Patents by Inventor Shawn Richard Herold

Shawn Richard Herold 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).

  • Publication number: 20230144474
    Abstract: A system for removing residual reductant from at least one component of a reductant dosing system associated with an aftertreatment system includes a first container disposed in fluid communication with the reductant dosing system. The system also includes a first conduit for providing fluid communication between the first container and the reductant dosing system. Based on a generation of a vacuum within the first container, the first conduit is operative to remove the residual reductant from the at least one component of the reductant dosing system and introduce the residual reductant into the first container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Denis, Shawn Richard Herold
  • Patent number: 11384669
    Abstract: A base filter for a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) filter of a header assembly in a fluid reservoir is disclosed may include first and second semi-cylindrical holder portions having a semi-cylindrical walls concluding at abutment surfaces that face and engage when the base filter is assembled. The semi-cylindrical holder portions have one or more mounting tabs extending inward from inner surfaces of the semi-cylindrical walls. The header assembly may include a header with a cylindrical header boss having mounting recess defined therein. The mounting tabs may be circumferentially spaced about the semi-cylindrical walls to align with and be inserted into the mounting recesses of the header boss the base filter is assembled on the cylindrical header boss. Fasteners may be inserted through fastener bosses of the semi-cylindrical holder portions and into fastener bores of the header boss to hold the semi-cylindrical holder portions together and on the header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Govind Swaroop, Raghuram Gaikwad, Scott Frederick Meyer, Bogdan Balea, Shawn Richard Herold
  • Patent number: 11344826
    Abstract: A fluid system for a machine includes a tube assembly and a sock filter enveloping the tube assembly. The fluid system also includes a filter protector adjacent to a fastener in the tube assembly and including a first connector fitted with a first tube, a second connector fitted with a second tube, and a wall that arcs between the first connector and the second connector and limits contact between a sock filter enveloping the tube assembly and the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Edwin Malone, Shawn Richard Herold, Theron James Cassidy, Matthew Fahrenkrug, Dustin Irvin Landwehr
  • Publication number: 20210010406
    Abstract: A base filter for a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) filter of a header assembly in a fluid reservoir is disclosed may include first and second semi-cylindrical holder portions having a semi-cylindrical walls concluding at abutment surfaces that face and engage when the base filter is assembled. The semi-cylindrical holder portions have one or more mounting tabs extending inward from inner surfaces of the semi-cylindrical walls. The header assembly may include a header with a cylindrical header boss having mounting recess defined therein. The mounting tabs may be circumferentially spaced about the semi-cylindrical walls to align with and be inserted into the mounting recesses of the header boss the base filter is assembled on the cylindrical header boss. Fasteners may be inserted through fastener bosses of the semi-cylindrical holder portions and into fastener bores of the header boss to hold the semi-cylindrical holder portions together and on the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Govind Swaroop, Raghuram Gaikwad, Scott Frederick Meyer, Bogdan Balea, Shawn Richard Herold
  • Publication number: 20200316500
    Abstract: A fluid system for a machine includes a tube assembly and a sock filter enveloping the tube assembly. The fluid system also includes a filter protector adjacent to a fastener in the tube assembly and including a first connector fitted with a first tube, a second connector fitted with a second tube, and a wall that arcs between the first connector and the second connector and limits contact between a sock filter enveloping the tube assembly and the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Edward Malone, Shawn Richard Herold, Theron James Cassidy, Matthew Fahrenkrug, Dustin Irvin Landwehr