Patents Examined by Syed O Hasan
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Patent number: 11639706Abstract: A flow control member for a vehicle includes a body, a plurality of mounting tabs, and a panel member. The body has an outer surface and an inner surface. An air passage through the body is defined by the inner surface. A plurality of mounting tabs extends outwardly from the outer surface of the body. Each of the mounting tabs is configured to receive a fastener to connect the flow control member to an intake passage of the vehicle. A panel member is disposed in the air passage. The panel member defines a plurality of openings therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Manuel Salazar
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Patent number: 11639701Abstract: An engine system includes an engine housing having a cylinder block and a cylinder head. An intake opening and an exhaust opening and an igniter opening are formed in a fire deck surface of the cylinder head. A plurality of always-open fuel admission ports are fluidly connected to a combustion chamber and arranged in at least one of the cylinder block or the cylinder head. The always-open fuel admission ports convey a gaseous fuel such as a gaseous hydrogen fuel, a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel, or still others, to the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Chad Koci, Bobby John, Naga Krishna Chaitanya Kavuri, Jonathan William Anders
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Patent number: 11639810Abstract: An air handler, comprising: a heating and cooling coil to exchange heat with input air to generate conditioned air; an air diffuser to diffuse the conditioned air to generate diffused air; and an air blower to draw the input air into the air handler via an air inlet, pass the input air over the heating and cooling coil, pass the conditioned air through the diffuser, and expel the diffused air through an air outlet as output air, wherein the air diffuser contains one or more baffles to create two or more air passages that operate to control the expansion and reduction of kinetic energy of the conditioned air to generate the diffused air, a first direction represents a direction of a shortest line between the air blower and the outlet, the air diffuser passes air in a second direction displaced from the first direction by a deflection angle.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC US, INC.Inventors: Brian Franklin Schwartz, Joseph Paul Bush
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Patent number: 11639673Abstract: A composite oil pan for a work vehicle engine and a method of forming the composite engine oil pan include forming a sheet of metal into a first pan and open molding a fiber-reinforced polymer resin onto the first pan forming a second pan. The first pan has a first bottom wall and first peripheral walls extending from edges of the first bottom wall to define a sump, the first peripheral walls terminating in a first peripheral flange. The second pan has a second bottom wall and second peripheral walls abutting the first bottom wall and the first peripheral walls, the second peripheral walls terminating in a second peripheral flange. The first pan defines a thin metal structure with an inner surface extending across the first bottom wall, first peripheral walls and first peripheral flange; the second pan reinforces the first pan without abutting the inner surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Apurva Sharan, Sanjeev M. Hallale, James E. Hostetler
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Patent number: 11624446Abstract: A valve used in combination with a vessel containing fluid in the interior and a parameter measuring device. The valve allows the device to be exposed to the fluid in the interior of the vessel. The device may be installed into the valve, and the valve may be fitted to the side of the vessel. The valve improves upon other prior art by providing provisions for purging air trapped in the internal cavity of the valve. The valve includes a purge position, which provides a smaller opening from the interior of the vessel to the internal cavity and an air path to the external atmosphere. Fluid may fill the valve pushing trapped air out of the valve until the majority of the trapped air is expelled.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Dynamic Ratings, Inc.Inventors: Tony R. Pink, Jeffrey S. Mann
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Patent number: 11619150Abstract: A storage reservoir for an internal combustion engine is provided that includes a plurality of vents connected to an air compartment that outlets air from the storage reservoir. The storage reservoir can remain vented to supply of lubrication fluid even if the internal combustion engine is inclined due to operation along severe grades.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventor: Robert G. Sperry
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Patent number: 11619256Abstract: A half thrust bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is formed of a back metal layer and a bearing alloy layer to have a slide surface and two thrust reliefs. Each thrust relieve includes a first region, where the back metal layer is exposed, on a circumferential end surface side, and a second region, where the bearing alloy layer is exposed, on the slide surface side while the slide surface includes two third regions adjacent to the second region, and a fourth region between the two third regions. A circumferential end region consists of the first, second and third regions. In the second region and the third regions, the bearing alloy layer includes a uniform thickness portion at a radial center, and a decreased thickness portion adjacent to an inner-diameter-side end surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.Inventor: Tomohiro Yamada
