Air Impeller Patents (Class 123/41.11)
  • Patent number: 11738860
    Abstract: A compound helicopter includes a fuselage, a fixed wing, a rotary wing, and a barrier member. The fixed wing is fixed to the fuselage. The rotary wing is rotatably coupled to the fuselage. The barrier member is attached to a part, of the fuselage, that is above the fixed wing and is between the rotary wing and the fixed wing. The barrier member is configured to generate no lift upon forward flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru Kobayashi, Hirotaka Hayashi, Mizuki Nakamura, Masafumi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11614021
    Abstract: A system for controlling an air heat exchanger of a vehicle includes an information collector which collects environmental information including a current speed of a vehicle, a desired air mass flow rate, and an ambient temperature. A storage stores the environmental information therein. A controller calculates a driving load and a cooling load in accordance with the environmental information and calculating a control amount of an air heat exchanger, at which a cost function that is a sum of the driving load and the cooling load is minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Woong Kim, Uk Il Yang
  • Patent number: 11578639
    Abstract: A fan shroud and a blower device are provided. The fan shroud includes a shroud wall surface and a plurality of ventilation openings. The shroud wall surface extends around a fan along a radial direction orthogonal to a rotation axis. The plurality of ventilation openings are formed through the shroud wall surface in a thickness direction of the shroud wall surface to allow passing of wind generated by a fan motor. A width of a wall surface side opening on a downstream side of the wind in the ventilation opening is smaller than a width of a lateral wall side opening on an upstream side of the wind in the ventilation opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Nonaka, Hidetake Ota
  • Patent number: 10808598
    Abstract: At cold start of an internal combustion engine having an EGR system configured to recirculate, to an intake system, a portion of exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, supply of a coolant to an EGR cooler and an air conditioning heater which are provided in a coolant circuit for circulating the coolant through the internal combustion engine and an outside thereof is shut off, when a temperature of the coolant is less than a predetermined temperature, and supply of the coolant to the air conditioning heater is allowed and supply of the coolant to the EGR cooler is shut off until the EGR system is activated, when the temperature of the coolant is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Toyama, Atsushi Murai
  • Patent number: 10641158
    Abstract: A coolant control system includes: a high temperature radiator communicating with an engine through a high temperature coolant line, a high temperature coolant pump, a coolant temperature sensor, a low temperature radiator, a low temperature coolant pump, a water-cooled intercooler, an intake air temperature sensor, bypass valves provided upstream and downstream of the water-cooled intercooler for selectively controlling the high temperature coolant or the low temperature coolant to flow through the water-cooled intercooler, an ambient temperature sensor, a radiator bypass line connected to the high temperature coolant line and bypassing the high temperature radiator, a thermostat to selectively flow the high temperature coolant to the radiator bypass line, and a controller for controlling the operations of the low temperature coolant pump, the bypass valve and the thermostat in accordance with a vehicle operation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kihoon Nam
  • Patent number: 10538157
    Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle in which a seat support frame that supports a driver seat is equipped on a vehicle body frame, the vehicle body frame includes: a front portion vehicle frame at which a floor surface of a driving portion is provided; and a rear portion vehicle frame disposed at a position higher than the floor surface of the driving portion and rearward of the front portion vehicle frame. An engine is equipped below the rear portion vehicle frame, a battery that supplies power to an electric motor is equipped above the front portion vehicle frame and below the seat support frame, and a frame portion of the seat support frame that exists above the battery at a position opposing the battery is configured to be detachable from another frame portion that is fixed to the vehicle body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Oyama, Takeshi Satozono, Rei Tokuda, Kazuyuki Tashiro, Masatoshi Sakai, Yuki Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 10495477
    Abstract: A method for generating driving instructions for the driver of an electrically driven vehicle includes the following steps: (a) acquire route information for at least one route section of a driving route lying ahead of the vehicle, (b) determine temperature information, acting in a temperature-varying fashion on at least one drive component, for the at least one route section on the basis of the route information, and (c) output a driving instruction to the driver on the basis of the temperature information for the at least one route section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengsellschaft
    Inventor: Tobias Engelhardt
  • Patent number: 10443548
