Intercooler Patents (Class 123/563)
  • Patent number: 11867099
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed for separating oil from a blow-by gas of an engine. An example includes engine system includes a crankcase having a blow-by gas passing therethrough, a compressor configured to receive air and compress the air, an aftercooler, an oil separating apparatus and a jet pump. The aftercooler communicates with the compressor and is configured to cool at least a portion of the air compressed by the compressor. The oil separating apparatus communicates with the blow-by gas. The oil separating apparatus communicates with a boost air that is a mixture of the compressed air from the compressor and cooled air from the aftercooler. The jet pump communicates with both the blow-by gas after leaving the oil separating apparatus and the boost air after leaving the oil separating apparatus and is configured to combine the blow-by gas and the boost air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney Allen Lawrence, Brandyn A. Stack, Joshua Amiel Lehe
  • Patent number: 11609047
    Abstract: A liquid to refrigerant heat exchanger includes an enclosed coolant volume that is at least partially defined by a plastic housing and by a metal closure plate. The metal closure plate can be part of a brazed assembly containing a continuous refrigerant flow path. The refrigerant flow path is disposed within the coolant volume, where heat can be transferred between the refrigerant within the refrigerant flow path and the liquid within the coolant volume. The plastic housing can at least partially surround the refrigerant flow path to at least partially bound a liquid flow path along a portion of the coolant volume. An inlet diffuser and an outlet diffuser can be mounted to the housing to direct the liquid through the housing. The plastic housing is sealingly joined to the closure plate along an outer periphery of the closure plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam Kimmel, David Hartke, Gregory Mross, Daniela Welchner, Michael Steffen
  • Patent number: 11549402
    Abstract: Systems and generating power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation to supply electrical power. In embodiments, an inlet temperature of a flow of gas from a source to an ORC unit may be determined. The source may connect to a main pipeline. The main pipeline may connect to a supply pipeline. The supply pipeline may connect to the ORC unit thereby to allow gas to flow from the source to the ORC unit. Heat from the flow of gas may cause the ORC unit to generate electrical power. The outlet temperature of the flow of the gas from the ORC unit to a return pipe may be determined. A flow of working fluid may be adjusted to a percentage sufficient to maintain temperature of the flow of compressed gas within the selected operating temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ICE Thermal Harvesting, LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Benjamin Bodishbaugh, Carrie Jeanne Murtland
  • Patent number: 11346256
    Abstract: A method of generating electric power includes expanding a flow of exhaust gas from a combustion process as the exhaust gas passes through a turbo-expander disposed on a turbo-crankshaft. The flow of exhaust gas from the turbo-expander is routed through an absorber section of an open cycle absorption chiller system. Water from the exhaust gas is absorbed via a first refrigerant solution disposed in the absorber section as the exhaust gas passes through the first refrigerant solution and out of the absorber section. The flow of exhaust gas from the absorber section is compressed as the exhaust gas passes through a turbo-compressor disposed on the turbo-crankshaft. Electrical power is generated from a bottoming cycle generator disposed on the turbo-crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SCUDERI GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Salvatore C. Scuderi
  • Patent number: 11333066
    Abstract: An engine control device is provided, which includes a blowby gas passage connecting an engine body to an intake passage so that blowby gas leaked from a combustion chamber is recirculated to the intake passage, a boost pressure changer configured to change a boost pressure of a turbocharger, and a controller configured to set a target boost pressure and control the boost pressure changer. The turbocharger includes a turbine which is provided to an exhaust passage and driven by exhaust gas, and a compressor which is provided to the intake passage and rotary driven by the turbine to boost intake air. The blowby gas passage is connected to the intake passage near the compressor. The controller corrects the target boost pressure when an ambient temperature is below a given determination temperature, to be higher than the target boost pressure when the ambient temperature is at or above the determination temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Matoba, Takafumi Nishio, Satoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11300081
    Abstract: An engine intake bypass system includes: an inlet pipe that supplies air, which passes through a throttle valve, to an intake manifold via a supercharging device along a first path, and directly supplies the air having passed through the throttle valve the intake manifold after bypassing the supercharging device along a second path; a bypass duct disposed in the second path to receive the air from the inlet pipe and deliver the air to the intake manifold in parallel; and a bypass valve installed to interrupt the air supplied to the bypass duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Il Suk Yang
  • Patent number: 11280260