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Patent number: 11603812Abstract: An embodiment variable valve device of a vehicle intake system includes a variable valve housing fixed to a housing of an air cleaner and including a valve passage penetrating the air cleaner, a variable valve flap rotatably coupled to the variable valve housing and configured to perform opening and closing operations based on an intake negative pressure of an engine to open and close the valve passage, and a cam protrusion and a leaf spring provided on the variable valve flap and the variable valve housing, respectively, wherein the cam protrusion and the leaf spring are in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Hae Jun Jeong, Je Yeon Kim, Yoon Geun Cho, Seung Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 11598260Abstract: A cooling air introduction path is formed in a base of a sound proof case of an engine-driven work machine. The base is divided into upper and lower portions, and a space in the upper portion is divided by a separation wall and arranged below an air discharging chamber. The upper part of one space is covered with a arranging plate, a partition wall is erected on the arranging plate, and a cooling air introduction port is provided between the partition wall and the separation wall to provide an engine chamber and one space are communicated, a hole is provided in the plate below the chamber, and one space and the space in the lower portion are communicated and located below the chamber. A cooling air intake port is provided on lateral walls of the lower portion to communicate the space inside the lower portion with the outside of the machine.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: HOKUETSU INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Tasuku Hayakawa
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Patent number: 11598296Abstract: An apparatus and methods are provided for a throttle body spacer that improves the performance of an internal combustion engine. The throttle body spacer comprises a body that includes an airflow opening for conducting airflow from a throttle body into an intake manifold. A spiral is disposed along a sidewall of the airflow opening and configured for swirling the airflow. The spiral comprises a helical shape disposed around a circumference of the sidewall and extends from an initial bore near a first contact surface of the body to a second contact surface. The helical shape includes a diameter that increases as the spiral extends toward the second contact surface, giving the body a sidewall taper angle that contributes to an increase in power output of the engine. A sawtooth cross-sectional shape of the spiral causes the airflow to swirl so as to improve atomization of an air-fuel mixture entering engine.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Richard Fiello
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Patent number: 11598242Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-terrain vehicle and an exhaust assembly for an all-terrain vehicle. The all-terrain vehicle includes: a frame, a V-type twin-cylinder engine and an exhaust assembly. The V-type twin-cylinder engine has a first exhaust port and a second exhaust port, and a cylinder corresponding to the first exhaust port is located in front of a cylinder corresponding to the second exhaust port. The V-type twin-cylinder engine is mounted on the frame. The exhaust pipe group has a first end coupled to the first exhaust port, a second end coupled to the second exhaust port, and a third end coupled to a pipe of the muffler. The exhaust pipe group is divided into at least two exhaust pipes, and adjacent exhaust pipes are flexibly coupled.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Segway Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zhen Dong
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Patent number: 11585386Abstract: Method and system are provided for a quick connector for coupling conduits. The quick connector comprises a first piece including a radial slot and a first protrusion group, a second piece including a first slot group and a second slot group angled in a same direction, the first slot group is counterpart to the first protrusion group, and a third piece including a second protrusion group counterpart to the second slot group, where each slot of the first slot group faces a first side, and each slot of the second slot group faces an opposing, second side. In one example, the quick connector may include a locking mechanism and a feedback system.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Tara Sanzone, Jose Quezada
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Patent number: 11585250Abstract: An engine oil lubrication system includes an oil flow control baffle disposed in the sump of the oil pan. The baffle may be detachably mountable in the sump of the oil pan. The baffle may be configured to prevent oil returning to the sump from the engine from short-circuiting and flowing directly to the oil pump intake. The baffle creates a circuitous flow path which forces mixing of the returning oil before being drawn into the oil pump intake nozzle via increasing resonance time of the oil in the sump to enhance cooling. The present disclosure further provides a modular engine mounting system which extends the number of engines and vehicle chassis which can utilize a single oil pan to mount to the chassis. Interchangeable mounting flanges are provided having different bolting patterns compatible with the different chassis.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventors: Timothy Arlyn Vant Hoff, Benjamin Joseph Bink, Sean Allen Rusch