    Abstract: In one aspect, an air intake system for supplying air to an engine of a work vehicle may include a cooler box having a first wall and a second wall, with the first and second walls at least partially defining a chamber within the cooler box. The air intake system may also include a screen defining at least a portion of the first wall of the cooler box. Furthermore, the air intake system may include an air filter assembly defining at least a portion of the second wall of the cooler box. The air filter assembly may be configured to remove particles present in the air exiting the chamber of the cooler box through the air filter assembly. The air exiting the cooler box through the air filter assembly may be supplied to the engine for combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Jason L. Shonk
  • Patent number: 10328770
    Abstract: The performance of a transport refrigeration system having a transport refrigeration unit powered by a diesel engine is optimized by matching a capacity output of the transport refrigeration unit to an available shaft power of the diesel engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: John T. Steele, John R. Reason, Michael Stockbridge
  • Patent number: 10280935
    Abstract: An integral fan and airflow guide including a hub having a frusto-conical outer surface, and a plurality of fan blades circumferentially spaced apart about the hub and radiating outwardly from the hub. The frusto-conical outer surface having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart slots that separate inclined segments of the outer surface to define respective airflow guide surfaces. The plurality of fan blades are integral with the respective airflow guide surfaces. The inclined airflow guide surfaces cooperate with the fan blades to direct impelled air axially and radially outwardly for improving the cooling of a machine component, such as a hydrostatic transmission, that is obstructed from airflow by a pulley or other obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: Jason S. Richardson
  • Patent number: 10202890
    Abstract: A transverse engine adjacent to a drive shaft includes an engine body having a crankshaft, a first pipe connected to the engine body and running such that an engine coolant flows therethrough, and an accessory drive system. The accessory drive system includes an endless outer belt wound between a crankshaft pulley and an alternator drive pulley. A portion of the first pipe forms a water protector located between the drive shaft and the outer belt and overlapping with the outer belt as viewed from the front or rear of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Koguchi, Yuichi Ayukawa
  • Patent number: 10125850
    Abstract: A roller device for a traction mechanism drive of a motor vehicle, with a roller element for introducing a torque provided via the traction mechanism and a driven shaft for driving an auxiliary unit. The roller device has a magnetic coupling for non-positive torque transfer between the roller element and the driven shaft. The magnetic coupling has a primary-side unit connected to the roller element with a primary magnetic element and a secondary-side unit connected to the driven shaft with a secondary-side magnetic element. The magnetic elements are permanent and/or electromagnetic elements. The non-positive torque transfer is realized by magnetic fields of the primary-side and secondary-side magnetic elements. At least one magnetic element of the two units for changing the magnetic field overlap of the magnetic fields of the primary-side and secondary-side magnetic elements is movably arranged within its unit. A corresponding traction mechanism drive and method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Dippold, Ralf Wagner, Armin Gerner
  • Patent number: 10106387
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle includes a hydraulically-operated brake device, a hydraulically-operated loading device, an electric motor, a hydraulic pump, a first hydraulic circuit having an accumulator and a detector for detecting pressure accumulated in the accumulator, a first oil passage connecting the first hydraulic circuit and the hydraulic pump, a load handling device, a second hydraulic circuit having a closed center control valve, a second oil passage connecting the second hydraulic circuit and the hydraulic pump, an oil tank, a pressure compensating circuit, a pilot passage, and a controller. When a selector valve is placed in a first position, hydraulic pressure generated by the hydraulic pump is transmitted to a pressure compensating valve in such a direction that disconnects the hydraulic pump from the oil tank to thereby create in the first oil passage hydraulic pressure that causes the accumulator pressure accumulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Junichi Morita
  • Patent number: 9829011
    Abstract: A fan clutch, in particular for a fan of a cooling system of a motor vehicle having a housing and an annular flange for connecting the fan, wherein the flange is arranged centrally around a housing axis, wherein the flange forms a flat flange-ring plane substantially perpendicular to the housing axis and has a flange-ring inner side and a flange-ring outer side which bound the flange-ring plane, wherein the flange is contorted in the flange-ring plane in certain areas in a direction substantially parallel to the housing axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventor: Stephanie Larpent
  • Patent number: 9822691
