Patents by Inventor Steven Clare Tilyou

Steven Clare Tilyou 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).

  • Method and apparatus for after-treatment of hev exhaust
    Patent number: 6362535
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an arrangement, such as an internal-combustion engine coupled with a generator, for converting the energy in fuel into electrical form, while generating exhaust. An exhaust cleaning arrangement, such as a catalytic converter, preferably operating at a high temperature, cleanses the exhaust. During deceleration of the vehicle, excess electrical energy is used to heat the exhaust cleaning arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Bae Systems
    Inventors: Steven Clare Tilyou, Timothy Michael Grewe, Peter Frederic Hamilton