Patents Examined by Sherman D Manley
  • Rotating electric machine
    Patent number: 11569700
    Abstract: To obtain a rotating electric machine capable of downsizing the rotating electric machine in an axial direction and in a radial direction. A first inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a first conductor-exposed portion and a second inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a second conductor-exposed portion opposed to the first conductor-exposed portion. An opposing portion being a portion, at which the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion are opposed to each other, extends in a radial direction, and at least a part of the opposing portion of the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Hino, Kohei Egashira, Shinya Matsunaga, Yasuhiro Hayasaka, Norihiro Murata, Kazuya Hasegawa, Katsuya Ito
  • Skip cylinder compression braking
    Patent number: 11549455
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine operates so that it delivers zero or negative torque. The engine operates in either a deceleration cylinder cut off (DCCO) mode or skip cylinder compression braking mode. In the skip cylinder compression braking mode, selected working cycles of selected working chambers are operated in a compression release braking mode. Accordingly, individual working chambers are sometimes not fired and sometimes operated in the compression release braking mode while the engine is operating in the skip cylinder compression braking mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Tula Technology, Inc., Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Carlson, Louis J. Serrano, Mark A. Wilcutts, Vijay Srinivasan
  • Method and system for diagnosing an evaporative emissions system
    Patent number: 11549468
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for diagnosing a breach of an evaporative emissions system. The methods and systems include repurposing a resonator as a vacuum reservoir to reduce a pressure of an evaporative emissions system so that it may be determined if there is or is not a breach of the evaporative emissions system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed Dudar
  • Starter system for an internal combustion engine in a vehicle
    Patent number: 11542906
    Abstract: A starter system for an internal combustion engine in a vehicle includes a starter (12), a voltage source (14) for supplying the starter (12) with electrical energy in a start operating state and a down converter (22). The down converter (22) provides a start operating voltage for the starter (12) in the start operating state by down-converting a supply voltage provided by the voltage source (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: EBERSPÄCHER CONTROLS LANDAU GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Steffen Wandres, Mark-Arno Weimann
  • Vehicular pedal device
    Patent number: 11541753
    Abstract: A vehicular pedal device includes a stroke characteristic control unit that controls a stroke characteristic of the vehicular pedal with respect to a pedaling force of a driver. the stroke characteristic control unit changes the stroke characteristic of the vehicular pedal to a stepped stroke characteristic when the vehicle is under automatic speed control, and the stepped stroke characteristic has a stepping force step corresponding to an override stroke position at which override of automatic speed control is started by operation of the vehicular pedal by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Fuwamoto, Tomoyuki Kuriyama
  • Systems and methods for extending a vehicle stall
    Patent number: 11541762
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for controlling torque produced by a propulsion system in a vehicle. A torque request is received for the propulsion system with the propulsion system having a motor speed of substantially zero. A first torque that meets the torque request is produced using a first motor system of the propulsion system. A first thermal condition of the first motor system is identified. Torque production is switched from the first motor system to a second motor system of the propulsion system in response to a determination that the first thermal condition meets a first set of criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Arlo Eitzer
  • Overhead flow distribution assembly for aircraft cabin
    Patent number: 11535382
    Abstract: An overhead flow distribution assembly for an aircraft cabin, including a conduit defining a plenum having an inlet, upper outlets and lower outlets, the upper outlets spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the aircraft, the lower outlets spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction, the inlet being located between the upper outlets and the lower outlets, and a baffle extending within the plenum along the longitudinal direction, the baffle being located between the upper outlets and at least part of the inlet along a transverse direction normal to the longitudinal direction, the baffle having openings defined therethrough, the baffle configured to restrict airflow from the at least part of the inlet toward the upper outlets. A method of balancing a flow in an overhead flow distribution assembly for an aircraft cabin is also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventor: Hongzhi Wang
  • Systems and methods for vehicle fuel tank refueling
    Patent number: 11530658
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for vehicle fuel tanks including multiple reservoirs. In one example, a method may include opening a canister purge valve of a fuel system responsive to a fuel level of a fuel tank transitioning above a first threshold fuel level, and closing the canister purge valve after flowing a pre-determined amount of fuel to the fuel tank while the canister purge valve is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed Dudar, Chito Miranda Dancel
  • Fuel tank isolation valve
    Patent number: 11512655
    Abstract: A fuel tank isolation valve (FTIV) and methods of operation are provided. The FTIV includes first and second solenoid valves with the movable valve member of one of the solenoid valves seating against a movable valve member of the other one of the solenoid valves. One of the solenoid valves may be refueling valve allowing for evacuation of fuel vapor during refueling operations as well as to allow for purging high vapor pressure within the fuel tank. One of the solenoid valves may be a proportional valve used to control the flow of fuel vapor to an intake manifold of an operating internal combustion engine as well as to reduce a vacuum generated within the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TLX Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dominic Petri, Andrew Biehl
  • Fuel tank units
    Patent number: 11511621
    Abstract: A fuel tank unit includes a lid member configured to close an opening formed on a fuel tank. The fuel tank also includes an upper unit attached to the lid member and including a combination valve device configured to be introduced into the fuel tank via the opening formed on the fuel tank and configured to function as an evaporated fuel control valve and a full limit valve. The lid member includes a cylindrical protective case configured to protect the combination valve device of the upper unit when the combination valve device is introduced into the fuel tank via the opening. The protective case is configured to entirely enclose an outer circumferential surface of the combination valve device with a space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Noba, Kensuke Niwa, Tetsumasa Kawakami
  • Oxycombustion engine systems including recirculation management features
    Patent number: 11512656
