Patents Examined by Erick R. Solis
  • Patent number: 11872971
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of controlling an electro-hydraulic brake including an electronic brake-force distribution (EBD) control function, the method comprising: an emergency braking determination operation of determining whether emergency braking is required for a vehicle; a motor control operation of controlling a current flowing in a motor connected to a main master cylinder to increase hydraulic pressure supplied to wheel brakes when it is determined that the emergency braking is required; a rear wheel inlet valve closing operation of closing an inlet valve connected to a rear wheel brake for a predetermined time so that a pressure of the rear wheel brake is not increased earlier than a pressure of a front wheel brake; a closed time period calculation operation of calculating a time during which the inlet valve is maintained in a closed state; and a rear wheel inlet valve opening operation of determining whether a time during which the inlet valve is clos
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Cheol Seol
  • Patent number: 11872861
    Abstract: An ECU includes: a road surface height measurer which measures road surface heights at three or more points along a vehicle-width direction in front of a tire mounted on a wheel; a position detector which detects a position at which a difference of the road surface height from an adjacent road surface height is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold among the road surface heights at three or more points measured by the road surface height measurer; and a corrector which corrects the road surface height at a position at which the difference detected by the position detector is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold to a predetermined height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Konada, Takashi Yanagi, Ryosuke Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11866079
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a robot comprising a body, a processor, and a memory. The memory further comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor cause the body to engage a first wire to support the robot from the first wire, traverse the first wire, engage a second wire simultaneously while engaging the first wire, the second wire branching from the first wire, then after engaging the second wire, disengage the first wire and traverse the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Gennaro Notomista, Magnus B. Egerstedt, Yousef A. Emam
  • Patent number: 11852097
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for measuring an injected fuel quantity during multipulse injection events in a common rail of a fuel system including a fuel pump to supply fuel to the common rail. The method, using a control unit, determines if each of the multipulse injection events in a normal operating condition includes a pilot pulse; in response to determining that the pilot pulse is included, obtaining an enforced separation value between the pilot pulse and the main pulse to emulate a single-pulse injection; while the fuel pump is temporarily shut off, performing a temporary enforced separation on a fraction of the multipulse injection events; measuring a pressure change in the common rail during the temporary enforced separation; and resuming the normal operating condition of the multipulse injection events after the pressure change is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Carey, Sanjay Manglam
  • Patent number: 11852086
    Abstract: An engine includes water injection valves that inject water to intake ports connected to a cylinder. A controller for the engine is configured to selectively execute, for each of the intake ports, a synchronous injection that causes the water injection valve to inject water only during a valve opening period of the intake valve and an asynchronous injection that causes the water injection valve to inject water during a valve closing period of the intake valve. The controller is configured to perform, when executing a synchronous/asynchronous concurrent injection in which the intake ports includes an intake port in which the synchronous injection is executed and an intake port in which the asynchronous injection is executed, a switching process of switching the intake port in which the asynchronous injection is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Suzuki, Tomihisa Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11845317
    Abstract: A bracket for a power module of a transport refrigeration unit is provided. The bracket includes a body portion including: an opening for receiving a shaft of an electric machine of the power module; a plurality of first mounting holes extending through the body portion and spaced around the opening for connecting the bracket to the electric machine; and a plurality of second mounting holes for connecting the bracket to an engine of the power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: THERMO KING LLC
    Inventor: Senthil Kumar Chellan
  • Patent number: 11840955
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes a combustion chamber in which a first tumble-shaped current of a fuel-air mixture is settable. A pre-chamber spark plug is allocated to the combustion chamber which has a pre-chamber which is fluidically connected to the combustion chamber via a plurality of openings where via the plurality of openings a part of the fuel-air mixture flows out of the combustion chamber and into the pre-chamber. The plurality of openings are formed such that the part of the fuel-air mixture that flows into the pre-chamber via the plurality of openings has a second tumble-shaped current where the second tumble-shaped current is opposite to the first tumble-shaped current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventor: Werner Holly
