Patents Examined by Anthony Ayala Delgado
  • Patent number: 12228060
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Ignace Theodorus Maria Van Den Heuvel, Tim Weidema
  • Patent number: 12228055
    Abstract: A sensor and housing assembly may include a sensor configured to detect a quantity of a gas in engine exhaust, and a housing including an inner upstream wall, a first inner side wall having a sensor opening for the sensor, an inner downstream wall opposite to the inner upstream wall, and a second inner side wall opposite to the first inner side wall, and having a housing inlet and a housing outlet that is opposite to the sensor opening in the first inner side wall. The sensor is positioned within the sensor opening on the first inner side wall, and a tip of the sensor protrudes through the housing outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Yi, Nathan Folger, Christopher Schell
  • Patent number: 12228062
    Abstract: A diesel emissions control system comprising a first DEF tank and a second DEF tank. A pump for pumping fluid from one or more of the first DEF tank and the second DEF tank. A connection line fluidly connecting the first DEF tank and the second DEF tank. A heating system preventing freezing of the DEF in the diesel emissions control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Generac Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Guzman, Joseph Morgan, Antonio Carini
  • Patent number: 12221915
    Abstract: An air supply to an internal combustion engine, which includes at least one cylinder and a heater. A first air duct is provided for supplying air to the at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine for operating the internal combustion engine and a second air duct is provided for supplying air to a heater for heating an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine. The first and second air ducts are connected by a third air duct to an air filter, for providing filtered ambient air to the internal combustion engine. The first and second air ducts in each case have at least one control element for controlling the amount of air flowing through. The second and third air ducts in each case have a mass flow sensor for measuring a mass of the air flowing through the relevant air duct. Methods and devices for diagnosing the air supply are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Benedikt Graf, Christian Disch, Conrad Bubeck, Stefan Bauer
  • Patent number: 12215684
    Abstract: A scroll compressor may include an oil supply passage provided independent of an intermediate pressure chamber to allow an oil passage of a rotational shaft to communicate with a compression chamber, such that some of the oil suctioned through the oil passage is guided to the compression chamber. As an inner space of a casing communicates directly with the compression chamber without passing through the intermediate pressure chamber, even in a state in which an operating pressure ratio is, for example, 1.3 or less, namely, even if a differential pressure between the inner space and the compression chamber is not large, oil stored in the inner space may be smoothly supplied to the compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Howon Lee, Cheolhwan Kim, Sangbaek Park
  • Patent number: 12214889
    Abstract: An integral propulsion and auxiliary power generation system includes a rocket engine, a liquid propellant supply system, an auxiliary electrical system, and a transmission system. The liquid propellant supply system is configured to supply a liquid fuel and a liquid oxidizer to the rocket engine. The liquid propellant supply system includes a gas generator configured to burn a mixture of the liquid fuel and the liquid oxidizer to generate a combustion gas stream, and a gas turbine configured to convert the kinetic energy of the combustion gas stream into mechanical energy. The auxiliary electrical system includes a power generator configured to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and an electric load device electrically coupled to the power generator. The transmission system is configured to mechanically couple the gas turbine and the power generator to selectively transfer mechanical energy between the gas turbine and the power generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Venus Aerospace Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Duggleby, Nicholas D. Cardwell, Christian Bailey
  • Patent number: 12209521
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system includes a first decomposition chamber that receives exhaust and treatment fluid, a first dosing module that includes a first injector that injects the treatment fluid into the first decomposition chamber, and a second decomposition chamber disposed downstream of the first decomposition chamber and that receives the exhaust and the treatment fluid from the first decomposition chamber. The exhaust aftertreatment system further includes a second dosing module that includes a second injector that injects the treatment fluid into the second decomposition chamber and a pressure sensor that generates a pressure signal based on a pressure of the treatment fluid in the second dosing module. The exhaust aftertreatment system further includes a variable resistor selectively switchable between multiple resistances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masoud Ziabakhsh Deilami, Joe V. Hill, Jens Honeck, Ralf Rohrmueller
  • Patent number: 12209586
