Patents Examined by Grant Moubry
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Patent number: 11767926Abstract: To provide a fuel injection device capable of improving waterproof performance of the coil portion. A fuel injection device 1 includes a coil bobbin 51 disposed in a housing 70 and having a bobbin outer peripheral surface 51a that holds a coil 50 and a bobbin inner peripheral surface 51b that is a surface on an opposite side of the bobbin outer peripheral surface 51a, and a first outer peripheral surface 46a and a first outer peripheral surface 10b (guide portion) that come into contact with the bobbin inner peripheral surface 51b. A first space S1 and a second space S2 (internal space) are formed by the first outer peripheral surface 46a and the first outer peripheral surface 10b, and the bobbin inner peripheral surface 51b, and the first space S1 and the second space S2 communicate with a space filled with the connecting portion 80.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Sugaya, Takao Miyake, Taisuke Sugii, Takuya Watai
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Patent number: 11767805Abstract: An internal combustion engine 100 comprising a cylinder head 102, a cylinder head cover 104, an intermediate flange 106 arranged between the head 102 and the head cover 104. A first opening extending from the head cover 104, through the intermediate flange, into the head 102, the first opening includes first internal threads lying inside the cylinder head area, a second opening having an integrated first threaded bolt provided at an end of the intermediate flange touching the cylinder head 102. A plurality of fasteners comprising a screw having a head, and a shaft fastening the head cover 104 and intermediate flange to the head such that the head of the screw rests directly on top of the cylinder head cover 104 when the screw is tightened.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Inventors: Rohan Turior, Satyasheel Milind Borwankar, Ajay Nehra, Aditya R Pujari, Sachin P Shirode
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Patent number: 11767855Abstract: A dual-shaft built-in pump includes a main body, provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; a motor cover, provided with an accommodating cavity having an air inflation vent and an air deflation vent; two valve bodies; a first fan blade, located between the air inflation vent and the air inlet; a second fan blade, located between the air deflation vent and the air outlet; a dual-shaft motor, configured in the accommodating cavity and having an output shaft connected with the first fan blade and the second fan blade; and a rotating member, rotatably provided on the main body and configured to drive either of the two valve bodies thereby opening the air inlet or the air outlet. The pump has simple structure, convenient fabrication and low cost.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: DONGGUAN HONGSHENG METAL & PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Chunhua Yang
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Patent number: 11760358Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for controlling operation of a vehicle. The system includes a microphone located in a passenger cabin of the vehicle and configured to detect sound data indicating noise in the passenger cabin. The system also includes a powertrain of the vehicle including an engine/motor for propelling the vehicle and a transmission of the vehicle having a plurality of gears. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle coupled to the microphone and the transmission. The ECU is configured to determine a powertrain torque limit based on the sound data, determine whether a torque output of the powertrain exceeds the powertrain torque limit, and instruct the transmission to downshift when the torque output of the powertrain exceeds the powertrain torque limit.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Thomas S. Hawley
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Patent number: 11761371Abstract: Systems are provided for a thermostat housing positioned in an internal combustion engine system. In one example, the internal combustion engine system may include the thermostat housing and one or more thermostat valves positioned within the thermostat housing, wherein the thermostat housing may include a plurality of plate configurations. In some examples, the plurality of plate configurations may include an upper plate configuration and a lower plate configuration. The upper plate configuration may include an upper plate coupled to an upper flange of a casing of the thermostat housing. The lower plate configuration may include a lower plate coupled to a lower partition of the casing of the thermostat housing. In some examples, the upper and lower plate configurations may include a plurality of openings defined fit to the one or more thermostat valves.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: POWERHOUSE ENGINE SOLUTIONS SWITZERLAND IP HOLDING GMBHInventors: Amit Kumar Sharma, Jason Lymangrover, Sandeep Kanzal Venkatesha
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Patent number: 11761401Abstract: A cylinder block includes a support wall part that rotatably supports a crank shaft. The support wall part has a fitting recess part to which a bearing cap can be fitted. In each of the left and right corner parts where a bottom surface and a fitting surface of the fitting recess part intersect, a notch groove is formed that extends in the array direction of cylinder bores and has a substantially arc-shaped cross section when cut by the virtual plane along the extension direction thereof. As a result, stress having a greater value as the location becomes closer to the center part in the extension direction of the notch groove can be substantially uniform in the extension direction of said notch groove, and it is possible to effectively mitigate the stress concentration.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masamichi Kusano, Koichi Tokura, Shinji Kitamura