    Abstract: Operating an engine system includes feeding a flow of exhaust to a turbine in a turbocharger, receiving a load step request, and increasing a speed of rotation of the turbocharger based on an increase in a fueling rate initiated in response to the load step request. Operating the engine system further includes limiting dissipation of heat energy of the flow of exhaust to the turbine to hasten an increase in the speed of rotation of the turbocharger, and increasing dissipation of heat energy from the flow of exhaust after satisfaction of the load step request. Varying of the dissipation of heat energy can be achieved by displacing an insulating fluid in the exhaust manifold with a heat exchange fluid such as water and/or engine coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Sai Keat Wang, Jaswinder Singh, David Ginter
  • Patent number: 11274594
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ventilation device for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one manifold (5-1, 5-2) for distributing air to the tubes (3), at least one turbomachine (26) being arranged in said at least one manifold (5-1, 5-2), said at least one turbomachine (26) comprising a cross-flow fan (26), said at least one manifold (5-1, 5-2) forming a volute (30) of the cross-flow fan (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Michael Lissner, Amrid Mammeri, Kamel Azzouz, Farid Bakir, Sofiane Khelladi, Ivan Dobrev
  • Patent number: 11225902
    Abstract: A passive cooling system includes a fan configured to generate an air flow path for a radiator, the air flow path extending from the fan to the radiator and a cooling pipe extended between a turbocharger and an intake manifold, the cooling path positioned in the air flow path between the fan and the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Chad Stenson, William Gysi, Adam Clouse
  • Patent number: 11208945
    Abstract: A shutter system is provided for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine that receives forced intake air and is cooled by an engine coolant. The vehicle includes a charge air cooler system having an intercooler for cooling the intake air and an engine cooling system. The shutter system includes a shutter positioned downstream of the intercooler and an actuator for moving the shutter between first and second positions. The shutter system further includes a sensor for generating a signal associated with a temperature of the intake air and a processor for comparing the temperature to a threshold. The actuator moves the shutter to the first position in response to receiving the first signal when the temperature is below the threshold. The actuator moves the shutter to the second position in response to receiving the second signal when the temperature is above the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Smith, Richard J. Lopez, Rolf B. Karlsson
  • Patent number: 11143204
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air compressor. The air compressor may include: a compressor unit including a front housing having a front inlet and a compressor scroll, and a compressor impeller configured to transfer the air drawn through the front inlet toward the compressor scroll; a motor unit including a motor housing coupled with the front housing, a stator disposed along an inner circumferential surface of the motor housing, and a rotor disposed to pass through the stator and coupled with the compressor impeller by a rotating shaft; a turbine unit including a rear housing coupled with the motor housing, a turbine impeller coupled with the rotating shaft, and a turbine blower formed in the rear housing and configured to exhaust air that has passed through the turbine impeller to the outside; and an air cooling unit coupled with the compressor scroll to cool the stator and the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Chi Yong Park, Gun Woong Park, Hyun Sup Yang
  • Patent number: 11125148
    Abstract: A method of controlling a hybrid intercooler system integrated with an air conditioning system includes: starting operation of the air conditioning system by opening first and second air conditioning valves and operating a compressor, when an operation signal of the air conditioning system is determined to be applied; measuring a first temperature by measuring a temperature of compressed air at an outlet of the hybrid intercooler system, after the starting operation of the air conditioning system; and starting operation of a first water cooling unit by opening first and second bypass valves, when the measured first temperature exceeds a predetermined first reference temperature. This method stabilizes the temperature of intake air passing through the inlet of an intercooler using a water cooling unit and increases the cooling efficiency of the intercooler using an air cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dang-Hee Park
  • Patent number: 11047350
    Abstract: A bottom surface of a surge tank has such a shape that, in a vehicle-mounted state, the bottom surface is positioned below a lower surface at an upstream end of each of a plurality of independent passages and comes closer to the lower surface at the upstream end of each of the plurality of independent passages in a vertical direction farther away from a connected portion between the surge tank and a third passage in a cylinder array direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hirata, Hidesaku Ebesu, Ryotaro Nishida
  • Patent number: 11035286
    Abstract: A coolant reservoir tank includes a first compartment that is configured to receive and retain a first portion of a liquid coolant. The first compartment is configured to be in fluid communication with a first liquid cooling circuit. A second compartment is configured to receive and retain a second portion of the liquid coolant. The second compartment is configured to be in fluid communication with a second liquid cooling circuit. A dividing wall separates the first compartment from the second compartment. The coolant reservoir tank further includes a fill port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Matthew Mark, Joseph Kuhn, Louis Sigioltzakis, Serge Iafrate
  • Patent number: 10927796
