Patents Examined by Carl C Staubach
  • Patent number: 11820355
    Abstract: A method of controlling motor torque for learning a resolver offset of an electric vehicle includes steps of: determining whether a condition for offset learning mounted to a main drive motor and to an auxiliary drive motor is satisfied; controlling an output torque of a learning drive motor, which includes a resolver to perform the offset learning among the main drive motor and the auxiliary drive motor to a zero torque, when the condition for performing the offset learning is satisfied; increasing an output torque of a non-learning drive motor, which includes a resolver not performing the offset learning among the main drive motor and the auxiliary drive motor by a torque reduction amount, when the learning drive motor outputs zero torque; and performing the offset learning of the resolver mounted to the learning drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soo Lim Han, Jun Beom Wi
  • Patent number: 11821376
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: an engine; a drive wheel; a power transmission path between the engine and the drive wheel; a clutch that is provided in the power transmission path and configured to disconnect power transmission when an engine rotational speed is lower than an engage rotational speed; an engine rotational speed sensor configured to sense the engine rotational speed; and a controller configured to control an operation of the engine, the controller including an engine brake necessity determination circuitry configured to determine necessity of engine braking, and an engine rotational speed control circuitry configured to control the engine rotational speed, and when the engine brake necessity determination circuitry determines that engine braking is necessary, the engine rotational speed control circuitry is configured to perform automatic engine brake control that increases the engine rotational speed so as to be equal to or higher than the engage rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Junji Chiba
  • Patent number: 11808224
    Abstract: A vehicle controller is provided. A first passage of a supply passage of a blow-by gas processing device is connected to a portion of an intake passage located downstream of a compressor of a forced-induction device. The first passage includes a connection portion connected to the intake passage. A portion of the first passage between the connection portion and a PCV valve is a passage downstream portion. A supercooling determination process determines whether the supply passage is supercooled by relative wind of a vehicle based on a travel speed of the vehicle. An operating state changing process sets operation of the internal combustion engine to non-boosting operation when an ambient temperature of the vehicle is less than or equal to a determination temperature, the PCV valve is determined as being closed, and the supply passage is determined as being supercooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Sakagami, Shinichi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11807218
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle, the control device comprising an electronic control unit configured to: perform, when the engine is started, a first clutch actuator control in which the clutch transmits a cranking torque for increasing a rotation speed of the engine during a transition in which the control state of the clutch is switched from a released state to an engaged state; perform, when the engine is started, first control for outputting the cranking torque by the electric motor and second control for starting operation of the engine; and perform, after the first clutch actuator control is completed, a second clutch actuator control in which a torque capacity of the clutch is set to a predetermined torque smaller than the cranking torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Matsubara, Masayuki Baba, Tomoya Inayoshi
  • Patent number: 11780423
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for determining whether to start an engine. The system includes an engine configured to provide driving force for a vehicle through combustion of fuel, a motor configured to provide driving force for the vehicle using electrical energy, an engine clutch connecting the engine and a drive shaft, and a controller configured to control engagement of the engine clutch and starting of the engine. The controller calculates a predicted vehicle speed at the time of engagement of the engine clutch based on the current vehicle speed upon a request for passive run driving of the vehicle. The controller determines whether to start the engine by comparing the predicted vehicle speed with a reference vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hoon Han, Kwon Chae Chung, Chun Hyuk Lee, Jae Young Choi
  • Patent number: 11772079
    Abstract: A Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) assembly configured to be incorporated in the exhaust gas stream, the DPF assembly comprising: Quartz/Composite ceramic mixture disposed as filter elements, mechanical support components and optional electrical soot removal solutions including electrical, di-electrical and microwave solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: South Bank University Enterprises Ltd.
