Patents Examined by Grant Moubry
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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
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Patent number: 11719143Abstract: During operation under fuel cutoff control, the fuel cutoff control is interrupted when a decrease in temperature of cooling water from a temperature of cooling water that is detected at a start of the fuel cutoff control reaches or exceeds a second specified value under conditions that a degree of opening of an air mix door is greater than or equal to a predetermined opening degree and that a temperature setting is not raised in an operation unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA IIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yu Hoshino
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Patent number: 11719254Abstract: The present disclosure provides a micro water pump, including: a housing having a base, an upper cover engaging with the base, an inner cavity, an inlet communicated with the inner cavity, and an outlet communicated with the inner cavity. A drive mechanism installed in the housing, includes a rotating shaft, an impeller arranged in the inner cavity and rotatably connected with the rotating shaft, a rotor installed in the impeller, and a stator installed in the base for driving the rotor to rotate. The upper cover includes a body part, and an accommodation slot formed by sinking from the surface of the body part close to the base; one end of the rotating shaft is embedded in the base, and the other end is accommodated in the accommodation slot. Whole strength of the micro water pump is enhanced thereby.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Detao Xu, Fanghua Ling, Sensen Yang
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Patent number: 11719200Abstract: In an aspect, a system includes a mixer configured to mix a fuel stream with a solvent to form a mixed stream, the solvent having a higher affinity for a second component of the fuel stream than for a first component of the fuel stream. The system includes a first separator configured to separate the mixed stream into (i) a first fuel fraction including the first component of the fuel stream and (ii) a mixed fraction including the second component of the fuel stream based on a difference in volatility of the first fuel fraction and the mixed fraction. The system includes a second separator configured to separate the mixed fraction into a second fuel fraction including the second component of the fuel stream and a solvent fraction.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Esam Z. Hamad, Ahmad A. Khan
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Patent number: 11713726Abstract: An internal combustion engine (1) for a vehicle is equipped with a variable compression ratio mechanism (2) capable of changing the mechanical compression ratio. An idle stop, which is for automatically stopping the internal combustion engine (1) when the vehicle stops, and a sailing stop, which is for stopping the internal combustion engine (1) in conjunction with the release of a forward clutch (8) during inertial travel, are carried out. A target compression ratio during normal travel is set on the basis of the load and rotation speed of the internal combustion engine (1). During an idle stop the target compression ratio is set to an idle stop restart compression ratio (?is). During a sailing stop the target compression ratio is set to a sailing stop restart compression ratio (?ss). The sailing stop restart compression ratio (?ss) is lower than the idle stop restart compression ratio (?is).Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoyuki Koike
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Patent number: 11713737Abstract: A fuel-efficient and fuel-saving device is provided and includes a first fuel-modification device, an air-refining device, and a tubing-type fuel-modification device. The first fuel-modification device is arranged in a fuel tank. The air-refining device is arranged under a filter screen of an air filter of an internal combustion engine, and the tubing-type fuel-modification device is arranged above a pipeline between the internal combustion engine and the fuel tank. The first fuel-modification device includes a first metal box body and a plurality of nano far-infrared ceramic particles. The surface of the first metal box body has a plurality of uniformly arranged air holes. The plurality of nano far-infrared ceramic particles is arranged in the first metal box body. The ball diameter of the nano far-infrared ceramic particles is larger than the diameter of the air holes.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Inventor: Wei-Ling Kuo
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Patent number: 11698042Abstract: An engine block includes one or more cylinder bores wherein each cylinder bore is surrounded by a cylinder bore wall. The cylinder bore wall includes a liner stop mechanism to locate a liner in the cylinder bore. The cylinder bore includes a mid-portion that spans between an upper end and a lower end, wherein the liner stop mechanism can be located near the upper end, near the lower end, or the mid-portion. The engine block has an outer cylinder block wall that is exterior to the cylinder bore wall. The outer cylinder block wall includes a first rib positioned above the liner stop mechanism and a second rib positioned below the liner stop mechanism relative to a cylindrical axis of the cylinder bore. The first and second ribs straddle the liner stop mechanism to reduce rotation and buckling of the liner during operation of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Xiling Zhou, Vijaysai Karuppiah Kumareshan, John Jerl Purcell, III, Mathew A. Clark
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Patent number: 11697341Abstract: A combined cooling and water braking system for a vehicle comprises a first water recirculation loop having a first heat exchanger configured to cool water flowing in the first water recirculation loop, the first water recirculation loop comprising a water conduit for transporting heat away from a propulsion device configured to generate a propulsion power for the vehicle. A second water recirculation loop having a second heat exchanger is configured to cool water flowing in the second water recirculation loop. A retarder is configured to be coupled to a pair of wheels of the vehicle. The second water recirculation loop may be selectively used for cooling the propulsion device and for providing water to the retarder for water braking. There is also provided a method for cooling a propulsion device of a vehicle and water braking a pair of wheels of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventors: Arne Andersson, Staffan Lundgren
