Patents Examined by Anthony Donald Taylor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11966231
    Abstract: In a case of changing the traveling speed of a transport vehicle, in order for the traveling speed of the transport vehicle to reach a target speed at a target position that is on a downstream side in the travel path relative to the current position of the transport vehicle, a control unit generates reference speed commands in accordance with a traveling speed time change pattern according to which the travel acceleration changes in a stepwise manner, generates a moving average command obtained using the moving average of the reference speed commands in a set period, and controls travel operations of a travel unit based on the moving average command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11959389
    Abstract: A turbine shroud segment has a shroud body including a platform having forward and aft hooks extending from a radially outer surface of the platform for engagement with a shroud support structure of a turbine support case. A pin receiving hole is defined in the shroud body. An anti-rotation pin is engaged in the pin receiving hole. The anti-rotation pin projects outwardly from the pin receiving hole for engagement with a corresponding anti-rotation abutment on the shroud support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Jocelyn Bisson, Guy Lefebvre
  • Patent number: 11899456
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to realize a rich motion expression of an autonomous mobile object by easier attitude control. The information processing device includes: a motion control unit that controls a motion of an autonomous mobile object, wherein the autonomous mobile object includes a wheel that can be stored inside a main body and that can be protruded to an outside of the main body, and the motion control unit keeps a standing state by making the wheel protruded to the outside of the main body and performs driving control of the wheel and attitude control of the autonomous mobile object in movement of the autonomous mobile object, and makes the autonomous mobile object remain still in a seated state during a stop thereof by storing the wheel inside the main body is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC
    Inventors: Noriaki Takagi, Masahiro Shimase, Tomoyuki Sonoda, Daisuke Watanabe, Kohei Takada
  • Patent number: 11873756
    Abstract: A controller for an internal combustion engine is configured to execute: a pressure calculation process that calculates pressure of gas in a crank chamber based on a running state of the internal combustion engine; a first injection process that causes a water injection valve to inject a first injection amount of water when an intake valve is open; and a second injection process that causes the water injection valve to inject a second injection amount of water when the intake valve is closed. The controller is further configured to set a ratio of the first injection amount to a sum of the first injection amount and the second injection amount to a smaller value when the pressure is greater than or equal to a specified value than when the pressure is less than the specified value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Suzuki, Tomihisa Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11836585
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for training probabilistic object motion prediction models using non-differentiable representations of prior knowledge. As one example, object motion prediction models can be used by autonomous vehicles to probabilistically predict the future location(s) of observed objects (e.g., other vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians, etc.). For example, such models can output a probability distribution that provides a distribution of probabilities for the future location(s) of each object at one or more future times. Aspects of the present disclosure enable these models to be trained using non-differentiable prior knowledge about motion of objects within the autonomous vehicle's environment such as, for example, prior knowledge about lane or road geometry or topology and/or traffic information such as current traffic control states (e.g., traffic light status).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Sergio Casas, Cole Christian Gulino, Shun Da Suo, Raquel Urtasun
  • Patent number: 11828207
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine may include at least one cylinder and at least one hollow-heat valve. The at least one hollow-head valve may include a valve shaft and a valve head, and may be guided in a valve shaft guide. The engine may also include at least one valve seat ring on which the valve head sealingly lies when the at least one hollow-head valve is closed. The engine may additionally include a valve shaft seal with at least two seal lips and oil disposed between the valve shaft and the valve shaft guide. The at least one valve seat ring may be composed of a sintered metal including infiltrated copper. The valve shaft may include one of a chromium-containing coating and a boron carbide-containing coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Heiko Heckendorn, Christoph Luven, Alexander Mueller, Alexander Puck
  • Patent number: 11829896
    Abstract: Uncertainty-based data filtering in a vehicle may include acquiring sensor data from a plurality of sensors of the autonomous vehicle; applying a first machine learning model to the sensor data; determining that a result of the first machine learning model disagrees with another result; and transmitting, based on the result of the first machine learning model disagreeing with the other result, the sensor data to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GHOST AUTONOMY INC.