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Patent number: 11761357Abstract: A hydraulic pump-motor includes a cylinder block including a plurality of fluid chambers, a piston in each of the fluid chambers, a cam, a fixed valve area profile, and a timing adjustment actuator. The cam includes a cam surface that engages the pistons and drives movement of the pistons relative to the fluid chambers in response to relative rotation between the cam and the fluid chambers. The fixed valve area profile is configured to control fluid flows between the fluid chambers and first and second ports. The timing adjustment actuator is configured to adjust an angular orientation of the fixed valve area profile relative to an angular orientation of the cam based on a pressure differential between a pressure at the first port and a pressure at the second port.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAInventors: Grey C. Boyce-Erickson, James D. Van de Ven, Thomas R. Chase
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Patent number: 11760458Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine to rotate a propeller and an engine cover that houses the engine. The engine cover includes two divided covers disposed above the engine and that directly face the engine. The two divided covers include two connections that are connected together and that overlap the engine in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Takahiro Matsui, Ryosuke Hata
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Patent number: 11761536Abstract: An annular seal for sealing an opening in a pump housing surrounding a piston rod includes a primary sealing portion with an inner surface adjacent to the piston rod and an outer surface adjacent to the pump housing. An initial sealing portion features an inner wall and an outer wall so that an annular space is defined therebetween. A top wall extends between the inner and outer walls. A coil spring is positioned within the annular space of the initial sealing portion and urges the inner wall into engagement with the piston rod and the outer wall into engagement with the pump housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Chart Inc.Inventor: Eric Thor
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Patent number: 11754145Abstract: A balance shaft includes an unbalanced shaft (3) comprising a bearing journal (8, 9), the periphery of which is merely partially cylindrical. The cylindrical partial periphery (10) of the bearing journal is oriented toward the shaft imbalance. The balance shaft also includes a needle roller cage assembly (15); and a bearing ring (13), which extends around the bearing journal, lies against the cylindrical partial periphery and forms the inner raceway of the needle roller cage assembly. The cage (27) of the needle roller cage assembly is designed to run on the end faces of the bearing ring axially on both sides by means of radially inwardly extending projections.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Hannes Schreyer, Stefan Dorn
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Patent number: 11754017Abstract: A piston of an internal combustion engine configured to be reciprocable along an axial direction in a cylinder includes a cavity formed to be recessed in a center of a piston top surface, and an outer circumferential edge portion located on a radially outer side of the cavity in the piston top surface. The cavity includes a lip portion, a raised portion, and a curved portion. The curved portion includes an outer circumference-side curved surface which includes a curved surface connected to the lip portion, an inner circumference-side concave surface which is located on a radially inner side of an outer circumference-side curved surface and includes a surface connected to a raised portion, the inner circumference-side concave surface including a deepest portion of the cavity, and a convex surface formed between the outer circumference-side curved surface and the inner circumference-side concave surface, as well as protruding upward.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Tsubaki, Yusuke Imamori, Satoshi Yamada, Shintaro Shuto, Taro Tamura
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Patent number: 11746724Abstract: Provided is a method for preventing the accumulation of cylinder oil at scavenging ports of low-speed marine engines. An oil passage is provided on a cylinder wall inside a cylinder. The oil passage includes multiple oil storage grooves processed in a circumferential direction of the cylinder wall. The oil passage is formed by obliquely extending from the inner side of the cylinder wall to the outside of the cylinder in a radial direction of the cylinder. The scavenging ports are uniformly distributed in a circumferential direction of the cylinder wall, and each of the oil storage grooves is correspondingly processed at an upper portion of the scavenging port upper edge of the scavenging port. Each of the oil storage grooves has a shape matching the curved surface of the scavenging port upper edge.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Liyan Feng, Min Pan, Wenjing Qu, Zhen Gong, Zhengran Yu, Hongjie Sun, Zixin Wang, Qiang Liu
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Patent number: 11746954Abstract: An assembly unit as a structural component for a lubricant pump, the assembly unit having a base plate, at least one pump element housing fixedly attached to the base plate with a pump element powered by a linear motion inserted therein, and further having an eccentric fixing to enable assembling an eccentric arrangement provided with a circumferential eccentric in a fixed relative position to the pump element inserted into the pump element housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: GROENEVELD-BEKA GMBHInventors: Bernhard Koeppel, Johannes Wittmann