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Patent number: 11698013Abstract: An engine controller includes processing circuitry configured to execute catalyst accelerated activation control by performing a first process that maintains an open degree of a wastegate valve at a specified first open degree and then performing a second process that changes the open degree of the wastegate valve to an open degree that differs from the first open degree.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akihiro Katayama
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Patent number: 11692544Abstract: An annular scraper ring assembly for a packing arrangement is disclosed. The annular scraper ring assembly can form a seal with a plunger included in a fluid end of a reciprocating pump and includes two or more rings, including a first ring and a second ring. The first ring is formed from a resilient material configured to form a seal against a plunger included in a fluid end of a reciprocating pump and includes an upstream face and an inner surface. The second ring defines a caroming surface configured to engage the upstream face of the first ring and cam the inner surface inwards when the first ring is compressed against the second ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: GD ENERGY PRODUCTS, LLCInventor: John Chase
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Patent number: 11692505Abstract: A cylinder head assembly includes a cast cylinder head and a turbocharger housing integrally cast with the cylinder head. The integrated cylinder head and turbocharger housing includes: (i) a compact low wetted area to provide an uninterrupted flow path pointed directly at a catalyst face to facilitate achieving cold start emissions targets, (ii) a casting core assembly with specific core geometry and steps for assembly to enable core assembly while meeting all cylinder head and integrated turbine housing functional requirements, (iii) an oxygen sensor disposed pre-turbine in an integrated exhaust manifold, and (iv) a fully integrated PCV make-up air system.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Michael P Schmidt, Douglas Trudeau, Constantin Hagiu, Brian Jacobs
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Patent number: 11692506Abstract: An air-cooled internal combustion engine including a crankshaft rotating about a crankshaft axis, a first cylinder having a first cylinder head, a second cylinder having a second cylinder head, and a blower assembly. The blower assembly includes a blower housing, a first fan, and a second fan. The first fan is positioned proximate the first cylinder and the second fan is positioned proximate the second cylinder. The first fan and the second fan are each received within the blower housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLCInventors: Ryan A. Sullivan, Gary S. Johnson
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Patent number: 11692543Abstract: An annular scraper ring for a packing arrangement is disclosed. The annular scraper ring that can form a seal with a plunger included in a fluid end of a reciprocating pump and includes a planar upstream face and an inner surface with a tapered section. The tapered section tapers away from the plunger along a downstream direction so that the scraper ring is widest at the planar upstream face.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: GD ENERGY PRODUCTS, LLCInventor: John Chase
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Patent number: 11691500Abstract: A stabilizing arrangement of a cooling system module of a vehicle includes stabilizer pins attached to the vehicle cooling system module. Stabilizer slots are incorporated into a component of the chassis of the vehicle, such as a frame extender. The stabilizer slots may be formed as an upwards opening U-shape. Bushings are attached to the stabilizer pins. The stabilizer pins and bushings extend laterally into and engage with the stabilizer slots. Upon installation, the stabilizer pins and bushings are aligned with the stabilizer slots as the cooling system module is lowered onto the ISO mounts. The stabilizer pins and bushings slide vertically downwards into the stabilizer slots as the cooling system module is lowered into place. The simpler stabilizer pins, bushings, and stabilizer slots thereby take the place of expensive, time consuming, complex, labor intensive, and space consuming stay rod arrangements.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLCInventors: Shouhao Wu, Dean Oppermann
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Patent number: 11686199Abstract: An internal combustion may include a cylinder having a first combustion chamber at one end and a second combustion chamber at an opposing end, first and second cylinder heads located at an end of the first and second combustion chambers, respectively, and a double-faced piston slidably mounted therein. The piston may be configured to move in a first stroke that includes an expansion stroke portion and a non-expansion stroke portion. The engine may further include first and second piston rod portions extending from opposite faces of the piston. A recess in the piston rod portions may be configured to communicate gases between a combustion chamber and locations outside the cylinder. There may also be a chamber surrounding the first or second piston rod portion, the chamber configured to be supplied with gas and the chamber being isolated from the first combustion chamber and the second combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Aquarius Engines (A.M.) Ltd.Inventor: Shaul Haim Yaakoby
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Patent number: 11686269Abstract: A cylinder head assembly includes a cylinder head casting, and an injector sleeve within an injector bore in the cylinder head casting. The injector sleeve includes a first sleeve end, and an injector clamping surface formed by an inner sleeve surface adjacent to a cylindrical second sleeve end. The injector sleeve further includes a sleeve clamping surface in contact with an upward facing middle deck surface of the cylinder head casting, and a reaction wall extending between the injector clamping surface and the sleeve clamping surface to transfer an injector clamping load to the upward facing middle deck surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.Inventor: Raji Rexavier