Patents Examined by Phutthiwat Wongwian
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Patent number: 11618313Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a hybrid vehicle. In one example, a system comprises a first magnetic transmission configured to output power from a rotor shaft to a coolant pump and a second magnetic transmission configured to output power from the rotor shaft to an air-conditioner.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Rainer Kiehn, Georg Louven, Krystian Dylong, Christoph Niederhut
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Patent number: 11621617Abstract: The invention relates to a stator (2) comprising an annular body (4) having a side face (6) from which a plurality of radial teeth (8) extend, said teeth being angularly spaced in such a way as to define slots (10), and a plurality of conductive needles (15A, 15B), each conductive needle comprising two conductive segments (16A, 16B, 16C, 16D) connected by an elbow connector (18), the conductive segments being stacked one above the other in the slots (10) so as to form N layers which are parallel or substantially parallel to the side face (6) of the annular body. Each conductive needle (15A, 15B) comprises a conductive segment present in two separate slots, with one conductive segment present in a slot E in such a way as to occupy a layer (Ci) and another conductive segment present in a slot E+P in such a way as to occupy a layer (Ci+2), P being a pitch that is predetermined in a first direction of orientation.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques MoteurInventors: Vincent Ramet, Jean Duquesne, Stéphane De Clercq, Julien Pauwels, Laurent Delassus, Humberto Menezes
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Patent number: 11619201Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, a torque reserve for starting an engine via an electric machine is adjusted responsive to vehicle operating conditions. The torque reserve may set aside a portion of torque that an electric machine may produce for cranking and starting an engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Maruthi Ravichandran, Ravikumar Tumu, Jason Meyer, Rajit Johri, Jeffrey Allen Doering
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Patent number: 11611222Abstract: A portable or handheld jump starting and air compressing apparatus for jump starting a vehicle engine and air inflating an article such as a tire. The apparatus can include a rechargeable lithium ion battery or battery pack and a microcontroller. The lithium ion battery is coupled to a power output port of the device through a FET smart switch actuated by the microcontroller. A vehicle battery isolation sensor connected in circuit with positive and negative polarity outputs detects the presence of a vehicle battery connected between the positive and negative polarity outputs. A reverse polarity sensor connected in circuit with the positive and negative polarity outputs detects the polarity of a vehicle battery connected between the positive and negative polarity outputs.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: THE NOCO COMPANYInventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
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Patent number: 11608765Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining urea feeding in an exhaust gas aftertreatment system (100,200), the exhaust gas aftertreatment system (100,200) being connectable to an internal combustion engine (101,201) operating under an engine operating condition, the system (100,200) comprising a first Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR1) system comprising a first selective reduction catalyst (SCR1c) and a first doser (103,203) configured for feeding urea upstream the SCR1 system, at least one Particulate Filter (PF) downstream the SCR1 system or as a substrate for the SCR1c and a second Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR2) system downstream the PF, the SCR2 system comprising a second selective reduction catalyst (SCR2c) and a second doser (104,204) configured for feeding urea upstream the SCR2c, the method comprising the steps of estimating the amount of particles in the PF; and determining the amount of urea to be fed by the respective first and second doser (4,5) based on the engine operatinType: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Mathias Magnusson, Johanna Bergström, Lennart Andersson
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Patent number: 11608791Abstract: A CPU of a control device is configured to perform a specific cylinder fuel cutoff process of causing an internal combustion engine to operate such that supply of fuel to some cylinders out of a plurality of cylinders is stopped and supply of fuel to the other cylinders is maintained and a fastening force decreasing process of decreasing a fastening force of a lockup clutch of a torque converter. The CPU is configured to start the specific cylinder fuel cutoff process in a state in which the fastening force has been decreased through the fastening force decreasing process when the specific cylinder fuel cutoff process is performed in a state in which the internal combustion engine operates with a load.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Nose, Yuto Ikeda, Takanobu Gotoh
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Patent number: 11603818Abstract: Systems and methods for preparing an engine for a cold start are described. In one example, the air is injected into one or more pre-chambers of engine cylinders in response to an engine start request so that one or more cylinders may be heated before the engine is started. The engine may or may not be rotated while air is being injected to pre-chambers of engine cylinders.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Rani Kiwan, Chris Glugla
