Patents Examined by Anthony L. Bacon
  • Patent number: 11945481
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for tracking and controlling virtual marshalling trains, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium, which is intended to balance the running safety and the utilization of the railway resources. In the present application, the running state data of the target train is obtained, the target control operation corresponding to the running state data is determined from the plurality of preset control operations based on the preset reinforcement learning model, and the control of the target train is implemented according to the target control operation. In addition, the reward value corresponding to the previous control operation of the target control operation is determined according to the distance contained in the running state data, and the reinforcement learning model is updated according to the reward value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Mengwei Wu, Lei Zhang, Feng Bao
  • Patent number: 11890909
    Abstract: A vibration damping control apparatus of a vehicle obtains first data from a road surface information in which position information, a road surface displacement related value, and speed information are rerated to one another. The first data represents a time series change of the road surface displacement related value on a predicted route of a wheel. The vibration damping control apparatus obtains speed information at a predicted passage position from the road surface information. In the case where the speed of the vehicle at the present point in time is higher than a speed represented by the speed information, the vibration damping control apparatus executes a first process (low-pass filter process) on the first data, obtains preview information from the first data having been subjected to the first process, and controls a control force generating apparatus on the basis of a target control force computed by using the preview information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Furuta
  • Patent number: 11885284
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine comprising at least one central rail which is in fluid communication with at least one primary fuel tank, characterized in that at least one auxiliary fuel pressure accumulator is provided, the internal volume of which is in communication with the central rail via at least one control valve in order to temporarily provide a simultaneous fuel supply to the central rail from the auxiliary fuel pressure accumulator and the primary fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Liebherr Machines Bulle SA
    Inventors: Bouzid Seba, Bakir Puran
  • Patent number: 11872862
    Abstract: A weight balancing system for a vehicle performs a method of adjusting a weight on a wheel of a vehicle. The system includes a processor of the vehicle and a scale. A wheel of the vehicle is placed on the scale, the wheel having an associated spring seat and associated spring. The scale measures a weight placed on the wheel by the vehicle and communicates the weight to the processor. The processor activates the spring seat to adjust a length of the spring, thereby adjusting the weight placed on the wheel by the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Brian K. Saylor, Matthew Gregory Kowal, Robert Patrick Marble
  • Patent number: 11873778
    Abstract: A spark ignition type engine adjusts a base lower limit value of a valve opening degree of an ISC valve to avoid excessive engine rotation that may occur when an increase correction by atmospheric pressure is performed. When a detected engine temperature becomes lower, the base lower limit value of the ISC valve opening degree is increased to the fully open side, and the base lower limit value is corrected to increase to the fully open side with an increase correction value on the basis of a detected atmospheric pressure in an engine middle-high temperature range where the engine temperature exceeds a predetermined value, and the increase correction value is increased to the fully open side as the detected atmospheric pressure becomes lower, and the increase correction is prohibited in an engine low temperature range where the engine temperature is equal to or lower than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michisuke Iga
  • Patent number: 11867116
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards free-piston combustion engines. As described herein, a driver section may be provided in a free-piston combustion engine for storing energy during an expansion stroke. The driver section may be configured to store sufficient energy to perform the subsequent stroke. In some embodiments, the driver section may be configured to store sufficient energy so as to enable the engine to operate continuously across engine cycles without electrical energy input. A linear electromagnetic machine may be provided in a free-piston combustion engine for converting the kinetic energy of a piston assembly into electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAINSPRING ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Gadda, Matthew Roelle, Adam Simpson
  • Patent number: 11859587
    Abstract: A method for starting an internal combustion engine and a motor vehicle are provided. The internal combustion engine includes a plurality of cylinders. To start the internal combustion engine while deactivated, a predefined amount of working gas is introduced into the cylinder that fires first. A crankshaft of the internal combustion engine is driven by an electric motor and by the movement of a piston coupled to the crankshaft and associated with the cylinder that fires first to introduce the predefined amount of working gas. Subsequently, the internal combustion engine is started by the ignition of a mixture including the predefined amount of working gas and a predefined amount of fuel inside the cylinder that fires first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Kilian Ludwiczek
