Patents by Inventor Phillip Anthony Weber

Phillip Anthony Weber 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: 6742328
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling diesel engine emissions, including, for example, oxides of nitrogen emissions, particulate matter emissions, and the like. The emission control system according to this invention is provided in the exhaust passageway of a diesel engine and includes a catalyst-based particulate filter; and first and second lean NOx trap systems coupled to the catalyst-based particulate filter. The first and second lean NOx trap systems are arranged in a parallel flow configuration with each other. Each of the first and second lean NOx trap systems include a carbon monoxide generating catalyst device, a sulfur trap device, a lean NOx device, a supplemental fuel injector device, and a plurality of flow diverter devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Cynthia Chaffin Webb, Phillip Anthony Weber, Magdi K. Khair
  • Publication number: 20030074893
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling diesel engine emissions, including, for example, oxides of nitrogen emissions, particulate matter emissions, and the like. The emission control system according to this invention is provided in the exhaust passageway of a diesel engine and includes a catalyst-based particulate filter; and first and second lean NOx trap systems coupled to the catalyst-based particulate filter. The first and second lean NOx trap systems are arranged in a parallel flow configuration with each other. Each of the first and second lean NOx trap systems include a carbon monoxide generating catalyst device, a sulfur trap device, a lean NOx device, a supplemental fuel injector device, and a plurality of flow diverter devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Cynthia Chaffin Webb, Phillip Anthony Weber, Magdi K. Khair