    Abstract: A method for operating an oxycombustion engine system includes passing a nitrogen-depleted gas, a fuel, and a recycled exhaust gas into a combustion chamber, combusting a mixture of the nitrogen-depleted gas, the fuel, and the recycled exhaust gas, thereby producing an exhaust gas including carbon dioxide, detecting a pressure of the recycled exhaust gas passed to the combustion chamber, determining whether the detected pressure of the recycled exhaust gas is less than a configurable pressure threshold, and in response to determining that the detected pressure of the recycled exhaust gas is less than the configurable pressure threshold, increasing the pressure of the recycled exhaust gas passed to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Husain A. Baaqel, Esam Z. Hamad
  • Multiple nozzle configurations for a turbine of an environmental control system
    Patent number: 11506121
    Abstract: An airplane is provided. The airplane includes a pressurized medium, a turbine, and a valve. The turbine includes at least one nozzle. The valve is located upstream of the turbine. The valve provides the pressurized medium to the at least one nozzle of the turbine according to an operational mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Louis J. Bruno, Harold W. Hipsky
  • Ultracapacitor to augment starter system during starting of vehicle engine
    Patent number: 11506167
    Abstract: A system in a vehicle includes a starter motor to start an engine of the vehicle and a battery configured to power the starter motor during the start of the engine. An ultracapacitor is controllably connected in series with the battery to provide additional power to the starter motor during the start of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Chandra S. Namuduri, Pranjal Sharma
  • Tamper resistant hydrocarbon trap for combustion engines
    Patent number: 11506158
    Abstract: An air intake system for a combustion engine includes an air intake duct in fluid communication with an engine intake manifold and a conduit component inserted into the air intake duct along a first assembly direction. The air intake system also includes a hydrocarbon (HC) trap secured to the conduit component within the air intake duct. The conduit component defines at least one retention feature to maintain a position of the HC trap such that removal of the HC trap from the air intake duct results in structural compromise of the at least one retention feature. The air intake duct is also configured to shield the at least one retention feature from user access to inhibit user removal of the HC trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Adam King, David S. Moyer, Ha To Chung, Roger Joseph Khami
  • Additional battery to augment starter system during starting of vehicle engine
    Patent number: 11499517
    Abstract: A system in a vehicle includes a starter motor to start an engine of the vehicle. The system also includes a first battery connected to the starter motor to power the starter motor during the start of the engine and a second battery controllably connected in series or in parallel with the first battery to provide additional power to the starter motor during the start of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Chandra S. Namuduri, Pranjal Sharma
  • Differential alpha variable area metering
    Patent number: 11492972
    Abstract: An annular fluid flow control or metering device comprises: first and second annular plates disposed in an annular flow path, the first annular plate and second annular plates being made of different first and second materials, the first annular plate having a lower first coefficient of thermal expansion than a second coefficient of thermal expansion of the second annular plate, the first annular plate abutting or in contact with the second annular plate, the first annular plate including at least one first metering aperture, and the second annular plate being more thermally responsive than the first annular plate wherein the second annular plate being configured to radially grow and shrink to at least partly obstruct the at least one first metering aperture for metering or controlling a flow of fluid through the at least one first metering aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Craig Alan Gonyou, Robert Proctor, Christopher Michael Thompson, Scott Alan Schimmels, Steven Douglas Johnson
  • Throttle operating device
    Patent number: 11492984
    Abstract: A throttle operating device includes a fixing member, a throttle lever, the throttle lever, a magnet which is configured to rotate in response to a rotational operation of the throttle lever, and a detection sensor. A drive source of the vehicle is configured to be controlled based on the rotational operation angle of the throttle lever detected by the detection sensor. A magnetic shielding unit is disposed in the fixing member and configured to cover a periphery of the magnet and the detection sensor to shield magnetism from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ASAHI DENSO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukio Oshiro
  • Method and control unit for operating a drive train
    Patent number: 11493126
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive train, having a main and, an auxiliary drive and a speed modulation gearbox with a fixed mechanical transmission ratio between the two drives, for starting and towing a drive train to a defined set rotational speed. The main drive is started via a direct-on-line-start with direct coupling to a supply network. The auxiliary drive is started simultaneously with at a time before or at a time after the main drive. For towing the drive train to the defined set rotational speed, which corresponds to a defined percentage of a rated rotational speed of the drive train, the main drive is operated motorically in forward mode at least at times and accelerated to its rated rotational speed, wherein parallel to this the auxiliary drive is operated motorically in reverse mode at least at times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: RENK GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Paula, Philip Schweiger, Marcus Köhnlein
  • Blade of a turbo machine
    Patent number: 11486258
    Abstract: A blade of a turbo machine, having a blade leaf, with a flow leading edge, a flow trailing edge, and flow conducting surfaces, and a cooling passage integrated in the blade leaf. In the region of the blade leaf cooling passage portions extend substantially in the radial direction. Adjacent cooling passage portions merge into one another via a diversion passage portion having a material web extending between the adjacent cooling passage portions. The respective material web ends in the region of the respective diversion passage portion. The respective material web has a defined axial width between the respective adjacent cooling passage portions and the respective material web in the region of the respective diversion passage portion has a material thickening enlarging the axial width by at least 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS SE
    Inventors: Thorsten Pöhler, Dirk Frank
  • Ignition coil provided with core cover including supporting structure
    Patent number: 11482376
    Abstract: An ignition coil includes a primary coil and a secondary coil magnetically coupled from each other; a core cover disposed around the primary coil and the secondary coil; and an outer peripheral core supported by the core cover. The core cover includes a pair of support portions that support the outer peripheral core; and at least one of the pair of support portions includes a flexible portion that elastically presses the outer peripheral core, the flexible portion having flexibility in an arrangement direction separating the pair of support portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Yamauchi