    Inventors: Hari Upadhyaya, Ali Salimian, Arjang Aminishahsavarani
  • Patent number: 11767817
    Abstract: An engine system is provided, which includes a main combustion chamber, a subchamber, an injector that injects fuel into the main combustion chamber, a main spark plug that ignites a mixture gas inside the main combustion chamber, a subspark plug that ignites the mixture gas inside the subchamber, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device and a control device. In a specific range where EGR is performed, the ignition devices are controlled so that a subignition timing is retarded from a main ignition timing, and an ignition phase difference that is a retard amount of the subignition timing from the main ignition timing becomes larger under a high EGR condition than a low EGR condition, the EGR conditions being conditions in the specific range where engine speeds are the same and EGR rates are different, and the high EGR condition being larger in the EGR rate than the low EGR condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Ryohei Ono, Yuji Harada, Kenji Uchida
  • Patent number: 11767782
    Abstract: A reductant dosing system includes: an injector; a fixed displacement pump in fluid communication with the injector; a reductant source in fluid communication with the fixed displacement pump; a pressure sensor assembly configured to detect a pressure of reductant in the reductant dosing system; and a controller communicatively coupled to the fixed displacement pump and to the pressure sensor assembly, wherein the controller is configured to calculate a flow rate of the fixed displacement pump based on at least a calibration value determined based on data received from the pressure sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Vikram Sundararajan, Masoud Ziabakhsh Deilami, Catherine Alviz-Radi, Joe V. Hill, Patrick E. Conlon, Stephen M. Holl
  • Patent number: 11767816
    Abstract: An engine system is provided, which includes a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a piston, a main combustion chamber, a subchamber, an injector that injects fuel into the main combustion chamber, a main spark plug that ignites a mixture gas inside the main combustion chamber, a subspark plug that ignites the mixture gas inside the subchamber, and a controller electrically connected to the injector and the main spark plug and the subspark plug. In a low-load range where an engine load is below a given reference load, the controller controls the main spark plug and the subspark plug so that the subignition is performed after performing the main ignition, and the controller retards the timing of the subignition in a high-speed range where an engine speed is above a given reference engine speed, compared with a low-speed range below the reference engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Ryohei Ono, Yuji Harada, Kenji Uchida
  • Patent number: 11760335
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a method for a hybrid engine system. In one example, the method includes operating an electrical turbocharger to modify engine operating efficiency and to extend battery charge over a duration of a travel route based on a real-time status of the battery charge. The method allows fuel consumption to be decreased while meeting power demands of vehicle navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Lavertu, Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Kevin McElhaney
  • Patent number: 11761400
    Abstract: A fuel injection timing is made later and/or a fuel injection amount is made larger in a target cylinder to be subjected to explosive combustion subsequently, when a required rotation time that is a time required for rotation of an output shaft by a predetermined rotational angle is equal to or longer than a time threshold than when the required rotation time is shorter than the time threshold, at the time of predetermined startup control in which an engine and a clutch are controlled such that fuel injection and ignition in the engine are resumed from a state where the supply of fuel to the engine is cut off and the clutch is released and that the clutch is then engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takehiro Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11754011
    Abstract: An injection control device includes: a boost controller performing a boost switching control of a boost switch to charge a boost capacitor and supplying a boost power from a battery power supply; a boost voltage monitor monitoring the boost voltage; and a boost monitor timing controller setting a section from a predetermined time after an on-edge of the boost switch to an off-edge timing in a section monitor mode as a boost monitor section. The boost controller stops boosting by stopping the boost switching control when the boost voltage is equal to or higher than a boost stop threshold value in the boost monitor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Inaba, Yusuke Shimizu, Hiroki Kakui
  • Patent number: 11752996
    Abstract: An embodiment system for controlling power consumption of a high voltage battery includes a driver's requested torque determiner configured to determine a driver's intention to accelerate a vehicle and to calculate a driver's requested torque, an available power amount calculator configured to calculate an available power amount of a difference between an existing power consumption amount of electronic components configured to use the high voltage battery as a power source and a minimum power consumption amount of the electronic components required by a vehicle system, and a driving controller configured to variably control power applied to the electronic components and power applied to a drive motor of the vehicle upon determining the driver's intention to accelerate the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Seok Min Jeong
