Patents Examined by Brandon D Lee
  • Patent number: 10807041
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment system arranged for treatment of an exhaust stream is presented. The exhaust treatment system comprises a first reduction catalyst device arranged for reduction of nitrogen oxides in said exhaust stream through the use of compounds comprising one or several of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, which are comprised in said exhaust stream when said exhaust stream reaches said first reduction catalyst device; a particulate filter which is arranged downstream of said first reduction catalyst device to catch and oxidize soot particles in said exhaust stream; a second dosage device arranged downstream of said particulate filter and arranged to supply an additive comprising ammonia or a substance from which ammonia may be extracted and/or released into said exhaust stream; and a second reduction catalyst device, arranged downstream of said second dosage device and arranged for reduction of nitrogen oxides in said exhaust stream through the use of said additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Magnus Nilsson, Henrik Birgersson
  • Patent number: 10801424
    Abstract: A supercharging device for an engine is provided, which includes a supercharger provided to an intake passage of the engine, an actuator configured to drive the supercharger, and a controller including a processor configured to control the actuator to drive the supercharger when an operating state of the engine is in a given supercharging range, and to stop the supercharger when the operating state is in a non-supercharging range. The controller estimates an amount of condensate accumulated in an oil pan, and the controller causes the actuator to forcibly drive the supercharger when the estimated amount of condensate is more than a preset amount, even if the operating state is in the non-supercharging range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Matoba, Takaya Okugawa, Yuki Hikichi
  • Patent number: 10800490
    Abstract: An exhaust assembly for a vehicle is disclosed, which includes a resonator including an inlet adapted for fluidly connecting to an exhaust manifold, and a closed end at an end of the resonator opposite the inlet; and a turbocharger passage extending from the resonator between the exhaust manifold and the closed end, the turbocharger passage defining an outlet. An exhaust system, a power pack, and the vehicle including the exhaust assembly are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Nigel Foxhall, Roland Kirchberger, Stefan Krimplstatter, Roland Oswald, Franz Winkler
  • Patent number: 10801423
    Abstract: A supercharging device for an engine is provided, which includes a supercharger provided to an intake passage of the engine, an actuator configured to drive the supercharger, and a controller including a processor configured to control the actuator to drive the supercharger when an operating state of the engine is in a given supercharging range, and to stop the supercharger when the operating state is in a non-supercharging range. The controller causes the actuator to forcibly drive the supercharger in the non-supercharging range when a temperature of the supercharger is lower than a preset temperature, and prohibits the forcible drive of the supercharger when a rotation speed of the supercharger during the forcible drive of the supercharger is lower than a preset rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Matoba, Hiroyuki Morioka, Takayoshi Miyachi
  • Patent number: 10801399
    Abstract: There is provided a supercharging system for an aircraft reciprocating engine, comprising: a plurality of compressors for supplying compressed air to the aircraft reciprocating engine; at least one turbine for obtaining rotational power for at least one of the plurality of compressors, and a plurality of motors for respectively providing rotational power to the plurality of compressors. An object of the present invention is to reduce turbo lag in a reciprocating engine for an aircraft in which multiple-stage supercharging is performed by the turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kotani, Nobuyuki Nakazato, Iwao Murata
  • Patent number: 10794247
    Abstract: A controller executes a dither control process and a deposition amount calculating process. In the dither control process, on condition that an execution request for a regeneration process of the filter is made, fuel injection valves are operated such that at least one of the cylinders is a lean combustion cylinder, and at least another one of the cylinders is a rich combustion cylinder. In the deposition amount calculating process, a deposition amount is calculated such that, as compared to a case in which a target value of an average value of an exhaust air-fuel ratio in a predetermined period by the dither control process is a first air-fuel ratio, a decrease amount per unit time of the deposition amount is calculated to be a great value in a case in which the target value is a second air-fuel ratio, which is leaner than the first air-fuel ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Shibuya, Ryoko Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 10794338