  • Patent number: 11835542
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a speed of a vehicle having an in-wheel motor includes a lock nut part fixed to an outer portion of a rotation shaft rotated by receiving power of the in-wheel motor, and restricting movement of a bearing part positioned outside the rotation shaft; a connection part coupled to the lock nut part; a magnet part having a magnetic force, and fixed to the connection part; and a speed sensor part installed to be separated from the magnet part, and measuring rotations of the magnet part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hae Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 11835001
    Abstract: A control system for an engine including intake and exhaust valve phase variable devices and a control device is provided. At an engine temperature below a first determination temperature, the control is performed so that an exhaust valve close timing is at or retarded from the exhaust top dead center, an intake valve open timing is retarded from the exhaust valve close timing, and the fuel supply to the combustion chamber starts in an intake stroke on a retarding side of the exhaust valve close timing. At the engine temperature above the first determination temperature and below a second determination temperature, the control is performed so that a negative overlap with both the exhaust and intake valves closed during a period including the exhaust top dead center, or a positive overlap with both the exhaust and intake valves opened during a period including the exhaust top dead center, occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takeaki Kudo, Junki Hori, Masatoshi Seto, Tatsuya Fujikawa, Masahisa Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 11835012
    Abstract: An automatic aircraft powerplant control system includes a throttle servo for adjusting a throttle valve via a throttle control linkage. A throttle control lever provides a user input to the throttle servo, and a throttle controller controls the throttle servo for controlling a throttle valve. A propeller servo may be provided for adjusting a propeller governor setting of an engine. A propeller control lever provides a user input to the propeller servo, and a propeller controller controls the propeller servo. A full-authority digital engine control (FADEC) controller is used to automatically control mixing of fuel and air via a fuel-air mixture device. The FADEC controller may be used to automatically provide propeller control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen M. Eddy
  • Patent number: 11821379
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an ICE by (a) generating a running history of one or more-cylinder events per cylinder, and (b) using the running history to select a least-used non-rotating firing pattern, among a plurality of non-rotating firing patterns, provided for each firing fraction less than one (1). By making the least used selection based on the running history, unequal usage among cylinders of the ICE can be mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Tula Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis J. Serrano, Xin Yuan, Shikui Kevin Chen, Xi Luo, Robert C. Wang, Xiaoping Cai, Vijay Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11821396
    Abstract: A fuel injector having an improved sealing of an intake nozzle with respect to the receiving opening of a fuel distribution rail. A support ring, which engages with the sealing ring on the intake side, is provided at the intake nozzle. The support ring includes a planar underside for resting on a shoulder of the intake nozzle and a V-shaped contact surface facing the sealing ring. The support ring, which is acted on by the sealing ring, is provided with the V-shaped conical contact surface for the sealing ring that ensures that in the case of increased pressures, a minor radial escape of the support ring is made possible to the radial inside and outside and thus radial gaps and an extruding of the sealing ring into same are prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dietmar Schmieder, Kai Gartung, Tobias Keller
  • Patent number: 11820427
    Abstract: A lane keeping assist system includes: a camera configured to provide an image around a vehicle as image information; a lane information generator configured to generate image reliability information and first lane information, based on the image information; an image storage configured to store the image information for each predetermined time among predetermined times; a neural network learning device configured to generate second lane information based on the image reliability information and the image information stored for each predetermined time; and a steering controller configured to select either one of the first lane information and the second lane information as lane information, based on the image reliability information, and generate steering information based on the selected lane information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 11807250
