Patents by Inventor Sridhar Thangaswamy

Sridhar Thangaswamy 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: 11105304
    Abstract: A fuel injector includes an injector body, and a stack within the injector body, and having a nozzle supply passage therein. The stack includes a solenoid assembly having a solenoid housing piece with a fuel bore formed therein that includes a segment of the nozzle supply passage. The solenoid housing piece includes a solenoid housing material in a base state, and a solenoid housing material in a residual compressive stressed state, with the fuel bore being formed by the solenoid housing material in the residual compressive stressed state. Residual stresses may be imparted by ballizing, nitriding, carburizing, autofrettage, or still another technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Hoisan Kim, Victor Iskander Yacoub, Sridhar Thangaswamy, Cory Brown, Robert Joseph Smith
  • Publication number: 20200173408
    Abstract: A fuel injector includes an injector body, and a stack within the injector body, and having a nozzle supply passage therein. The stack includes a solenoid assembly having a solenoid housing piece with a fuel bore formed therein that includes a segment of the nozzle supply passage. The solenoid housing piece includes a solenoid housing material in a base state, and a solenoid housing material in a residual compressive stressed state, with the fuel bore being formed by the solenoid housing material in the residual compressive stressed state. Residual stresses may be imparted by ballizing, nitriding, carburizing, autofrettage, or still another technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Hoisan Kim, Victor Iskander Yacoub, Sridhar Thangaswamy, Cory Brown, Robert Joseph Smith
  • Patent number: 10626856
    Abstract: A cryogenic fluid pump includes an outlet tube extending along the pump centerline, the outlet tube having an outlet passage that is fluidly in communication with the combined outlet and with a pump outlet opening, and a shroud that extends concentrically along the outlet tube and has an inner diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of the outlet tube such that a gap is formed in a radial direction between an inner surface of the shroud and an outer surface of the outlet tube, the gap extending along at least a portion of the outlet tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dana R. Coldren, Dennis H. Gibson, Ankababu Kandlagunta, Sridhar Thangaswamy, Alan R. Stockner
  • Patent number: 10544769
    Abstract: A fuel system is disclosed for use with an engine, including a fuel injector assembly fluidly coupled with a low-pressure fuel conduit, an accumulator, and a cap within an opening in the accumulator. The fuel injector assembly may be structured to draw in low-pressure fuel, pressurize the fuel, and store the pressurized fuel in the accumulator for injection to a combustion chamber. The cap has a pressure sensor and a pressure relief valve therein, and drains fuel leaked past fluid seals between the cap and each of the pressure sensor, the pressure relief valve, and the accumulator by way of a common drain line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Brown, Cory A. Brown, Sridhar Thangaswamy, Alan R. Stockner, Victor I. Yacoub, Zhenyu Li, Lifeng Wang, Satya Naga Deepak Pillarisetti, Scott Shafer, Robert Michael Campion, George Kodikulam Joseph
  • Patent number: 10495083
    Abstract: A pushrod assembly 5 may include a seal carrier 50 for a spaced seal assembly 60 and/or a seal carrier 70 for a stacked seal assembly 74, the spaced seal assembly including first and second annular seals 61, 62 separated by a spacer 63 to isolate between the seals a vented region 28 of the pushrod housing 6, the stacked seal assembly including at least two annular seals 80 stacked on the seal carrier. Each seal assembly can be removed and replaced via an access end 52, 72 of the seal carrier after detaching the access end from an adjacent component of the assembly. The seal carriers may be incorporated into a cryogenic pump 2 wherein at least one annular seal is arranged on each seal carrier to seal the pushrod assembly 5 within its housing 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Stockner, Aaron M. Brown, Sridhar Thangaswamy, Dana R. Coldren, Dennis Gibson
  • Patent number: 10393111
    Abstract: A pumping mechanism is disclosed. The pumping mechanism may include a barrel formed of a barrel substrate and including a first end surface, a second end surface opposite the first end surface, and a bore between the first and second end surfaces. Each of the first and second end surfaces and the bore is coated with a metal plating. The pumping mechanism may further include a plunger formed of a plunger substrate and configured to be slidably disposed in the bore in barrel, the plunger substrate having a tribological coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Ray Stockner, Aaron M. Brown, Sridhar Thangaswamy, Glenn B. Cox, John Jay Truhan, Jr., Michael J. Pollard, John P. McDonnel
  • Publication number: 20180347560
    Abstract: A pushrod assembly 5 may include a seal carrier 50 for a spaced seal assembly 60 and/or a seal carrier 70 for a stacked seal assembly 74, the spaced seal assembly including first and second annular seals 61, 62 separated by a spacer 63 to isolate between the seals a vented region 28 of the pushrod housing 6, the stacked seal assembly including at least two annular seals 80 stacked on the seal carrier. Each seal assembly can be removed and replaced via an access end 52, 72 of the seal carrier after detaching the access end from an adjacent component of the assembly. The seal carriers may be incorporated into a cryogenic pump 2 wherein at least one annular seal is arranged on each seal carrier to seal the pushrod assembly 5 within its housing 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Alan Stockner, Aaron M. Brown, Sridhar Thangaswamy, Dana R. Coldren, Dennis Gibson
