Patents by Inventor William Marshall Cover

William Marshall Cover 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).

  • Publication number: 20240303611
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving system data corresponding to an engine system. The system data includes a plurality of remaining useful life (RUL) values with each RUL value associated with a component of the engine system. The method further includes: comparing a first RUL value to a service interval threshold; generating a near-term service recommendation including a first list of components that correspond to each RUL value that are less than or equal to the service interval threshold; generating an extended term service recommendation including a second list of components and a downtime prediction; generating a coordinated service recommendation by dynamically populating one or more fields of the coordinated service recommendation based on the near-term service recommendation and the extended term service recommendation; and providing the combined service recommendation to a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Inc.
    Inventors: Mayura Halbe, Daniel J. O'Connor, Alan C. Anderson, Sachin Joshi, Pagalavan Mathari Bakthavatsalam, Renae Christianson, Adam Zimmerman, William Marshall Cover
  • Publication number: 20240255940
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a remaining useful life (RUL) of a component of an engine system are provided. A method includes: receiving component data comprising sensor data corresponding to a component and engine data; pre-processing the component data by removing a first set of sensor data values that correspond to a first set of engine data values of the engine data; aggregating the pre-processed component data by grouping a second set of sensor values of the sensor data; determining a RUL for the component based on a RUL model that correlates at least a portion of the aggregated data to RUL values; adjusting the RUL based on at least one of detecting a service event or determining that one or more sensor data values of the sensor data are outside a predetermined range of values; and providing the RUL to a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Inc.
    Inventors: Mayura H. Halbe, Daniel J. O'Connor, Alan C. Anderson, Sachin Joshi, William Marshall Cover, Luke Thomas Jennings, Pagalavan Mathari Bakthavatsalam, Nidhi Sakhala, John Howland, Michael T. Hughes, David E. Charles
  • Patent number: 11799271
    Abstract: Spark plugs are disclosed that include electrode arrangements to improve the charge flow into and out of the annular volume around the insulator nose and a pre-chamber volume of a pre-chamber device, thus directing a purge of exhaust gases trapped in the annular volume to a space formed by the exterior of the spark plug body and the interior of the pre-chamber device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: David Guillermo Gonzalez Medina, William Marshall Cover, Xu Han, Andrew Guy Kitchen, Daniel J. O'Connor, Alan C. Anderson, Nicholas James Welch, Jisang Sun
  • Patent number: 11614027
    Abstract: A combustion pre-chamber assembly includes pre-chamber device body defining an annular plenum that is in fluid communication with the at least one bore that extends through the spark plug shell. The annular plenum is also in communication with at least one purging passage that extends from the annular plenum to an end surface of the pre-chamber device body. Residual exhaust gases in the annular volume of the spark plug are purged by fresh charge flow from the main combustion chamber as the piston approaches top dead center. The fresh charge flow that is provided to the annular plenum through the at least one purging passage and into the annular volume of the spark plug through the at least one bore through the spark plug shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Anderson, William Marshall Cover, Xu Han, Nicholas James Welch, David Guillermo Gonzalez Medina, Xiao Qin, Andrew Guy Kitchen, Daniel J. O'Connor, Benjamín L. Olivas
  • Publication number: 20210184437
    Abstract: Spark plugs are disclosed that include electrode arrangements to improve the charge flow into and out of the annular volume around the insulator nose and a pre-chamber volume of a pre-chamber device, thus directing a purge of exhaust gases trapped in the annular volume to a space formed by the exterior of the spark plug body and the interior of the pre-chamber device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: David Guillermo Gonzalez Medina, William Marshall Cover, Xu Han, Andrew Guy Kitchen, Daniel J. O'Connor, Alan C. Anderson, Nicholas James Welch, Jisang Sun
  • Patent number: 10975759
    Abstract: A spark plug is disclosed that includes at least one bore extending through a shell of the spark plug in order to form a passageway between an annular volume around the spark plug insulator nose and a pre-chamber volume of a pre-chamber device, thus directing a purge of exhaust gases trapped in the annular volume to a space formed by the exterior of the spark plug body and the interior of the pre-chamber device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Alan C. Anderson, William Marshall Cover, Xu Han, Benjamin L. Olivas, Daniel J. O'Connor, Daniel Guillermo Gonzalez Medina, Xiao Qin, Nicholas James Welch, Andrew Guy Kitchen
  • Publication number: 20200080466
    Abstract: A combustion pre-chamber assembly includes pre-chamber device body defining an annular plenum that is in fluid communication with the at least one bore that extends through the spark plug shell. The annular plenum is also in communication with at least one purging passage that extends from the annular plenum to an end surface of the pre-chamber device body. Residual exhaust gases in the annular volume of the spark plug are purged by fresh charge flow from the main combustion chamber as the piston approaches top dead center. The fresh charge flow that is provided to the annular plenum through the at least one purging passage and into the annular volume of the spark plug through the at least one bore through the spark plug shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Alan C. Anderson, William Marshall Cover, Xu Han, Nicholas James Welch, David Guillermo Gonzalez Medina, Xiao Qin, Andrew Guy Kitchen, Daniel J. O'Connor, Benjamin L. Olivas
  • Publication number: 20190284988
    Abstract: A spark plug is disclosed that includes at least one bore extending through a shell of the spark plug in order to form a passageway between an annular volume around the spark plug insulator nose and a pre-chamber volume of a pre-chamber device, thus directing a purge of exhaust gases trapped in the annular volume to a space formed by the exterior of the spark plug body and the interior of the pre-chamber device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Alan C. Anderson, William Marshall Cover, Xu Han, Benjamin L. Olivas, Daniel J. O'Connor, Daniel Guillermo Gonzalez Medina, Xiao Qin, Nicholas James Welch, Andrew Guy Kitchen