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) control method applied with a humidity sensor for preventing condensation to prevent corrosion caused by exhaust gas in a vehicle, may include a first step of measuring a temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure of intake air which is introduced from the outside of the vehicle and flows into the EGR; a second step of determining a molar fraction of water vapor included in the intake air by a combustion equation of the water vapor and determining water vapor pressure in the EGR; and a third step of opening an EGR valve so that EGR gas flows when the water vapor pressure in the EGR is lower than saturated water vapor pressure in the EGR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyu-Min Lee, Jun-Sik Park, Dong-Suk Chae, Cheol-Soo Park
  • Patent number: 10908105
    Abstract: A differential thermal analysis of a plurality of metal-resin-containing layers, the resin material amounts of which are known and different from each other, is carried out. Heights of sample peaks observed at one temperature in the differential thermal analysis are measured, and a correlation between the resin material amounts and the sample peak heights is obtained. Then, a differential thermal analysis of a porous metal body is carried out, and a height of a peak observed at the same temperature is measured. An amount of a residual resin material in the porous metal body is obtained based on the measured height and the correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu Wakakuwa
  • Patent number: 10890131
    Abstract: An engine simulation system and method for replacing an original engine in an existing system of a piece of equipment, including an engine controller from the original engine, a new engine having an engine controller, and a simulator module connected between the engine controller of the new engine and the engine controller of the original engine. The simulator module is configured to simulate that the original engine is still in the existing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Bernhard Richter, Mark Daniel Bowdich
  • Patent number: 10871104
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to an intake passage via a ported scavenge manifold. In one example, the ported scavenge manifold includes a first scavenge manifold coupled to a plurality of exhaust runners and a second scavenge manifold coupled to the plurality of exhaust runners via ports. The location of the ports on the exhaust runners combined with adjustments to a bypass valve coupled between the first scavenge manifold and an exhaust passage and an EGR valve coupled between the second scavenge manifold and the intake passage enables exhaust gas to be preferentially flowed to the exhaust passage and blowthrough air to be preferentially flowed to the intake passage under select operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Norman Ulrey, Daniel Paul Madison, Brad Alan Boyer
  • Patent number: 10859045
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for avoiding intake air condensation. A thermal management system includes a propulsion system with an internal combustion engine and an electric machine. A power electronics system delivers power to the electric machine. A fluid circuit is configured to cool the power electronics system. Intake air of the internal combustion engine is circulated through an intake air heat exchanger. A controller operates the fluid circuit to collect heat from the power electronics system and to selectively deliver the heat to the intake air heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Smith, Robert Gallon, Richard J. Lopez, Daniel R. Tylutki
  • Patent number: 10844816
    Abstract: An air filter device for a motor vehicle is provided with a filter housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, a filter insert which is received in the filter housing and divides the inside of the filter housing into an untreated air section and a pure air section, and a bypass line for supplying air into the untreated air section. The bypass line extends from a connection opening in the filter housing to a cooler, especially a charge air cooler of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes Bartl, Volker Raab, Christian Debevec, Werner Baumgartner
  • Patent number: 10844780
    Abstract: An engine system having a secondary air injection device include: an engine having a plurality of cylinders; a first intake line in which intake air supplied into the cylinder flows; a second intake line in which intake air supplied into the cylinder flows; a bypass line connecting the first intake line and the second intake line; a first electric supercharger and a second electric supercharger disposed in the first intake line and the second intake line, respectively; an exhaust manifold connected with the plurality of cylinders; an exhaust line connected with the exhaust manifold such that exhaust gas flows to the exhaust line through the exhaust manifold; an exhaust gas purification device disposed in the exhaust line; and a secondary air injection device injecting air into the exhaust manifold or the exhaust line from the intake line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heechang Oh, Jong Il Park, Hyun Jun Lim, Seungwoo Hong, Joowon Lee, Yeongseop Park, Dong Hee Han, Hyungbok Lee
  • Patent number: 10830122
    Abstract: An air cooling system for a vehicle engine includes an air intake configured to receive intake air for delivery to the engine, a first coolant loop thermally coupled to the air intake to provide cooling to the intake air, and a second coolant loop thermally coupled to the air intake to provide further cooling to the intake air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Eric M Lott, Hussam El-Jobran
  • Patent number: 10815931