  • Publication number: 20180195500
    Abstract: A cryogenic fluid pump includes an outlet tube extending along the pump centerline, the outlet tube having an outlet passage that is fluidly in communication with the combined outlet and with a pump outlet opening, and a shroud that extends concentrically along the outlet tube and has an inner diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of the outlet tube such that a gap is formed in a radial direction between an inner surface of the shroud and an outer surface of the outlet tube, the gap extending along at least a portion of the outlet tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dana R. Coldren, Dennis H. Gibson, Ankababu Kandlagunta, Sridhar Thangaswamy, Alan R. Stockner
  • Publication number: 20180100476
    Abstract: A fuel system is disclosed for use with an engine, including a fuel injector assembly fluidly coupled with a low-pressure fuel conduit, an accumulator, and a cap within an opening in the accumulator. The fuel injector assembly may be structured to draw in low-pressure fuel, pressurize the fuel, and store the pressurized fuel in the accumulator for injection to a combustion chamber. The cap has a pressure sensor and a pressure relief valve therein, and drains fuel leaked past fluid seals between the cap and each of the pressure sensor, the pressure relief valve, and the accumulator by way of a common drain line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Brown, Cory A. Brown, Sridhar Thangaswamy, Alan R. Stockner, Victor I. Yacoub, Zhenyu Li, Lifeng Wang, Satya Naga Deepak Pillarisetti, Scott Shafer, Robert Michael Campion, George Kodikulam Joseph
  • Publication number: 20170096998
    Abstract: A pumping mechanism is disclosed. The pumping mechanism may include a barrel formed of a barrel substrate and including a first end surface, a second end surface opposite the first end surface, and a bore between the first and second end surfaces. Each of the first and second end surfaces and the bore is coated with a metal plating. The pumping mechanism may further include a plunger formed of a plunger substrate and configured to be slidably disposed in the bore in barrel, the plunger substrate having a tribological coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Ray STOCKNER, Aaron M. BROWN, Sridhar THANGASWAMY, Glenn B. COX, John Jay TRUHAN, JR., Michael J. POLLARD, John P. MCDONNEL
  • Patent number: 9291126
    Abstract: A regeneration system includes a housing defining an exhaust flow path. An inlet of the housing is configured to receive an exhaust flow from the internal combustion engine and an outlet of the housing is configured to direct the exhaust flow toward an exhaust aftertreatment component. A combustion head is coupled with the housing and configured to direct air and fuel to a combustion chamber in fluid communication with the exhaust flow path. A fuel supply passage is defined by the combustion head and is in fluid communication with the combustion chamber. The regeneration system also includes a valve and filter assembly disposed within the fuel supply passage. The valve and filter assembly includes an assembly housing defining a reduced fuel supply passage, a filter material coupled with the assembly housing, and a check valve at least partially disposed within the reduced fuel supply passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Sridhar Thangaswamy, Eric Jon Blankenship, Iulian G. Ghiorghias
  • Publication number: 20140102426
    Abstract: A regeneration system includes a housing defining an exhaust flow path. An inlet of the housing is configured to receive an exhaust flow from the internal combustion engine and an outlet of the housing is configured to direct the exhaust flow toward an exhaust aftertreatment component. A combustion head is coupled with the housing and configured to direct air and fuel to a combustion chamber in fluid communication with the exhaust flow path. A fuel supply passage is defined by the combustion head and is in fluid communication with the combustion chamber. The regeneration system also includes a valve and filter assembly disposed within the fuel supply passage. The valve and filter assembly includes an assembly housing defining a reduced fuel supply passage, a filter material coupled with the assembly housing, and a check valve at least partially disposed within the reduced fuel supply passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Sridhar Thangaswamy, Eric Jon Blankenship, Iulian G. Ghiorghias
  • Publication number: 20130153680
    Abstract: A fluid injector unit for use in an exhaust treatment system includes; a fluid injector having a fluid receiving end and a fluid injecting end, a heater disposed about the fluid injecting end of the fluid injector, and an electrical contact member electrically connected to the heater, wherein the electrical contact member includes; an electrical contact pin electrically coupled to the heater, and a ceramic end seal axially surrounding the electrical contact pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Sridhar Thangaswamy, Thomas R. McClure
  • Publication number: 20130152556
    Abstract: A fluid injector unit for use in an exhaust treatment system includes; a fluid injector having a fluid receiving end and a fluid injecting end, a heater disposed about the fluid injecting end of the fluid injector, an electrical contact member electrically connected to the heater, and a thermal ground disposed about a distal end of the electrical contact member from the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Glenn B. Cox, Sridhar Thangaswamy