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Patent number: 11598281Abstract: A method for operating a drive device having a drive unit producing exhaust gas and an exhaust gas posttreatment device designed as a vehicle catalytic converter for posttreatment of the exhaust gas. A first measured value describing the residual oxygen content in the exhaust gas is measured by a first lambda sensor arranged upstream of the exhaust gas posttreatment device and a second measured value describing the residual oxygen content in the exhaust gas is measured by a second lambda sensor arranged downstream of the exhaust gas posttreatment device. The combustion air ratio of a fuel-air mixture used to operate the drive unit is set during an at least temporarily performed normal operating mode on the basis of the first measured value, the second measured value, and a threshold value for the second measured value.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Bodo Odendall
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Patent number: 11598300Abstract: Operating an engine includes injecting a first charge of liquid fuel using a first set of nozzle outlets in a fuel injector, and injecting a second charge of liquid fuel using a second set of nozzle outlets in a fuel injector. The first charge is autoignited in a first engine cycle, and the second charge is autoignited in a second engine cycle, and may be used to pilot ignite a charge of gaseous fuel. Operating the engine further includes limiting errors in targeting of the second charge of liquid fuel caused by transitioning the engine from a first combination to a second combination of speed, load, and boost, by varying an injection pressure of the liquid fuel from the first engine cycle to the second engine cycle.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Jonathan W. Anders, Bobby John, Robert Campion
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Patent number: 11598228Abstract: A rocker arm assembly selectively opening first and second engine valves. The assembly includes a rocker arm and a valve bridge operably associated with the rocker arm and including a main body and a lever rotatably coupled to the main body. The main body is configured to engage the first engine valve, and the lever is configured to engage the second engine valve.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: James E. McCarthy, Jr., Douglas J. Nielsen, Mark VanWingerden
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Patent number: 11598305Abstract: In one aspect, a method for controlling an engine system includes starting the engine system, activating an engine idling reduction mode allowing automatic shutdown and automatic restarting of an engine, disallowing automatic shutdown of the engine within the engine idling reduction mode if a state of charge of a voltage source is below a charge limit for permitting automatic shutdown of the engine, and modifying the charge limit as a function of a number of starts of the engine. Other aspects include a method for disallowing automatic shutdown of an engine if a voltage source has not achieved a fully charged condition, a method of triggering an automatic restarting of an engine, if the engine is automatically shutdown, based on at least two separate indicators of engine temperature, and a method of disallowing automatic shutdown of an engine if ambient temperature is less than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Keith Harmeyer, Michael E. Kenning, Navya X. Koka, Matthew E. Lueddecke, Jon B. Borgeson
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Patent number: 11598291Abstract: A gas-leak-detection device for detecting a gas leakage from an evaporative emission system includes an electric-wire-connection portion and a passage connection portion that are disposed to overlap with at least one of appearance components in a vehicle when the vehicle is seen in a viewing direction, and are disposed closer to the at least one appearance component than a center plane perpendicular to the viewing direction when the vehicle is in an upright state, the center plane being one of an imaginary-lateral-center plane that is an imaginary vertical plane perpendicular to the left-right direction, an imaginary-longitudinal-center plane that is an imaginary vertical plane including a center in the front-rear direction and being perpendicular to the front-rear direction, or an imaginary-vertical-center plane that is an imaginary horizontal plane including a center in the top-bottom direction and being perpendicular to the top-bottom direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsuya Hidai, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Kazuteru Iwamoto, Atsushi Hirano, Tatsuya Kasahara
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Patent number: 11598240Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for estimation of a volume of liquid diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) contained within a DEF tank. In one example, a method for the estimation of the volume of liquid DEF in a DEF tank during DEF freezing conditions may include activating a heater contained within the DEF tank, and then switching estimation of the volume of liquid DEF via a first transfer function to estimation of the volume of liquid DEF via a second transfer function.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Thaddeus A Chmielewski, Gurpreet Matharu, Marcus Bengtsson, Carlos Armesto, Bret Alan Zimmerman, Jim Bromham