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to recover waste heat from an engine fluid with a heat exchanger subsystem that includes a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger subsystem is thermally coupled to a working fluid and the engine fluid, so the waste heat from the engine fluid is transferred to the working fluid. The engine fluid is bypassed from the heat exchanger in response to a heat exchanger bypass condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy C. Ernst, Christopher R. Nelson
  • Patent number: 10746087
    Abstract: An intercooler is coupled to an internal combustion engine by a first bracket extending from the intercooler. A grommet is fitted into an attachment hole of the first bracket. The grommet is made of synthetic rubber. A material of the grommet has a lower Young's modulus than a material of the first bracket. The first bracket is coupled to a second head cover and a second cylinder head by the grommet, an upper bolt, and a lower bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomokazu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10711686
    Abstract: A description is given of a device (1) for pressure-charging a combustion engine (31), which comprises a compressor (2), a charge air cooler (3), an inlet (4) and a charger (5), which are connected to one another in terms of flow by flow ducts (8, 9, 10). In this device, the charge air cooler (3) is arranged downstream of the compressor (2), and the inlet (4) is arranged downstream of the compressor (2) and of the charge air cooler (3) in the flow direction (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Guenter Grosch, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Rainer Lach
  • Patent number: 10711740
    Abstract: A system for feeding air to an engine of a vehicle includes a heat exchanger arranged along a duct for feeding air, downstream of a supercharging compressor, to cool a flow of air fed by the air compressor, by a fluid that circulates in an engine cooling circuit. The system also includes an evaporator, interposed in the duct downstream of the heat exchanger, to further cool the air flow by a coolant that circulates in an air conditioning circuit of the vehicle. The air conditioning circuit includes a coolant compressor and a controller for controlling activation of the coolant compressor, depending on a request for air conditioning of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and a request for cooling the air fed to the engine. The electronic controller is configured to enable the coolant compressor to be activated only when the engine load is below a certain threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: C.R.F. Società Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Federica Bettoja, Walter Ferraris, Fausto Di Sciullo
  • Patent number: 10648400
    Abstract: A dual, dual-pass intercooler assembly for an intercooler supercharger system comprising an intercooler lid mountable to a supercharger housing; a pair of intercooler cores coupled mountable to and within at least one of the intercooler lid and the supercharger housing; wherein the pair of intercooler cores configured to receive and cool supercharger air upon a first pass through the pair of intercooler cores and receive and further cool the supercharger air upon a second pass through the pair of intercooler cores prior to receipt by an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Whipple Superchargers, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin E. Whipple, Yehoram Hofman, Garrett Wayne Bright
  • Patent number: 10641144
    Abstract: An intake manifold drain assembly of an engine comprises a drain tube connected to a bottom of a manifold chamber; an oil separator connected to an engine block; and a controlled check valve connecting the drain tube to the oil separator and configured to allow liquid and gas in the manifold chamber to flow into the oil separator and control a gas flow passing the controlled check valve below a threshold flowrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xihu Xu, Frank Valencia, Kevin V. Tallio
  • Patent number: 10634044
    Abstract: An engine may include a plurality of cylinders generating driving torque by burning fuel; a first intake valve disposed in a first intake line in which intake air supplied to the cylinders flows; a second intake valve disposed in a second intake line in which intake air supplied to the cylinders flows; a first electric supercharger disposed in the first intake line; a second electric supercharger disposed in the second intake line; a bypass valve disposed in a bypass line connecting the first intake line and the second intake line; and a controller for controlling the first electric supercharger and the second electric supercharger to be operated in a single mode, a serial mode, or a parallel mode based on an operating region of the engine determined by driving information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seungwoo Hong, Jong Il Park, Heechang Oh, Yeongseop Park, Dong Hee Han, Hyungbok Lee
  • Patent number: 10612468
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor, a cooling source, and a thermoelectric intercooler adapted for selective operation in response to operational states of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas D. Dierksmeier, Daniel K. Vetters, Michael A. Karam
  • Patent number: 10557404
    Abstract: A cooling module for use with an internal combustion engine having separate cooling circuits, the cooling module having a cuboid shaped structure having walls defining an internal open portion, at least one of the walls comprising a low-temperature heat exchanger circuit and one of the walls comprising a high-temperature heat exchanger circuit and a fan located within the open portion of the structure and enclosed by the walls. The fan is configured to act as a sucker fan to draw air from outside the structure through the at least one low-temperature heat exchanger circuit and to act as a blower fan by redirecting the air out of the structure through the at least one high-temperature heat exchanger circuit. The cooling module has increased fan efficiency, reduced noise, and optimal functional heat exchanger face area per given space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Tapley, Jay S. Korth, Rory Mahlon Romero, Jake Plewa
