Patents Examined by Diem T Tran
  • Patent number: 11560819
    Abstract: Provided is a combustion system using a catalyst having better denitration efficiency at low temperatures, during a selective catalytic reduction reaction in which ammonia is used as a reducing agent. This combustion system comprises: a combustion device that combusts fuel; an exhaust path through which flows exhaust gas generated from the combustion of fuel in the combustion device; a dust collection device that is arranged on the exhaust path and collects ash dust/dust in the exhaust gas; and a denitration device that is arranged on the exhaust path and removes nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas by means of a denitration catalyst, wherein the denitration device is arranged downstream of the dust collection device on the exhaust path, and the denitration catalyst contains vanadium oxide including vanadium pentoxide and has a defect site in which an oxygen atom is deficient in a crystal structure of the vanadium pentoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., TOKYO METROPOLITAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Kiyonaga, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Keiichiro Morita, Toru Murayama, Masatake Haruta, Shinichi Hata, Yusuke Inomata
  • Patent number: 11542903
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prevent generation of wear at a rod collision portion in an electromagnetic intake valve of a high-pressure fuel supply pump by reducing inclinations of the intake valve and a rod. A structure of the electromagnetic intake valve of the high-pressure fuel supply pump is configured as follows. A seat portion of an intake valve and a guide portion of a rod are configured as an integral part, and further, a rod guide is made to have a sufficiently long length so that it is possible to perform guide at one portion. Further, the intake valve seat portion and a surface where the rod collides with the intake valve are formed on the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Kawano, Kenichiro Tokuo, Satoshi Usui, Masamichi Yagai, Kazuaki Tokumaru
  • Patent number: 11519352
    Abstract: An engine includes a single cylinder, at least one sensor, a fuel injector, and a controller. The at least one sensor is configured to generate sensor data for an engine condition. The controller is configured to perform a comparison of the engine condition to a threshold and in response to the comparison, generate a first command to deactivate the fuel injector after a first predetermined time period and a second command to reactivate the fuel injector after a second predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Martin Radue, Brian Hartwig
  • Patent number: 11512782
    Abstract: An actuator 1 includes a housing 2, an output shaft 3 protruding from the inside of the housing 2 to the outside, a motor 4 provided in the housing 2, and a reduction mechanism 5 that connects the motor 4 with the output shaft 3. The reduction mechanism 5 includes a worm gear, in which a worm 51 provided at a front end of a drive shaft 42 protruding from a main body 43 of the motor 4 and a worm wheel 52 rotating integrally with the output shaft 3 are engaged. A spindle 41 for increasing an inertia is provided between the worm 51 of the drive shaft 42 and the motor body 43.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Jeco Co., Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hikoshi Izumi, Yoshiyuki Ariki, Taiki Miyokawa, Yuta Muneyoshi, Tomoki Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 11506136
    Abstract: An exhaust control system of a vehicle includes a fuel injector configured to inject fuel into a combustion chamber of a burner of an exhaust system upstream of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst; an air pump configured to pump air into the combustion chamber of the burner; a spark plug configured to ignite an air/fuel mixture within the combustion chamber of the burner; a fuel control module configured to, while an engine is off before an engine startup, selectively actuate the fuel injector and begin fuel injection; a pump control module configured to, while the engine is off before the engine startup, selectively turn on the air pump; and a spark control module configured to, while the engine is off and before the engine startup, selectively apply power to the spark plug and begin providing spark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Harris, Matthew Muhleck
  • Patent number: 11506137
    Abstract: A controller is configured to perform a process of obtaining an exhaust pressure upstream of a filter inside an exhaust passage and an intake air amount detected by an air flowmeter, when the filter in which a deposition amount of particulate matter is a specified amount is referred to as a reference filter, a calculation process of calculating an exhaust pressure rate that indicates a ratio of the obtained exhaust pressure to an exhaust pressure at the reference filter for the obtained intake air amount, and a setting process of setting the exhaust pressure rate that is maintained at a specific value during engine operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Miyazaki, Yasuyuki Takaki, Takahiro Anami