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Patent number: 11591996Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for powering an electric motor for starting an internal combustion engine in which the electric motor is in a 6 volt to 48 volt operating system, in which an auxiliary battery pack has a battery pack housing; at least one lithium-based rechargeable cell within the housing; associated means for receiving a radio transmitted signal; associated means for turning the rechargeable cell ON or OFF; and battery connections for connecting the auxiliary battery pack to a battery in a 6 volt to 48 volt operating system.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Inventor: Martin Koebler
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Patent number: 11591975Abstract: A throttle valve includes a housing, an electric motor and an insert. The electric motor is accommodated in the housing and drives opening and closing of an air flow passage of the throttle valve. The insert is partially enclosed in the housing and includes an electrically conductive insert body at least partially accessibly exposed from the housing, and an electrically conductive electric motor connector. One end of the motor connector is electrically connected to the insert body, and the other end thereof is electrically connected to the electrically conductive housing of the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Jin Wu, Zhengmao Wei
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Patent number: 11588365Abstract: A stator includes multiple coils. The coils include multiple outer coils arranged on the base side of teeth and multiple inner coils arranged on the tip side of the teeth. The outer coils and the inner coils are alternately arranged along the circumferential direction of a stator core. Each coil winding of the outer coils is formed in a non-fixed state, and each coil winding of inner coils is formed in a fixed state.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Tatsuya Senoo
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Patent number: 11586985Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a vehicle through a control program using at least one parameter. The at least one parameter is corrected by respective at least one correction value that is obtained after start of execution of a learning operation. The vehicle control apparatus includes: a learning-data storage portion configured to store, as learning data, the at least one correction value obtained after the start of the execution of the learning operation; and a learning-data rewrite portion configured, when the control program is updated, to execute a rewriting operation for rewriting the at least one correction value as the learning data from a pre-update correction value to a post-update correction value, such that the post-update correction value has the same sign as the pre-update correction value, and an absolute value of the post-update correction value is smaller than an absolute value of the pre-update correction value.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Tabata, Koichi Okuda, Tooru Matsubara, Hiromasa Tatsushiro, Kota Fujii, Yuuki Makino
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Patent number: 11585304Abstract: The flexibility of the attachment angle and attachment interval of the member (e.g., injector) attached to the joint member is increased to improve the flexibility of layout even in the case of the forged rail for high-pressure direct injection. In addition, the manufacturing cost can be reduced while keeping high strength of the joint portion. A rail body 1 manufactured by forging, the rail body 1 having a through hole 4 opened on a wall surface 3 for communicating a fuel passage 2 extending in an axial direction with an outside; and a tubular joint member 6 manufactured separately from the rail 1 body and fixed to the rail body 1 at a position of the through hole 4 for allowing a fuel to flow from the fuel passage 2 through the through hole 4 are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: USUI CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Nishizawa
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Patent number: 11577603Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine. The method includes: operating the internal combustion engine including a lambda regulation, which sets a fuel quantity to be supplied in accordance with a predefined setpoint lambda value, at preset times, carrying out a filter cleaning operation for a fuel tank ventilation, as a function of the presence of a release condition of the internal combustion engine, carrying out an adaptation of the lambda regulation by adapting at least one adaptation parameter as a function of operating variables of the internal combustion engine, at active filter cleaning operation and upon the presence of the release condition, operating variables which are required to carry out the adaptation of the lambda regulation being recorded, at deactivated filter cleaning operation and presence of the release condition, the adaptation of the lambda regulation being carried out as a function of the recorded operating variables.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Alexander Perless, Cam Lai Ngo, Guido Schock, Holger Jessen, Juergen Geier, Martin Schaefer
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Patent number: 11578675Abstract: A system for detecting and controlling air-fuel ratio imbalance conditions between cylinders of an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Avra Brahma, Yongsoon Yoon