  • Patent number: 10519849
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for an engine includes: an inlet; an outlet; a radiator spanning the inlet and the outlet and in fluid communication with both the inlet and the outlet; and a bypass element spanning the inlet and the outlet and in fluid communication with both the inlet and the outlet and in parallel fluid communication with the radiator, the bypass element including a control mechanism, the control mechanism including a bypass valve and a control cylinder connected to the bypass valve for operating the bypass valve, the control cylinder including a pneumatic ram cylinder in communication with a turbocharger outlet of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Ray, Michael T. Schaner
  • Patent number: 10494074
    Abstract: A watercraft includes a deck and a hull having a transom, right and left side portions a tunnel, and a bottom portion. An air intake system disposed in the engine compartment and fluidly communicating with an engine includes an air compressor and an intercooler. The intercooler includes a housing having a lower surface extending generally along the bottom hull portion, an upper surface extending thereabove, an intercooler air inlet, an intercooler air outlet spaced from the intercooler air inlet at least in a direction parallel to the lower surface, a water inlet, and a water outlet. An intercooler core enclosed within the housing defines at least one air channel fluidly communicating with the intercooler air inlet and the intercooler air outlet. At least one water channel fluidly communicating with the water inlet and outlet is diathermally connected with the at least one air channel for cooling air flowing therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Mathieu Duquette, Charles Normand
  • Patent number: 10422307
    Abstract: An intercooler (5) is received in an intercooler receiving portion (6) of an intake manifold (1) leaving a given space therebetween and longitudinally opposed walls (10a, 10b) of the intercooler receiving portion (6) are formed with ribs (11) to increase a mechanical strength thereof, so that, even when a heat exchanging device (5a) of the intercooler (5) is set in the intercooler receiving portion (6) having longitudinally opposed walls thereof placed close to the longitudinally opposed walls (10a, 10b) of the intercooler receiving portion (6), undesired contact or interference between mutually opposed ones of the longitudinally opposed walls is suppressed permitting a larger amount of intake air flow through a major portion of the heat exchanging device (5a) thereby causing increased cooling efficiency of the intercooler (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Hikiji, Tetsu Naito
  • Patent number: 10408122
    Abstract: Synergistic induction and turbocharging includes the use of one or more throttles in close proximity to each cylinder intake valve to control air flow in each intake port delivering air to combustion cylinders in an internal combustion engine system. A turbocharger may also be affixed in close proximity to each cylinder exhaust valve to enable a synergistic combination of hyper-filling cylinders with combustion air and immediate harvesting of exhaust gas by adjacent turbochargers. In some implementations the turbochargers may be low-inertia turbochargers. The combination of individual throttles per intake port and a turbocharger in close proximity to each cylinder enables faster ramp-up of an engine in the early stages of acceleration. Various implementations thus provide improved fuel economy and improved engine performance in tandem, instead of one at the expense of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Bright Acceleration Technologies LLC
    Inventors: James R. Clarke, Richard J. Fotsch, C. Thomas Sylke
  • Patent number: 10363795
    Abstract: A chiller system includes an intercooler configured to cool compressed charge air received from a turbocharger or a supercharger, a low temperature cooling circuit fluidly coupled to the intercooler, the low temperature cooling circuit circulating a coolant to provide cooling to the intercooler and including a low temperature radiator configured to cool the coolant, a chiller-accumulator loop having a combined chiller-accumulator, a chiller bypass line bypassing the chiller-accumulator, and a charging valve configured to selectively provide coolant to at least one of the chiller-accumulator loop and the chiller bypass line, and an air conditioner circuit circulating a refrigerant and having a primary circuit and a bypass circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Eric M Lott, Alfred Piggott
  • Patent number: 10240514
    Abstract: A water-cooled intercooler system using an air conditioning system, may include a water-cooled intercooler for cooling intake air compressed in a turbocharger by cooling water, a water pump for supplying the cooling water to the water-cooled intercooler, and a radiator of the water-cooled intercooler for cooling the cooling water by traveling wind or fan wind, wherein the intercooler system may include a bypass line allowing a condenser of the air conditioning system and a compressor of the air conditioning system to fluidly communicate with each other and passing through the interior of a surge tank of the radiator of the water-cooled intercooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seng-Joo Yang, Dang-Hee Park, Jong-Wan Han
  • Patent number: 10233849