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a rotor temperature estimation unit estimating a temperature of a rotor based on stator temperature information from a first temperature sensor for identifying a temperature of a stator, refrigerant temperature information from a second temperature sensor for identifying a temperature of refrigerant used to cool an electric motor, and rotation speed information about the rotor from a resolver for identifying a rotation speed of the rotor; and an electric motor control unit controlling at least one of an output characteristic and a drive condition of the electric motor based on the temperature of the rotor estimated by the rotor temperature estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Okazaki, Takumu Honda, Toshinori Okochi, Yasutaka Tsuchida, Yoshinori Ogami, Hiroki Nakane
  • Patent number: 11801813
    Abstract: A stably braking system and a method using the same control wheels on a single axle of a ground vehicle. Firstly, at least one of a wheel deceleration and an actual slip of each of the wheels is calculated. Hydraulic control commands are generated when a braking operation is performed in response to a braking indication signal and it is detected that the wheel deceleration or the actual slip is higher. The hydraulic control commands are configured to control a hydraulic braking system to adjust the wheel speed. When the ground vehicle drives in a straight line or turns with a first pose physical quantity, the hydraulic control command with a low priority is replaced by the hydraulic control command with a high priority and the hydraulic braking system is controlled to adjust the wheel speeds based on the identical hydraulic control commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Automotive Research & Testing Center
    Inventors: Jia-Le Wei, Tsung-Hua Hsu
  • Patent number: 11795894
    Abstract: An intake system of an engine including an intake manifold, which includes an intake air introducing pipe and a plurality of independent intake pipes, is provided. Each of the independent intake pipes has an arc shape surrounding the intake air introducing pipe from outside with a space. A first independent intake pipe is curved more in the cylinder lined-up direction than a second. From the side in the cylinder lined-up direction, the arc shape of the second independent intake pipe is more distant from the intake air introducing pipe. To a first member constituting part of the intake air introducing pipe, a second member is joined to form the arc shape of the first independent intake pipe. A third member disposed radially outward from the first member is joined to the second member to form the arc shape of the second independent intake pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Yoshida, Hiroyuki Ohmura, Shinsuke Fujita, Takuya Yamada, Shintaro Umesaki
  • Patent number: 11795887
    Abstract: A fuel injection system includes a fuel injector, the fuel injector having an injection control valve, a solenoid that, when energized, is configured to modify a position of the injection control valve, and a controller. The controller is configured to generate a command for energizing the solenoid, identify variability in one or more injection events, and based on the identified variability, increase an amount of energy supplied to the solenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell B. Juchems, Andrew O. Marrack
  • Patent number: 11787290
    Abstract: A system includes a camera aimed externally to a vehicle, a window of the vehicle, a projector positioned to project on the window, and a computer communicatively coupled to the camera and the projector. The computer is programmed to, upon receiving data from the camera indicating a first person outside the vehicle, instruct the projector to project an image on the window depicting a second person inside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Kristopher Karl Brown, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Hussein H. Berry
  • Patent number: 11781496
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an agricultural work vehicle comprising: a vehicle body supporting an engine; a hydraulic transmission for changing speed with respect to the drive generated by the engine; an HST pedal which is connected to a swash plate control shaft of the hydraulic transmission and rotates the swash plate control shaft; a sensor unit which is directly coupled to the swash plate control shaft, and senses the rotation of the swash plate control shaft to acquire sensing values; and a control unit for controlling the rotation speed of the engine according to the sensing values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LS MTRON LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Ho Cheong, Sun Gi An
  • Patent number: 11783851
    Abstract: A mobile vehicle diagnostic device (MVDD) for acquiring data about a vehicle, the device comprising: a housing configured to be mechanically coupled to the vehicle so that, when the housing is mechanically coupled to the vehicle, vibration generated by the vehicle during its operation causes the housing to vibrate; acoustic sensors disposed within the housing and configured to acquire sound generated by the vehicle during its operation, the acoustic sensors comprising first and second acoustic sensors respectively oriented in first and second directions, wherein the first and second directions are at least 30 degrees apart; at least one dampening device disposed in the housing and positioned to dampen vibration of the acoustic sensors caused by operation of the vehicle; and at least one vibration sensor disposed within the housing and configured to sense vibration in the housing caused by the operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ACV Auctions Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Schneider, Michael Pokora, Livio Forte, III, Margaret Donnelly, Shawn Galante, Marc LaBelle