Patents by Inventor Robert Reginald Loucks

Robert Reginald Loucks 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).

  • Process for reducing NOfrom combustion system exhaust
    Patent number: 8800270
    Abstract: An exhaust system for treating an exhaust gas composition having NO2 in a first NO2 concentration. The exhaust system includes a first catalyst that contacts a first portion of the exhaust gas composition converting it into a first oxidized exhaust mixture that includes NO2 in a second NO2 concentration that is greater than the first NO2 concentration. The system further includes a bypass that receives a second portion of the exhaust gas composition and a recombination section positioned downstream of the first catalyst. The first oxidized exhaust mixture is combined with the second portion of the exhaust gas composition to produce a first combined exhaust gas mixture. A second catalyst converts the first combined exhaust gas mixture to a second combined exhaust gas mixture having a third NO2 concentration that is less than the second NO2 concentration. The method used by the exhaust system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Umicore Autocat USA Inc.
    Inventors: Owen Herman Bailey, Robert Reginald Loucks, Christopher Simon Owens
  • PROCESS FOR REDUCING NO2 FROM COMBUSTION SYSTEM EXHAUST
    Publication number: 20090120076
    Abstract: An exhaust system for treating an exhaust gas composition having NO2 in a first NO2 concentration. The exhaust system includes a first catalyst that contacts a first portion of the exhaust gas composition converting it into a first oxidized exhaust mixture that includes NO2 in a second NO2 concentration that is greater than the first NO2 concentration. The system further includes a bypass that receives a second portion of the exhaust gas composition and a recombination section positioned downstream of the first catalyst. The first oxidized exhaust mixture is combined with the second portion of the exhaust gas composition to produce a first combined exhaust gas mixture. A second catalyst converts the first combined exhaust gas mixture to a second combined exhaust gas mixture having a third NO2 concentration that is less than the second NO2 concentration. The method used by the exhaust system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: UMICORE AUTOCAT USA INC.
    Inventors: Owen Herman Bailey, Robert Reginald Loucks, Christopher Simon Owens