media. The composite filter assembly has a shape corresponding to the shape of the shell. Each cartridge of the composite filter assembly is reversibly coupled with a frame internal of the shell via trapping elements having a release state and a trapping state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy J. Boland, Thomas E. Paulson, Herbert F. M. DaCosta, Ronak Shah, Robert L. Meyer, Philip Bruza, Michael J. Pollard