    Abstract: An engine assembly includes an engine block defining a cylinder, an exhaust system, and an exhaust gas recirculation system. A first exhaust valve is configured to control fluid communication from the cylinder to the exhaust system. A second exhaust valve is configured to control fluid communication from the cylinder to the exhaust gas recirculation system. The second exhaust valve is selectively activatable and deactivatable independently of the first exhaust valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Edward J. Keating
  • Patent number: 10190507
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, one or more valves of a set of first exhaust valves coupled to the second exhaust manifold may be deactivated in response to select engine operating conditions, while maintaining active all valves of a set of second exhaust valves coupled to the first exhaust manifold. The select engine operating conditions may include one or more of a deceleration fuel shut-off condition, a part throttle condition, and a cold start condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Norman Ulrey, Gregory Patrick McConville, Brad Alan Boyer
  • Patent number: 10151231
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes an inlet tank configured to receive air from an air circuit of the vehicle. The heat exchanger further includes a heat exchange assembly disposed intermediate the inlet tank and an outlet tank. The heat exchange assembly exchanging heat between the air and a coolant. The outlet tank is configured to directly couple to an engine block of the vehicle and convey the air to the engine block. The outlet tank has at least two openings formed therein. The openings are configured to communicate with corresponding cylinders of the engine block of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Leo Somhorst, James Grainger, Petr Fabian, A-Ra Jo
  • Patent number: 10100715
    Abstract: An intercooler may include an air-outlet tank, a condensate collector for collecting condensate separated off the intercooler, and a condensate line connected to the condensate collector via an entrance and that opens out into the air-outlet tank via an exit. There may be a pressure difference between the entrance and the exit of the condensate line during operation of the intercooler, and said pressure difference may allow differential-pressure-induced discharge of condensate from the condensate collector via the condensate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Dieterle, Thomas Strauss, Christian Wagner
  • Patent number: 10087823
    Abstract: Synergistic induction and turbocharging includes the use of one or more throttles in close proximity to each cylinder intake valve to control air flow in each intake port delivering air to combustion cylinders in an internal combustion engine system. A turbocharger may also be affixed in close proximity to each cylinder exhaust valve to enable a synergistic combination of hyper-filling cylinders with combustion air and immediate harvesting of exhaust gas by adjacent turbochargers. In some implementations the turbochargers may be low-inertia turbochargers. The combination of individual throttles per intake port and a turbocharger in close proximity to each cylinder enables faster ramp-up of an engine in the early stages of acceleration. Various implementations thus provide improved fuel economy and improved engine performance in tandem, instead of one at the expense of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Bright Acceleration Technologies LLC
    Inventors: James R. Clarke, Richard J. Fotsch, C. Thomas Sylke
  • Patent number: 10060397
    Abstract: An outboard turbocharged internal combustion engine includes an outboard engine housing. An exhaust gas turbocharger has a turbine and a charger disposed on the outboard engine housing. A charge air cooler is integrated in an intake unit. The intake unit is routed via connecting ducts and includes a unit container having first, second, and third container sections. The first container section is connected to the second container section accommodating the charge air cooler. The second container section is connected to the third container section that carries air to the charge air cooler. The third container section is formed of a tubular body tapering downward from the second container section toward the charger of the exhaust gas turbocharger. The first container section, the second container section, and the third container section are combined as an integral unit forming an intake unit module composed of a light alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Neander Motors AG
    Inventor: Claus Bruestle
  • Patent number: 10054031
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a cooling fan speed includes a cooling fan motor operating a cooling fan. A pump is connected to the cooling fan motor in series. A relay has one side connected to the cooling fan motor or the pump and another side connected a battery so that power of the battery may be supplied to any one of the cooling fan motor or the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Kyung-Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 10024159
    Abstract: A method for detecting a leaking point in a heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, wherein the heat recovery system includes a combustible working medium and a working medium circuit with an evaporator, a pump and an expansion machine. The recirculated exhaust gas of the engine flows through or around the evaporator which is arranged in an exhaust-gas return line. At least one oxidation catalytic converter is arranged in an exhaust gas line of the engine. A first temperature sensor is arranged in the exhaust gas line upstream and a second exhaust gas temperature sensor is arranged downstream of the oxidation catalytic converter. Temperatures of the exhaust gas are measured with these temperature sensors during operation of the engine in the exhaust gas line upstream and downstream of the oxidation catalytic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: AVL List GmbH, FPT Industrial S.P.A., Iveco S.P.A.