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Patent number: 11566634Abstract: An interface of a centrifugal fan includes an inlet shroud of an impeller and an air intake positioned adjacent the inlet shroud. The inlet shroud and the air intake cooperate to define a smooth flow path for an airflow entering the centrifugal fan.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Francette Fournier, Gael Herve
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Patent number: 11566558Abstract: A controller of a fan coupling device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires an acceleration parameter and a deviation parameter; a control unit that controls a regulation mechanism; a prediction unit that predicts that hunting occurs in the rotation speed of the fan, when an operating point of the fan expressed with the deviation parameter and the acceleration parameter belongs to a predicted region; and a restraining unit that executes, when the hunting is predicted to occur, a hunting restraining process of executing at least one of lowering an integral gain of a feedback control to be lower than when the hunting is not predicted to occur and increasing a derivative gain of the feedback control to be higher than when the hunting is not predicted to occur.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaaki Yamaguchi, Toshio Takaoka, Noboru Takagi, Shoichi Akiyama
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Patent number: 11566658Abstract: Provided is a half bearing constituting a sliding bearing for a shaft member of an internal combustion engine that is unlikely to cause seizure in a sliding surface even if deflection or whirling of the shaft member occurs during an operation of the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Daiki Iida, Yasushi Saito
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Patent number: 11560866Abstract: Removal and breakage of fuel piping during a vehicle front collision is prevented for an engine mounted longitudinally in an engine compartment. Embodiments include a side structure of the engine having an alternator in front of an intake manifold and fuel piping behind the intake manifold so as to extend in the vertical direction. The intake manifold includes a plurality of independent intake pipe portions each having one end portion connected to one side of the engine in a vehicle width direction, and a surge tank portion to which the other end portions of the independent intake pipe portions are connected. As seen from the rear side, a portion of the fuel piping closer to the surge tank portion is located closer to the one side of the engine in the vehicle width direction than the surge tank portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Furutani, Takuya Yamada
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Patent number: 11549470Abstract: Interference between an intake manifold and a fuel pipe during a vehicle front collision is prevented in an engine which is longitudinally mounted in an engine room. A vehicle component is arranged on the front side of an intake manifold, and a fuel pipe is arranged on the rear side of the intake manifold. The intake manifold includes a mounting portion on the intake-air downstream end side of a plurality of independent intake pipe portions and connects each of the plurality of independent intake pipe portions to a portion of the engine on one side of the engine in the vehicle width direction. The mounting portion has a front-side mounting portion relatively positioned on the front side and a rear-side mounting portion relatively positioned on the rear side, and the rear-side mounting portion has a higher rigidity than the front-side mounting portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Furutani, Akira Ichigi, Masahiro Nishioka, Takuya Yamada
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Patent number: 11549471Abstract: A filter muffler includes a front element, a rear element, and a plurality of damping elements arranged between the front element and the rear element, where the damping elements are arranged radially around a central axis of the filter muffler such that a flow channel is formed between adjacent damping elements, where respective outflow-side ends of the damping elements have a diffuser element which has an outflow-side tapering, and where an angle ? between two opposite sides of the diffuser element is selected from a range of 1°???8°.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Heinz-Jürgen Feld, Marcel Joho
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Patent number: 11549430Abstract: An engine (2) is a four-flow scavenging type engine. Four scavenging ports (34) include: first right and left scavenging ports (34(lef-1) and 34(ref-1)) that lie on a side relatively away from an exhaust port (22) and that lie facing each other with a cylinder (4) in between; and second right and left scavenging ports (34(lef-2) and 34(ref-2)) that lie closer to the exhaust port (22) than first right and left scavenging ports do and that lie facing each other with the cylinder (4) in between. The second left scavenging port and the first right scavenging port that make up a first mutually diagonal set (Diag-No. 1) have different opening timings from those of the first left scavenging port and the second right scavenging port that make up a second mutually diagonal set (Diag-No. 2).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta Ito, Takahiro Yamazaki, Shouta Genba, Takahiro Kinoshita
