Patents by Inventor Stephen Geyer

Stephen Geyer 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: 11655948
    Abstract: A luminaire comprising: a chassis (100), the chassis (100) comprising: four walls joined to form a rectangular cavity, each wall of the four walls comprising: —a heat sink (107); —a wiring channel (111, 112); —a first receiving channel (114) on a first side of the heat sink (107); and—a second receiving channel (116) on a second side of the heat sink (107); a light emitting diode board (130) attached to a first wall of the four walls; a first extrusion (344) attached to a second wall of the four walls; a second extrusion (345) attached to a third wall of the four walls; wherein the light emitting diode board (130) comprises a first protrusion that fits into the first receiving channel and a second protrusion that fits into the second receiving channel; and wherein the light emitting diode board (130) rests on the heat sink (107) of the first wall when the first protrusion is fit into the first receiving channel and the second protrusion is fit into the second receiving channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Gregory Parker, Alexander Ross, Ashley Pickens, Kevin Strickfaden, William Getzinger, Stephen Geyer, Timothy Bingaman
  • Publication number: 20230053387
    Abstract: A luminaire comprising: a chassis (100), the chassis (100) comprising: four walls joined to form a rectangular cavity, each wall of the four walls comprising: —a heat sink (107); —a wiring channel (111, 112); —a first receiving channel (114) on a first side of the heat sink (107); and —a second receiving channel (116) on a second side of the heat sink (107); a light emitting diode board (130) attached to a first wall of the four walls; a first extrusion (344) attached to a second wall of the four walls; a second extrusion (345) attached to a third wall of the four walls; wherein the light emitting diode board (130) comprises a first protrusion that fits into the first receiving channel and a second protrusion that fits into the second receiving channel; and wherein the light emitting diode board (130) rests on the heat sink (107) of the first wall when the first protrusion is fit into the first receiving channel and the second protrusion is fit into the second receiving channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: GREGORY PARKER, ALEXANDER ROSS, ASHLEY PICKENS, KEVIN STRICKFADEN, WILLIAM GETZINGER, STEPHEN GEYER, TIMOTHY BINGAMAN
  • Patent number: 11053835
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for assessing engine faults. The method includes measuring actual diesel particulate filter (DPF) soot loading, determining expected DPF soot loading, aid determining that a possible engin component fault is an actual engine component fault by determining that measured actual DPF soot loading exceeds the expected DPF soot loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Geyer, Dale Hoover
  • Patent number: 11028758
    Abstract: An exhaust after-treatment system includes a first set of exhaust after-treatment components, a second set of exhaust after-treatment components, an inlet to the exhaust after-treatment system, an outlet from the exhaust after-treatment system, and a valve and conduit arrangement configurable in a plurality of modes, in a first mode, exhaust gas entering the inlet flows through the second set of exhaust after-treatment components, then through the first set of exhaust after-treatment components, and then through the outlet. In a second mode, exhaust gas entering the inlet flows through the second set of exhaust after-treatment components without flowing through the first set of exhaust after-treatment components, and then through the outlet in a third mode, exhaust gas entering the inlet flows through the first set of exhaust after-treatment components, then through the second set of exhaust after-treatment components, and then through the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Publication number: 20210087962
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for assessing engine faults. The method includes measuring actual diesel particulate filter (DPF) soot loading, determining expected DPF soot loading, aid determining that a possible engin component fault is an actual engine component fault by determining that measured actual DPF soot loading exceeds the expected DPF soot loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen GEYER, Dale HOOVER
  • Patent number: 10941660
    Abstract: In an opposed piston engine, an inlet piston crankshaft axis and an exhaust piston crankshaft axis both extend parallel to a central cylinder plane extending through a centerpoint of a cylinder of the engine and along a central axis of the cylinder. The inlet piston crankshaft axis and the exhaust piston crankshaft axis are both offset from the central cylinder plane. The inlet piston and the exhaust piston linked to the inlet piston crankshaft and the exhaust piston crankshaft are arranged so that the inlet piston closes an inlet port as the inlet piston moves from its bottom dead center toward its top dead center at substantially a same time as the exhaust piston closes the exhaust port as the exhaust piston moves from its bottom dead center toward its top dead center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Patent number: 10738720
    Abstract: A method includes operating an air boosting apparatus of a two-stroke, opposed piston engine as a function of one or more factors including a first engine speed, a first torque, demand, a first altitude, a first transient rate, and one or more first ambient conditions to provide a first pressure S ratio (PR} of pre-turbine pressure (PTP) versus turbocharger compressor discharge pressure (CDP} and a first air-to-fuel ratio (AFR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Patent number: 10683782
    Abstract: A two-stroke, opposed-piston engine includes a cylinder with an inlet piston controlled inlet port and an exhaust piston controlled exhaust port, the cylinder defining a combustion chamber with the inlet piston and the exhaust piston, a charge air channel in flow communication with the inlet port, a conduit extending directly from the combustion chamber to the charge air channel, and a valve arranged to selectively open and close flow communication through the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Publication number: 20200165953
    Abstract: An exhaust after-treatment system includes a first set of exhaust after-treatment components, a second set of exhaust after-treatment components, an inlet to the exhaust after-treatment system, an outlet from the exhaust after-treatment system, and a valve and conduit arrangement configurable in a plurality of modes, in a first mode, exhaust gas entering the inlet flows through the second set of exhaust after-treatment components, then through the first set of exhaust after-treatment components, and then through the outlet. In a second mode, exhaust gas entering the inlet flows through the second set of exhaust after-treatment components without flowing through the first set of exhaust after-treatment components, and then through the outlet in a third mode, exhaust gas entering the inlet flows through the first set of exhaust after-treatment components, then through the second set of exhaust after-treatment components, and then through the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Stephen GEYER
