Patents Assigned to Toyota Central Research And Development Labs, Inc.
  • Vehicle powertrain with onboard catalytic reformer
    Patent number: 9617490
    Abstract: Catalyst compositions suitable for use in the exhaust gas recycle stream of an internal combustion engine are provided. Such catalyst compositions typically provide significant amounts of methane in addition to syngas. A reformer incorporating such a catalyst for use in an exhaust gas recycle portion of an internal combustion engine powertrain is described. A powertrain incorporating such a reformer, a method of increasing the octane rating of an exhaust gas recycle stream, and a method of operating an internal combustion engine using methane-assisted combustion are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Toyota Central Research and Development Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Michael Weiss, Walter Weissman, Tilman Wolfram Beutel, John Francis Brody, Eugine Choi, Wenjun Li, Paul Dmitri Madiara, Chris Esther Kliewer, Karl Gottlieb Strohmaier, Scott J. Weigel, Brett Loveless, Makota Koike, Hiroshi Miyagawa
  • VEHICLE POWERTRAIN WITH ONBOARD CATALYTIC REFORMER
    Publication number: 20170051708
    Abstract: Catalyst compositions suitable for use in the exhaust gas recycle stream of an internal combustion engine are provided. Such catalyst compositions typically provide significant amounts of methane in addition to syngas. A reformer incorporating such a catalyst for use in an exhaust gas recycle portion of an internal combustion engine powertrain is described. A powertrain incorporating such a reformer, a method of increasing the octane rating of an exhaust gas recycle stream, and a method of operating an internal combustion engine using methane-assisted combustion are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicants: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Toyota Central Research And Development Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. WEISS, Waltr WEISSMAN, Tilman W. BEUTEL, John F. BRODY, Eugine CHOI, Wenjun LI, Paul D. MADIARA, Christine E. KLIEWER, Karl G. STROHMAIER, Scott J. WEIGEL, Brett LOVELESS, Makota KIOKE, Hiroshi MIAGAWA