Patents by Inventor Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson 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: 12618355
    Abstract: An exhaust conduit assembly includes: an exhaust conduit body defining an exhaust flow path; an injection aperture extending through the exhaust conduit body; and a doser mount portion including: an inlet port configured to receive a coolant, a channel configured to receive the coolant from the inlet port, at least a portion of the channel extending around at least a portion of the injection aperture, the channel including a first section and a second section, and an outlet port configured to receive the coolant from the channel. The doser mount portion defines a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of a dosing module and a ridge defines a base of the cavity, wherein the first portion of the channel is disposed adjacent to the cavity and the second portion of the channel is disposed adjacent to the ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Omkar Tendolkar, Thomas Kreser, Masoud Ziabakhsh Deilami, Ralf Rohrmueller, Atif Mahmood, Joe V. Hill, Nicholas K. Sharp, John G. Buechler, Jim L. Alonzo, Samuel Johnson
  • Patent number: 12617328
    Abstract: A loading ramp assembly for utility vans can include a main deck with side rails fastened to the longitudinal sides of the main deck. A raised loading floor of the utility van is disposed atop a pair of guide rails. Guide wheels on the side rails move through guide rails secured to the van's original floor as the ramp is retracted and deployed. The ramp can be fully retracted and stored inside of the van such that the rear doors of the van can be closed normally without the need to remove the loading ramp assembly from the van.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: National Fleet Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Peterson, Samuel Johnson, Gilbert Daniel Bodimer
  • Publication number: 20260098493
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating an exhaust system for receiving exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The exhaust system comprises: a turbine, a dosing module, at least one of a variable geometry mechanism and a bypass control valve, and a controller. The turbine is configured to receive exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine. The turbine comprises a turbine wheel configured to extract energy from the exhaust gas. The dosing module is configured to deliver an aftertreatment fluid to the exhaust gas at a position downstream of the turbine wheel. The variable geometry mechanism is configured to control the flow of exhaust gas delivered to the turbine wheel. The bypass control valve is configured to bypass a portion of the exhaust gas from a position upstream of the turbine wheel to a position downstream of the turbine wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, Atif Mahmood, Chetan Kishorrao Chawane, Mohemmedtayab A. Mujawar
  • Publication number: 20260081638
    Abstract: A Physical Layer (PHY) device, for use in an Ethernet network in a vehicle, includes a link interface and a transceiver. The link interface is configured to connect to a full-duplex Ethernet link. The transceiver is configured to communicate over the full-duplex Ethernet link in a first direction using a High-Data-Rate (HDR) signal having a first data rate, and to communicate over the full-duplex Ethernet link in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, using a Low-Data-Rate (LDR) signal having a second data rate, lower than the first data rate. A frequency spectrum of the LDR signal is contained within a frequency spectrum of the HDR signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Ragnar Hlynur JONSSON, Seid Alireza Razavi MAJOMARD, Thomas Joseph HOUCK, Paul FULLER, Mario Alejandro CASTRILLON, Aleksei ZHEREBTCOV, Amir BAR-NIV, Bizhan ABEDINZADEH, Brett Anthony MCCLELLAN, David SHEN, Ehab TAHIR, Elvio SERRANO, Frank MCCARTHY, Hsiang-Ling LI, Peter VAN DYCK, Xing WU, Samuel JOHNSON, Sina BARKESHLI, Timur MINNIGALIEV, Venkateswara C. PENUMUCHU, George A. ZIMMERMAN
  • Publication number: 20260071567
    Abstract: A reductant delivery system includes: an inlet body including: an inlet body coupler surrounding an inlet body inlet that is configured to receive exhaust gas, an inlet body outer transfer shell coupled to the inlet body coupler, the inlet body outer transfer shell including: an inlet body outer transfer shell inner surface, and an inlet body outer transfer shell outlet extending through the inlet body outer transfer shell inner surface, an inlet body outer mounting shell coupled to the inlet body coupler and the inlet body outer transfer shell, the inlet body outer mounting shell and the inlet body outer transfer shell defining an inlet body cavity, the inlet body outer mounting shell; an outlet body comprising: an outlet body coupler, and an outlet body shell; and an outer transfer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Mahendra Mittapalli, Enoch Nanduru, Samuel Johnson, Ryan M. Johnson, Kartiki Jagtap, Vinay Kumar Joshi, Aishwarya Pravin Joshi