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for managing condensate within an inlet of a turbine. In one example, a method or system may include using a channel shape along a wall of an inlet. The channel shape transporting condensate to deliver the condensate to a wheel or rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Graham John Crawley, Simon Thistlethwaite, Russell Gayler
  • Patent number: 10794250
    Abstract: An electrochemical reactor 70 is provided with a proton conductive solid electrolyte layer 75; an anode layer 76 arranged on the surface of the solid electrolyte layer and able to hold water molecules; a cathode layer 77 arranged on the surface of the solid electrolyte layer; and a current control device 73 controlling a current flowing through the anode layer and the cathode layer. The current control device reduces the current flowing through the anode layer and the cathode layer, when the water molecules held in the anode layer become smaller in amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Sakuma, Keishi Takada, Hiromasa Nishioka
  • Patent number: 10781739
    Abstract: A system can include an engine, an aftertreatment system with a particulate filter, and a controller. The controller is configured to compare a time value since a last delta pressure soot load estimate process to a predetermined time threshold. Responsive to the time value being greater than or equal to the predetermined time threshold, the controller decreases a flow threshold value to a lower flow threshold value. If the flow amount is greater than or equal to the lower flow threshold value, then the controller activates a delta pressure soot load estimation process. A combined soot load estimate is then calculated using a delta pressure soot load estimation of the delta pressure soot load estimate process responsive to the lower flow threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tony J. Hall, Yinghuan Lei, Weiwen Wang, Daniel D. Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 10774721
    Abstract: A control method of a waste heat recover device, the control method includes measuring a first state value of an organic refrigerant discharged from an organic refrigerant evaporator by a first state value measuring unit; determining whether the first state value measured by the first state value measuring unit deviates from a first set range and controlling a flow rate of an organic refrigerant introduced into the organic refrigerant evaporator by a first organic refrigerant variable valve when it is determined that the first state value deviates from the first set range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Keuk Park, Cheol Hee Lee, Hoon Jung, Jong Young Jo
  • Patent number: 10774768
    Abstract: A method of providing a model which provides air/fuel ratio at a point of an air/fuel sensor located in an exhaust system of an engine includes a) providing a first model which provides a first air/fuel ratio which is outlet from an exhaust manifold of the engine; b) measuring or estimating volumetric flow through the exhaust; c) applying a transfer function to the first air/fuel ratio to provide a model of the air/fuel ratio at the sensor. The transfer function includes a first order filter and is dependent on the volumetric flow. The transfer function has a time constant equivalent to a filter coefficient which is 1/time constant which is determined based on the flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LUXEMBOURG SA
    Inventors: Damien Didiot, Julien Ardeois
  • Patent number: 10767533
    Abstract: An injector includes an injector body having an upper portion defining a top surface. An injector core is received through the upper portion. The injector core has an interfacing surface that is disposed adjacent and raised with respect to the top surface. A cover member is disposed on the upper portion of the injector body. The cover member has a top wall disposed proximal to the top surface of the injector body and defining an aperture for receiving the injector core therethrough, a side wall extending from the top wall, and a lip that is disposed at an end of the side wall. The lip is adapted to be attached to a circumferential wall of the injector body through a snap-fit connection. Upon attachment, the top wall presses on the interfacing surface of the injector core to restrict an axial movement of the injector core relative to the injector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Mark DeVito, Abhijit Upadhye, Jeffrey Tong, Alex Kong, Alan Brockman
  • Patent number: 10767529
    Abstract: An automotive exhaust aftertreatment system includes an onboard ammonium carbamate reactor. The onboard ammonium carbamate reactor is coupled to a diesel emission fluid reservoir also included in the system and is configured to generate aqueous ammonium carbamate solution from diesel emission fluid. A doser configured to inject the generated aqueous ammonium carbamate solution has integrated heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Kinnaird, John Rohde
  • Patent number: 10767578