    Inventors: Michael Glensvig, Markus Thaler, Susanne Mahler
  • Patent number: 10024253
    Abstract: A method includes operating a spark ignition engine and flowing low pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) from an exhaust to an inlet of the spark ignition engine. The method includes interpreting a parameter affecting an operation of the spark ignition engine, and determining a knock index value in response to the parameter. The method further includes reducing a likelihood of engine knock in response to the knock index value exceeding a knock threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Marten H. Dane, J. Steven Kolhouse, Thomas M. Yonushonis, J. Stephen Wills, Samuel C. Geckler
  • Patent number: 10006339
    Abstract: A chiller system includes an intercooler configured to cool compressed charge air received from a turbocharger or a supercharger; a low temperature cooling circuit fluidly coupled to the intercooler, the low temperature cooling circuit circulating a coolant to provide cooling to the intercooler and including a low temperature radiator configured to cool the first coolant; and an air conditioner circuit circulating a refrigerant and having a primary circuit and an evaporator bypass circuit. A chiller is thermally coupled to the low temperature cooling circuit and the bypass circuit. A chiller shut off valve is configured to be controlled to be selectively opened to provide refrigerant to the chiller to further cool the coolant in the low temperature cooling circuit after the coolant is cooled by the low temperature radiator, thereby providing increased cooling to the intercooler and the compressed charge air to increase engine performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Huaguo Chen, Cody R Wagner, Terry L England, Jeremy J Anker, Gregory Kiester, Matthew T Bartlett
  • Patent number: 10006410
    Abstract: An engine system for a vehicle is described in which a turbocharger adapted to compress intake air is thermally coupled to a charge air cooler device operatively interposing the turbocharger and the engine. The system further includes a reconfigurable cooling system operable in three modes based on the flow of coolant and temperatures detected therein. In particular, the approach may be used to enhance engine warm-up in cold ambient conditions without costly additional devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Moffat, Chris James Leck
  • Patent number: 9995204
    Abstract: A method for operating an engine having a cylinder, an intake line for supplying charge air to the cylinder, and a device for controlling charge-air flows conducted via a charge-air cooler and via a bypass line around the charge-air cooler, comprises controlling the charge-air flows using the device, the device including a two-stage switchable shut-off element and a continuously adjustable shut-off element, wherein the two-stage switchable shut-off element, which is arranged parallel to the bypass line in the, is switched between only an open position and a closed position, and the bypass line is opened up or shut off to a greater or lesser extent by the shut-off element which is continuously adjustable between an open position and a closed position. In this way, shuddering of the engine during shut down is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Winge Vigild, Andreas Kuske, Daniel Roettger
  • Patent number: 9995205
    Abstract: A condensed water discharge apparatus in an engine of a vehicle provided with a water cooling type intercooler installed integrally with an intake manifold includes a body provided on the intake manifold and having a designated receipt space formed therein to store condensed water generated by the intercooler and a discharge hole formed in the receipt space to discharge the condensed water stored in the receipt space to the outside through the discharge hole; a discharge valve configured to open and close the discharge hole; and an operating unit connected to the discharge valve to operate the discharge valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeon Jin Park, Kyoung Ik Jang, Sung Soo Kim, Joon Myung Lee