Patents Examined by Grant Moubry
  • Patent number: 12228149
    Abstract: A flush-mounted, in-ceiling exhaust fan grille for attachment to an exhaust fan housing includes a planar integration flange forming a perimeter of the grille. The integration flange includes a plurality of through holes along the perimeter. An insert may be configured for insertion within the perimeter of the integration flange. A light module may be configured to join within a central portion of the insert while maintaining an opening between an entirety of the light module and the insert. At least one spring may be attached to the insert on a first end and attached to the fan housing on a second end, wherein the at least one spring applies a force drawing the insert towards the fan housing. An exhaust fan may be provided to draw air into the fan housing through the opening between the light module and the insert to be exhausted for proper ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Jared Peterson, Ryan A. Revers, Richard R. Sinur
  • Patent number: 12228067
    Abstract: A control system that uses an algorithm to control the fan speed in a cooling system for an engine is disclosed. The algorithm is adapted to maintain a cooling medium at a set temperature instead of an operating temperature range of the cooling medium. The algorithm is also adapted to maintain a cooling medium at a set temperature and to build a cooling safety margin in response to an engine output torque percentage that is below an output torque percentage setpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Wenling Babbitt
  • Patent number: 12228102
    Abstract: A starting system of an engine mounted on a vehicle includes an air reservoir; an air motor driven by compressed air supplied from the air reservoir; a battery; an electric motor driven by electric power from the battery; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit performs the step of controlling the air motor and/or the electric motor so that the engine is started by at least one, determined in accordance with an air pressure in the air reservoir, of an output of the air motor and an output of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro Maeda
  • Patent number: 12228050
    Abstract: A steam turbine according to the present invention comprises: a shaft which rotates about the rotation axis thereof; a plurality of moving blades which extend in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft and which are arranged along the circumferential direction; a casing main body which covers the shaft and the moving blades from the outer peripheral side; a plurality of stationary blades which are arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the casing main body; and a substance supply unit which supplies, to the surfaces of the moving blades and/or the surfaces of the stationary blades, a film forming substance that is hydrophobic, wherein the substance supply unit has a storage unit, a supply passage which is formed inside the casing and through which the film forming substance flows, and discharge units which are formed inside the moving blades and/or the stationary blades and which guide the film forming substance to the surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Senoo, Soichiro Tabata, Tetsuya Sawatsubashi, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Kunio Asai, Ryuichi Matsubara, Kiyoshi Tatsuhara
  • Patent number: 12228089
    Abstract: A method executed by at least one server, comprising: receiving, from a first monitored system comprising an internal combustion engine and a first sensor, a first signal associated with a first occurrence and a second occurrence of an internal combustion engine event and first measurement data of the first sensor; determining a first measurement from the first measurement data and a second measurement from the first measurement data based on the first and second occurrences, respectively; determining a reference measurement; determining a first reference deviation; determining a second reference deviation; after determining the first reference deviation is less than a first reference threshold and the second reference deviation is less than a second reference threshold, determining a measurement deviation; comparing the measurement deviation to a measurement threshold; and after determining the measurement deviation satisfies the measurement threshold, determining a first exhibited useful life of the first s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Swapnali Gujar, Kapil Rajkumar Dhanwani, Kwadwo O. Owusu, Premjee Sasidharan, Alan H. Zhao, Jinqian Gong, Jeffrey Diwakar Abraham, Thomas C. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12228093
    Abstract: An airway structure, a cylinder cover and a Miller-profile engine are provided. The airway structure includes an intake duct and an intake valve arranged on an intake side, and an exhaust duct and an exhaust side roof arranged on an exhaust side. An angle of an axis of an intake valve stem relative to an assembly bottom surface of the cylinder cover is a1; an angle between a revolution cone surface of an intake valve disc and the axis of the intake valve stem is a2, an angle between a plane where the exhaust side roof is located and the assembly bottom surface is a3, a lower guide surface of the intake duct close to an intake throat is inclined downward at an angle of a4 relative to the assembly bottom surface. The airway structure satisfies: a3-3°?a1-a2?a3+3°; and/or, a4-3°?a1-a2?a4+3°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: WEICHAI POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liyu Wang, Huajie Wang, Wei Li, Yuncheng Gu, Shanyong Zhang, Jianjiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12228091