    Abstract: An energy saving device includes a control box, a battery, an operation setting system, a car speed sensor assembly, and an air intake fan motor. Thus, the IC chip of the car speed sensor assembly identifies the car speed information detected by the five car speed sensors of the car speed sensor assembly, and transmits the car speed information to the IC circuit board of the control box, and the IC circuit board controls and regulates the rotation speed of the air intake fan motor according to the grades of the car speed preset by the operation setting system, such that the rotation speed of the air intake fan motor increases the air flow rate by a grade when the car speed is increased by a predetermined constant value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Ming-Hung Cheng
  • Patent number: 10753270
    Abstract: A first line-to-line terminal voltage of a three-phase electric motor is measured while the three-phase electric motor free-spins. A second line-to-line terminal voltage of a three-phase electric motor is measured while the three-phase electric motor free-spins. A motor's rotor position is determined based on the first line-to-line terminal voltage and the second line-to-line terminal voltage. Three-phase current is sent to the motor after the rotor position has been determined. The three-phase current being in-phase with the rotor position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Calnetix Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Liping Zheng, Suratkal P. Shenoy, Co Si Huynh
  • Patent number: 10753258
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a heater of a corrosive fluid comprising at least one heat diffuser having at least a first portion intended to be immersed in a corrosive fluid, and at least a second portion intended to be arranged out of the corrosive fluid, at least one heating block comprising at least one heating member configured to heat the corrosive fluid, said heat diffuser comprising at least one housing in which the at least one heating block is housed at least partially, at least the first portion of the heat diffuser being made of anodized aluminum or of anodized aluminum alloy and is configured to be in direct contact with the corrosive fluid. The object of the invention is also a corrosive fluid tank comprising a heater according to the invention and a method for manufacturing a heat diffuser of the heater according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AKWEL SA
    Inventors: Yves Lamirand, Sylvain Jaquet
  • Patent number: 10738655
    Abstract: A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine having a close coupled catalyst assembly includes a turbine housing having a toroidal-shaped low pressure exhaust gas chamber having a plurality of vanes disposed proximate the outer circumferential wall of the low pressure exhaust gas chamber. The vanes are arranged to disrupt the rotational flow of the exhaust gases as they exit the turbine housing to provide a more even flow though the catalyst element of the close coupled catalyst assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Calvin K. Koch, Marc L. Friedrich, Anil Yadav, John A. Schultz
  • Patent number: 10738683
    Abstract: An intercooler lid assembly for an intercooler supercharger system, comprising: an intercooler lid mountable to a supercharger housing; a plurality of intercooler cores coupled together, and mounted to and within the intercooler lid to cool supercharger air prior to receipt by an engine, wherein the intercooler lid assembly is pre-assembled and mounted onto the supercharger housing to install the intercooler lid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Whipple Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin E. Whipple, Yehoram Hofman, Garrett Wayne Bright
  • Patent number: 10731580
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining a dilution of recirculated gases, including blowthrough air, combusted exhaust gas, and fuel vapor, in a split exhaust engine. In one example, the dilution rate may be calculated using a feedforward model that includes determining a pressure differential across a region in an intake passage, mapped engine parameters such as gas temperature, and exhaust valve timing. Engine operations such as spark advance and fuel injection may be adjusted according to the modeled rate to reduce engine knock and improve combustion efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gopichandra Surnilla, Timothy Clark, Joseph Ulrey, Mohannad Hakeem
  • Patent number: 10731588
    Abstract: A control apparatus is provided for controlling an exhaust gas sensor. The exhaust gas sensor includes a first cell, a second cell configured to output electric current depending on the concentration of a measurement target component in exhaust gas from which oxygen has been removed by the first cell, and a heater configured to heat the first and second cells. The control apparatus includes a heater controlling unit, a current detecting unit configured to detect the electric current outputted from the second cell, and a deterioration determining unit. The deterioration determining unit causes the heater controlling unit to change output of the heater and thereby changes the temperature of the first cell. During the change in the output of the heater, the deterioration determining unit determines, based on an amount of change in the electric current detected by the current detecting unit, whether or not the second cell is deteriorated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Murayama, Fumiya Nagata