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling a vehicle cooling system includes: a velocity prediction unit makes a prediction of at least one future velocity profile vpred for the vehicle; a temperature prediction unit predicts at least one future temperature profile Tpred for at least one component in the vehicle, based on at least tonnage for the vehicle; information related to a section of road ahead of the vehicle and on the at least one future velocity profile vpred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SCANIA CV AB
    Inventors: Svante Johansson, Sofie Jarelius, Hans Wikström, Rickard Eriksson
  • Patent number: 9765684
    Abstract: A vehicle cooling system is provided having a heat exchanger, a cooling fan, and a fan shroud. The vehicle cooling system has a variable cooling fan immersion system that uses a control system and a variable cooling fan immersion depth adjustment mechanism to control the percentage of cooling fan immersion into the space enclosed by the fan shroud. The variable cooling fan immersion system is used to maximize the efficiency of a variable pitch cooling fan, a variable speed cooling fan drive, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Luke A. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 9732734
    Abstract: A roller bearing comprises an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rollers arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring, and a plurality of retainer segments having a plurality of column parts extending in a direction along a shaft so as to form a pocket for holding the roller, and connection parts and extending in a circumferential direction to connect the plurality of column parts, and continuously lined with each other in the circumferential direction between the outer ring and the inner ring. The column part is positioned at an circumferential end of the retainer segment. Here, a circumferential outer side end face of the column part positioned at the end is flat, and a circumferential inner side end face of the column part positioned at said end is provided with a recess recessed in the circumferential direction to reduce the thickness of the column part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Omoto, Shoichi Hioki, Mitsuo Sasabe, Eiichi Nakamizo, Tomoya Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9708167
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle includes a hydraulic brake device, a hydraulic load handling device, a first hydraulic circuit, a second hydraulic circuit, a pressure compensating circuit, and a controller. The controller sets an electromagnetic valve to a first position during operation of the load handling device. The controller sets the electromagnetic valve to a second position and controls an electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump when determining that pressure needs to be accumulated in a hydraulic accumulator based on a detection result of a detector. When the electromagnetic valve is at the second position, hydraulic pressure generated by driving the hydraulic pump is applied to a pressure compensating valve and produces a force acting in a direction to disconnect the hydraulic pump and an oil tank from each other, so that hydraulic pressure is generated in a first oil passage to be accumulated in the hydraulic accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, NISHINA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Morita, Tetsuya Goto, Tsuyoshi Kanazawa, Yukinori Takeda
  • Patent number: 9586473
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cooling fan that selectively and/or periodically runs in reverse in order to discharge accumulated dirt or debris from one or more coolers. The reverse activation of the fan is prevented from initiating when the operator of the running vehicle is outside the operator cab in the vicinity of the coolers. In an exemplary embodiment, activation of a parking brake interrupts or prevents reverse activation of the fan, though a fuel door sensor may also be used. A minimum engine speed may be specified to ensure adequate power for maximum fan power during the reverse operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin L. Pfohl, John M. Chesterman, Michael R. Gratton
  • Patent number: 9490802
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for transmitting an analog signal, and an analog signal multiplexer. The apparatus comprises a photocoupler to receive an input analog signal and transform the input analog signal into an output analog signal, which varies with the input analog signal in a manner of non-linearity. The apparatus further comprises a non-linearity correcting unit to receive the output analog signal and correct the non-linearity to output a corrected output analog signal. An analog signal may be transmitted with a photocoupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventor: Huan Shi
  • Patent number: 9328780
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid friction clutch (1) having a housing (2, 3) and a clutch disk (4), which is rotatable relative to the housing (2, 3), and which is rotatably arranged at one end (5) of a shaft (6) centrally supported inside the housing (2, 3), having a working chamber (9) between the housing (2, 3) and the clutch disk (4), having a storage chamber (10) for clutch fluid; and having a feed duct (11a, 11b), which leads from the storage chamber (10) to the working chamber (9), characterized by a supply pump element (14), which is rotatable relative to the housing (2, 3) and which is arranged, rotationally fixed, on the shaft (6), and which defines a shear gap (12) with the housing (2, 3); and by a valve (17), which is arranged in the feed duct (11), characterized in that an operative element (7) is arranged on the housing (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Borg Warner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Buchholz, Frank Gerber