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a uniblock that defines a blind cylinder bore that terminates within the uniblock. A piston is inserted into the cylinder bore from a bottom end of the cylinder bore. Parallel first and second vertical planes extend along first and second lateral sides of the cylinder bore. A cylinder zone being defined between the first and second vertical planes. A crosshead is coupled to the piston. A first crankshaft has a first crankshaft axis that extends parallel to the first vertical plane and that is positioned outside of the cylinder zone. A second crankshaft has a second crankshaft axis that extends parallel to the second vertical plane and that is positioned outside of the cylinder zone. The first crankshaft is coupled to the crosshead with a first connecting rod and the second crankshaft is coupled to the crosshead with a second connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Inventor: Philip Franklin Gaziano
  • Patent number: 12221093
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising a safety device comprising a supporting member having a first end provided with a joint part which is pivotally mounted on a side wall of the vehicle, and a second end configured to bear on the ground. The vehicle further comprises an actuator connected to the supporting member and configured to move it relative to the vehicle between an inactive position in which the supporting member is located along the vehicle side wall, with the second end at a distance from the ground, and a safety position in which the supporting member extends between the vehicle side wall and the ground, to limit vehicle roll by means of the second end bearing on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Ramachandran Sandrasekaran, Nachiappan Manickam
  • Patent number: 12221938
    Abstract: An engine device including a cylinder block for supporting a crankshaft so that the crankshaft is rotatable. Opposite side portions of the cylinder block along a crankshaft axial direction have, on one of their ends relative to the crankshaft axial direction, projecting portions protruding in a direction away from the crankshaft, and reinforcing ribs provided between side walls and the projecting portions of the opposite side portions so that the reinforcing ribs are widened at their sides close to the corresponding projecting portions, the projecting portions and the reinforcing ribs being integrally formed with the cylinder block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kozato, Hiroaki Naganawa
  • Patent number: 12221939
    Abstract: A device for rotatable mounting of a camshaft of an internal combustion engine. The device includes a first bearing body with a receiver for rotatable mounting of the camshaft. The device has a cylinder head or a fixing frame for fixing the first bearing body. The device has a first fixing means which fixes the first bearing body to the cylinder head or fixing frame. The first fixing means is the sole fixing means which fixes the first bearing body to the cylinder head or fixing frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: MAN Truck &Bus AG
    Inventor: Peter Bogdanski
  • Patent number: 12221937
    Abstract: This engine structure includes: a cylinder block in which a cylinder bore is formed; a piston provided in the cylinder bore; a cylinder head provided to an upper portion of the cylinder block in a manner to seal the cylinder bore; and a ring that is inserted in the upper end portion of the cylinder bore and has an inner diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the cylinder. A first abradable layer that is worn down by contact with an outer peripheral surface of the piston is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Misao Goto, Kazunari Yamamoto, Takumi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 12215639
    Abstract: Operating an engine system includes calculating a crank angle timing term corresponding to an in-cylinder temperature sufficient for autoignition of a first fuel injected at a first injection location. Operating an engine system further includes calculating, based on the crank angle timing term, at least one of an injection amount or an injection duration, to increase the in-cylinder temperature sufficiently via burning of the first fuel to ignite a second fuel injected into a mixture of the first fuel and pressurized intake air. The first fuel may include a blend of dimethyl ether (DME), methanol (MeOH), and water. Based on expected progression of in-cylinder temperatures, and fuel injection amount and/or duration based thereon, desirable controllability of combustion phasing and/or other combustion properties may be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Kenth I. Svensson, Jonathan W. Anders, Yongli Qi
  • Patent number: 12215640
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system is described herein. The system uses compressed air from a compressor to purge at least a portion of a fuel from an internal combustion engine. During a purge operation, a controller opens and closes an injector of the fuel to be purged to allow the compressed air from the compressor to push at least a portion of the fuel back into a fuel tank through the injector. The controller deenergizes a fuel pump that pumps the fuel to be purged, allowing the pressure of the fuel that is to be purged to reduce to a pressure that allows the compressed air to flow into the injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Gerstner, Arnold Myoungjin Kim