  • Patent number: 11473475
    Abstract: A holding device for an injection valve of an exhaust-gas burner of a motor vehicle includes a receiving section and a cooling-water jacket. The receiving section is shaped such that it can receive a front end of the injection valve. The cooling-water jacket extends around the receiving section and is shaped such that, after the holding device has been mounted on the exhaust-gas burner, the cooling-water jacket, together with a corresponding cooling-water jacket of the exhaust-gas burner, forms a cooling-water chamber of the exhaust-gas burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Uli Sofan, Marcel Noe
  • Patent number: 11465105
    Abstract: A mixing device includes a mixing cavity having a partially open wall and a closed wall. In certain examples, the partially open wall and the closed wall are two separately formed pieces. A downstream side of the mixing device is shaped so as to define a helicoidal groove for circumferentially guiding gas from an outlet opening of the mixing cavity in a downstream direction. An injector sprays reactant into the mixing cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Korneel De Rudder, Bart Schellens, Corine Chauvin, Francisco Silva
  • Patent number: 11466605
    Abstract: A mounting mat (4) for an exhaust gas treatment device (10), the mounting mat (4) comprises two opposing main surfaces (5, 6) and at least one edge surface (7) extending between the main surfaces; at least one portion of the at least one edge surface comprises a protection coating comprising inorganic particles (15), and the inorganic particles have an average diameter of at least 1 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Ulrich E. Kunze, Claus Middendorf
  • Patent number: 11459927
    Abstract: An exhaust component assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes a housing defining an internal cavity configured to receive an exhaust gas after-treatment component. A first chamber is in fluid communication with the internal cavity upstream of the exhaust gas after-treatment component. A first nozzle introduces fluid into the first chamber and a first valve controls flow of the fluid from the first chamber into the internal cavity. A heat source is associated with the first nozzle or first chamber. A second chamber is in fluid communication with the internal cavity upstream of the exhaust gas after-treatment component, and the second chamber is a non-heated chamber. A second nozzle introduces fluid into the second chamber and a second valve controls flow of the fluid from the second chamber into the internal cavity. A controller controls the first and second valves based on at least one predetermined operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Shashidhara Rajashekharaiah, Edward Kinnaird, Atul Shinde
  • Patent number: 11459923
    Abstract: A method filtering exhaust gas may include attaching an exhaust tube to an engine at an exhaust gas inlet of the exhaust tube. The method may also include filling an outer tube of the exhaust tube with a liquid. The method may further include filtering the exhaust gas by passing the exhaust gas through an inner gas distributor disposed inside the outer tube, and through a plurality of holes of the inner gas distributor into the liquid of the outer tube. In addition, the method may include expelling filtered exhaust gas through an exhaust gas outlet of the exhaust tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: QATAR UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Samer Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11454200
    Abstract: A fuel system includes a fuel injector having an inlet conduit extending along an axis, a nozzle opening, and a valve needle which is moveable to selectively permit and prevent flow of fuel from the inlet conduit through the nozzle opening. The inlet conduit has a seal support flange which provides a seal support shoulder which is traverse to the axis. A fuel rail assembly includes a fuel rail having a main fuel passage which receives fuel from a fuel source and a socket having a socket bore extending thereinto from a socket open end such that the socket bore is in fluid communication with the main fuel passage and such that the inlet conduit is received within the socket. A sealing ring which is metallic circumferentially surrounds the inlet conduit within the socket bore such that the sealing ring is compressed between the socket bore and the inlet conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Ravish S. Masti, Christopher M. Cass, Curtis D. Lamb
  • Patent number: 11454151
