Patents by Inventor Roger Khami

Roger Khami 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).

  • Patent number: 11754024
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a hydrocarbon (HC) trap system in an engine air induction system. In one example, a system may include a pillow-case type HC trap housed in a rectangular opening formed in a wall of an air conduit at the outlet of an air cleaner box. A frame may be integrally formed around the opening to support the HC trap protruding outward from the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Moyer, Jose Quezada, Victor Cisneros, Juan Pablo Salgado, Scott M. Rollins, Roger Khami
  • Patent number: 11629677
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an airbox. In one example, the airbox is a single piece comprising features to receive and retain a platform for an air filter. The airbox comprises curved elastomers which engage with coupling elements of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luis Rabasa, David K Gonzalez Bojorges, Jose Quezada, Roger Khami
  • Publication number: 20220228544
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a hydrocarbon (HC) trap system in an engine air induction system. In one example, a system may include a pillow-case type HC trap housed in a rectangular opening formed in a wall of an air conduit at the outlet of an air cleaner box. A frame may be integrally formed around the opening to support the HC trap protruding outward from the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: David Moyer, Jose Quezada, Victor Cisneros, Juan Pablo Salgado, Scott M. Rollins, Roger Khami
  • Publication number: 20220195970
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an airbox. In one example, the airbox is a single piece comprising features to receive and retain a platform for an air filter. The airbox comprises curved elastomers which engage with coupling elements of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Luis Rabasa, David K. Gonzalez Bojorges, Jose Quezada, Roger Khami
  • Patent number: 11339751
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a hydrocarbon (HC) trap system in an engine air induction system. In one example, a system may include a pillow-case type HC trap housed in a rectangular opening formed in a wall of an air conduit at the outlet of an air cleaner box. A frame may be integrally formed around the opening to support the HC trap protruding outward from the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Moyer, Jose Quezada, Victor Cisneros, Juan Pablo Salgado, Scott M. Rollins, Roger Khami
  • Patent number: 10799825
    Abstract: A filter element assembly includes a filter body and an auxiliary filter. The filter body includes a sidewall around a hollow core. Further the filter body and auxiliary filter are both received and held on a support including a base and a cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jacqueline L. Tomlin, Roger Khami, Alexander King, Jeff Sean Boulton, John Emley, Joseph Matthew McCann, Hovie Jarrett Cassell
  • Publication number: 20200182205
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a hydrocarbon (HC) trap system in an engine air induction system. In one example, a system may include a pillow-case type HC trap housed in a rectangular opening formed in a wall of an air conduit at the outlet of an air cleaner box. A frame may be integrally formed around the opening to support the HC trap protruding outward from the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: David Moyer, Jose Quezada, Victor Cisneros, Juan Pablo Salgado, Scott M. Rollins, Roger Khami
  • Patent number: 10578236
    Abstract: A hose and a system including a hose may be used to connect various components. The hose may include a hose body, where an end segment of the hose body may be foldable over a clamp seat area of the hose body. There may be an opening in the end segment sized and shaped to provide access to a clamp, so as to better hold the clamp in place, while still enabling access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Scott M. Rollins, Roger Khami, Randall Alan Stec, Dennis Davies, Christopher Alan Myers
  • Publication number: 20190193013
    Abstract: A filter element assembly includes a filter body and an auxiliary filter. The filter body includes a sidewall around a hollow core. Further the filter body and auxiliary filter are both received and held on a support including a base and a cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Jacqueline L. Tomlin, Roger Khami, Alexander King, Jeff Sean Boulton, John Emley, Joseph Matthew McCann, Hovie Jarrett Cassell
  • Patent number: 10252205
    Abstract: A filter element assembly includes a filter body and an auxiliary filter. The filter body includes a sidewall around a hollow core. Further the filter body and auxiliary filter are both received and held on a support including a base and a cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jacqueline L. Tomlin, Roger Khami, Alexander King, Jeff Sean Boulton, John Emley, Joseph Matthew McCann, Hovie Jarrett Cassell
  • Patent number: 9964078
    Abstract: A filter assembly for a motor-vehicle air cleaner may include a main filter, an auxiliary filter set apart from the main filter, and a filter mount fixed to and supporting the main filter and the auxiliary filter. In an example embodiment, the filter mount is fittable in and removable from a housing of the air cleaner, and includes a sealing element passing between the main filter and the auxiliary filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thanh Pham, Giriraj Srinivasan, Roger Khami, William C. Ronzi
  • Patent number: 9932941
    Abstract: A snap-in spring clip assembly includes a discrete clip cleat and a fastener carried on the clip cleat. The discrete clip cleat includes a body having a base, a first rib depending from the base and a second rib depending from the base. The first and second ribs each include at least one resilient locking arm that allows the discrete clip cleat to be snapped into and retained in a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Khami, Jeff Sean Boulton, Jacqueline L. Tomlin, Ronald R. Narkun