  • Patent number: 12215644
    Abstract: An engine controller inhibits a fuel cut when it is predicted that a lockup clutch is released after elapse of a predetermined period of time, at the time of the starting of the fuel cut. Specifically, engine controller is configured to predict (calculate) the vehicle speed after a predetermined period of time, and inhibit the fuel cut when the predicted (calculated) vehicle speed after the predetermined period of time is equal to or less than a lockup release speed. With this, it is possible to avoid a situation in which an internal combustion engine restarts fuel supply immediately after the fuel supply has been cut. Consequently, in the vehicle, the occurrence of the torque fluctuation of internal combustion engine resulting from fuel cut recovery can be suppressed, a change in acceleration in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is suppressed, and a deterioration in driving performance can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Omori, Kazuki Hirasako
  • Patent number: 12209529
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a detector that detects an external temperature of a vehicle, a vehicle speed, and a coolant temperature of an engine, an input device that receives a signal for ON or OFF operations of a heating control, and a controller configured for determining a heating load depending on the heating control when the external temperature is less than a predetermined temperature and the signal for the ON operation of the heating control is input, and controls an operation of an integrated thermal management valve, a deactivation operation of cylinders included in the engine, and an operation of an active air flap, according to at least one of the heating load and the coolant temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Hyuck Kim, Jeong Hyeon Kim, Hee Jung Yoon, Se Jun Park
  • Patent number: 12207643
    Abstract: A system includes a server that stores pest data for each region, and a vehicle control device that receives pest data related to a current location of the vehicle from the server, and controls at least one of a sound output device or a lighting device according to driving or stopping based on the pest data received from the server. The system may actively prevent pests from approaching the vehicle according to the location and driving conditions of the vehicle to improve driver satisfaction and prevent the vehicle from being damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seong Un Kim
  • Patent number: 12203426
    Abstract: A method of operating a fan for an air-cooled internal combustion engine includes starting the air-cooled internal combustion engine, operating the fan in a first operating mode in which the fan rotates in a first direction, and operating the fan in a second operating mode in which the fan rotates in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan A. Sullivan, Gary S. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12203424
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes a first set of cylinders, a second set of cylinders, exhaust manifolds, and exhaust gas sensors. The first set of cylinders has first and second subsets of cylinders. The second set of cylinders has third and fourth subsets of cylinders. The exhaust manifolds have primary conduits, secondary conduits branching from the primary conduits, and tertiary conduits branching from the secondary conduits. The tertiary conduits associated with each of the secondary conduits are connected to one of the first, second, third, or fourth subsets of cylinders. The exhaust gas sensors are disposed within each of the secondary conduits and are each configured to measure air-to-fuel ratios of one of the first, second, third, or fourth subsets of cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Host, Scott Richard Hughes, Rani Kiwan, Jeffrey J. Lock, Christopher Paul Glugla
  • Patent number: 12203412
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a shaft having an inner diameter surface. A plug is mounted in the shaft. An oil nozzle is positioned to direct a flow of oil to an interior of the shaft. The plug has: a first section; a second section having an outer diameter periphery; and an axial gap between the first section and the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Russell B. Witlicki, Todd A. Davis, Ryan William Lureau, Shadd Andrew Bradshaw, Christopher M. Valva
  • Patent number: 12203430
    Abstract: An engine is equipped with an engine body, a turbocharger, an exhaust gas purifier, an exhaust communication pipe. The turbocharger is connected to the engine body. The exhaust gas purifier purifies exhaust gas discharged from the turbocharger. The exhaust communication pipe connects the turbocharger with the exhaust gas purifier. The exhaust communication pipe includes: a first connection member that is connected to the turbocharger, and a second connection member that connects the first connection member with the exhaust gas purifier. A downstream end portion of the first connection member has an inner peripheral face having a cross-section of a circular shape. An upstream end portion of the first connection member has an inner peripheral face having a cross-section of an abnormal-shape that is different from the inner peripheral face of the downstream end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinsuke Kasazaki