    Abstract: A non-lubricated system for pumping a gas, includes a stationary stator with a housing that includes a rotor cavity and at least one rotatable rotor element incorporated within the rotor cavity. The stator includes at least one self-supporting sealing element, incorporated within the rotor cavity between an end face of at least one of the rotor elements and an interior wall of the housing to form a seal along the corresponding end face. At least one self-supporting sealing element is provided with an abradable coating on at least one side facing the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Karen Anna Leon Marien, Guido Jozef Christian Peeters
  • Patent number: 12203402
    Abstract: The present invention provides method and apparatus for purifying exhaust gas of a vessel and a vessel including the same, in which a risk for a vessel and crew of being exposed to ammonia gas used to collect carbon dioxide included in exhaust gas emitted from a vessel may be minimized and an ammonia solution may be recycled and reused to collect carbon dioxide, in order to satisfy regulations on discharge of exhaust gas by the IMO. Also, the present invention provides an apparatus 1000 for purifying exhaust gas of a vessel and a method of purifying exhaust gas of a vessel using the same, in which carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide included in exhaust gas emitted from a vessel may be collected by using a reaction solution and may be changed into a substance that does not affect the environment so as to be stored and transported to land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: HANWHA OCEAN CO., LTD., HI AIR KOREA
    Inventors: Keun Bae Kim, Gwang Hyun Lee, Hyung Ju Roh, Min Woo Lee, Won Kyeong Son, Byung Tak Nam, So Young Choi, Seung Min Jeon
  • Patent number: 12196119
    Abstract: Included are: a CO2 adsorber 7 including a plurality of adsorption passages 71 allowing exhaust gas to flow through and an adsorbent, on its wall surface, capable of adsorbing and desorbing CO2 depending on a temperature, and a heat exchanger 6 including a plurality of heat exchange passages 61 allowing the exhaust gas to flow through, being disposed in contact with the CO2 adsorber 7, and, when the exhaust gas flows through the heat exchange passages 61, transferring the heat to the CO2 adsorber 7 for heating it while removing the heat of the exhaust gas. The numbers of adsorption cells 72 and heat exchange cells 62 per unit area in a transverse section C are each set to a predetermined number and/or the sizes of the adsorption cell 72 and the heat exchange cell 62 in the transverse section C are each set to a predetermined size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Uto, Takuya Mito, Shumon Hoshino, Osami Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12196206
    Abstract: Disclosed are an outer ring for an oil pump having an increased number and size of open pores in a surface of a molded article and a method for manufacturing the outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, MYUNG HWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hak Soo Kim, Dong Sub Song, Jung Beom Koo
  • Patent number: 12196097
    Abstract: A lubrication reservoir for a turbine engine for an aircraft or self-propelled flying machine, comprising a suction strainer in a lower part of the chamber, and at least one degassing device and at least one vent in an upper part. The reservoir is wherein, in order to make it possible to supply the strainer and prohibit lubricant from intruding into the at least one vent, it includes at least one first partition that separates the lower part from the upper part and is pierced with calibrated holes, two vents arranged on either side of a vertical median plane of the chamber and two vent ducts which extend into the upper part below the degassing device, each duct comprising a bend and having the bend located on the other side of the median plane with respect to the inlet thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN POWER UNITS
    Inventors: Victor Georges Maurice Lhomme, Franck Jean-Louis Galibert, Gilles Aime Yann Guyader, Claire Madeleine Martin
  • Patent number: 12188393
    Abstract: An exhaust system having an exhaust manifold, and a hanger assembly. The hanger assembly is coupled to the exhaust manifold. The hanger assembly includes a rod, a flange and a fin. The flange includes a slot, an interior, an upper face and a lower face. The lower face is spaced from the upper face, and is couplable to a respective portion of the exhaust manifold. The fin is operably coupled to the rod. The fin is at least partially received within the slot and extends through at least a portion of the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph R. Kramer
  • Patent number: 12188498
    Abstract: Baffle plate devices, exhaust gas aftertreatment apparatuses, and methods for controlling airflow in exhaust gas aftertreatment apparatuses are disclosed. In some examples, a baffle plate device is mounted within an outlet conduit via which the exhaust gas treated by an exhaust gas aftertreatment apparatus exits to the environment. The baffle plate device impacts the flow path of the treated exhaust gas within the outlet conduit to deflect a portion of the treated exhaust gas toward tips of sensors, which extend into the flow path toward the baffle plate device, in order to mitigate the impact of the recirculation region, improve the flow characteristics (e.g., rate, direction, and/or field) of the treated exhaust gas at the tips, and thereby improve the accuracy of the sensors. By improving sensor accuracy, the disclosed technology advantageously reduces false positives and improves engine performance and emissions compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA, LLC
    Inventors: Peng Quan, Jeffrey Asaro, Kevin Sisken
  • Patent number: 12188474
