Patents by Inventor Richard Phillips

Richard Phillips 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).

  • EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR A COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE COMPRISING A WATER ADSORBENT MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20180023439
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a compression ignition engine comprising: a water adsorbent material; and a catalyst composition for treating an exhaust gas pollutant produced by the compression ignition engine; wherein the water adsorbent material is: (i) arranged to contact exhaust gas from the compression ignition engine before the catalyst composition; and (ii) in thermal communication with the catalyst composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Guy Richard CHANDLER, Alexander Nicholas Michael GREEN, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Andrew WALKER
  • Oxidation catalyst for internal combustion engine exhaust gas treatment
    Patent number: 9868115
    Abstract: The invention provides an exhaust gas cleaning oxidation catalyst and in particular to an oxidation catalyst for cleaning the exhaust gas discharged from internal combustion engines of compression ignition type (particularly diesel engines). The invention further relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising an oxidising catalyst on a substrate monolith for use in treating exhaust gas emitted from a lean-burn internal combustion engine. In particular, the invention relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising a first washcoat coating and a second washcoat coating, wherein the second washcoat coating is disposed in a layer above the first washcoat coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Satoshi Sumiya, Lifeng Wang, Hanako Oyamada, Philip Gerald Blakeman, Gavin Michael Brown, Sougato Chatterjee, Andrew Francis Chiffey, Jane Gast, Paul Richard Phillips, Raj Rao Rajaram, Andrew Peter Walker
  • COLLAR, CONICAL SHOWERHEADS AND/OR TOP PLATES FOR REDUCING RECIRCULATION IN A SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180012733
    Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a processing chamber and a showerhead including a faceplate, a stem portion and a cylindrical base portion. A collar connects the showerhead to a top surface of the processing chamber. The collar defines a gas channel to receive secondary purge gas and a plurality of gas slits to direct the secondary purge gas from the gas channel in a radially outward and downward direction. A conical surface is arranged adjacent to the cylindrical base and around the stem portion of the showerhead. An inverted conical surface is arranged adjacent to a top surface and sidewalls of the processing chamber. The conical surface and the inverted conical surface define an angled gas channel from the plurality of gas slits to a gap defined between a radially outer portion of the cylindrical base portion and the sidewalls of the processing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Phillips, Ryan Blaquiere, Shankar Swaminathan
  • Catalytic filter having a soot catalyst and an SCR catalyst
    Patent number: 9849421
    Abstract: A catalytic filter is provided having a mixture of an SCR catalyst and soot oxidation catalyst where the soot oxidation catalyst is a copper doped ceria, iron doped ceria or manganese doped ceria. The mixture of an SCR catalyst and soot oxidation catalyst provides for a lowering of the peak oxidation temperature for soot removal from the filter. The use of the filter allows for improved soot combustion and reduces the susceptibility of an SCR catalyst contained on a filter to deterioration. The soot oxidation catalyst also improves the resistance of the SCR catalyst to poisoning and subsequent deterioration of SCR performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Paul Richard Phillips
  • FLOATING THROWABLE IMPLEMENT GAME APPARATUS AND RELATED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170354855
    Abstract: An apparatus is used with throwable implements. The apparatus includes a base having a central portion and a peripheral edge. A first container is positioned on the central portion of the base. A plurality of second containers is positioned along the peripheral edge of the base and radially about the first container, wherein the plurality of second containers are smaller than the first container, and wherein an upper rim edge of the first container is positioned higher than upper rim edges of the plurality of second containers. The apparatus may be floatable and used primarily in water-based settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Brett J. Cullen, Richard Phillips, Ben Kirk Phillips
  • NOx ADSORBER CATALYST
    Publication number: 20170356317
    Abstract: A NOx adsorber catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The NOx adsorber catalyst comprises a first layer consisting essentially of a support material, one or more platinum group metals disposed on the support material, and a NOx storage material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew ARMITAGE, Desiree DURAN MARTIN, Rebecca MAKSYMOWICZ, Paul James MILLINGTON, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Raj Rao RAJARAM, Stuart David REID, Daniel SWALLOW
