Patents by Inventor Richard J. ANCIMER

Richard J. ANCIMER 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).

  • Publication number: 20250135945
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device may include a cell arrangement that stores energy for operating an energy storage system. In addition, the device may include a display that is positioned at the battery and configured to receive service information from the management system and to display the service information that relates to the cell arrangement such that at least one of a serviceability and condition of the battery is decipherable by viewing the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: J. Steven Kolhouse, Yujun Wang, Matthew D. Nelson, Jordan Loos, Richard J. Ancimer
  • Publication number: 20250116219
    Abstract: A method includes providing a zeolite material including a plurality of active sites. The plurality of active sites are bound to a plurality of hydrogen ions. The method includes exchanging at least a portion of the plurality of hydrogen ions with a plurality of copper ions, thereby forming a first amount of Z2Cu active sites that include copper (Cu2+) ions bound to the zeolite material and a first amount of ZCuOH active sites bound to copper hydroxide ions bound to the zeolite material. The method includes heating the zeolite material to a heat treatment temperature for a predefined time period to transform the zeolite material into a heat treated zeolite material. The heat treated zeolite material includes a second amount of Z2Cu active sites greater than the first amount of Z2Cu active sites and a second amount of ZCuOH active sites less than the first amount of ZCuOH active sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Di Wang, Richard J. Ancimer, Michael J. Cunningham, Aleksey Yezerets, Jinyong Luo, Yadan Tang, Yuhui Zha
  • Patent number: 12264639
    Abstract: A fuel ejector assembly includes a nozzle structured to receive fuel from a fuel conduit and eject the fuel therethrough, and an exhaust gas recirculation (“EGR”) conduit structured to communicate a recirculated exhaust gas therethrough. A mixing portion is disposed downstream of the nozzle and the EGR conduit, the nozzle and the EGR conduit fluidly coupled to the mixing portion such that the mixing portion receives each of the fuel and the recirculated exhaust gas. A diffuser is disposed downstream of the mixing portion and is configured to be fluidly coupled to an engine to communicate a mixture of the fuel and the recirculated exhaust gas to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Ancimer, Hui Xu
  • Patent number: 12168951
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods include predicting a sulfur exposure of one or more copper-zeolite catalysts deployed in an exhaust aftertreatment system; comparing the predicted sulfur exposure to a predefined sulfur exposure threshold; and responsive to the determination, heating the exhaust aftertreatment catalyst to a predefined heat treatment temperature for a predefined time period to desulfate the one or more copper-zeolite catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Di Wang, Richard J. Ancimer, Michael J. Cunningham, Aleksey Yezerets, Jinyong Luo, Yadan Tang, Yuhui Zha
  • Publication number: 20240372119
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to fuel cell systems and methods of sizing a venturi or ejector by using aby-pass valve for determining or controlling fuel flow through the venturi or ejector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventor: Richard J. ANCIMER
  • Publication number: 20240290997
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for optimizing the use of a venturi or an ejector and reducing costs and parasitic loads associated with using the venturi or an ejector with a recirculation pump or blower in a fuel cell, fuel cell stack, and/or fuel cell system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Richard J. ANCIMER, Eero Andresson Aherma TEENE, Paolo FORTE
  • Publication number: 20240157277
    Abstract: A filtration system for a fuel cell hybrid propulsion system includes a first stage filter, a second stage filter positioned downstream of the first stage filter, and a third stage filter positioned downstream of the second stage filter and configured to be positioned upstream of a fuel cell system. The first stage filter has first pores with a first mean pore size. The second stage filter has second pores with a second mean pore size. The third stage filter has third pores with a third mean pore size. The second mean pore size is less than the first mean pore size. The third mean pore size is less than or equal to the second mean pore size. The first, second, and third stage filter are structured to filter an airflow prior to being received by the fuel cell system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Ancimer, Joseph P. Chandraraj, David P. Genter, Brian K. Landes, Agneya Turlapati
  • Publication number: 20240128482
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a design geometry of a venturi or an ejector that is optimized in systems and methods for increasing the operating range of the venturi or the ejector in a fuel cell system. The present disclosure is also generally directed to fuel cell systems and methods for sizing and/or integrating a recirculation blower with a venturi or an ejector in a fuel cell or fuel cell stack. The present disclosure is further generally directed to systems and methods of operating a fuel cell system comprising more than one venturi or ejectors during transient operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Richard J. ANCIMER, Eero Andresson Aherma TEENE, Paolo FORTE, Sumit TRIPATHI
  • Publication number: 20240084467