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for cleaning a component of an exhaust aftertreatment system located downstream of a combustion engine in an exhaust flow path delimited by an outer wall. The exhaust aftertreatment system includes a first device releasably mounted in the outer wall upstream of the component and a second device releasably mounted in the outer wall downstream of the component, each of the devices being a sensor or an injector. The method includes sealing the exhaust flow path upstream of the first device and downstream of the second device, removing at least the first and second devices, thereby providing at least two openings in the outer wall, so that a cleaning flow path is provided, and introducing cleaning fluid into at least one of the openings, so that the cleaning fluid flows across the component via the cleaning flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Fredrik Blomgren, Soran Shwan, Kunpeng Xie
  • Patent number: 11448155
    Abstract: A process for testing a plurality of components of an exhaust gas aftertreatment system (100) is disclosed, wherein the plurality of components comprises a first SCR catalyst and at least one further SCR catalyst arranged downstream of the first SCR catalyst in the flow direction of exhaust gas to be passed through the exhaust gas aftertreatment system, a first NOx sensor assigned to the first SCR catalyst and at least one further NOx sensor and a first DeNOx element assigned to the first SCR catalyst and at least one further DeNOx element and wherein the process comprises at least the following steps: conditioning the SCR catalysts, testing the NOx sensors, testing the DeNOx systems testing a storage capacity for the reductant of the SCR catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Manfred Zielke
  • Patent number: 11441462
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for partially regenerating a lean Nox trap in response to an engine shutdown request. In one example, an engine shutdown is delayed so that a low-temperature storing region of the lean Nox trap is regenerated without regenerating a high-temperature storing region of the lean Nox trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frederik De Smet, Mario Balenovic
  • Patent number: 11441494
    Abstract: A bi-fuel internal combustion engine system includes a first fuel system, a second fuel system, and a bi-fuel internal combustion engine. The bi-fuel internal combustion engine is configured to selectively consume one of a first fuel received from the first fuel system and a second fuel received from the second fuel system. The bi-fuel internal combustion engine includes a camshaft and a valve assembly. The camshaft has a cam. The valve assembly is positioned adjacent the camshaft and configured to interface with the cam. The valve assembly is selectively repositionable between a first position and a second position. The bi-fuel internal combustion engine has a first dynamic compression ratio when the valve assembly is in the first position and a second dynamic compression ratio when the valve assembly is in the second position. The second dynamic compression ratio is greater than the first dynamic compression ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Kyle Perfetto
  • Patent number: 11441467
    Abstract: A heater for a vehicle exhaust system includes a housing defining a fluid chamber, and the housing has a fluid inlet configured to receive fluid from a fluid supply and a fluid outlet. A helical body is positioned within the fluid chamber and a heater is integrated into the helical body to heat fluid supplied from the fluid supply such that heated fluid can be injected into a vehicle exhaust component via the fluid outlet. At least one sensor is integrated into the helical body to measure a fluid characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Kinnaird, John Rohde, Alfred Tucker
  • Patent number: 11441459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wall-flow filter, to a method for the production and the use thereof in order to reduce harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The wall-flow filter was produced by applying a powder-gas aerosol to the filter, whereby the powder was deposited in the pores of the wall-flow filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Naina Deibel, Martin Foerster, Antje Oltersdorf, Juergen Koch, Martin Roesch
  • Patent number: 11390264
    Abstract: Systems and methods for stopping rotation of an engine of a vehicle in a requested or desired crankshaft window are described. In one example, spark timing of one or more engine cylinders is adjusted responsive to an actual total number of cylinder events occurring after an engine stop request is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Chris Paul Glugla
  • Patent number: 11391015
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine allowing a deck to be compact while facilitating water supply to a urea tank and access to a grease supply device. The construction machine includes a hose reel for grease supply disposed on a front-side portion of a deck of an upper slewing body, and a urea tank 30 disposed rearward of the hose reel on the deck and stores urea water for exhaust gas purification. The urea tank has a front surface provided with a water inlet for resupplying urea water. The hose reel is disposed deviated from the water inlet widthwise of the upper slewing body. The water inlet has a distal end located on the front side of a rear end of the hose reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Taguchi, Masakazu Ozaki, Tsuguhito Fujita