Patents by Inventor Stephan D. Roozenboom

Stephan D. Roozenboom 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: 11148081
    Abstract: A filter identification system is disclosed. The filter identification system may include an identification component disposed in a filter mount configured to hold a set of filters that includes a first filter and a second filter. The identification component may include a sensor system that may include a first sensor configured to provide a first output signal corresponding to a state of the first sensor, and a second sensor configured to provide a second output signal corresponding to a state of the second sensor. The sensor system may be configured to provide a single output signal that is based on the first output signal and the second output signal and indicates a combined state of the first sensor and the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. McKinley, Ye Tian, Stephan D. Roozenboom
  • Publication number: 20210260510
    Abstract: A filter identification system is disclosed. The filter identification system may include an identification component disposed in a filter mount configured to hold a set of filters that includes a first filter and a second filter. The identification component may include a sensor system that may include a first sensor configured to provide a first output signal corresponding to a state of the first sensor, and a second sensor configured to provide a second output signal corresponding to a state of the second sensor. The sensor system may be configured to provide a single output signal that is based on the first output signal and the second output signal and indicates a combined state of the first sensor and the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. McKINLEY, Ye TIAN, Stephan D. ROOZENBOOM
  • Patent number: 9441531
    Abstract: A diverter valve is disclosed for use with a charge air system. The diverter valve may have a plurality of first inlets configured to receive a flow of warmed air, a plurality of second inlets configured to receive a flow of cooled air, and a single outlet. The diverter valve may also have a single valve element movable to any position between a first position at which the plurality of first inlets are fluidly connected to the single outlet and the plurality of second inlets are blocked from the single outlet, and a second position at which the plurality of second inlets are fluidly connected to the single outlet and the plurality of first inlets are blocked from the single outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan D. Roozenboom, Craig P. Hittle
  • Publication number: 20150184580
    Abstract: A diverter valve is disclosed for use with a charge air system. The diverter valve may have a plurality of first inlets configured to receive a flow of warmed air, a plurality of second inlets configured to receive a flow of cooled air, and a single outlet. The diverter valve may also have a single valve element movable to any position between a first position at which the plurality of first inlets are fluidly connected to the single outlet and the plurality of second inlets are blocked from the single outlet, and a second position at which the plurality of second inlets are fluidly connected to the single outlet and the plurality of first inlets are blocked from the single outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan D. ROOZENBOOM, Craig P. HITTLE
  • Patent number: 8850801
    Abstract: A catalytic converter and muffler including a housing having an inlet disposed between a first end and a second end of the housing to introduce exhaust gases into an inlet chamber. A plurality of first exhaust treatment banks disposed between the inlet and the first end of the housing to allow the exhaust gases flow towards the first end from the inlet chamber into an end chamber. A mixing tube to direct the exhaust gases towards the second end from the end chamber into a flow distributor and a plurality of second exhaust aftertreatment banks and flow into an outlet chamber. At least one resonator chamber defined within the housing to attenuate noise in the exhaust gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mirza P. Baig, Kevin J. Weiss, Raymond U. Isada, Stephan D. Roozenboom
  • Publication number: 20140208723
    Abstract: A catalytic converter and muffler including a housing having an inlet disposed between a first end and a second end of the housing to introduce exhaust gases into an inlet chamber. A plurality of first exhaust treatment banks disposed between the inlet and the first end of the housing to allow the exhaust gases flow towards the first end from the inlet chamber into an end chamber. A mixing tube to direct the exhaust gases towards the second end from the end chamber into a flow distributor and a plurality of second exhaust aftertreatment banks and flow into an outlet chamber. At least one resonator chamber defined within the housing to attenuate noise in the exhaust gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mirza P. Baig, Kevin J. Weiss, Raymond U. Isada, Stephan D. Roozenboom
  • Publication number: 20140175238