    Abstract: A roots pump comprising: a rotary shaft; a rotor having a hole-forming surface that forms an insertion hole, and a first bearing and a second bearing. Each of the first bearing and the second bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring. The rotary shaft is press-fitted in the inner ring of the first bearing, and fitted in the inner ring of the second bearing with a clearance between the rotary shaft and the inner ring of the second bearing. An edge portion of the hole-forming surface adjacent to the first bearing serves as a press-fitting portion in which the rotary shaft is press-fitted, and at least an edge portion of the hole-forming surface adjacent to the second bearing serves as a clearance-fitting portion in which the rotary shaft is fitted with a clearance between the rotary shaft and the clearance-fitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masaya Yoshida, Daisuke Masaki, Ryosuke Fukuyama, Katsutoshi Shiromaru
  • Patent number: 12173633
    Abstract: An exhaust assembly includes a first tailpipe having an exit end and a curved portion along at least a portion of a length of the first tailpipe. The exhaust assembly further includes a baffle surrounding the first tailpipe at the exit end and defining a plurality of perforations therethrough. The exhaust assembly further includes a pair of shields. Each shield is attached to and at least partially surrounds each of the baffle and the first tailpipe. Each shield extends from a first end proximal to the exit end of the first tailpipe to a second end distal to the exit end of the first tailpipe. Each shield engages the baffle at the first end and engages the first tailpipe at least at or proximal to the second end. The pair of shields is adapted to allow fluid flow to or from the plurality of perforations of the baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Jason C. Johnson, Bradley Smith, Brett Herwat
  • Patent number: 12173663
    Abstract: A method for using biodiesel fuel in compression ignition internal combustion engines is described, the biodiesel fuel being present in a light oil diesel-biodiesel blend with a percentage of biodiesel greater than 7%, in which this percentage of biodiesel higher than 7% causes an increase in the viscosity of the mixture, the increase in viscosity negatively affecting the cold start of the engine; the method reduces the biodiesel concentration to below 7% in the starting phase of the engine, the reduction in concentration being achieved by adding light oil diesel to the light oil diesel-biodiesel blend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: REFUEL SOLUTIONS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Adriano Cordisco, Tommaso D'Angelo, Federico De Pietri, Marco Di Mola, Gabriele Rebecchi
  • Patent number: 12168950
    Abstract: A current feed-through for an electrically heatable catalytic converter, wherein the catalytic converter has in the interior thereof at least one electrical conductor, which is electrically contactable by the current feed-through, having a central electrically conductive element, which is guided from the interior of the catalytic converter through the outer housing wall thereof, having an electrical insulation layer, which surrounds the electrically conductive element on its radial outer face, and having a metallic sleeve, in which the electrically conductive element and the electrical insulation layer is received, wherein at the current feed-through or directly adjacently to the current feed-through there is arranged a device for reducing the heat conduction from the interior of the catalytic converter along the current feed-through to a contact face arranged outside the catalytic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Philipp Langenfeld, Marc Brugger, Katrin Konieczny, Lorenzo Pace, Stefan Ahlers
  • Patent number: 12163452
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an acquiring part that acquires a state of charge of a battery that is electrically connected to a motor performing recovery power generation and is charged by the motor, and a control part that controls the driving of a heater that raises the temperature of a catalyst of an after-treatment device that purifies exhaust gas discharged from an engine. The control part drives the heater so that the heater is heated by the electric power of the battery if the state of charge of the battery acquired by the acquiring part is equal to or greater than a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayuki Furukawa
  • Patent number: 12163455
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a catalyst composition comprising a catalytically active platinum group metal (PGM) component disposed on or impregnated in a magnetic ferrite support material, wherein the magnetic ferrite support material is capable of inductive heating in response to an applied alternating electromagnetic field. Further provided are catalyst articles comprising such compositions, and components comprising such catalyst articles, and further comprising a conductor associated with the catalyst article for receiving current and generating an alternating electromagnetic field in response thereto, wherein the conductor is positioned such that the generated alternating electromagnetic field is applied to at least a portion of the catalyst composition, inductively heating the catalyst composition directly at the catalytic site. Also provided are exhaust gas treatment systems including such components and/or articles, and methods of treating emissions utilizing such components and systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Matthew T. Caudle, Stanley A. Roth