  • CATALYST AND METHOD OF PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20170341059
    Abstract: A method of making a supported catalytic species comprising an alloy of at least two metals, comprises the steps of: (i) combining a particulate support material, a solution of a first metal compound, a solution of a second metal compound, and a solution of an alkaline precipitating agent to form a slurry mixture; (ii) agitating the resultant mixture; and (iii) contacting the solids with a reducing agent, wherein the first metal in the first metal compound and the second metal in the second metal compound is each independently selected from the group consisting of gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, silver, osmium and ruthenium; and wherein the first metal is not the same as the second metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: David Bergeal, Andrew Francis CHIFFEY, Peter JOHNSTON, Francois MOREAU, Paul Richard PHILLIPS
  • Exhaust system with a modified lean NOtrap
    Patent number: 9828896
    Abstract: An exhaust system for treating an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The system comprises a modified lean NOx trap (LNT), a urea injection system, and an ammonia-selective catalytic reduction catalyst. The modified LNT comprises a first layer and a second layer. The first layer comprises a NOx adsorbent component and one or more platinum group metals. The second layer comprises a diesel oxidation catalyst zone and an NO oxidation zone. The diesel oxidation catalyst zone comprises a platinum group metal, a zeolite, and optionally an alkaline earth metal. The NO oxidation zone comprises a platinum group metal and a carrier. The modified LNT stores NOx at temperatures below about 200° C. and releases at temperatures above about 200° C. The modified LNT and a method of using the modified LNT are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Daniel Swallow, Stuart David Reid, Paul Richard Phillips, James Alexander Wylie
  • Catalysts for treating transient NOemissions
    Patent number: 9815048
    Abstract: A heterogeneous catalyst article having at least one combination of a first molecular sieve having a medium pore, large pore, or meso-pore crystal structure and optionally containing a first metal, and a second molecular sieve having a small pore crystal structure and optionally containing a second metal, and a monolith substrate onto or within which said catalytic component is incorporated, wherein the combination of the first and second molecular sieves is a blend, a plurality of layers, and/or a plurality of zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Alexander Nicholas Michael Green, Joanne Elizabeth Melville, Paul Richard Phillips, Stuart David Reid
  • NOx ADSORBER CATALYST
    Publication number: 20170320046
    Abstract: A NOx adsorber catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The NOx adsorber catalyst composition comprises a support material, one or more platinum group metals disposed on the support material, and a NOx storage material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Paul ARMITAGE, Desiree DURAN-MARTIN, Paul James MILLINGTON, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Raj Rao RAJARAM, Stuart David REID, Daniel SWALLOW
  • Exhaust system for a compression ignition engine comprising a water adsorbent material
    Patent number: 9777609
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a compression ignition engine comprising: a water adsorbent material; and a catalyst composition for treating an exhaust gas pollutant produced by the compression ignition engine; wherein the water adsorbent material is: (i) arranged to contact exhaust gas from the compression ignition engine before the catalyst composition; and (ii) in thermal communication with the catalyst composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Guy Richard Chandler, Alexander Nicholas Michael Green, Paul Richard Phillips, Andrew Walker
  • CATALYSED SUBSTRATE MONOLITH
    Publication number: 20170274358
    Abstract: A catalysed substrate monolith 12 for use in treating exhaust gas emitted from a lean-burn internal combustion engine, which catalysed substrate monolith 12 comprising a first washcoat coating 16 and a second washcoat coating 18, wherein the first washcoat coating comprises a catalyst composition comprising at least one platinum group metal (PGM) and at least one support material for the at least one PGM, wherein at least one PGM in the first washcoat coating is liable to volatilise when the first washcoat coating is exposed to relatively extreme conditions including relatively high temperatures, wherein the second washcoat coating comprises at least one metal oxide for trapping volatilised PGM and wherein the second washcoat coating is oriented to contact exhaust gas that has contacted the first washcoat coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Philip Gerald BLAKEMAN, Gavin Michael BROWN, Sougato CHATTERJEE, Andrew Francis CHIFFEY, Jane GAST, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Raj Rao RAJARAM, Glen SPREITZER, Andrew Peter WALKER
  • System, Method, And Apparatus For Self-Adaptive Scheduled Lighting Control
    Publication number: 20170265273