    Inventors: John Hayes, Volkmar Uhlig
  • Patent number: 11821329
    Abstract: An assembly for mounting an auxiliary component to an engine case of a gas turbine includes a support bracket, the support bracket having a first end configured for attachment to a first flange of the engine case, a second end configured for attachment to a second flange of the engine case, and an intermediate portion located intermediate the first end and the second end; a bearing member disposed within the intermediate portion; and a mechanical fuse disposed within the bearing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aidan C Van Maren, Octavio Martin
  • Patent number: 11816900
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can access a plurality of parameter-based encodings providing a structured representation of an environment captured by one or more sensors associated with a plurality of vehicles traveling through the environment. A given parameter-based encoding of the environment identifies one or more agents that were detected by a vehicle within the environment and respective location information for the one or more agents within the environment. The plurality of parameter-based encodings can be clustered into one or more clusters of parameter-based encodings. At least one scenario associated with the environment can be determined based at least in part on the one or more clusters of parameter-based encodings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Kirigan, David Tse-Zhou Lu, Sheng Yang, Ranjith Unnikrishnan, Emilie Jeanne Anne Danna, Weiyi Hou, Daxiao Liu, Suneet Rajendra Shah, Ying Liu
  • Patent number: 11808409
    Abstract: A system that can eliminate engine combustion emissions in addition to raw and fugitive methane emissions associated with a gas compressor package. The system may comprise an air system for starting and instrumentation air supply; electrically operated engine pre/post-lube pump, compressor pre-lube pump, and cooler louver actuators; compressor distance piece and pressure packing recovery system; blow-down recovery system; engine crankcase vent recovery system; a methane leak detection system; and an overall remote monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BHE COMPRESSION SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Robbins, Peter Strezo
  • Patent number: 11802482
    Abstract: A rotor includes a blade, a hub connected to a radially inner edge of the blade, an outlet, and a channel. The blade includes a first side between a leading edge and a trailing edge and a first channel inlet in the first side of the blade. The outlet is in a radially inner surface of the hub. The channel is between the first channel inlet and the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Viktor Kilchyk
  • Patent number: 11802530
    Abstract: In a method of removing particles in an injector of a diesel engine, a stop of the diesel engine may be recognized. An injection signal may be inputted into the injector of the stopped diesel engine. A control valve of the injector may be moved in a low-pressure passage by the injection signal to remove the particles accumulated on an inner wall of the low-pressure passage. Thus, a malfunction of the control valve caused by the particles may be previously prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyoungmin Han
  • Patent number: 11795857
    Abstract: A heating system includes at least one electric heater disposed within a fluid flow system and a control device that is configured to determine a temperature of the at least one electric heater based on a model, at least one fluid flow system input, and at least one heater input. The at least one heater input includes at least one physical characteristic of the heating system, the at least one physical characteristic includes at least one of a resistance wire diameter, a heater insulation thickness, a heater sheath thickness, a conductivity, a specific heat and density of the material of the heater, an emissivity of the heater and the fluid flow pathway, and combinations thereof. The control device is configured to provide power to the at least one electric heater based on the temperature of the at least one electric heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: James N. Pradun, Sanhong Zhang, Jeremy J. Quandt, David P. Culbertson, Magdi Khair
  • Patent number: 11788545
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor comprises an impeller including a hub and a plurality of blades. Each blade has a positive pressure surface and a negative pressure surface extending from one side of an external radial surface toward the other side of the external radial surface and being of a positive pressure and a negative pressure, respectively, when the impeller rotates. The hub has a lightening hole that opens to the external radial surface between the positive pressure surface and the negative pressure surface of the plurality of blades. The lightening hole is provided closer to the positive pressure surface of the blade than the negative pressure surface of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Ryo Umeyama, Yoshiyuki Nakane
  • Patent number: 11781445
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a turbine casing comprises a cooling air supply unit configured to supply a cooling air to an interior space of a casing of a gas turbine, and the cooling air supply unit includes: a first supply unit disposed in an upper half of the casing so as to face a first region and configured to supply the cooling air to the first region, where the first region is a region on a radially outer side of a plurality of combustors arranged annularly around a rotor; and a second supply unit disposed so as to face a second region and configured to supply the cooling air to the second region, where the second region is a region on a radially inner side of the plurality of combustors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shimmyo, Shunsuke Torii, Masanori Yuri, Naoya Tatsumi, Shingo Yamasue
  • Patent number: 11773869
    Abstract: Various systems are provided for a seal chamber of a centrifugal pump. In one example, a seal chamber housing for a centrifugal pump includes a central cavity internal to the seal chamber housing, the central cavity having a greater diameter at a first end of the seal chamber housing and a smaller diameter at a second end of the seal chamber housing, and at least one flushing passage at the second end of the seal chamber housing. The at least one flushing passage is configured to directly fluidically couple the central cavity to an exterior of the seal chamber housing. In this way, increased cooling and debris removal may be provided to a seal positioned within the seal chamber housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Balaji Hosadurgam Ravindranath, Neil Blythe, Charles Atz
  • Patent number: 11773864
    Abstract: An impeller includes a shroud including an inlet, a hub facing the shroud, and a plurality of blades disposed between the hub and the shroud and arranged circumferential direction along a circumference of the inlet. Each of the plurality of blades has a slot which is positioned adjacent to the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Minsu Son
  • Patent number: 11761351
    Abstract: A turbine shroud assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a shroud segment and a carrier. The shroud segment extends circumferentially partway around an axis to define a gas path boundary of the turbine shroud assembly. The carrier is configured to support the shroud segment in position radially relative to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Ted J. Freeman, Aaron D. Sippel, David J. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11753943
    Abstract: A turbomachine rotor blade includes plural blade sections stacked along an axis between a blade root and a blade head defining between the blade root and the blade head the height of the blade, each blade section including a chord and a maximum sweep defined by the maximum length of a segment perpendicular to the chord line and connecting a point of the chord line and a point of a camber line formed of all points located equidistant from the extrados and the intrados in the section, and verifying that the ratio between the maximum sweep and the chord at mid-height of the blade and the same blade head ratio is between 25% and 40% of the ratio between a maximum sweep and a blade root chord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Pascal Jean-Charles Gondre, Nicolas Pierre Alain Edme De Cacqueray-Valmenier, Mickaƫl Cavarec, Sadim Dieudonne
  • Patent number: 11732672
    Abstract: A reciprocating engine includes a crankshaft and a connecting rod rotatably coupled to the crankshaft. The connecting rod defines a fluid passage extending along a length thereof. The reciprocating engine also includes a piston dome coupled to the connecting rod, the piston dome defining an inlet in fluid communication with the fluid passage of the connecting rod for receiving a fluid from the fluid passage of the connecting rod, a cooling passage in fluid communication with the inlet for circulating the fluid through the piston dome, and an exit in fluid communication with the cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jason Joseph Bellardi, Andrew Jean Desrosiers