  • Patent number: 9897050
    Abstract: An air filtration system (100) for an engine. The air filtration system (100) includes a main filter assembly (102) configured to filter air from a first dirty air inlet (110), the main filter assembly (102) defining a dirty air side (112) of the main filter assembly (102) and a clean air side (114) of the main filter assembly (102). The air filtration system further includes an auxiliary filter assembly (104) configured to filter air from a second dirty air inlet (116), wherein the auxiliary filter assembly (104) is selectively attachable to the main filter assembly (102) such that when the auxiliary filter assembly (104) is attached air is filtered from the second dirty air inlet (116) to the clean air side (114) of the main filter assembly (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Baldwin, Jayne Hyde, Roger Khami, Preet Kamal Virk, Robert Joseph Mohan, Joseph Matthew McCann
  • Patent number: 9850809
    Abstract: An inlet duct, an induction system, and a system are disclosed for directing an inlet flow into an inlet compressor for use in an internal combustion engine. An example inlet duct may include one or more relief features disposed on an inner surface of the inlet duct. The one or more relief features may be made integral with the inlet duct. The one or more relief features may be disposed to protrude into the inlet flow to cause the inlet flow to swirl before reaching the inlet compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Henry Hermann, Randall Alan Stec, Douglas White, Jacqueline Tomlin, William C. Ronzi, Roger Khami, Robert Bruce Bonhard, Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala
  • Publication number: 20170254458
    Abstract: The present application provides various examples that may include a hose and a system. The hose may include a hose body, where an end segment of the hose body may be foldable over a clamp seat area of the hose body. There may be an opening in the end segment sized and shaped to provide access to a clamp, so as to better hold the clamp in place, while still enabling access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Scott M. Rollins, Roger Khami, Randall Alan Stec, Dennis Davies, Christopher Alan Myers
  • Patent number: 9732710
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon (HC) trap positioned in an intake conduit of an engine is provided. The HC trap includes a stack of consecutively layered polymeric sheets with at least a portion of the sheets impregnated with a HC vapor adsorption/desorption material, the stack of sheets extending from a first exterior surface to a second exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew George Bellis, Roger Khami, David S. Moyer, Eric Henry Hermann
  • Patent number: 9726069
    Abstract: Methods and systems are providing for improving engine coolant level estimation to reduce engine overheating. The level of fluid in a coolant overflow reservoir is inferred based on the fluid level in a hollow vertical standpipe fluidically coupled to the reservoir at top and bottom locations. An ultrasonic sensor positioned in a recess at the bottom of the vertical standpipe transmits signals intermittently, receives their echoes upon reflection from the coolant surface, and estimates the fluid level in the standpipe based on echo times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Putman Styron, Erik Thomas Andersen, William Russell Goodwin, Jeffrey John Lock, John Eric Rollinger, Roger Khami, Joel John Beltramo
  • Patent number: 9683691
    Abstract: The present application provides various examples that may include a hose and a system. The hose may include a hose body, where an end segment of the hose body may be foldable over a clamp seat area of the hose body. There may be an opening in the end segment sized and shaped to provide access to a clamp, so as to better hold the clamp in place, while still enabling access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Scott M. Rollins, Roger Khami, Randall Alan Stec, Dennis Davies, Christopher Alan Myers
  • Publication number: 20170022946
    Abstract: A turbocharger system includes a flexible duct having an elongated elastomeric body extending longitudinally between first and second ends configured to attach to respective turbocharger devices. A plurality of constricting rings are spaced longitudinally between the ends. Each constricting ring applies a radial compression force around a respective circumference of the duct. Each ring is comprised of a molded thermoplastic retained in a concentric shape by a clasp. The spacing of the constricting rings has a density sufficient to limit a volume increase of the duct under turbocharger operating pressure to less than 20%. Each constricting ring has an inner surface including an intrusion feature providing a reduced compression force on the duct so that a portion of the duct enters the intrusion feature, thereby anchoring the constricting ring in a substantially fixed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: RANDALL A. STEC, ROGER KHAMI, CHRISTOPHER B. BISHOP, ERIK H. HERMANN
  • Patent number: 9541226
    Abstract: An assembly for clamping a tube includes a fitting including a land, a bolt housing, legs, and a tooth on each leg, a band surrounding an axis, contacting the land and formed with holes spaced along the band, and a bolt located in the bolt housing, including helical teeth engaged with said holes for changing a diameter of the band and forcing the tooth toward the band as the band is tightened by rotating the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert H. Saunders, Robert J. Mohan, Jeffrey P. Luther, Scott M. Rollins, Erik H. Hermann, Darice M. Morris, Roger Khami