  • Publication number: 20200003058
    Abstract: In an opposed piston engine, an inlet piston crankshaft axis and an exhaust piston crankshaft axis both ex tend parallel to a central cylinder plane extending through a centerpoint of a cylinder of the engine and along a central axis of the cylinder. The inlet piston crankshaft axis and the exhaust piston crankshaft axis are both offset from the central cylinder plane. The inlet piston and the exhaust piston linked to the inlet piston crankshaft and the exhaust piston crankshaft are arranged so that the inlet piston closes an inlet port as the inlet piston moves from its bottom dead center toward its top dead center at substantially a same time as the exhaust piston closes the exhaust port as the exhaust piston moves from its bottom dead center toward its top dead center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Patent number: 10145283
    Abstract: A diesel engine system includes a diesel engine, a NOx control device downstream of the engine, an exhaust line between the engine and the NOx control device, a bypass line connected to the exhaust line at a first end upstream of the NOx control device, and a bypass valve connecting the exhaust line and the bypass line, the bypass valve permitting flow through the exhaust line to the NOx control device when in an open position and preventing flow through the exhaust line to the NOx control device and permitting flow through the exhaust line to the bypass line when in a closed position. A controller can arranged to control opening and dosing of the bypass valve, such as when an operating condition of the engine reaches a predetermined operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Publication number: 20170248088
    Abstract: A method includes operating an air boosting apparatus of a two-stroke, opposed piston engine as a function of one or more factors including a first engine speed, a first torque, demand, a first altitude, a first transient rate, and one or more first ambient conditions to provide a first pressure S ratio (PR} of pre-turbine pressure (PTP) versus turbocharger compressor discharge pressure (CDP} and a first air-to-fuel ratio (AFR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Publication number: 20170218799
    Abstract: A two-stroke, opposed-piston engine includes a cylinder with an inlet piston controlled inlet port and an exhaust piston controlled exhaust port, the cylinder defining a combustion chamber with the inlet piston and the exhaust piston, a charge air channel in flow communication with the inlet port, a conduit extending directly from the combustion chamber to the charge air channel, and a valve arranged to selectively open and close flow communication through the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Patent number: 8240134
    Abstract: An engine arrangement includes an engine, an exhaust line downstream of the engine, an aftertreatment device in the exhaust line, and a conduit between a source of fluid and a point in the exhaust line upstream of the aftertreatment device. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Patent number: 8191369
    Abstract: A method of turbo-charger surge detection may include the steps of measuring a rate of air flow through a turbo-charger compressor, measuring a temperature of the air flow, calculating a standard mass flow rate of the air flow at the rate and the temperature, measuring a pressure ratio across the turbo-charger compressor, calculating a surge mass flow rate at a surge line of the compressor at the pressure ratio, comparing the standard mass flow rate to the surge mass flow rate, and reducing an EGR flow or reducing the pressure ratio by opening a vane of the compressor if the standard mass flow rate is lower than the surge mass flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Geyer, Gregory J. Birky
  • Publication number: 20110314794
    Abstract: A diesel engine system includes a diesel engine, a NOx control device downstream of the engine, an exhaust line between the engine and the NOx control device, a bypass line connected to the exhaust line at a first end upstream of the NOx control device, and a bypass valve connecting the exhaust line and the bypass line, the bypass valve permitting flow through the exhaust line to the NOx control device when in an open position and preventing flow through the exhaust line to the NOx control device and permitting flow through the exhaust line to the bypass line when in a closed position. A controller can arranged to control opening and dosing of the bypass valve, such as when an operating condition of the engine reaches a predetermined operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Patent number: 7945376
    Abstract: In a method of maintaining temperature of engine exhaust gas from cylinders of a multi-cylinder engine (23) with a desired range, exhaust gas from a first group of cylinders (25) including at least one cylinder is routed to at least one of an EGR system (53) and an exhaust system (41). Exhaust gas from a second group of cylinders (27) including at least one of the cylinders is routed to the exhaust system (41). Routing of the exhaust gas from the first group of cylinders between the EGR system and the exhaust system is controlled to maintain a temperature of engine exhaust gas within a desired range. An engine (23), a control system (69), and a controller (71), as well as an exhaust gas mixture, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Geyer, Robert Gorman, Gregory J. Birky
  • Publication number: 20100211292
    Abstract: In a method of maintaining temperature of engine exhaust gas from cylinders of a multi-cylinder engine (23) with a desired range, exhaust gas from a first group of cylinders (25) including at least one cylinder is routed to at least one of an EGR system (53) and an exhaust system (41). Exhaust gas from a second group of cylinders (27) including at least one of the cylinders is routed to the exhaust system (41). Routing of the exhaust gas from the first group of cylinders between the EGR system and the exhaust system is controlled to maintain a temperature of engine exhaust gas within a desired range. An engine (23), a control system (69), and a controller (71), as well as an exhaust gas mixture, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: MACK TRUCKS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Geyer, Robert Gorman, Gregory J. Birky
  • Publication number: 20100043407
    Abstract: An engine arrangement includes an engine, an exhaust line downstream of the engine, an aftertreatment device in the exhaust line, and a conduit between a source of fluid and a point in the exhaust line upstream of the aftertreatment device. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Patent number: 7481557
    Abstract: An apparatus and method according to which light is reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Shannon Celeste Gaines, Jerold Tickner, Stephen Geyer, Edward Bernard Bilson