Patents by Inventor Pierre TIPNER

Pierre TIPNER 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: 11118482
    Abstract: A power system for converting waste heat from exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine to electrical energy includes an aftertreatment assembly positioned within a first housing. The power system includes an evaporator assembly positioned within a second housing. The evaporator assembly is positioned directly adjacent the aftertreatment assembly. The evaporator assembly includes a first portion of a working fluid loop in thermal communication with a first length of an exhaust conduit that extends from the aftertreatment assembly into the second housing. The power system includes a power pack positioned longitudinally forward of the aftertreatment assembly. The power pack includes a tank, a condenser, a pump and an expander fluidly connected by a second portion of the working fluid loop. The second portion is fluidly connected to the first portion of the working fluid loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Tenneco GmbH
    Inventors: Vincent Grelet, Pierre Tipner
  • Publication number: 20200173312
    Abstract: A power system for converting waste heat from exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine to electrical energy includes an aftertreatment assembly positioned within a first housing. The power system includes an evaporator assembly positioned within a second housing. The evaporator assembly is positioned directly adjacent the aftertreatment assembly. The evaporator assembly includes a first portion of a working fluid loop in thermal communication with a first length of an exhaust conduit that extends from the aftertreatment assembly into the second housing. The power system includes a power pack positioned longitudinally forward of the aftertreatment assembly. The power pack includes a tank, a condenser, a pump and an expander fluidly connected by a second portion of the working fluid loop. The second portion is fluidly connected to the first portion of the working fluid loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Vincent GRELET, Pierre TIPNER
  • Patent number: 10570784
    Abstract: A power system for converting waste heat from exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine to electrical energy includes an aftertreatment assembly positioned within a first housing. The power system also includes an evaporator assembly positioned within a second housing. The evaporator assembly is positioned directly adjacent the aftertreatment assembly. The evaporator assembly includes a first portion of a working fluid loop in thermal communication with a first length of an exhaust conduit that extends from the aftertreatment assembly into the second housing. The power system also includes a power pack positioned inside a third housing. The power pack is positioned directly adjacent the evaporator assembly opposite to the aftertreatment assembly. The power pack includes a tank, a condenser, a pump and an expander fluidly connected by a second portion of the working fluid loop. The second portion is fluidly connected to the first portion of the working fluid loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Tenneco GmbH
    Inventors: Vincent Grelet, Pierre Tipner
  • Patent number: 10316726
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas module A for an internal combustion engine, which exhaust-gas module has a base housing having a first side wall, at least one second side wall, an inlet for connection to the internal combustion engine and at least one outlet, wherein the inlet is arranged in the first side wall, and having multiple exhaust-gas purification components which are arranged in the base housing, wherein at least one SCR and/or one DOC are/is provided, wherein the at least one outlet is arranged in the second side wall and serves for the connection of an exhaust tailpipe of the internal combustion engine and/or alternatively for the coupling of an attachment housing, wherein the rest of the base housing, with the exception of the second side wall, is formed without outlets, wherein a connection contour with a circumferential contour U1 which has a basic shape G1 is provided for the connection of the attachment housing, wherein the connection contour delimits the second side wall at the edge, wherein at least one of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Jerges, Tobias Pfeffer, Vladislav Levun, Pierre Tipner, Bertram Stelzer, Marcel Womann
  • Publication number: 20190093537
    Abstract: A power system for converting waste heat from exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine to electrical energy includes an aftertreatment assembly positioned within a first housing. The power system also includes an evaporator assembly positioned within a second housing. The evaporator assembly is positioned directly adjacent the aftertreatment assembly. The evaporator assembly includes a first portion of a working fluid loop in thermal communication with a first length of an exhaust conduit that extends from the aftertreatment assembly into the second housing. The power system also includes a power pack positioned inside a third housing. The power pack is positioned directly adjacent the evaporator assembly opposite to the aftertreatment assembly. The power pack includes a tank, a condenser, a pump and an expander fluidly connected by a second portion of the working fluid loop. The second portion is fluidly connected to the first portion of the working fluid loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Vincent GRELET, Pierre TIPNER
  • Publication number: 20170114698
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas module A for an internal combustion engine, which exhaust-gas module has a base housing having a first side wall, at least one second side wall, an inlet for connection to the internal combustion engine and at least one outlet, wherein the inlet is arranged in the first side wall, and having multiple exhaust-gas purification components which are arranged in the base housing, wherein at least one SCR and/or one DOC are/is provided, wherein the at least one outlet is arranged in the second side wall and serves for the connection of an exhaust tailpipe of the internal combustion engine and/or alternatively for the coupling of an attachment housing, wherein the rest of the base housing, with the exception of the second side wall, is formed without outlets, wherein a connection contour with a circumferential contour U1 which has a basic shape G1 is provided for the connection of the attachment housing, wherein the connection contour delimits the second side wall at the edge, wherein at least one of
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Michael JERGES, Tobias PFEFFER, Vladislav LEVUN, Pierre TIPNER, Bertram STELZER, Marcel WOMANN