  • Patent number: 11745550
    Abstract: A vehicle having one or more pneumatic wheels, the vehicle including an internal combustion engine including a cylinder and an intake manifold in fluid communication with the cylinder, a tire inflation system configured to direct air into at least one of the one or more inflatable wheels, an air assembly configured to supply air at a first pressure higher than atmospheric pressure to both the intake manifold and the tire inflation system, where the air assembly includes a first compressor stage and a second compressor stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Joseph R. Gonsowski, Pratir Punjani, Brian Bratvold
  • Patent number: 11746720
    Abstract: A method (100) is proposed for operating an internal combustion engine (210), which comprises a lean-burn engine having compression-ignition, having a throttle valve (213) in an air path (212) upstream of the internal combustion engine (210) and an exhaust gas posttreatment system (202) downstream of the internal combustion engine (210), comprising a control of the internal combustion engine (210) according to a present load demand (130) using metering of an amount of fuel in dependence on the present load demand; and if a load demand (130) is absent in a heating operating mode, further comprising partially closing (140) the throttle valve (213) and defining a minimum value for the amount of fuel, which is greater than zero. Furthermore, a computing unit and a computer program for carrying out such a method (100) are proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Magnus Labbe, Bernd Kraewer, Thomas Kuhn
  • Patent number: 11745722
    Abstract: A vehicle control device is configured to: execute a fuel cut control for stopping fuel supply to the internal combustion engine in response to a deceleration request to the vehicle; engage the lock-up clutch and open a throttle of the vehicle during the execution of the fuel cut control; close the throttle and execute the motor assist in a case where there is an acceleration request to the vehicle while the lock-up clutch is engaged, the throttle is opened, and the fuel cut control is executed; end the fuel cut control and resume fuel supply to the internal combustion engine when an intake pressure of the internal combustion engine reaches a predetermined startable negative pressure after the throttle is closed; and disengage the lock-up clutch when the fuel supply to the internal combustion engine is resumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Fukao, Yuki Fujishima, Masaya Agata
  • Patent number: 11732631
    Abstract: Subject of the invention is an exhaust gas purification system for a gasoline engine, comprising in consecutive order the following devices: ? a first three-way-catalyst (TWC1), a gasoline particulate filter (GPF) and a second three-way-catalyst (TWC2), ? wherein the platinum-group metal concentration (PGM) of the TWC2 is greater than the PGM of the GPF, wherein the PGM is determined in g/ft3 of the volume of the device. Also disclosed are methods in which the system is used and uses of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan Schoenhaber, Joerg-Michael Richter, Carolin Braun
  • Patent number: 11724684
    Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes a driving motor configured to drive the vehicle by outputting motor torque based on a supply voltage from a battery, and an engine configured to drive the vehicle by outputting engine torque. The control apparatus may acquire driving mode data which is calculated based on traffic information from the current position to the destination of the vehicle and dimension information of the vehicle, and control the vehicle to drive to the destination according to a driving mode which is determined by applying a travelling condition of the vehicle to the acquired driving mode data, where the power distribution ratio of the motor torque to the engine torque is reflected in the driving mode data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Ho Jun, Hyun-Ki Shin, Hyung-Jin Shin, Jun-Hyung Lee, Jung-Mook Choo
  • Patent number: 11708777
    Abstract: A lance injector assembly for an exhaust component includes: an exhaust conduit; a shaft configured to extend into the exhaust conduit and dispense reductant from a hydraulically-actuated valve; an actuator configured to operate the hydraulically-actuated valve; and a mounting system configured to couple the actuator and the shaft to the exhaust conduit. The mounting system prevents the actuator from directly contacting the exhaust conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, John G. Buechler, Matthew K. Volmerding, Jacob W. Brown, Gaurav Hemant Pandit
  • Patent number: 11708785
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine and a method of controlling an internal combustion engine are provided, that are more efficient than existing engines. The internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber, and the engine is configurable to operate in: a compressionless operating mode where the engine is driven by combustion of fuel and oxidant in the combustion chamber without compression of the fuel and oxidant; and a compression generating operating mode where the engine is used to compress fluid in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: BRC ENGINES IP PTY LTD.
    Inventor: Brendan Robert Condon