  • Patent number: 9020740
    Abstract: A system includes a sump, a pump having a steady-state speed, a fluid component that receives the fluid from the fluid pump, and a controller. The controller detects a soak condition of the system in which the pump load is low as fluid is moved into vacated fluid passages. The steady-state speed of the pump is temporarily increased by adding a calibrated overspeed value to the steady-state speed, for a calibrated duration. The controller reduces the pump speed to the steady-state speed after the calibrated duration has elapsed. A method includes detecting the soak condition and temporarily increasing the steady-state speed via the controller by adding the calibrated overspeed value to the steady-state speed, for a calibrated duration, when the soak condition is detected. A control system includes a processor and storage medium having instructions embodying the method, with detection of the soak condition provided via measurement of fluid temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: John J. Koenig, Terry S Johnecheck, Robert E. Rhein
  • Publication number: 20150107539
    Abstract: An arrangement for controlling the temperature of air being fed to a vehicle engine includes an engine compartment in which the engine is arranged. The engine compartment is provided with an ambient air intake allowing an airflow into the engine compartment. The engine is provided with an engine air intake arranged inside the engine compartment. The arrangement further includes an air fan for forcing the airflow via the ambient air intake into the inside of the engine compartment. The engine air intake is arranged in a position allowing at least a substantial part of the airflow to enter the engine air intake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventor: Joakim Haegerstam
  • Patent number: 8973536
    Abstract: A method for controlling the power of an engine is provided. The method includes determining a baseline fuel amount, determining an engine cooling fan operating condition based on an engine operating parameter, determining an engine cooling fan command based on the engine cooling fan operating condition, determining an engine cooling fan power level based on the engine speed and the engine cooling fan command, determining an additional fuel amount based on the engine cooling fan power level, adding the additional fuel amount to the baseline fuel amount to create a compensated fuel amount, and providing the compensated fuel amount to the engine. An engine system, including an engine controller coupled to an engine, a fuel system and a hydraulic pump, is also provided. The engine controller includes a processor adapted to perform a set of instructions that controls the power of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon L. Hagman, Matthew D. Meads
  • Patent number: 8960136
    Abstract: An air flow apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a shroud having a first end for connection to a cooling package, and a second end for connection to a fan ring. The fan ring of the apparatus is configured to mount directly to an engine block and surround a fan of the engine block. The apparatus also includes a duct positioned below the shroud and fan ring. The duct has a first opening that opens to an engine compartment, and a second opening that opens to ambient. A flow path extends between the first and second openings and is arranged to route heated air in proximity to the shroud and fan ring to ambient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Spartan Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Britt D. Mott, Chad A. McCoige
  • Patent number: 8948946
    Abstract: A thermal system includes fluid-cooled devices, a controller, and a thermal loop or loops each having a cooling actuator and fluid passages. The controller executes device-specific control logic to arbitrate between cooling requests having different relative priorities. The controller receives raw speed requests and noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) limits for each device, and processes the raw speed requests and NVH limits to determine a relative cooling priority for each device. The controller outputs a speed command to the actuator(s) for each thermal loop in order to cool the devices at a level required by the device having the highest relative cooling priority. A vehicle includes a traction motor, a transmission that is selectively connected to the traction motor, fluid-cooled devices each in electrical communication with the motor, and a controller configured to execute the arbitration method noted above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D S Ballnik, Xiaowen Luo, Keith D. Buford
  • Patent number: 8915219
    Abstract: A working machine engine is provided. The air flowing through the front side cooling air flow passage and the upper side cooling air flow passage which are provided in the front side and the upper side of the casing, respectively, and the air flowing through the auxiliary air flow passage provided in the back side of the casing join together near the opening. By this means, the air flowing through the auxiliary air flow passage can change the direction of the air flowing lengthwise through the front side cooling air flow passage and the upper side cooling air flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Nakamura, Yasuyuki Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 8763567
