Patents by Inventor Richard Kellogg Morton
Richard Kellogg Morton 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).
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Patent number: 11125223Abstract: A reciprocating machine incltides a cylinder including an internal cylinder wail, a piston movable in the cylinder between a top position and a. bottom position, the piston, comprising an upper ring pack and a lower ring pack disposed around a circumference of the piston and spaced from each other by a first distance, and a circumferential collector groove in the cylinder wall in a position that is above the lower ring pack when the piston is in the top position and that is below the upper ring pack when the piston is in the bottom position, the collector groove including at least” one hole eonneciabie to a conduit for comieciion to a sump. A helical groove can also be provided in the cylinder wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Richard Kellogg Morton
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Patent number: 10626787Abstract: A uniflow engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder wall, a volume exterior to the cylinder, at least one channel extending between the cylinder wall and the volume, and a valve outside of the cylinder configured to open and close flow communication between the cylinder and the volume through the channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventor: Richard Kellogg Morton
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Patent number: 10309295Abstract: A uniflow engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder wall, an inlet channel, an extension of a central axis of the inlet channel first intersecting the cylinder wall in a first portion of the cylinder and next intersecting the cylinder wall in a second portion of the cylinder opposite the first portion of the cylinder, an intake air gallery, the intake air gallery having a gallery wall and being in flow communication with the inlet channel, and a plurality of intake ports extending between the cylinder wall and the gallery wall, at least some of the intake ports having different areas at the cylinder wall measured perpendicular to longitudinal axes of the intake ports, and wherein an area of at least one in take port in the first portion of the cylinder is larger than an area of at least one intake port in the second portion of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventor: Richard Kellogg Morton
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Publication number: 20180328263Abstract: A uniflow engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder wall, a volume exterior to the cylinder, at least one channel extending between the cylinder wall and the volume, and a valve outside of the cylinder configured to open and close flow communication between the cylinder and the volume through the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Richard Kellogg Morton
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Patent number: 9970350Abstract: An opposed piston engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder wall, and a pair of opposed pistons, Each face of each piston of the pair of opposed pistons has a top plane and a recess formed therein, each recess comprising a first surface defining part of a cone, the cone defined by the first surface of at least one of the recesses having a longitudinal axis that defines an angle equal to at least one half of a cone angle of the cone with the top plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventors: Richard Kellogg Morton, Jian Li, Richard Brandt
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Publication number: 20170335752Abstract: A uniflow engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder wall, an inlet channel, an extension of a central axis of the inlet channel first intersecting the cylinder wail in a first portion of the cylinder and next intersecting the cylinder wail in a second portion of the cylinder opposite the first portion of the cylinder, an intake air gallery, the intake air gallery having a gallery wall and being in flow communication with the inlet channel, and a plurality of intake ports extending between the cylinder wail and the gallery wall, at least some of the intake ports having different areas at the cylinder wall measured perpendicular to longitudinal axes of the intake ports, and wherein an area of at least one in take port in the first portion of the cylinder is larger than an area of at least one intake port in the second portion of the cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Richard Kellogg Morton
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Publication number: 20170254261Abstract: An opposed piston engine includes a cylinder having a cylinder wall, and a pair of opposed pistons, Each face of each piston of the pair of opposed pistons has a top plane and a recess formed therein, each recess comprising a first surface defining part of a cone, the cone defined by the first surface of at least one of the recesses having a longitudinal axis that defines an angle equal to at least one half of a cone angle of the cone with the top plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Richard Kellogg Morton, Jian Li, Richard Brandt
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Publication number: 20170204842Abstract: A reciprocating machine incitides a cylinder including an internal cylinder wail, a piston movable in the cylinder between a top position and a. bottom position, the piston, comprising an upper ring pack and a lower ring pack disposed around a circumference of the piston and spaced from each other by a first distance, and a circumferential collector groove in the cylinder wall in a position that is above the lower ring pack when the piston is in the top position and that is below the upper ring pack when the piston is in the bottom position, the collector groove including at least” one hole eonneciabie to a conduit for comieciion to a sump. A helical groove can also be provided in the cylinder wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Richard Kellogg Morton
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Patent number: 8744728Abstract: Over a diesel engine's lifetime, engine efficiency may be reduced and some of this may be attributable to sulfur deposit accumulation in the engine. A method for controlling operation of a diesel engine operating on a fuel is provided. The method may include adjusting an injection of fuel to the engine in response to a sulfur content of the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Keli Alark, Richard Kellogg Morton
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Publication number: 20130345949Abstract: Over a diesel engine's lifetime, engine efficiency may be reduced and some of this may be attributable to sulfur deposit accumulation in the engine. A method for controlling operation of a diesel engine operating on a fuel is provided. The method may include adjusting an injection of fuel to the engine in response to a sulfur content of the fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Keli Alark, Richard Kellogg Morton
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Patent number: 8478510Abstract: Over a diesel engine's lifetime, engine efficiency may be reduced and some of this may be attributable to sulfur deposit accumulation in the engine. A method for controlling operation of a diesel engine operating on a fuel is provided. The method may include adjusting an injection of fuel to the engine in response to a sulfur content of the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Keli Alark, Richard Kellogg Morton
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Publication number: 20130006501Abstract: Over a diesel engine's lifetime, engine efficiency may be reduced and some of this may be attributable to sulfur deposit accumulation in the engine. A method for controlling operation of a diesel engine operating on a fuel is provided. The method may include adjusting an injection of fuel to the engine in response to a sulfur content of the fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Keli Alark, Richard Kellogg Morton
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Patent number: 8315779Abstract: Over a diesel engine's lifetime, engine efficiency may be reduced and some of this may be attributable to sulfur deposit accumulation in the engine. A method for controlling operation of a diesel engine operating on a fuel is provided. The method may include adjusting an injection of fuel to the engine in response to a sulfur content of the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Keli Alark, Richard Kellogg Morton
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Publication number: 20100082222Abstract: Over a diesel engine's lifetime, engine efficiency may be reduced and some of this may be attributable to sulfur deposit accumulation in the engine. A method for controlling operation of a diesel engine operating on a fuel is provided. The method may include adjusting an injection of fuel to the engine in response to a sulfur content of the fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Keli Alark, Richard Kellogg Morton