Patents by Inventor William Lanier Easley, Jr.

William Lanier Easley, Jr. 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: 8234864
    Abstract: An engine system is disclosed. The engine system includes an engine, an intake system for providing intake air to the engine and an exhaust system receiving exhaust gas from the engine. The engine system also includes a first exhaust turbine arranged downstream of the engine and a second and third exhaust turbines coupled in parallel and arranged downstream of the first exhaust turbine. A first valve is associated with the second and third exhaust turbines, the first valve configured to at least partially restrict exhaust gas to one of the second and third exhaust turbines and increase exhaust gas to the other turbine. The engine system also includes an exhaust gas recirculation system configured to redirect at least a portion of exhaust gas from the exhaust system to the intake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: William Lanier Easley, Jr., David Andrew Pierpont
  • Publication number: 20100146965
    Abstract: An engine system is disclosed. The engine system includes an engine, an intake system for providing intake air to the engine and an exhaust system receiving exhaust gas from the engine. The engine system also includes a first exhaust turbine arranged downstream of the engine and a second and third exhaust turbines coupled in parallel and arranged downstream of the first exhaust turbine. A first valve is associated with the second and third exhaust turbines, the first valve configured to at least partially restrict exhaust gas to one of the second and third exhaust turbines and increase exhaust gas to the other turbine. The engine system also includes an exhaust gas recirculation system configured to redirect at least a portion of exhaust gas from the exhaust system to the intake system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: William Lanier Easley, JR., David Andrew Pierpont
  • Patent number: 7591131
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment system for an engine is disclosed and may have an air induction circuit, an exhaust circuit, and an exhaust recirculation circuit. The air induction circuit may be configured to direct air into the engine. The exhaust circuit may be configured to direct exhaust from the engine and include a turbine driven by the exhaust, a particulate filter disposed in series with and downstream of the turbine, and a catalytic device disposed in series with and downstream of the particulate filter. The exhaust recirculation circuit may be configured to selectively redirect at least some of the exhaust from between the particulate filter and the catalytic device to the air induction circuit. The catalytic device is selected to create backpressure within the exhaust circuit sufficient to ensure that, under normal engine operating conditions above low idle, exhaust can flow into the air induction circuit without throttling of the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: William Lanier Easley, Jr., David Michael Milam, Stephan Donald Roozenboom, Michael Steven Bond, Amir Kapic
  • Patent number: 7464540
    Abstract: A power system is provided having a power source, a first power source section with a first intake passage and a first exhaust passage, a second power source section with a second intake passage and a second exhaust passage, and an oxygen separator. The second intake passage may be fluidly isolated from the first intake passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: William Lanier Easley, Jr., Gerald Nelson Coleman, Wade James Robel