  • Patent number: 11840293
    Abstract: In a turning system for a vehicle, a toe angle change is acquired based on an estimated stroke which is a stroke of a suspension which is estimated based on a moving state of a vehicle and an actual stroke which is an actual stroke of the suspension detected by a stroke sensor, and control of a turning angle of a vehicle wheel is performed based on the acquired toe angle change. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately perform control of a turning angle even in travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki Takasuga
  • Patent number: 11835016
    Abstract: A supplemental fuel system includes a supplemental fuel tank, an electronic lock off valve, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The supplemental fuel tank is configured to store a supplemental fuel. The supplemental fuel is configured to supplement a primary fuel used by an engine. The electronic lock off valve is configured to be positioned between the supplemental fuel tank and an air supply system for the engine. The temperature sensor is configured to acquire temperature data regarding a temperature of exhaust gas output by the engine. The controller is configured to control the electronic lock off valve such that the electronic lock off valve is (i) closed in response to the temperature being greater than a temperature threshold and (ii) open or openable in response to the temperature being less than the temperature threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: American CNG, LLC
    Inventor: Matt Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 11821353
    Abstract: To meet both a request to improve the thermal efficiency in medium load operation of an engine and a request to suppress knocking in high load operation of the engine, the engine includes a main combustion chamber including a cylinder block, a cylinder head, and a piston; a pre-chamber having a plurality of injection holes that open into the main combustion chamber; and a spark plug that ignites an air-fuel mixture in the pre-chamber. A compression ratio of the main combustion chamber is not less than 14 and not more than 24, an aperture ratio, which is the ratio of a total cross-sectional area of the plurality of injection holes to a volume of the pre-chamber, is not less than 0.0078 mm?1 and not more than 0.0145 mm?1, and the volume of the pre-chamber 15 is not less than 0.0430 cm3 and not more than 0.5631 cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Harada, Kenji Uchida, Ryohei Ono
  • Patent number: 11807394
    Abstract: An on-ground engine starter interrupt system that prevents engine start up when either the throttle is open or the fuel control is engaged (or both) for reciprocating and turbine helicopters is disclosed. The on-ground engine starter interrupt system works for Robinson helicopter models R22, R44, and R66.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Jonathan Richard Gunn
  • Patent number: 11802532
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a starter pulley arrangement for an internal combustion engine. The arrangement comprises a cord drum (1) configured to house a starting rope wound thereon, a driver (3) configured to interact with a flywheel (5) or other part connected to an engine crankshaft, and a torsion spring (7) connecting the cord drum (1) to the driver (3), such that the cord drum can resiliently urge the engine crankshaft via the driver. The torsion spring (7) is tensioned in a resting position where the driver does not influence the crankshaft. This provides an improved resistance against wear on the parts of the starter pulley arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Peter Björkman, Alex Rasooli
  • Patent number: 11780438
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a combustion engine for vehicle propulsion can be automatically stopped when engine propulsion is not needed, such as during a gliding condition when the vehicle is coasting down to a slower speed (e.g., stopping) or down an incline. The engine is automatically restarted as needed. To ensure a capacity of a battery or other electrical storage device to support nominal operation of electrical loads (including a starter motor for restarting the engine) during an Auto Stop event, predicted future states of a vehicle battery are determined using a battery state of function (SOF) in response to load transients that may need to be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Eifert, Pankaj Kumar
  • Patent number: 11781495
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein provide a dual fuel system with a recreational vehicle electric battery for use with a power generation assembly. The system comprises a combustion engine with a stator assembly for generating power and further having a gasoline pump, an LP shutoff valve, and a carburetor valve. The system further comprises a recreational vehicle battery, a DC rectifier in electrical communication with the stator assembly, a fuel selection switch, and a digital fuel valve control module (DFVCM). Multiple fuels are safely controlled while interchanging power between a battery and the DC rectifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Evan Whitney, Mike Roll
