Patents Examined by Kelsey L Stanek
  • Patent number: 11976577
    Abstract: A valve train assembly for an internal combustion engine includes: a dual body rocker arm for controlling a valve of a cylinder, the rocker arm including a first body, a second body mounted for pivotal motion with respect to the first body, a first biasing means, and a latch pin moveable between a first position in which the latch pin latches the first body and the second body together and a second position in which the first body and the second body are un-latched to allow pivotal motion of the second body relative to the first body; and an actuator arrangement external to the dual body rocker arm and drivable by an actuation source, the actuator arrangement moving the latch pin from one of the first position and the second position to the other of the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Nicola Andrisani, Fabiano Contarin, Emanuele Raimondi, Majo Cecur, Alessio Lorenzon
  • Patent number: 11976560
    Abstract: A rotating turbomachine provided with a fluid sealing device, comprising an extensible/dilatable bellows piston to make a sealing surface abut against a rotor disc, or against the head of the shaft, therefore confining the working fluid in the turbomachine stopped during the respective maintenance operations, is described. A coolant is supplied inside the bellows piston during the normal operations of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TURBODEN S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mario Gaia, Roberto Bini, Andrea Monterisi
  • Patent number: 11976579
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising: an engine comprising two banks of cylinders having axial directions angled relative to each other to form a region running between the axial directions of the two banks; a plurality of exhaust components located in the region; and a heat shield enclosing the exhaust components between the engine and the heat shield, the heat shield comprising an inner surface facing the exhaust components, a first heat shield inlet and a heat shield outlet, and the heat shield being configured to channel an airflow between the first heat shield inlet and the heat shield outlet over the inner surface of the heat shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: McLaren Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Arthur Slight, Michael Judge
  • Patent number: 11970958
    Abstract: Reducing engagement noise in a chain drive or belt drive for an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft having a driving sprocket and at least one shaft having a first driven sprocket and a second driven sprocket, where the driving sprocket and at least one of the first driven sprocket and the second driven sprocket contain a pattern of pitch radii such that the radial variation of the pitch radii excite tensions at non-prevalent orders in a drive system of the internal combustion engine. The non-prevalent engine cycle orders excited by each of the driving sprocket, the first driven sprocket and the second driven sprocket are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Kevin B Todd
  • Patent number: 11965436
    Abstract: There is provided a variable valve apparatus including: a plurality of rocker arms; a coupling pin disposed in a housing hole of the rocker arm closer to one side; a release pin disposed in a housing hole of the rocker arm closer to the other side; a pressing member; a transmission member; and a push-back member disposed so as to push back the transmission member from the other side. The pressing member is configured to push the coupling pin into the housing hole of the rocker arm closer to the other side to couple the plurality of rocker arms. The transmission member is configured to push back the coupling pin into the housing hole of the rocker arm closer to the one side to release a coupling of the plurality of rocker arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisashi Ozeki
  • Patent number: 11965450
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment system for a work vehicle includes a mixing conduit extending between upstream and downstream ends along a bulk flow direction, where the upstream end receives engine exhaust. The system further includes an injector nozzle configured to inject exhaust reductant into the mixing conduit at a location between the upstream and downstream ends. Additionally, the system includes a branch conduit, where an inlet end of the branch conduit is fluidly coupled to the mixing conduit upstream of a location at which an outlet end of the branch conduit is fluidly coupled to the mixing conduit. A portion of the exhaust flowing through the mixing conduit may be directed through the branch conduit, where the outlet end of the branch conduit is configured to direct the portion of the exhaust back into the mixing conduit such that a spiraling flow of the exhaust is generated within the mixing conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Hamidreza Mahabadipour, Pratin Naik, Haibo Guo, Samrendra K Singh
  • Patent number: 11965449
    Abstract: A mixer for a vehicle exhaust gas system, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a mixer housing defining an internal cavity and a venturi section including integrally formed mixing vanes and positioned within the internal cavity. The venturi section comprises a first portion and a second portion that are combined to provide a mixing chamber therebetween. A doser mount opening is formed within the mixer housing that is open to the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Chapman, Eduardo Alano
  • Patent number: 11959425
    Abstract: A method for controlling a valve arrangement for an internal combustion engine, the valve arrangement including a piston arrangement comprising a piston having a piston end portion facing an inlet valve of the valve arrangement. The method includes receiving a signal indicative of a temperature level of an exhaust gas after treatment system and when the signal indicates a temperature level below a predetermined threshold level: advancing an exhaust event of the internal combustion engine; and controlling the piston arrangement for reducing the distance between the piston end portion and the inlet valve before the internal combustion engine assumes an air intake event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Per Persson, Martin Svensson
  • Patent number: 11952923
    Abstract: Systems and related methods include a rocker arm having integrated components, including a lost motion actuator piston and components for resetting the lost motion actuator piston to provide normal valve closing or late valve closing. Selective reset is facilitated by a reset piston and a blocking piston disposed in a hydraulic circuit including a reset passage. In a non-resetting mode of operation, the blocking piston may block oil flow within the reset passage, regardless of the position of the reset piston, which facilitates late valve closing. An alternative embodiment includes a blocking sleeve disposed concentrically relative to the reset piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Justin D. Baltrucki
  • Patent number: 11946827
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided to test valves. The apparatus includes a support structure and a plurality of engagement members coupled to the support structure. Each member of the plurality of engagement members is coupled with a valve of a valve train associated with an engine head. The apparatus further includes a camshaft, which includes a plurality of lobes coupled to the support structure. Each lobe of the plurality of lobes are equally spaced from each other and coupled to a member of the plurality of engagement members. The apparatus further includes a driving mechanism coupled to the camshaft, which is configured to rotate the camshaft and control each member of the plurality of engagement members to further control an activation of each valve of the valve train associated with the engine head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaleb Stephens, John Michael Scelsi
  • Patent number: 11933200
    Abstract: A valve timing change device 2 comprises: a vane rotor 4; a housing 6 accommodating the vane rotor; a spring 8 contacting at one end portion 8b the housing and contacting at another end portion 8c the vane rotor to bias the vane rotor against the housing in a circumferential direction of the vane rotor; a first protruding portion 32 protruding from an end surface 6a of the housing on a first direction side of an axial direction of the vane rotor and contacting the one end portion of the spring so as to be biased by the spring; and a retaining portion 34 disposed on the first direction side of the one end portion of the spring and extending from the first protruding portion so as to restrict movement of the one end portion of the spring in the first direction. The first protruding portion and the retaining portion are formed integrally with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Riki Murasaka
  • Patent number: 11933212
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system, EATS, for converting NOx emissions in exhaust gases from an engine. The EATS includes a fluid channel for providing a fluid pathway for the exhaust gases; a selective catalytic reduction, SCR, catalyst arranged in the fluid channel, the SCR catalyst being configured to store ammonia; an injector configured to inject a reductant for providing ammonia to the SCR catalyst, the injector being arranged upstream of the SCR catalyst; a fluid flow inducer configured to cause an induced fluid flow in at least a part of the fluid channel when the engine is turned off; and a controlling apparatus configured to precondition the EATS prior to engine start by injecting the reductant into the fluid channel, and transport the reductant into the SCR catalyst by the induced fluid flow to store ammonia in the SCR catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Irman Svraka, Dan Stenqvist, Martin Wilhelmsson
  • Patent number: 11920488
    Abstract: A repaired turbine housing for use in an air cycle machine including a journal bearing bore having an inlet, an outlet, and an inner diameter of about 2.580±0.001 inches (6.553±0.003 centimeters). The repaired turbine housing including a cylindrical insert secured within the journal bearing bore. The cylindrical insert having a first end, a second end, an inner surface, a step located at the first end, and an outer surface with an outer diameter that provides a diametric interference with the inner diameter of the journal bearing bore. The diametric interference being between about 0.000-0.003 inches (0.000-0.008 centimeters). The cylindrical insert being inserted into the inlet of the journal bearing bore up to the step. The step has an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the cylindrical insert. The inner surface of the cylindrical insert includes at least one selected inner diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig M. Beers, Clarence J. Wytas
  • Patent number: 11913369
    Abstract: This application relates to a mixer and an exhaust system. Wherein, the mixer comprises a pipe, comprising a side wall that comprises an opening; a doser mounting base provided on the opening of the side wall of the pipe, connecting the pipe through the opening, defining a first space, and comprising an injection inlet; and an attachment, comprising a chamber portion and a deflector portion, wherein the chamber portion comprises a chamber portion inlet corresponding to the injection inlet, and a chamber portion outlet corresponding to the opening of the side wall of the pipe; and the deflector portion extends from a side wall of the chamber portion and makes the pipe, the side wall of the chamber portion and the chamber portion inlet fluidly connected, and the attachment constitutes a swirling structure that forms a swirling movement of exhaust at the chamber portion inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Faurecia Emission Control Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Fabien Sudries, Vikas Jukanti, Vijaykumar Madegowda, Haneesh Penubolu, Rajeev Naik
  • Patent number: 11905860
    Abstract: A latch assembly comprises a latch pin and a cage. The latch pin comprises a latch nose and a pin body. The pin body comprises an outer surface and an inner compartment. The inner compartment comprises a first inner wall segmented by a first slot and a second inner wall segmented by a second slot. The first slot and the second slot vent out of the inner compartment. The cage comprises a stepped base and a shaft extending from the stepped base into the inner compartment. The shaft comprises a first exterior flat adjoining the first inner wall and a second exterior flat adjoining the second inner wall. A spring can be biased against the latch pin and the cage. The latch assembly can be used in a latching device of a valvetrain such as a switching roller finger follower or other rocker arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Brown, Matthew A. Vance
  • Patent number: 11905859
    Abstract: A castellation assembly comprises a lost motion spring assembly, an upper castellation piece, and a lower castellation piece. A spring hat comprises a crown, a pin hole through the crown, and a brim. A lost motion spring is seated against the spring hat. Upper castellation piece comprises a tubular body, an upper inner rim adjoining the brim, and upper castellation teeth. Lower castellation piece comprises a spring post extending up from a castellation body, the spring post passing through the lost motion spring, and through the pin hole. Lower castellation teeth extend from the castellation body. The lost motion spring is biased against the castellation body to lift the upper inner rim by the brim. A lash screw can house the spring post so that the spring post terminates inside the lash screw. A rocker arm is an example of a castellation assembly installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Andrei D. Radulescu, Ramy Rezkalla, Daniel Nelson, James Sheren, Michele Angelo Cecchi, Marco Ravoni, Maria Letizia Ciardullo
  • Patent number: 11898525
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a roller tappet for a high-pressure fuel pump. The roller tappet includes a housing that accommodates a cam contact roller next to a drive-side annular face of the housing. A bridge piece sits on an inner lateral surface of the housing, after the cam contact roller, as viewed from the drive-side annular face. An outer end face of the bridge piece has a rest for a pump piston. A separate adapter bolt protrudes from the rest beyond the output-side annular face of the housing; an end face of the adapter bolt, remote from the bridge piece, serves as a direct rest for the pump piston. An annular disc sits next to the output-side annular face of the housing, and the bore of said annular disc surrounds and retains the adapter bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Geyer, Marco Junker
  • Patent number: 11898484
    Abstract: A mixing subassembly for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine for mixing exhaust gas, which is discharged by an internal combustion engine, with reactant includes a mixing path which extends in the direction of a mixing path longitudinal axis and which has an upstream mixing path inflow region for receiving exhaust gas and/or reactant in the mixing path. The mixing path includes a core flow channel, through which a first exhaust gas partial flow flows, and a bypass flow channel, through which a second exhaust gas partial flow flows. At least one flow blocking element reduces a flow cross section of the bypass flow channel and is arranged in the bypass flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Purem GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Weinmann, Vincent Eder, Mathias Rothfuss, Tobias Wolf, Michael Dentler, Alexander Kauderer
  • Patent number: 11891936
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment arrangement for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine includes a first exhaust gas flow path leading from an exhaust gas inlet provided on a housing to an exhaust gas outlet provided on the housing and a second exhaust gas flow path leading from the exhaust gas inlet to the exhaust gas outlet. The second exhaust gas flow path is separate from the first exhaust gas flow path. A flow path switching unit changes the exhaust gas stream parts, which are conducted in the first exhaust gas flow path and the second exhaust gas flow path. A reactant supply device supplies reactant into the second exhaust gas flow path downstream of the exhaust gas inlet and an SCR catalyst arrangement is provided in the second exhaust gas flow path upstream of the exhaust gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Purem GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Datz, Arthur Wieland, Konstantin Kappes
  • Patent number: 11891925
    Abstract: A camshaft phaser, including: an input element arranged to receive a first rotational torque and rotatable about an axis of rotation; an output element rotatable about the axis of rotation, rotatable with respect to the input element, arranged to non-rotatably connect to a camshaft, and arranged to transmit the first rotational torque to the camshaft; and a trigger wheel non-rotatably connected to the output element, arranged to identify a rotational position of the output element around the axis of rotation, and including a magnetic material with at least one segment having a first magnetic charge, and with at least one segment having a second magnetic charge, opposite the first magnetic charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andrew Mlinaric