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Patent number: 11746797Abstract: A 2-piece axial fan blade designed for a cooling tower includes an upper wing and a lower wing, in which the upper wing includes an upper wing upper profile and an upper wing lower profile at a first torsion angle, and the lower wing includes an lower wing upper profile and a lower wing lower profile arranged so that the lower wing has a second torsion angle parallel to the upper wing. The upper wing further includes a decoupled twin profile rod fixed between the upper wing upper profile and the upper wing lower profile. The lower wing upper profile and the lower wing lower profile are parallel to a direction of extension of wing profiles.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: GT KARBON IZLEME VE ENERJI VERIMLILIGI SANAYI TICARET ANONIM SIRKETIInventor: Savas Tosun
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Patent number: 11746692Abstract: In general, a generator set system may include a primary module including: an engine; a generator coupled to the engine and configured to convert mechanical energy of the engine to electrical energy; a primary frame configured to support the engine and the generator; and a first coupling. The generator set system also may include a secondary module including a secondary module including: at least one of a heat recovery module, an exhaust module, a cooling system module, a fuel system module, a solar power module, a battery module, an electrical system module, an air intake module, or an air outlet module; a secondary frame; and a second coupling. The first coupling and the second coupling are configured to automatically electrically or fluidically couple the primary module to the secondary module upon assembling the primary frame and the secondary frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: MTU Onsite Energy CorporationInventors: Joshua John Siebert, James Dale Carsten, Conrad Lewis Dieken, Daniel Steven Hoechst, Kai Michael Vorholz
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Patent number: 11739930Abstract: A light-emitting fan includes a fan frame, a light-permeable impeller mounted on the fan frame, a first and a second light source assembly. The light-permeable impeller includes a hub and blades. The hub includes a top plate and an annular side plate. The annular side plate is connected to the top plate, the top plate and the annular side plate together form an accommodation space. The annular side plate has an annular side surface facing away from the accommodation space and an inclined incident surface facing away from the annular side surface and non-parallel to the annular side surface. The blades are connected to the annular side surface. The first light source assembly is located in the accommodation space and configured to emit light to the top plate. The second light source assembly is located in the accommodation space and configured to emit light to the inclined incident surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Chia-Hao Sung, Wen-Hong Chen, Wan-Ting Shi
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Patent number: 11739768Abstract: A fan includes a frame member, a fan body, a surrounding plate and a housing unit. The frame member surrounds an axis and defines an accommodating space in which the fan body is disposed. The fan body is rotatable about the axis. The surrounding plate surrounds the frame member and is formed with at least one plate hole extending in a transverse direction transverse to an axial direction of the axis therethrough. The housing unit surrounds the surrounding plate and has a plurality of housing holes extending in the axial direction of the axis therethrough. The housing unit and the surrounding plate cooperatively define a surrounding space therebetween that is surrounded by the housing holes.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: YEN SUN TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Graham Chen, Chih-Tsung Hsu, Hsin-Hsien Wu, Chin-Hui Pan
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Patent number: 11724586Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine (11); a traveling device (1, 2) capable of traveling on the ground; a power transmission device (13) that transmits driving power of the engine (11) to the traveling device (1, 2) with a work oil; a cooling device (15) for cooling the engine (11) with a cooling fluid; a storage unit (17) having a first storage space (17A) for storing the work oil and a second storage space (17B) for storing the cooling fluid.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kensuke Okabe, Kohta Nakao, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yusuke Endo, Toshifumi Yasuda
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Patent number: 11725570Abstract: A two-stroke engine piston (1) is disclosed comprising a piston top (3), a mantle surface (5), a stratified scavenging channel (7) in the mantle surface (5), and a weight reduction space (9) arranged between the piston top (3) and the stratified scavenging channel (7). The weight reduction space (9) has a largest first axial extent (a1) at the mantle surface (5) and a second axial extent (a2) radially inside the mantle surface (5), and wherein the second axial extent (a2) is greater than the largest first axial extent (a1). The present disclosure further relates to an engine (30), a hand-held tool (40), and a method of manufacturing an engine piston (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: HUSQVARNA ABInventors: Henrik Assarsson, Johan Lönn
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Patent number: 11719185Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston includes a coating applied to a ferrous body portion to reduce or prevent chemical bonding of carbon deposits or coking on the body portion at temperatures ranging from 200 to 400° C. The coating includes a fluoropolymer, such as polytetrafluoroethylene, fluorosilane, fluorocarbon, fluoroplastic resin, and/or perfluoroplastic, and may be hydrocarbon or silicone based. The coating also has a thickness of 25 microns to 1 millimeter. The coating can be disposed on an undercrown surface, ring grooves, ring lands, pin bosses, and/or skirt sections of the body portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Tenneco Inc.Inventors: Warran Boyd Lineton, Timothy Christopher Vezina