Patents by Inventor Sudheer Kadappa Khanapure

Sudheer Kadappa Khanapure 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).

  • Systems for thermal management of engine valves
    Patent number: 9488132
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for cooling gas admission valves configured to admit gaseous fuel to an engine. In one embodiment, a system comprises an intake manifold including a gaseous fuel line for supplying gaseous fuel to a plurality of cylinders of an engine configured to combust the gaseous fuel, and at least one gas admission valve mounted to the gaseous fuel passage for regulating admission of the gaseous fuel to the plurality of cylinders. The system further includes a thermal management system configured to direct thermal fluid to the plurality of gas admission valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sudheer Kadappa Khanapure, Chandrakesavan Balasubramanian, Alexis Parker Gruschow
  • SYSTEMS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF ENGINE VALVES
    Publication number: 20160032868
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for cooling gas admission valves configured to admit gaseous fuel to an engine. In one embodiment, a system comprises an intake manifold including a gaseous fuel line for supplying gaseous fuel to a plurality of cylinders of an engine configured to combust the gaseous fuel, and at least one gas admission valve mounted to the gaseous fuel passage for regulating admission of the gaseous fuel to the plurality of cylinders. The system further includes a thermal management system configured to direct thermal fluid to the plurality of gas admission valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Sudheer Kadappa Khanapure, Chandrakesavan Balasubramanian, Alexis Parker Gruschow
  • Bracket for a deployable step
    Patent number: D821185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Samir Vikas Joshi, Abhijit Eknath Patil, Sudheer Kadappa Khanapure, Pratik Rajendra Nirhali
  • Deployable step
    Patent number: D871992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Samir Vikas Joshi, Abhijit Eknath Patil, Sudheer Kadappa Khanapure, Pratik Rajendra Nirhali