    Abstract: An aftertreatment brick can be installed in a brick compartment of an aftertreatment module with a releasable securing assembly. The releasable securing assembly includes a first bracket, a second bracket, and a band clamp. The first bracket is installed in the brick compartment proximate a port. The aftertreatment brick is placed on the first bracket adjacent the port and the second bracket is placed about the aftertreatment brick above the first bracket. The band clamp is slid over the first and second brackets and tightened to secure the brackets about the brick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan D. Roozenboom, Mirza P. Baig, Raymond B. Gerges, Tetsu O. Velasquez, Kevin Weiss, Raymond U. Isada
  • Patent number: 8752370
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system including a housing with two or more inlets configured to receive separate entering exhaust streams from an engine. The system may include two or more first exhaust treatment devices, each configured to receive one of the separate entering exhaust streams in a first direction. The system may further include two or more redirecting flow passages configured to combine the separate exhaust streams into a merged exhaust stream that flows in a second direction about 180 degrees from the first direction and an intermediate flow region configured to divide the merged exhaust stream into two or more separate exiting exhaust streams. The system also may also includes two or more second exhaust treatment devices, each configured to receive one of the separate exiting exhaust streams in a third direction about 90 degrees from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Craig P. Hittle, Stephan D. Roozenboom, Tetsu O. Velasquez, Paul W. Park, Shashank Mupparapu, Rick E. Jeffs, Michael P. Boahene, Yung T. Bui
  • Patent number: 8596049
    Abstract: An aftertreatment module for use with an engine is disclosed. The aftertreatment module may have a plurality of inlets configured to direct exhaust in a first flow direction into the aftertreatment module. The aftertreatment module may also have a mixing duct configured to receive exhaust from the plurality of inlets, and a branching passage in fluid communication with the mixing duct. The branching passage may be configured to redirect exhaust from the mixing duct into separate flows that exit the aftertreatment module in a second flow direction opposite the first flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Upano Isada, Stephan D. Roozenboom, Rajdeep S. Pradhan
  • Publication number: 20130067891
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system including a housing with two or more inlets configured to receive separate entering exhaust streams from an engine. The system may include two or more first exhaust treatment devices, each configured to receive one of the separate entering exhaust streams in a first direction. The system may further include two or more redirecting flow passages configured to combine the separate exhaust streams into a merged exhaust stream that flows in a second direction about 180 degrees from the first direction and an intermediate flow region configured to divide the merged exhaust stream into two or more separate exiting exhaust streams. The system also may also includes two or more second exhaust treatment devices, each configured to receive one of the separate exiting exhaust streams in a third direction about 90 degrees from the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Craig Hittle, Stephan D. Roozenboom, Tetsu O. Velasquez, Pauk W. Park, Shashank Mupparapu, Rick E. Jeffs, Michael P. Boahene, Yung T. Bui
  • Patent number: 8393142
    Abstract: A reductant dosing manifold is disclosed. The reductant dosing manifold may have a housing with a pump interface configured to directly connect the reductant dosing manifold to a reductant pump, and a reductant supply passage in fluid communication with the pump interface. The housing may also have a reductant outlet port, and a pressurized reductant passage connecting the pump interface to the reductant outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Shashank Mupparapu, Raymond Upano Isada, Stephan D. Roozenboom, Michael R. Errera, Bryce L. Tiller
  • Publication number: 20130000281
    Abstract: A fluid supply assembly includes a tank configured for holding a fluid and a pump configured to draw the fluid from the tank, wherein the tank includes a recess and the pump is mounted to the tank in the recess. The pump may be connected to the tank along either, or both of, a first and/or a second surface of the recess, wherein the first surface and the second surface may be orthogonal to one another. The fluid supply assembly may further include a header disposed on a horizontal surface of the tank, the header may include at least a portion thereof which extends into an interior of the tank, wherein the pump may draw the fluid from the tank via the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jack A. Merchant, Stephan D. Roozenboom
  • Patent number: 8291926