    Abstract: A lighting control device is provided which includes a microcontroller, at least one wireless transceiver, at least one dimmer, one or more lighting terminals powered by the at least one dimmer, at least one environmental sensor, and at least one input device. In operation, the microcontroller obtains environmental data from the at least one environmental sensor, obtains input data from the at least one input device, transmits the environmental data and the input data to an external server, obtains a lighting operating schedule based on the environmental data and the input data from the external server, and executes the lighting operating schedule from the external server by controlling one or more smart bulbs via the at least one wireless transceiver and controlling the electrical current output to lighting terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: Jonathan Richard PHILLIPS
  • DATA TO BE BACKED UP IN A BACKUP SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170249218
    Abstract: Examples include splitting a non-leaf node of a directed acyclic graph (DAG) in response to determinations that a content-defined fingerprint of a data portion is a breakpoint value and that a target insertion point is between two leaf nodes having a common non-leaf node parent, and determination of whether the data portion was previously stored in a backup system based on the DAG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: David Malcolm FALKINDER, Richard Phillip MAYO
  • IDENTIFICATION OF CONTENT-DEFINED CHUNK BOUNDARIES
    Publication number: 20170242615
    Abstract: Examples include application of a variable-sized content-defined chunking technique to a first data portion to identify a content-defined chunk boundary at least partially defining a remainder section, merging of the remainder section with a second data portion ordered before the first data portion to create a merged section, and application of the chunking technique to the merged section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventor: Richard Phillip MAYO
  • GAS / FLUID MASS EXCHANGE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170239621
    Abstract: A gas/fluid mass exchange apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a gas permeable membrane which is arranged to separate a first region for receiving a gas flow, from a second region for receiving a fluid flow. The apparatus further comprises support means which is arranged to maintain the shape and orientation of the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: HAEMAIR LIMITED
    Inventors: William Richard JOHNS, Steven Warwick James BROWN, Richard PHILLIPS, Dale ROGERS
  • TRANSITION METAL-CONTAINING ALUMINOSILICATE ZEOLITE
    Publication number: 20170216826
    Abstract: A synthetic aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst containing at least one catalytically active transition metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Hf, La, Au, In, V, lanthanides and Group VIII transition metals, which aluminosilicate zeolite is a small pore aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms, wherein the mean crystallite size of the aluminosilicate zeolite determined by scanning electron microscope is >0.50 micrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Guy Richard CHANDLER, Neil Robert COLLINS, Rodney FOO KOK SHIN, Alexander Nicholas Michael GREEN, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Raj Rao RAJARAM, Stuart David REID
  • Oxidation Catalyst for a Compression Ignition Engine
    Publication number: 20170216822
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Francis CHIFFEY, Neil Robert COLLINS, John Benjamin GOODWIN, Francois MOREAU, Paul Richard PHILLIPS
  • CATALYSTS FOR TREATING TRANSIENT NOx EMISSIONS
    Publication number: 20170209857
    Abstract: A heterogeneous catalyst article having at least one combination of a first molecular sieve having a medium pore, large pore, or meso-pore crystal structure and optionally containing a first metal, and a second molecular sieve having a small pore crystal structure and optionally containing a second metal, and a monolith substrate onto or within which said catalytic component is incorporated, wherein the combination of the first and second molecular sieves is a blend, a plurality of layers, and/or a plurality of zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Guy Richard CHANDLER, Alexander Nicholas Michael GREEN, Joanne Elizabeth MELVILLE, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Stuart David REID
  • Oxidation catalyst for a compression ignition engine
    Patent number: 9707542
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a first washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a first support material, wherein the first washcoat region is substantially free of a hydrocarbon adsorbent; a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and a second support material, wherein the second washcoat region has a ratio by mass of platinum (Pt) to palladium (Pd) of 4:1 to 1:1; a hydrocarbon adsorbent; and a substrate; wherein the first washcoat region is arranged to contact inlet exhaust gas before the hydrocarbon adsorbent, and the first washcoat region is arranged to contact inlet exhaust gas before the second washcoat region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: David Bergeal, Andrew Francis Chiffey, Daniel Hatcher, James Leeland, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips