Patents Examined by Mahmoud Gimie
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Patent number: 11721139Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to informing a user how a hypothetical electric vehicle would perform based on the driving habits of the user in a non-electric vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying an origin and a destination of a non-electric vehicle after the non-electric vehicle has arrived at the destination. The method includes determining energy information for a hypothetical electric vehicle traveling from the origin to the destination and outputting the energy information to the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Alexandre Filipowicz, David Ayman Shamma, Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez, Matthew L. Lee, Scott Carter
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Patent number: 11719377Abstract: A header delivery system and method for performing a pigging operation on a process tube connected to a header pipe. The header delivery system is insertable in the header pipe and has a launcher pipe for launching an inspection or cleaning tool to the process tube. A tube coupler for coupling to the process tube and a bumper are connected to the launcher pipe. A jack apparatus is configured to position the tube coupler and the bumper. A wedge assembly is connected to the launcher pipe and has a first actuating wedge and a first extension wedge. A first linear actuator is connected to the first actuating wedge and is configured to move the first extension wedge and the tube coupler mount apart from one another to position the tube coupler and the bumper from a retracted position to an extended position.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Quest Integrity Group, LLCInventors: Willem Meerkerk, Nicolaas Dirk Bergshoeff, Maarten Cornelis Burggraaff
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Patent number: 11719206Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pipe is a pipe disposed between an injector and a high-pressure fuel pump, the high-pressure fuel pump is provided on a downstream side of a low-pressure fuel pump, an engine is a single cylinder or a two-cylinder, the high-pressure fuel pump is a plunger type that performs pressurization once or twice per rotation in synchronization with a camshaft of the engine, and a volume of the high-pressure fuel pipe is k×Q/?P/1000×n or less, where k is a volume modulus of fuel, Q is a maximum discharge amount of the fuel in one reciprocation of the high-pressure fuel pump, ?P is a difference between a target fuel pressure boosted by the high-pressure fuel pump and a feed fuel pressure boosted by the low-pressure fuel pump, and n is the number of times of boosting in one rotation of the high-pressure fuel pump.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Konuma, Aoi Tabuchi
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Patent number: 11713741Abstract: Provided is a fuel supply pump capable of improving welding quality while securing a function of a valve body. A fuel supply pump of the present invention includes a regulating member (discharge valve stopper 84) that guides movement of a valve body (discharge valve 82), a main body portion (body 1) provided with a valve chamber (discharge valve chamber 1d) that houses the regulating member, a sealing member (plug 85) that seals the valve chamber, and a welded portion (welded portion 86) that fixes the sealing member to the main body portion. An annular space portion (annular space portion 60) along an outer periphery of the regulating member is formed between the welded portion and the regulating member.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Masamichi Yagai, Kiyotaka Ogura, Shingo Tamura, Yuto Ishizuka, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kenichiro Tokuo, Minoru Hashida
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Patent number: 11712001Abstract: A lawn mower includes a chassis, a cutting deck, a chore motor, and a blade. The chassis supports several wheels. The cutting deck is supported by the chassis and defines a cutting chamber. The chore motor is electrically coupled to the battery. The chore motor includes a housing containing a coil assembly, a rotor, and a drive shaft extending out of the housing. The chore motor is attached to the cutting deck so that at least a portion of the housing and the drive shaft are positioned within the cutting chamber. The blade is coupled to the drive shaft and is configured to rotate within the cutting chamber when the chore motor rotates the rotor and drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLCInventors: Jeffrey M. Zeiler, Scott A. Funke, Mark Noller, Nick Joseph Zeidler, Christopher Krajewski, Joshua Kowalski
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Patent number: 11713736Abstract: A control flap (1) has a flap body (2) and a circumferential seal (3) capable of sealing upon abutting to a sealing surface (7) of an opening (8). The flap body (2) and the seal (3) are made of elastomers. The seal (3) is joined to the flap body (2) by a pressure plate (4) made of a thermoplastic. The control flap may be made by a method that includes: producing the flap body (2) from a thermoplastic by injection molding; producing the pressure plate (4) from a thermoplastic by injection molding; producing the seal (3) from an elastomer by injection molding; introducing the pressure plate (4) into the undercut (10) of the seal (3); inserting the pressure plate (4) with the seal (3) into the recess (16) of the flap body (2) and bonding the pressure plate (4) and flap body (2).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Umfotec GmbHInventors: Ralf Buck, Gerald Wedekind, Bodo Waterstraat, Dirk Nagel, Thomas Kaiser
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Patent number: 11703186Abstract: Multiply redundant safety system(s) that protects humans and assets while fueling vehicles, and/or transferring/fueling/tank exchanging of on road/off road, marine, aircraft, spacecraft, rockets, and all other vehicles/vessels utilizing Compressed and/or Liquefied Gas Fuels/compound(s), utilizing Hydrogen and/or Natural Gas Chemical Family of Natural Gas/Propane/Butane/ethane/ammonia/and/or any/all compound(s)/mixtures along with and/or without, oxidizer(s), such as Liquefied Oxygen, Oxygen Triplet (O3)/ozone/hydrogen peroxide/peroxide/solid oxidizer(s).Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Inventor: Daniel McNicholas
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Patent number: 11705779Abstract: A standby generator includes a standby housing defining a cavity and an internal combustion engine. The engine includes an engine block including a cylinder comprising a piston, an engine housing at least partially covering the engine block, and a crankshaft configured to rotate about a vertical crankshaft axis in response to movement by the piston. The standby generator also includes an alternator configured to generate alternating current electrical power, a controller comprising a rectifier configured to convert the alternating current to a direct current and an inverter configured to convert the direct current to a clean alternating current electrical power, and a transfer switch configured to receive the clean alternating current electrical power from the controller and at least one of grid, solar, or battery power, and configured to supply power to an electrical load. The internal combustion engine, the alternator, and the controller are positioned within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLCInventors: Svetlana Byaliy, Joshua Thurnbauer Cirillo, Philip Helwig, Sie Teong Lim, Mark Thomas Molinski, Kenny Jalmas Stair, Robert Townsend, Jeffrey H. Whitmore
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Patent number: 11702092Abstract: A method for detecting an obstacle includes the steps of: calculating, for each point of a space around a telemeter, a plurality of corresponding intermediate probabilities of presence, each intermediate probability of presence being associated with a respective orientation of the telemeter among a plurality of predetermined orientations around a current orientation of the telemeter, each orientation being certain; for each point of space, calculating a probability of the presence of an obstacle from each corresponding intermediate probability of presence and from an uncertainty model on the orientation of the telemeter; and generating an alert if the probability of the presence of an obstacle in a predetermined zone with respect to the telemeter is greater than or equal to a predetermined alert threshold.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Alex Pereira Da Silva, Sylvain Leirens
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Patent number: 11703009Abstract: A fuel filter monitoring method includes receiving pressure signals that are indicative of a pressure drop across at least one fuel filter of a fuel supply system configured to supply fuel to at least one fuel injector of an internal combustion engine and receiving a condition signal indicative of a condition of a fuel supply system, the condition signal being generated by one or more of a geographic location sensor, an altitude sensor, and/or a fuel temperature sensor. The method includes estimating a remaining life of at least one fuel filter of the fuel supply system based on the pressure signal and the condition signal and outputting a notification indicative of the estimated remaining life.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Ye Tian, Sravan K. Karri, Michael T. McKinley, Brenton W. Bush
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Patent number: 11698021Abstract: The invention relates to an engine having prechamber ignition, in particular a gas engine, that comprises a main combustion space in a cylinder of the engine for combusting an air-fuel mixture and a prechamber having an ignition device arranged therein and a fuel injector arranged therein, wherein the prechamber has at least one transfer port that fluidically connects the prechamber to the main combustion space. The engine is characterized in that the fuel injector arranged in the prechamber is the only fuel injector via which fuel can be introduced into the associated main combustion space.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Liebherr Machines Bulle SAInventors: Bouzid Seba, Ulrich Weiss, Bakir Puran, Roberto Andreutti
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Patent number: 11692477Abstract: An engine system is provided, which includes a main combustion chamber, a subchamber, an injector that injects fuel into the main combustion chamber, a main spark plug that ignites a mixture gas inside the main combustion chamber, and a subspark plug that ignites the mixture gas inside the subchamber, an throttle valve, and a control device. In a first range, compression self-ignition combustion of the mixture gas inside the main combustion chamber is performed. In a second range, flame propagation combustion is performed while setting an air-fuel ratio of the mixture gas lower than that in the first range. Immediately after the transition from the first range to the second range, only the subignition is performed, or the subignition and the main ignition are performed while setting a timing of the main ignition to a timing same as or retarded from the subignition.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Ryohei Ono, Yuji Harada, Kenji Uchida
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Patent number: 11685260Abstract: A vehicle includes a display device that displays information indicating an operation state of an internal combustion engine. A display control device which is a control device that controls the display device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the operation state of the internal combustion engine. The display control device includes a display control unit that switches information which is displayed on the display device between a warm-up indicator for notifying that warm-up of the internal combustion engine is being performed and a warm-up completion indicator for notifying that warm-up of the internal combustion engine has been completed. The display control unit is configured to prohibit switching from the warm-up completion indicator to the warm-up indicator when the warm-up completion indicator is being displayed on the display device while the internal combustion engine is operating.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuma Aoki, Koji Hokoi, Yusuke Furuhashi
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Patent number: 11673467Abstract: This disclosure describes an assembly for gas (e.g., compressed natural gas) storage. The assembly includes multiple gas storage tanks, with each tank coupled to a separate sub-assembly that includes a pressure gauge, shutoff valve, and pressure relief device (PRD), providing for independent pressure monitoring, shutoff, and pressure relief for each of the tanks.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: The Heil Co.Inventors: Nitesh Shroff, Stanley L. Maroney
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Patent number: 11672200Abstract: A method for determining a robot position of an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot on an area to be maintained includes the steps of: determining at least one robot position of the autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot by virtue of the green area maintenance robot receiving at least one global positioning signal from a global positioning system; determining a station position for at least one local positioning station on the basis of the at least one determined robot position and by interchanging at least one local positioning signal between the green area maintenance robot and the at least one positioning station; and determining a robot position of the green area maintenance robot on the area to be maintained on the basis of the at least one determined station position and by interchanging at least one local positioning signal between the green area maintenance robot and the at least one positioning station.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Ulrich Mittmann, Patrick Henkel, Andreas Strohmaier, Sebastian Kraemer, Petrus Van Zutven
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Patent number: 11668423Abstract: Female quick couplings have a housing defining an axial bore therethrough that has a frustum-shaped bore portion that defines a restriction orifice, a first slot transverse to the axial bore, an a first shoulder between the first slot and the restriction orifice, and a locking member slidingly received in the first slot. The frustum-shaped bore can have an upstream conical frustum and a downstream conical frustum mated at their respective smaller diameter. The upstream conical frustum has a largest diameter that is larger than a largest diameter of the downstream conical frustum. Engine systems incorporating the female quick coupling and female quick coupling kits are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Dayco IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Donald P. Tinsley, III, Kevin W. Lucka, David E. Fletcher, Matthew C. Gilmer
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Patent number: 11665997Abstract: Electric powered mower unit (1) comprising a frame (13) provided with connecting points (132) arranged for attaching the mower unit (1) to a tool-carrier (3) provided with an electric power unit (31), several cutting modules (11), each cutting module (11) being suspended vertically displacea-ble and non-rotatable in a cutting module guide (122) provided in the frame (13), charac-5 tensed in that each cutting module (11) comprises a cutting disc (111) and an elec-tric motor (112) powered by the electrical power unit (31), said cutting disc (111) being attached to a motor driving shaft (1121), and a actuator (121) forming a link between the cutting module (11) and the frame (13).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: KVERNELAND GROUP KERTEM INDE ASInventors: Jan Vestergaard Madsen, Nils Asbjørn Nes
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Patent number: 11661897Abstract: An active purge system (APS) according to a driving state of a hybrid vehicle includes an active purge unit (APU) configured to pressurize a vaporized gas generated in a fuel tank of the hybrid vehicle and supply the pressurized vaporized gas to an intake pipe, and a control unit configured to control the APU, where the control unit gradually controls a processing amount of the vaporized gas according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle. The processing amount of the vaporized gas is gradually controlled using the APS according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle, particularly, a number of places at which slip occurs in a power transmission system of the hybrid vehicle so that degradation of driving ability due to the occurrence of slip is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
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Patent number: 11659811Abstract: A stall vacuum trailer system to secure to a vehicle, the system includes a trailer supported by a frame and having a cargo compartment to receive particles therein; a vacuum machine supported by the frame, the vacuum machine having a motor; a fan device to mulch a substrate into the particles; and a hose extending from the fan and to extend to a rear of the cargo compartment; the fan device creates a vacuum effect to pull the substrate through the hose and further through the fan device and into the cargo compartment; the substrate is mulched into particles while entering the cargo compartment.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Inventor: Sha Griffin
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Patent number: 11655751Abstract: To effectively suppress strong knock that occurs in the operating region of high load and high rotation in a specific engine having a pre-chamber in a combustion chamber, the engine includes a piston that defines a combustion chamber together with a cylinder block and a cylinder head. The combustion chamber includes a sub-chamber and a main chamber separated from the sub-chamber by a pre-chamber. The specific ratio obtained by dividing a volume of the sub-chamber by a stroke volume of a cylinder is greater than or equal to 0.00005 and less than or equal to 0.00045.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yuji Harada, Kenji Uchida, Ryohei Ono, Masayuki Kidokoro, Kazuhiro Nagatsu