Patents by Inventor Richard Francis Norton

Richard Francis Norton 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).

  • Crankcase ventilation system
    Patent number: 8210135
    Abstract: A ventilation system for use with an internal combustion engine having a crankcase is disclosed. The ventilation system may have a breather housing connected to ventilate gases from the crankcase, and a filtration canister fluidly connected downstream of the breather housing. The filtration canister may have a filter housing, a filtering medium located within the filter housing to collect oil from the gases, and an oil collection container disposed within the filter housing and being configured to receive at least a portion of the filtering medium. The oil collection container may have a drain port in fluid communication with the crankcase. The filtration canister may also have at least one port configured to discharge the gases from the housing after the gases have passed through the filtering medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Evan Slaughter, James Richard Weber, James Carl Durand, Richard Francis Norton, Mark Andrew McElroy, Mark Taylor Allott, Joseph John Stabnik, Nilkanth Dinesh Desai, Seth Carl Studnicka
  • Crankcase ventilation system
    Publication number: 20090199794
    Abstract: A ventilation system for use with an internal combustion engine having a crankcase is disclosed. The ventilation system may have a breather housing connected to ventilate gases from the crankcase, and a filtration canister fluidly connected downstream of the breather housing. The filtration canister may have a filter housing, a filtering medium located within the filter housing to collect oil from the gases, and an oil collection container disposed within the filter housing and being configured to receive at least a portion of the filtering medium. The oil collection container may have a drain port in fluid communication with the crankcase. The filtration canister may also have at least one port configured to discharge the gases from the housing after the gases have passed through the filtering medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Seth Evan Slaughter, James Richard Weber, James Carl Durand, Richard Francis Norton, Mark Andrew McElroy, Mark Taylor Allott, Joseph John Stabnik, Nilkanth Dinesh Desai, Seth Carl Studnicka