    Abstract: A reductant dosing system for a machine having an engine and an exhaust system is disclosed. The reductant dosing system has a tank configured to hold a reductant, a dosing arrangement, and a supply passage connecting the tank to the dosing arrangement. The reductant dosing system also has a purging arrangement configured to direct purge fluid to at least one of the dosing arrangement and the supply passage, and a valve configured to allow reductant to pass from the tank to the supply passage and to inhibit purge fluid from entering the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Sairam P. Thiagarajan, Stephan D. Roozenboom, Raymond B. Gerges, Jinhui Sun, Shashank Mupparapu, Tetsu O. Velasquez, Yung T. Bui
  • Publication number: 20120042637
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system including an exhaust conduit transmitting exhaust from an engine, a reductant introduction system introducing a reductant into the exhaust, and a selective catalytic reduction catalyst (SCR) receiving the exhaust and reductant. A SCR length divided by a SCR width is greater than 4. A SCR cell density is less than 180 cells per square inch of cross-sectional area of the SCR. The SCR is vertically mounted adjacent a corner of a cab of a machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan D. Roozenboom, Andrew J. Kieser
  • Publication number: 20110265459
    Abstract: A reductant dosing manifold is disclosed. The reductant dosing manifold may have a housing with a pump interface configured to directly connect the reductant dosing manifold to a reductant pump, and a reductant supply passage in fluid communication with the pump interface. The housing may also have a reductant outlet port, and a pressurized reductant passage connecting the pump interface to the reductant outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Shashank MUPPARAPU, Raymond Upano Isada, Stephan D. Roozenboom, Michael R. Errera, Bryce L. Tiller
  • Publication number: 20110146253
    Abstract: An aftertreatment module for use with an engine is disclosed. The aftertreatment module may have a plurality of inlets configured to direct exhaust in a first flow direction into the aftertreatment module. The aftertreatment module may also have a mixing duct configured to receive exhaust from the plurality of inlets, and a branching passage in fluid communication with the mixing duct. The branching passage may be configured to redirect exhaust from the mixing duct into separate flows that exit the aftertreatment module in a second flow direction opposite the first flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Raymond Upano ISADA, Stephan D. Roozenboom, Rajdeep S. Pradhan
  • Publication number: 20110079003
    Abstract: An engine exhaust aftertreatment system including a bend routing an exhaust flow in a curved direction to a straight part. A nozzle is mounted in the bend to introduce a spray of a fluid with a axis of symmetry into the exhaust flow. The axis of symmetry intersects the exhaust flow traveling in the curved direction at a intersection angle of less than 50 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jinhui Sun, Paul F. Olsen, Stephan D. Roozenboom
  • Patent number: 7797937
    Abstract: A condensation dispersion device for use with a power source having an exhaust recirculation system is disclosed. The condensation dispersion device may have a housing with an inlet configured to receive exhaust, and an outlet configured to discharge exhaust. The condensation dispersion device may also have a first static mixing device disposed within the housing and being configured to redirect condensate from an internal wall of the housing into the exhaust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Dennis Lee Endicott, David Richard Wisley, James Richard Weber, Ben Evans, Stephan D. Roozenboom, Michael Patrick Harmon, Isaac Ethan Fox, James Dean Dunbar
  • Patent number: 7788070
    Abstract: A method is provided for developing a product. The method includes obtaining data records from a plurality of stages of development of the product; identifying respective objectives of the plurality of stages and corresponding objective factors of the objectives; and determining common variables associated with the objectives based on the objective factors. The method includes selecting one or more input parameters based on the common variables and one or more output parameters based on the objectives; and updating the data records to generate desired data records indicative characteristics of the one or more input parameters and the one or more output parameters. The method includes generating a computational model indicative of interrelationships between the one or more input parameters and the one or more output parameters based on the data records; and providing a set of constraints to the computational model representative of a design of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Grichnik, Andrea Brazzale-Anderson, Amar Patel, Michael Seskin, Stephan D. Roozenboom, David M. Milam
  • Patent number: D701814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jack A. Merchant, Stephan D. Roozenboom