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).
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Patent number: 11655948Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Gregory Parker, Alexander Ross, Ashley Pickens, Kevin Strickfaden, William Getzinger, Stephen Geyer, Timothy Bingaman
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Publication number: 20230053387Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: GREGORY PARKER, ALEXANDER ROSS, ASHLEY PICKENS, KEVIN STRICKFADEN, WILLIAM GETZINGER, STEPHEN GEYER, TIMOTHY BINGAMAN
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Patent number: 11053835Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventors: Stephen Geyer, Dale Hoover
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Patent number: 11028758Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventor: Stephen Geyer
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Publication number: 20210087962Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Volvo Truck CorporationInventors: Stephen GEYER, Dale HOOVER
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Patent number: 10941660Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventor: Stephen Geyer
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Patent number: 10738720Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventor: Stephen Geyer
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Patent number: 10683782Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventor: Stephen Geyer
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Publication number: 20200165953Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Stephen GEYER
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Publication number: 20200003058Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Stephen Geyer
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Patent number: 10145283Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar ABInventor: Stephen Geyer
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Publication number: 20170248088Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Stephen Geyer
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Publication number: 20170218799Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventor: Stephen Geyer
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Patent number: 8240134Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 5, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Geyer
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Patent number: 8191369Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Geyer, Gregory J. Birky
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Publication number: 20110314794Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2009Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: Mack Trucks, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Geyer
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Patent number: 7945376Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2005Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Geyer, Robert Gorman, Gregory J. Birky
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Publication number: 20100211292Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2005Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: MACK TRUCKS, INC.Inventors: Stephen Geyer, Robert Gorman, Gregory J. Birky
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Publication number: 20100043407Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: Mack Trucks, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Geyer
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Patent number: 7481557Abstract: An apparatus and method according to which light is reflected.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Shannon Celeste Gaines, Jerold Tickner, Stephen Geyer, Edward Bernard Bilson