  • Publication number: 20260049565
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a turbocharger having a turbine that receives exhaust from an engine-turbine exhaust conduit, a shaft coupled to the turbine, and a motor coupled to the shaft. The vehicle system further includes a controller that causes the motor to rotate the shaft. The vehicle system further includes an injection housing directly coupled to the turbine or to a turbine-housing exhaust conduit that is directly coupled to the turbine. The injection housing receives the exhaust from the turbine or from the turbine-housing exhaust conduit. The vehicle system further includes a dosing module coupled to the injection housing. The dosing module includes an injector configured to inject treatment fluid into the injection housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, Chetan Kishorrao Chawane, Donald Edward Willey, Matthew Robert Brookes
  • Publication number: 20260027275
    Abstract: Home dialysis kits for preparing dialysis fluids are provided. The home dialysis kit comprises a first container comprising a first solution and a second container comprising a second solution. The first solution comprises at least one of a dextrose component, a pH agent, or any combination thereof. The second container comprises at least one of a calcium component, a magnesium component, a sodium component, a chloride component, a lactate component, or any combination thereof. The first solution and the second solution can be combined to produce a dialysis fluid. Related systems and related methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Sukalyan Dutta, Augusto Piazza, Sarah J. Grimm, Samuel Johnson, Piero Bruschi
  • Patent number: 12503969
    Abstract: A reductant delivery system includes an inlet body, an outlet body, and an outer transfer tube. The inlet body includes an inlet body coupler, an inlet body outer transfer shell, and an inlet body inner shell. The inlet body coupler surrounds an inlet body inlet that is configured to receive exhaust gas. The inlet body outer transfer shell is coupled to the inlet body coupler. The inlet body outer transfer shell includes an inlet body outer transfer shell inner surface and an inlet body outer transfer shell outlet. The inlet body outer transfer shell outlet extends through the inlet body outer transfer shell inner surface. The inlet body inner shell includes an inlet body inner shell first flange, an inlet body inner shell second flange, and an inlet body inner shell wall. The inlet body inner shell first flange is coupled to the inlet body outer transfer shell inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Mahendra Mittapalli, Enoch Nanduru, Samuel Johnson, Ryan M. Johnson, Kartiki Jagtap, Vinay Kumar Joshi, Aishwarya Pravin Joshi
  • Patent number: 12454904
    Abstract: A system includes: a reductant injection system for injecting reductant into an exhaust gas based on an injection parameter or a supply parameter; and a controller configured to: access a current engine condition parameter, wherein the current engine condition parameter includes at least one of an engine fuel flow rate, an engine air flow rate, an engine boost pressure, an engine intake pressure, an engine load, an engine rotational speed, an engine cylinder temperature, an engine cylinder pressure, or an engine fuel pressure, determine one or more control parameters based on a control model and as a function of the accessed current engine condition parameter, and modify a value of the injection parameter or the supply parameter based on the one or more control parameters to control a reductant spray momentum, a reductant droplet momentum, or a reductant momentum vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, Nassim Khaled, Patrick C. Hudson
  • Patent number: 12420692
    Abstract: Brackets for mounting a loading ramp to a utility van without drilling the van's structure can include a horizontal plate portion and a vertical portion. The vertical portion is joined to a perimeter edge of the horizontal portion. The vertical portion includes a main portion and a flange extending from a vertical side of the main portion. Apertures can be provided in the vertical portion and horizontal portions so that the brackets can be secured to the interior of the van without drilling new holes in the van. The brackets are shaped so that the rear doors of the van can close without interference in the normal manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: National Fleet Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Peterson, Samuel Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250237163
