Patents Assigned to DAF Trucks N.V.
  • Publication number: 20240110495
    Abstract: A control system is arranged to control the heater system; wherein the control system is programmed to heat the exhaust after treatment system based on a setpoint value. The control system comprises a controller having an error input and an output; that outputs a heating power setpoint value that is adjusted by a feedback signal, said adjusted setpoint value provided in parallel to a branch including the heater system and a branch including a dynamic response system. The dynamic response system comprises a dynamic response part and a delay part. A first subtractor subtracts a measured heat output and an output of the dynamic response system; an adder adds an output of the dynamic response part and an output of the first subtractor. A second subtractor subtracts a heating power setpoint from the output of the adder to provide a control error signal for the error input of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Ignace Theodorus Maria VAN DEN HEUVEL, Tim WEIDEMA
  • Patent number: 11898933
    Abstract: A test kit is disclosed for testing an internal combustion engine with the engine kept at a fixed load condition. The test kit includes a test module programmed to execute a sequence of individual cylinder tests by measuring, in each cylinder test, a first engine performance value and providing an amount of fuel to one cylinder under test to differ from an amount of fuel provided to the rest of the plurality of cylinders. A further test module is programmed to measure, in an idle period between subsequent individual cylinder tests of the sequence of individual cylinder tests, a second engine performance value. This further test module is programmed to discard at least some of the individual cylinder tests if the second engine performance value measured by the further test module passes a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Luc Henricus Maria Akkermans, Remco Streefkerk
  • Patent number: 11898568
    Abstract: A variable geometry turbine (VGT) comprising an intake channel, a rotor, an adjustable nozzle, a nozzle actuator, and a controller. The controller comprises a calibration routine, arranged for calibrating the VGT during normal operation thereof. In the calibration routine, the controller is arranged for performing the steps of: adjusting the adjustable nozzle from an initial position towards a closed position, while monitoring a pre-turbine pressure; detecting a deflection point position of the adjustable nozzle at which a sharp difference in the pre-turbine pressure occurs; and adjusting a minimum cross sectional area in the closed position, to adjust a working range of the VGT in dependence of varying operating conditions, wherein the working range excludes the detected deflection point position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Joep Wolken, Bartholomeus Van Grimbergen, Kurt Jean-Marie Dubois
  • Publication number: 20240001748
    Abstract: A truck, comprising a rear axle, comprising a motor housing extending laterally between rear wheels of the truck, and an electric motor and power transmission coaxially aligned in said motor housing and arranged for driving the rear wheels; and a suspension system, for suspending the rear axle to a chassis of the truck, said suspension system at least comprising a pair of springs and shock absorbers, and an anti-roll stabilizer and a guiding rod linkage for allowing movement in a vertical direction relative to the chassis; wherein the motor housing is limited by a minimum vertical ground clearance between the road surface and a bottom surface of the motor housing; wherein the motor housing comprises a reinforced central top section providing a guiding rod mount for pivotally mounting the guiding rod linkage to the rear axle; wherein the motor housing further comprises suspension yokes integrated into the housing and extending on either side of the motor housing near both axial ends, said suspension yokes prov
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Jacobus VREEDE
  • Patent number: 11739683
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling a compression release brake mechanism in a combustion engine. The method comprises: determining a desired exhaust manifold gas pressure level; continuously monitoring a set of control parameters, including at least two of cylinder pressure, exhaust manifold pressure, turbine speed and turbine expansion ratio; controlling a brake pressure valve and a variable turbine geometry by said control parameters, to drive one of the control parameters to a set first maximum level; and, while maintaining the first of the set of control parameters at the set first maximum level, controlling an exhaust gas recirculation valve by said control parameters in a closed loop to allow exhaust gas to recirculate towards an air inlet system while driving a second of the set of control parameters to a set second maximum level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Niek Laurentius Adrianus Hermans
  • Patent number: 11673518
    Abstract: An engine harness for guiding a plurality of cables adjacent an internal combustion engine operatively connected to an electrical system of a vehicle by said plurality of cables along a cable path between the internal combustion engine and the electrical system, said engine harness substantially manufactured of a polymer foam thereby providing a protective sleeve for the plurality of cables, said engine harness further provided with at least one mount for mounting to the internal combustion engine; wherein the at least one mount comprises a bracket section embedded in the polymer foam of the engine harness and having at least two flanges extending from an outer surface of the engine harness to an interior of the engine harness, and a plug section, having a plug element extending outward from the outer surface of the engine harness along a centerline normal to the cable path, wherein said at least two flanges are arranged for centering the plurality of cables with the cable path in the engine harness; and wher