    Abstract: An engine for a portable working machine includes: a crankshaft to which the working machine is coupled; an air-cooling fan coupled to one end side of the crankshaft; a fan casing enclosing the air-cooling fan; and a bottom cover located in a bottom surface side of the engine and connected to the fan casing. Air suction ports and guide parts are provided in one side of the bottom cover, the air suction ports sucking in air supplied from the air-cooling fan, and the guide parts extending from the air suction ports to the impeller blades of the air-cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8714116
    Abstract: A fan cooling system and method are provided to control fan speed for cooling vehicle motor components while minimizing power consumption by the fan and reducing engine fuel consumption for an engine partially powering the fan. The fan cooling system raises engine coolant temperature of a vehicle in motion to derive a fan speed demand so that fan speed may be reduced. The fan cooling system selects a maximum fan speed demand from one or more fan speed demands to command fan speed based on various sensed inputs, including engine coolant temperatures. The fan cooling system also improves cooling efficiency by incorporating slipheat protection for the fan so as not to overdrive the fan for cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Brian A. Hartman, Jeffrey A. Koth, Daniel Alan Morey, Alessandro Carnevali
  • Publication number: 20140109846
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing corrosion of a charge air cooler and preventing engine misfire due to condensate formation. In response to condensate forming in a charge air cooler, engine cooling fan operation is adjusted. Engine cooling fan operation may also be controlled in response to vehicle operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Styles, Gopichandra Surnilla
  • Patent number: 8616160
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a water-cooled engine includes a radiator that cools coolant that has been circulated in the engine; a radiator fan that delivers air to the radiator; a determination portion that determines whether the engine is operated under a high load; and a setting portion. If the determination portion determines that the engine is operated under a high load, the setting portion sets an operation rate of the radiator fan at a time point at which the determination portion determines that the engine is operated under a high load, to a value higher than a normal operation rate at the same coolant temperature as a coolant temperature at the time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8607745
    Abstract: A fan drive system is provided that is hydraulically controlled having an electrical failure mode wherein midrange operation of the fan drive system is maintained. Accordingly, in the failure mode, a fan drive system hydraulic relief valve is not closed thereby ensuring a degree of operation of the fan drive system even during periods of electrical failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore A. Malott, Jr., Joshua L. Roby
  • Patent number: 8596396
    Abstract: An agricultural work vehicle includes an enclosed engine compartment within the vehicle body, with the engine compartment having a top cover that extends generally between opposite sides of the vehicle body. A vertically oriented air inlet is defined in the vehicle body for intake of air into the engine compartment. An intake housing is configured over the air inlet and includes an inlet opening and an outlet opening in communication with the engine compartment air inlet. The inlet opening extends above the top cover and is oriented relative to a vertical plane such that an angled air flow path is defined between the inlet opening and the outlet opening wherein air is drawn from an area above the top cover of the engine compartment and is directed into the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Eugene Ricketts
  • Patent number: 8579595
    Abstract: A cooling device of a construction machine according to the present invention includes: two or more hydraulic motors that rotate positively and reversibly to correspond to a supplying direction of pressure oil and drives rotatably cooling fans connected thereto, respectively; a switching valve switching rotation directions of the two or more hydraulic motors by switching the supplying direction of the pressure oil supplied to the two or more hydraulic motors from the hydraulic motor; and flow rate makeup valves controlling an additional flow supplied upstream of the two or more hydraulic motors when a pressure drop is generated upstream of the two or more hydraulic motors on the basis of the supplying direction of the pressure oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun Su Cho
  • Patent number: 8555824
    Abstract: A system includes a shipping container having air inlets at each end and an air outlet at a top and approximate center. The system includes two engines positioned one on each side of a center region, with two generators—each positioned between one of the engines and an end of the container. The center region includes a fuel tank and an air director. An air flow path on each side flows air in the air inlet, over the generator, over the engine, through an engine radiator, mixes the air with exhaust from the engine, and flows out the air outlet. The system maximizes an exhaust flow path length back to the air inlet to prevent exhaust gas recirculation. The system further configures the exhaust air to be heated and released at a higher location than the inlet to minimize potential exhaust gas recirculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Cummins Power Generation IP, Inc.