    Abstract: There is provided a turbine for a turbocharger, comprising: a turbine inlet passage configured to receive exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas received by the turbine inlet passage defining a turbine bulk flow; a turbine wheel chamber configured to receive the turbine bulk flow from the turbine inlet passage, the turbine wheel chamber configured to contain a turbine wheel supported for rotation about a turbine axis; a turbine outlet passage configured to receive the turbine bulk flow from the turbine wheel chamber; a dosing module configured to deliver a spray of aftertreatment fluid into a spray region of the turbine outlet passage through which the turbine bulk flow passes; and an auxiliary passage configured to receive a portion of the turbine bulk flow, the portion of the turbine bulk flow received by the auxiliary passage defining an auxiliary flow; wherein the auxiliary passage is configured to direct the auxiliary flow into the spray region of the turbine outlet passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Chetan Kishorrao Chawane, Jim L. Alonzo, Matthew Robert Brookes, Atif Mahmood, Donald Edward Willey, Enoch Nanduru, Ameya Navnath Warang, Mohemmedtayab A. Mujawar, Nikhil Digambar Giri, Pavan L. Khanadalkar, Abdul Rasheed M S, Samuel Johnson, Paul T. Frisch
  • Publication number: 20250215812
    Abstract: There is provided a turbine for a turbocharger, comprising: a turbine inlet passage configured to receive exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas received by the turbine inlet passage defining a turbine bulk flow; a turbine wheel chamber configured to receive the turbine bulk flow from the turbine inlet passage, the 5 turbine wheel chamber configured to contain a turbine wheel supported for rotation; a turbine outlet passage configured to receive the turbine bulk flow from the turbine wheel chamber, the turbine outlet passage being at least partially defined by a turbine outlet passage surface and defining a centreline; an auxiliary passage configured to receive a portion of the turbine bulk flow, the portion of the turbine bulk flow received by 10 the auxiliary passage defining an auxiliary flow; and a dosing module configured to deliver a spray of aftertreatment fluid into the turbine outlet passage; wherein the auxiliary passage is configured to direct the auxiliary flow along the t
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Chetan Kishorrao Chawane, Jim L. Alonzo, Matthew Robert Brookes, Atif Mahmood, Donald Edward Willey, Enoch Nanduru, Ameya Navnath Warang, Mohemmedtayab A. Mujawar, Nikhil Digambar Giri, Pavan L. Khanadalkar, Abdul Rasheed M S, Samuel Johnson, Paul T. Frisch
  • Publication number: 20250198319
    Abstract: There is disclosed a turbine dosing system for a turbocharger. The turbine dosing system comprises a turbine inlet passage, a turbine wheel chamber, a turbine outlet passage and a plurality of dosing modules. The turbine inlet passage is configured to receive exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The turbine wheel chamber configured to receive exhaust gas from the turbine inlet passage. The turbine wheel chamber contains a turbine wheel supported for rotation about a turbine wheel axis. The turbine wheel comprises an exducer which defines an exducer diameter. The turbine outlet passage is downstream of the turbine wheel chamber and is configured to receive exhaust gas from the turbine wheel chamber. The turbine outlet passage defines a flow axis which extends from a downstream end of the turbine wheel. The plurality of dosing modules are configured to inject aftertreatment fluid into exhaust gas in the turbine outlet passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, Chetan Kishorrao Chawane, Ameya Navnath Warang, Mohemmedtayab A. Mujawar, Sagar Shekhar Andhari, Nikhil Digambar Giri, Abdul Rasheed M S, Matthew Robert Brookes, Atif Mahmood
  • Publication number: 20250188861
    Abstract: There is disclosed a turbine dosing system for a turbocharger. The turbine dosing system comprises a turbine inlet passage (112), a turbine wheel chamber and a turbine outlet passage (116). The turbine inlet passage is configured to receive exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The turbine wheel chamber is configured to receive exhaust gas from the turbine inlet passage. The turbine wheel chamber contains a turbine wheel supported for rotation about a turbine wheel axis. The turbine wheel comprises an exducer defining an exducer diameter. The turbine outlet passage is downstream of the turbine wheel chamber and is configured to receive exhaust gas from the turbine wheel chamber. The turbine outlet passage is at least partly defined by a structure which comprises a dosing module mount (122) configured to receive a dosing module (32). The turbine outlet passage defines a flow axis which extends from a downstream end of the turbine wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, Chetan Kishorrao Chawane, Ameya Navnath Warang, Paul T. Frisch, Matthew Robert Brookes, Atif Mahmood
  • Publication number: 20250154888