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Joe Antony
  • Patent number: 11591981
    Abstract: According to the invention, a diagnostic system is provided for diagnosing a misfire condition is provided of individual engine cylinders in a turbocharged diesel engine having at least a first and a second cylinder associated with a common exhaust path. The system comprises a pressure sensor in an exhaust path, for measuring a pressure value; a crankshaft position sensor, for detecting a rotational crankshaft position; and a processor unit for reading the pressure sensor and the crankshaft position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Gillot, John De Graaf
  • Patent number: 11536237
    Abstract: The invention relates to an engagement relays (20) for an electric machine which preferably serves as a starter device (10) for engaging a pinion, wherein the engagement relay (20) has a contact device (65) for electrically connecting electrical contacts (120, 121) having a switching axis (67) which can be actuated for the purpose of electrical connection, having a thrust motor (60) which serves to shift the switching axis (67) and the thrust motor (60) has a movable part (57) which serves to activate the switching axis (67), wherein the movable part (57) is connected to a driver (85), wherein a stop part (84) can move relative to the movable part (57) of the thrust motor (60) in a state of rest of the engagement relay (20) there is a gap(s) between the stop part (84) and the driver (85), wherein after the switching of the engagement relay (20) a contact device (65) is activated and as a result a switch of the circuit of the starter motor (23) is closed, wherein a movable part (57) of a thrust motor (60) of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: SEG AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, DAF TRUCKS N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Matsinger, Viktor Bojarkin, Oliver Neumann
  • Patent number: 11473542
    Abstract: A bracket for clamping an injector onto a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, comprising a clamp section, arranged for providing a clamping force onto the injector to clamp the injector onto the cylinder head; a mount section, extending from the clamp section and arranged for mounting the bracket to the cylinder head adjacent the injector; and a support section, extending from the mount section opposite the clamp section and arranged for supporting the bracket onto the cylinder head at a lever distance from the clamp section, to define the clamping force; wherein the support section comprises a plurality of support elements, each of said support elements arranged at a different lever distance, such that a selected support element from the plurality of support elements engages, in use, with the cylinder head at a selected lever distance, such that the bracket is supported on the selected support element only, to control a magnitude of the clamping force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DAF Trucks, N.V.
    Inventors: Joost Petrus Johannes Vermeeren, Bert Van Nijlen
  • Patent number: 11434838
    Abstract: According to the invention, a method for air path control of a combustion engine is provided, comprising an EGR valve and a VGT turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Thijs Adriaan Cornelis Van Keulen
  • Patent number: 11377030
    Abstract: A mirror adjustment assistance system for trucks having as part of a vehicle body at least a cabin (3) having a front side with respect to an intended main direction of travel, a driver side, and a co-driver side. At least three adjustable mirrors (5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19) are attached to an exterior of the vehicle body or cabin (3), each of the at least three adjustable mirrors (5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19) has an aiming marker (43, 45, 59, 61, 65, 69) on or adjacent its reflective surface. At least two vehicle body target markers (41, 57, 63, 67) are positioned on an exterior surface of the vehicle body (3), and at least a single one (41; 57) of the at least two vehicle body target markers is associated with two of the at least three mirrors (5, 9; 7, 11). Any aiming marker (43, 45, 59, 61, 65, 69) of the at least three adjustable mirrors (5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19) can only be aligned with a single one of the at least two vehicle body target markers (41, 57, 63, 67).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Floris Van Der Meijs, Huub Van Berlo
  • Patent number: 11370303
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a projection system for projecting signal data on a windscreen or side screens of a motor vehicle cabin. The system comprises a light source arranged for emitting a beam and a housing, to be configured at an elevated position in the cabin. The housing comprising a digital mirror device, the digital mirror device arranged pattern the beam of the light source to project an image on at least a front and side window portion of the cabin. Part of the housing is shaped with a reflective surface that is optically inverse to the cabin window geometry, so that, when the digital mirror device projects a single image on the optical surface, it is imaged on the windscreen and at least one of side windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Kurosch Hossein Asghari, Johannes Jacobus Maria Van Rozendaal
  • Patent number: 11293324