  • Patent number: 11773795
    Abstract: Operating a gaseous fuel engine system includes spark-igniting a gaseous hydrogen fuel and air in a prechamber sparkplug to ignite a main charge containing gaseous hydrogen fuel and air in a cylinder. Operating the gaseous fuel engine system also includes determining a preignition condition and conveying cooling air to the prechamber sparkplug based on the preignition condition to limit preignition of gaseous hydrogen fuel and air in the prechamber sparkplug. Related apparatus and control logic is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jaswinder Singh, Eric Lee Schroeder, Andrew Joseph Loetz, Ryan Mchael Snodgrass, Adam Joseph Clute, Patrick John Seiler, Christopher Ronald Gehrke
  • Patent number: 11761391
    Abstract: An electronic control method for a throttle performed by an electronic control throttle device is disclosed. The electronic control method includes: generating, by the electronic control section, the control signal for the throttle with a sum of a proportional torque and an integral torque as a value of a torque command, by calculating an engine speed deviation from a difference between a calculated or input engine speed and an input engine speed command; calculating an engine rotational angular acceleration based on the engine speed; obtaining the proportional torque from a product of the engine speed deviation and a predetermined coefficient; and obtaining the integral torque by integrating the product of the engine speed deviation and the predetermined coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ryo Narita, Ryuichi Oguro
  • Patent number: 11761408
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine system (100), comprising: —an internal combustion engine (2) comprising a cylinder block (3) housing a plurality of cylinders (4), a first intake manifold (6a) connected to a first group of cylinders (4a) a second distinct intake manifold (6b) connected to a second group of cylinders (4b) and a first, respectively a second, exhaust manifold (8a, 8b) for receiving the exhaust gas emitted from the first, respectively the second, group of cylinders (4a, 4b); —an air inlet line (10); —an EGR line (20) connected to the first and second exhaust manifolds (8a, 8b); wherein the internal combustion engine system is operable in at least two operating modes, respectively a normal operating mode in which all cylinders are supplied with fuel and a regeneration operating mode, in which the cylinders of the first group of cylinders (4a) are no longer supplied with fuel, characterized in that: —the system also includes a mixing unit (30) comprising a four-way valve, said
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Laurent Bauvir, Raphael Bost
  • Patent number: 11754009
    Abstract: Proposed is a method and system for controlling an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) device in high-load driving, and an internal combustion engine vehicle including the system. The method of controlling an EGR device in high-load driving compares a ratio of pressures at a front end and a rear end of a throttle valve with a preset critical value that is a reference for determining high-load driving, performs Wide Open Throttle (WOT) control for fully opening the throttle valve when the ratio of pressures is larger than the preset critical value, determines whether engine torque due to the WOT control and use of EGR satisfies torque requested by a driver, and corrects throttle opening or stops use of EGR, depending on whether the engine torque due to use of EGR together with the WOT control satisfies the requested torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventor: Ju-Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11753985
    Abstract: To meet both a request to improve the thermal efficiency in the medium load operation of an engine and a request to suppress knocking in the high load and high rotation operation of the engine, the engine includes a main combustion chamber comprising a cylinder block, a cylinder head, and a piston; a pre-chamber having a plurality of injection holes that open into the main combustion chamber; and a spark plug that ignites an air-fuel mixture in the pre-chamber. A compression ratio of the main combustion chamber is not less than 14 and not more than 24. A first index, which is the product between a total cross-sectional area of the plurality of injection holes and the compression ratio, is not less than 0.1496 cm2 and not more than 0.8449 cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Harada, Kenji Uchida, Ryohei Ono, Masayuki Kidokoro, Kazuhiro Nagatsu
  • Patent number: 11725610
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for operating a fuel evaporation retention system of a vehicle with an internal combustion engine. It includes measuring a pressure change resulting from a temperature change of a gas volume in the fuel tank over a defined period of time while the vehicle is at a standstill after the engine controller has been switched off and comparing an expected pressure profile based on a given temperature profile based at least in part on the tank fill level and after the engine controller has been switched on to an actual measured pressure profile from a previous vehicle standstill phase. If the measured pressure profile lies within a settable tolerance around the expected pressure profile, the method confirms a leak-tight fuel tank. If the measured pressure profile lies outside the settable tolerance, the method identifies a faulty fuel tank and displaying an alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Pichler