    Abstract: A decomposition chamber for an exhaust aftertreatment system includes an inlet conduit centered on an inlet conduit axis and configured to receive exhaust, a decomposition conduit coupled to the inlet conduit, an endcap coupled to the decomposition conduit, and an injector coupled to the endcap and configured to provide reductant into the decomposition conduit along an injection axis. The decomposition chamber includes a guide swirl mixer coupled to at least one of the inlet conduit or the endcap. The guide swirl mixer includes a first portion disposed within the inlet conduit, and a second portion disposed within the decomposition conduit such that the inlet conduit axis extends through the second portion. The second portion extends at least partially around the injection axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Gaurav Hemant Pandit, Allick Mounir Olive, Sagar Maruti Jarali, Narenthiran Thangamuthu, Ramesh Ramavath, Alex Harrington, Samuel Johnson, Sriram Narayanasamy, Enoch Nanduru, George Eugene Mavroudis
  • Publication number: 20250116220
    Abstract: An exhaust conduit assembly includes: an exhaust conduit body defining an exhaust flow path; an injection aperture extending through the exhaust conduit body; and a doser mount portion including: an inlet port configured to receive a coolant, a channel configured to receive the coolant from the inlet port, at least a portion of the channel extending around at least a portion of the injection aperture, the channel including a first section and a second section, and an outlet port configured to receive the coolant from the channel. The doser mount portion defines a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of a dosing module and a ridge defines a base of the cavity, wherein the first portion of the channel is disposed adjacent to the cavity and the second portion of the channel is disposed adjacent to the ridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Omkar Tendolkar, Thomas Kreser, Masoud Ziabakhsh Deilami, Ralf Rohrmueller, Atif Mahmood, Joe V. Hill, Nicholas K. Sharp, John G. Buechler, Jim L. Alonzo, Samuel Johnson
  • Patent number: 12228061
    Abstract: A decomposition chamber for an exhaust aftertreatment system includes an inlet conduit centered on an inlet conduit axis and configured to receive exhaust, a decomposition conduit coupled to the inlet conduit, an endcap coupled to the decomposition conduit, and an injector coupled to the endcap and configured to provide reductant into the decomposition conduit along an injection axis. The decomposition chamber includes a guide swirl mixer coupled to at least one of the inlet conduit or the endcap. The guide swirl mixer includes a first portion disposed within the inlet conduit, and a second portion disposed within the decomposition conduit such that the inlet conduit axis extends through the second portion. The second portion extends at least partially around the injection axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Gaurav Hemant Pandit, Allick Mounir Olive, Sagar Maruti Jarali, Narenthiran Thangamuthu, Ramesh Ramavath, Alex Harrington, Samuel Johnson, Sriram Narayanasamy, Enoch Nanduru, George Eugene Mavroudis
  • Publication number: 20250012210
    Abstract: A system includes: a reductant injection system for injecting reductant into an exhaust gas based on an injection parameter or a supply parameter; and a controller configured to: access a current engine condition parameter, wherein the current engine condition parameter includes at least one of an engine fuel flow rate, an engine air flow rate, an engine boost pressure, an engine intake pressure, an engine load, an engine rotational speed, an engine cylinder temperature, an engine cylinder pressure, or an engine fuel pressure, determine one or more control parameters based on a control model and as a function of the accessed current engine condition parameter, and modify a value of the injection parameter or the supply parameter based on the one or more control parameters to control a reductant spray momentum, a reductant droplet momentum, or a reductant momentum vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, Nassim Khaled, Patrick C. Hudson
  • Patent number: 12152525
    Abstract: A system for controlling reductant spray momentum for a target spray distribution includes an exhaust system having an exhaust conduit with exhaust flowing therethrough, a reductant injection system for injecting reductant into the exhaust flowing through the exhaust system based on one or more injection parameters, a reductant supply system for supplying reductant to the reductant injection system based on one or more supply parameters, and a controller. The controller is configured to access current vehicle, engine, exhaust, or reductant condition parameters, determine one or more control parameters based on a control model and the accessed current vehicle, engine, exhaust, or reductant condition parameters, and modify a value of the one or more injection parameters or the one or more supply parameters to control the reductant spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, Nassim Khaled, Patrick C. Hudson
  • Patent number: 12110002
    Abstract: Responsive to a user request, a controller operates an engine of a vehicle while parked to charge a traction battery to a target state of charge that exceeds a maximum state of charge limit, used during drive of the vehicle by an electric machine, in advance of a predefined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Powell, Samuel Johnson, Garrett Carlson, Craig Lechlitner