    Abstract: A short cyclic thermal treatment process in an engine aftertreatment system of a diesel engine in a vehicle, which may be able to recover and/or retain NOx conversion performance of an engine aftertreatment system by keeping the system clean from unintended pollution like accumulated urea deposits. The thermal treatment process is controlled by a process controller, arranged to carry out a long cyclic cleaning process at a first time interval, at a first exhaust gas temperature higher than the operational temperature in regeneration mode; combined with a short cyclic thermal treatment process at a second time interval, at a second exhaust gas temperature higher than the operational temperature in non-regeneration mode; wherein the second elevated exhaust gas temperature is lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Kevin Arnold Maria Bisschops, Christiaan Kurvers, Geert Odulphus Martinus Van Kollenburg
  • Patent number: 11293340
    Abstract: According to the invention, a method is provided of operating a combustion engine comprising more than three cylinders with cylinder valves that are operated in a cycle of fuel intake, pressurizing, firing and exhaust strokes. The method comprises carrying out the cycle for at least two cylinders in a simultaneous operation; and having the simultaneously operated cylinders to exhaust in a manifold that couples to a single turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Dirk-Jan De Jong
  • Patent number: 11261832
    Abstract: According to the invention, a method and system for estimating fresh air flow into a turbocharged engine (105) is provided. A controller (109) arranged to determine an actual fresh air mass flow in subsequent time frames by measuring, in an actual time frame, a pressure drop over a compressor (101) and using a first calculated fresh air mass flow as a starting value for deriving a second fresh air mass flow in said time frame from a compressor model using the measured pressure drop and a compressor rotational speed. In a previous time frame, before said actual time frame, a pressure drop is measured over an air treatment device. A pressure drop is estimated over the air treatment device (103, 104, 106, 108) using the second fresh air mass flow and an estimated flow resistance of the air treatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Thijs Adriaan Cornelis Van Keulen
  • Publication number: 20210246843
    Abstract: According to the invention, a method for air path control of a combustion engine is provided, comprising an EGR valve and a VGT turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Thijs Adriaan Cornelis VAN KEULEN
  • Publication number: 20210239064
    Abstract: According to the invention, a diagnostic system is provided for diagnosing a misfire condition is provided of individual engine cylinders in a turbocharged diesel engine having at least a first and a second cylinder associated with a common exhaust path. The system comprises a pressure sensor in an exhaust path, for measuring a pressure value; a crankshaft position sensor, for detecting a rotational crankshaft position; and a processor unit for reading the pressure sensor and the crankshaft position sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Jan GILLOT, John DE GRAAF
  • Patent number: 11052944
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a method for guiding of a motor vehicle on the basis of image data, particularly when manoeuvring trucks toward docking stations by a docking controller coupled to a steering system, comprising: identifying, by the docking controller the vehicle's current position; receiving a collision free path; and manoeuvring the vehicle by said docking controller according to said free path, wherein the vehicle's current position is identified by means of an off board vehicle scanner that is mounted in a fixed position relative to the dock station; wherein said vehicle scanner produces scan data signifying a set that are analyzed to identify a reference point of the vehicle and a vehicle's orientation; wherein said reference point and vehicle orientation are transmitted to the docking controller to update the vehicle's current position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Thierry Kabos, Rudolf Geert Maria Huisman, Albertus Clemens Maria Van Der Knaap
  • Publication number: 20210189934
    Abstract: A short cyclic thermal treatment process in an engine aftertreatment system of a diesel engine in a vehicle, which may be able to recover and/or retain NOx conversion performance of an engine aftertreatment system by keeping the system clean from unintended pollution like accumulated urea deposits. The thermal treatment process is controlled by a process controller, arranged to carry out a long cyclic cleaning process at a first time interval, at a first exhaust gas temperature higher than the operational temperature in regeneration mode; combined with a short cyclic thermal treatment process at a second time interval, at a second exhaust gas temperature higher than the operational temperature in non-regeneration mode; wherein the second elevated exhaust gas temperature is lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Kevin Arnold Maria BISSCHOPS, Christiaan KURVERS, Geert Odulphus Martinus VAN KOLLENBURG
  • Publication number: 20210088013
    Abstract: According to the invention, a method and system for estimating fresh air flow into a turbocharged engine (105) is provided. A controller (109) arranged to determine an actual fresh air mass flow in subsequent time frames by measuring, in an actual time frame, a pressure drop over a compressor (101) and using a first calculated fresh air mass flow as a starting value for deriving a second fresh air mass flow in said time frame from a compressor model using the measured pressure drop and a compressor rotational speed. In a previous time frame, before said actual time frame, a pressure drop is measured over an air treatment device. A pressure drop is estimated over the air treatment device (103, 104, 106, 108) using the second fresh air mass flow and an estimated flow resistance of the air treatment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Thijs Adriaan Cornelis VAN KEULEN