    Inventor: Kent A. Lobsiger
  • Patent number: 8544425
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an engine driven generator that includes a first electrical fan and a second electrical fan. The engine driven generator further includes a power source and a circuit connecting the power source to the first electrical fan and the second electrical fan. The circuit is configured to selectively connect the first electrical fan and the second electrical fan in series or in parallel. The circuit may operate the first electrical fan and the second electrical fan at full speed when the first electrical fan and the second electrical fan are electrically connected in parallel. The circuit may operate the first electrical fan and the second electrical fan at less than full speed when the first electrical fan and the second electrical fan are electrically connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Douglas W. Dorn, Isaac S. Frampton, Paul E. Honkanen
  • Patent number: 8540166
    Abstract: An air-conditioner ECU sets the maximum flowrate or a set flowrate which is less than the maximum flowrate as a required flowrate Vr based on outside air temperature when a DEF mode is selected, and requires that coolant be circulated (steps 100 to 110). Also, when the coolant temperature Tw during heating is between a set temperature TS3 and a set temperature TS1, circulation of coolant at the minimum flowrate is required (steps 134, 130, 132). When a blower fan is stopped when the coolant temperature is equal to or less than the set temperature TS3 and a fresh air mode is selected, the circulation of coolant at the minimum flowrate is required when the vehicle speed Sv is above a set vehicle speed (steps 134 to 146). Cool air is prevented from being blown out of an air outlet and heating of the coolant is promoted by suppressing the speed of an electric pump while maintaining the ability to prevent fogging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsuki Nemoto, Kiwamu Inui, Masaki Morita
  • Patent number: 8505499
    Abstract: A radiator and an oil cooler are arranged at a front surface side of a cooling fan in parallel with each other in a flow direction of the cooling air, an intercooler and a condenser are arranged in parallel at a front surface side of the radiator and oil cooler, and a fuel cooler is arranged at a front surface side of the condenser. By arranging respective heat exchangers such that the heat release amount thereof sequentially increases from the upstream side toward the downstream side in the flow direction of the cooling air, each heat exchanger can efficiently release the heat of the fluid to be cooled. By arranging the fuel cooler at the front surface side of the condenser, two heat exchangers of the condenser and the fuel cooler can be accommodated within a range of the thickness dimension of the intercooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Hirasawa, Makoto Matsushita, Tomonori Mamada
  • Publication number: 20130186353
    Abstract: An engine includes a crankcase, a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a piston, a cooling fan, and a shroud having an inner wall portion and an outer wall portion. A suction port is provided in a region of the outer wall portion facing the cooling fan. The inner and outer wall portions define a duct extending from the suction port to reach at least a portion of the cylinder block and/or at least a portion of the cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
  • Publication number: 20130186352
    Abstract: A forced air-cooled engine includes a crankcase, a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a cooling fan, and a shroud arranged to cover a portion of the crankcase, the cooling fan, and a portion of the cylinder block and a portion of the cylinder head. Fins are provided at least in a region of the cylinder block covered by the shroud. The shroud includes a facing wall portion that faces the fins . An exhaust opening is provided between the facing wall portion and the cylinder block, and opens away from the cooling fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Publication number: 20130180479
    Abstract: A vehicle has at least one component which is cooled by a cooling air mass flow delivered from a conveying device such as a fan or a spoiler. A nominal value is predetermined for the cooling air mass flow which, for an assumed maximum thermal loading of the component, cools adequately for operation of the component. A control device controls an intensity of the cooling air mass flow and dimensions it, taking into consideration thermal demands of the component at least in an upper driving speed range, such that a sum of a power consumption of the component, of the conveying device and of a portion of a traction power of the vehicle that is allotted to the delivery of the cooling air mass flow is smaller than a sum of the power consumption of the component, the conveying device and the portion that is allotted to the delivery of the cooling air mass flow at the predetermined nominal value thereof, of a traction power of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Brendel, Frank Elsenheimer, Arnd Rueter
  • Patent number: 8408169
    Abstract: At least one cooling device for a motor vehicle is aircooled by an air flow generated by a cooling fan of the motor vehicle. An air flow configuration of the cooling fan is determined by the fan's degree of protrusion from a fan ring running in the circumferential direction of the fan, preferably in air flow communication with a fan cowling. The air flow configuration is optimized in a manner controlled according to need by relocation of a movable portion of the fan ring in an axial direction of the fan. The disclosed method of controlling the air flow configuration is summarized above. A device performing the method and an engine for the motor vehicle including the device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventor: Rolf Dybdal
  • Patent number: 8408371