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods to forecast changes in renewable energy availability to maximize hydrogen production by electrolysis systems over a period of renewable energy availability. The present disclosure relates to a method of utilizing variable energy including using a look-ahead forecast model, which provides an assessment of available renewable energy. The present disclosure relates to a method of operating of one or more electrolyzer cell stacks in an electrolysis system to produce hydrogen by using the look-ahead forecast model in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Dustin VICKRESS, Richard J. ANCIMER, Joseph P. CHANDRARAJ, Joseph CARGNELLI
  • Publication number: 20230369629
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to modular fuel cell systems that provide power, air handling, and/or cooling systems to create a hybrid or electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sravan Kumar RAGI, Agneya TURLAPATI, David GENTER, Brian K. LANDES, Heonjoong LEE, Kieran J. RICHARDS, Rohit SAHA, Richard J. ANCIMER, Nathaniel Ian JOOS
  • Publication number: 20230327154
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for assessing the health of a fuel cell stack including collecting fuel cell stack operating data by a controller including stack voltage data and cell voltage monitoring data and determining the trust in the collected data, processing stack voltage data and cell voltage monitoring data by the controller to identify bad channels and weak cells amongst fuel cells included in the fuel cell stack, tracking the state of health of the fuel cell stack by the controller, and assessing the health of the fuel cell stack by the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Richard J. ANCIMER, Paolo FORTE, Justin Roberto RIZZI, Prabhsimran MALHI, Sumit TRIPATHI, Eero TEENE, Ashok KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20230246210
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for operating a fuel cell system including a three-port differential pressure switch in a recirculation loop of the fuel cell system comprising a blower and an ejector. A sensor in the three-port differential pressure switch is activated when a pressure ratio of a first pressure difference and second pressure difference exceeds a threshold ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Amir AHMADZADEGAN, Richard J. ANCIMER, Eero Andresson Aherma TEENE
  • Publication number: 20230228234
    Abstract: A fuel ejector assembly includes a nozzle structured to receive fuel from a fuel conduit and eject the fuel therethrough, and an exhaust gas recirculation (“EGR”) conduit structured to communicate a recirculated exhaust gas therethrough. A mixing portion is disposed downstream of the nozzle and the EGR conduit, the nozzle and the EGR conduit fluidly coupled to the mixing portion such that the mixing portion receives each of the fuel and the recirculated exhaust gas. A diffuser is disposed downstream of the mixing portion and is configured to be fluidly coupled to an engine to communicate a mixture of the fuel and the recirculated exhaust gas to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: CUMMINS INC.
    Inventors: Richard J. Ancimer, Hui Xu
  • Publication number: 20230191319
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods of purifying hydrogen, comprising humidifying, oxygenating, and purifying an impure gas stream to produce hydrogen in an electrochemical pump stack. The purified hydrogen is segregated and dispelled from the electrochemical pump stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Udit N. SHRIVASTAVA, Arvind V. HARINATH, Jennie EASTCOTT, Qing NI, Richard J. ANCIMER, Frank VAN DEN BOSCH
  • Publication number: 20230187663
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods in a vehicle or powertrain system including an air stream flowing through an air compressor and an air cooler into a fuel cell stack, an air stream flowing out of the fuel cell stack to an ambient through a backpressure valve, one or more sensors for measuring pressure or temperature in the first air stream or second air stream, and a controller controlling the flow of the first air stream, the flow of the scond air stream and the opening of the backpressure valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Sumit TRIPATHI, Richard J. ANCIMER, Salvatore RANIERI, Maximilian Muller
  • Publication number: 20230170502
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for purging water or gas from a fuel cell system. The fuel cell system may include a multi-phase valve system and/or a separate valve system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Eero TEENE, Paolo FORTE, Sumit TRIPATHI, Richard J. ANCIMER, Prabhsimran MALHI
  • Publication number: 20230104149
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for using a relative humidity sensor in a cathode exhaust stream of a fuel cell stack to optimize the performance and efficiency of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Richard J. Ancimer, Justin Roberto Rizzi, Salvatore Ranieri
  • Publication number: 20230084837
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for managing and/or excess hydrogen flow in a system comprising a fuel cell or fuel cell stack based on humidity measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Richard J. ANCIMER, Aleksey YEZERETS, Tyler RASH, Leta WOO
  • Publication number: 20230085312
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for determining, managing, and/or controlling excess hydrogen flow in a system comprising a fuel cell or fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Richard J. ANCIMER, Paolo FORTE, Sumit TRIPATHI, Frank VAN DEN BOSCH, Eero TEENE
  • Publication number: 20230077327
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for determining, managing, and/or controlling excess hydrogen flow in a system comprising a fuel cell or fuel cell stack and ejector based on the internal state of the ejector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Richard J. ANCIMER, Paolo FORTE, Sumit TRIPATHI