    Abstract: A fan clutch is provided to which a fan may be removably attached with the aid of a flange ring, the fan clutch having a housing that comprises a first front housing part and a second rear housing part to which the flange ring is attachable with the aid of connecting elements. The housing has circumferential attachment niches which are situated in an offset manner in the circumferential direction on both the front and the back of the housing and into which attachment tabs situated on the flange ring are insertable either from the front of the fan clutch or from the rear thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerold Schultheiss, Joerg Angermaier, Eberhard Sixt, Sven Setzer
  • Publication number: 20120285402
    Abstract: A controller, for use in a power plant having a liquid cooling system and an air cooling system, comprising one or more inputs, configured to receive a signal from at least one deposit sensor, wherein the signal from the deposit sensor is indicative of deposits in the liquid cooling system; and one or more processors, configured to process the signal received from the deposit sensor to control the air cooling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Peter FW FOSTER
  • Publication number: 20120240878
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine cooling system, wherein a fan with an adjustable cooling performance is provided with a fan wheel having a hub with radial fan blades pivotally supported on the hub, a control piston is disposed in the hub and connected to the blades for the pivot position adjustment thereof over a range from a suction position to a blowing position including a neutral position in which the blades are oriented in a plane including the axis of rotation of the fan wheel under the control of a control unit causing movement of the piston for pivoting the blades to a position for a cooling performance adjusted to the engine requirements. The system is simple, safe and efficient and permits counter flow operation of the fan for cleaning purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Karl Hägele, Markus Lechler
  • Patent number: 8196553
    Abstract: A cooling system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle having a rotating member and using coolant in a liquid cooling system, is provided that comprises a radiator for dissipating the heat from the coolant, an electric pump for pumping the coolant through the cooling system, a mechanical pump operatively connected to the rotating member for pumping coolant through the cooling system, and a clutch for disengaging the second pump for minimizing the parasitic loss of the system and improving total fuel economy of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Ronald F. Kline, Kevin J. Laboe, Antonio Vespa
  • Publication number: 20120137993
    Abstract: A cooling system of a vehicle may include a high and low temperature radiators that cool a high and low temperature coolants respectively circulating an engine and passing a water cooled intercooler and a low exhaust gas recirculation cooler of a turbo charger, a cooling fan that blows air to the high temperature radiator and the low temperature radiator, a high temperature coolant pump that pumps the high temperature coolant, a low temperature coolant pump that pumps the low temperature coolant, and a control portion that controls the high temperature coolant pump, the low temperature coolant pump, and the cooling fan according to driving conditions of the vehicle and environmental conditions. A controlling method may include detecting driving conditions of the vehicle and environmental conditions, setting an operating target for the cooling system and/or a lubrication system, and determining operating conditions for the cooling system and/or the lubrication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Seok Kim, Jonghwa Lee, Jinil Park, Kyoungseok Park, Hyoseong Wi
  • Publication number: 20120060777
    Abstract: A hydrostatic fan drive for internal combustion engines is disclosed, having a primary unit that can be driven by the internal combustion engine, and having a fan motor by means of which a blower fan can be driven. A hydraulic reservoir is disposed at a high-pressure line connecting the primary unit to the fan motor. A hybrid fan drive for internal combustion engines is thus provided, allowing fan operation even if the internal combustion engine is switched off. An increased maximal available power of the internal combustion engine is available in transition, despite the fan operation, because the fan motor can be supplied with pressurized media by the hydraulic reservoir in such cases (in transition).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Seppo Antero Tikkanen, Karl-Heinz Vogl, Matthias Mueller, Peter Schmuttermair
  • Patent number: 8127722
    Abstract: A cooling circuit for the thermal engine of an automotive vehicle includes a main loop that includes a first exchanger for collecting the heat from a first heat source, a first radiator and a pump connected in series by ducts for the circulation of a cooling liquid, the temperature of the cooling liquid being kept under normal operation conditions at a temperature lower than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. The cooling circuit includes a first bypass of the main loop in parallel relative to said first radiator, the first bypass including sequentially, in the circulation direction of the cooling liquid, a second exchanger for collecting the heat from a second heat source and a second radiator connected in series by ducts for the circulation of the cooling liquid, the temperature of said cooling liquid at the outlet of said second exchanger being set, under normal operation conditions, at a temperature higher than or equal to the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Renault Trucks
    Inventors: Thomas Justin, Frederic Demarle
  • Publication number: 20120017856
    Abstract: A system for operating a rotating component. The system includes a rotating component, a motor driving the rotating component, a sensor detecting a stimulus related to the rotating component, and a controller. The controller receives an indication of the magnitude of the stimulus from the sensor and is configured to adjust a speed of the rotating component when the stimulus indicates the rotating component is operating at a resonant frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Dana Nicgorski