Patents Examined by Grant Moubry
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Patent number: 11859627Abstract: A fan control system includes a fan, a first temperature sensor, a calculating unit, a logic controller, and a memory unit. The first temperature sensor continuously senses temperatures of a device during a time period, in order to obtain a plurality of sampled temperatures. The calculating unit selects N1 latest sampled temperatures and N2 latest sampled temperatures from the sampled temperatures, and calculates a first average temperature according to the N1 sampled temperatures and a second average temperature according to the N2 sampled temperatures. N1 and N2 are positive integers. The logic controller is configured to select one of the first average temperature and the second average temperature to output as a compensation temperature. The memory unit is configured to store an operating table, and configured to output a rotational speed control signal to the fan corresponding to the operating table according to the compensation temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Hsin-Chen Lin, Ing-Jer Chiou
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Patent number: 11859532Abstract: In vibratory plates (vibratory plate compactor machine), the reciprocating movement of an engine piston is converted into rotation of the crankshaft, and the latter is converted into rotation of an eccentric rotary shaft of vibrator unit, which create a periodic force that leads to reciprocating movement of the plate. Such a vibratory plate is complicated. It is proposed to use a free-piston engine with one piston as the engine for a vibratory plate. In this free piston engine, the piston moves reciprocally, and the cylinder performs reciprocating movements opposite to the movements of the piston. The cylinder is mounted vertically and fixed to the plate. In each engine cycle the gas pressure acts on the piston and cylinder. After combustion, the piston moves up and the cylinder moves down. Since the cylinder is fixed to the plate, it also moves downward and compacts soil, gravel, etc.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventors: Alexandra Leonidovna Zhmudyak, Leonid Moiseevich Zhmudyak
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Patent number: 11850937Abstract: A flange cover has multiple receptacles for receiving guide bars for a conveyor module at different angles. Further, a conveyor module arrangement has a flange cover of this kind, an operating medium container has a conveyor module arrangement of this kind, and a modular operating medium container system has a plurality of operating medium containers of this kind.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Julius Goeldner, Bernhard Maier, Benjamin Schimpf
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Patent number: 11852071Abstract: A crankshaft (1) for a crankcase scavenged two stroke piston engine (2) is disclosed. The crankshaft (1) is configured to rotate around a rotation axis (ax) during operation. The crankshaft (1) comprises a crankpin (3) configured to move in a crank plane (cp) during operation, and a first and a second counterweight (5, 7) arranged on either side (S1, S2) of the crank plane (cp). The first counterweight (5) has a first outer radius (r1) measured from the rotation axis (ax) and the second counterweight (7) has a second outer radius (r2) measured from the rotation axis (ax). The first outer radius (r1) is smaller than the second outer radius (r2). The present disclosure further relates to a power unit (10), a crankcase scavenged two stroke piston engine (2), and a hand-held power tool (20).Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: HUSQVARNA ABInventors: Patrik Sigurdh, Anders Hansson, Per-Arne Järnland, Johan Lönn, Mikael Evergren
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Patent number: 11846473Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a valve. In one example, a system may include a cooling arrangement including the valve, wherein the valve is configured to variably adjust coolant flow rates in response to one or more of a coolant temperature and a charge air pressure. The valve includes a transmission pin which may be acted upon via an expansion element and/or a pressure actuator.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Antonio Farina, Jan Mehring, Stefan Quiring
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Patent number: 11840981Abstract: At least one thermal barrier coating member mounted on an inner wall surface, facing a combustion chamber of an engine, of a cylinder liner accommodating a piston slidably along an axial direction, is provided with: a base layer configured to be detachably fitted into a recess formed in the inner wall surface of the cylinder liner; and a thermal barrier coating layer formed on an opposite side of the base layer from the inner wall surface of the cylinder liner. The thermal barrier coating layer is disposed above a piston ring which is positioned at an uppermost position in the axial direction of the cylinder liner when the piston reaches top dead center.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Kiyoshi Terakado, Yuji Bessho, Kimihiko Maehata
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Patent number: 11837944Abstract: The present invention is proposed to simplify a structural complexity of a conventional oil cooling method for a car motor, reduce a material cost, and also achieve improved cooling performance, in which a cooling liquid, which is provided through a cooling pipe in a conventional case, is sprayed onto a heating portion in a motor through a reservoir tank and a nozzle which are attached to a motor housing through a direct cooling method. A reservoir space is integrally formed with the motor housing or is formed to be separate from the motor housing, a pressure of the cooling liquid is uniformly maintained and damped, and the cooling liquid introduced into the reservoir tank through a flow path formed without a cooling pipe is directly sprayed onto the heating portion to cool the heating portion such as a stator core or a coil.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nam Seok Kim
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Patent number: 11827204Abstract: A device for enabling SOC estimation of at least one battery cell in an electrical energy storage system of a hybrid electric vehicle. The device initiates charging of the battery cell to a first voltage level. The battery cell is charged by an electric machine powered by a combustion engine. The device detects that the first voltage level is reached, initiates stop of fuel injection to the combustion engine. The device initiates discharging of the at least one battery to a second voltage level. The device detects that the battery cell has been discharged to a second voltage level. SOC estimation of the battery cell is enabled when the second voltage level has been reached.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Simon Brunet, Tommy Hjelle
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Patent number: 11828367Abstract: A connecting rod includes an elongated body having a first connection end and a second connection end and an intermediate portion extending between the first connection end and the second connection end. The first connection end includes a cylindrical opening configured to receive a bushing and a link pin. The first connection end includes a first side face and a second side face each raised relative to the intermediate portion, the first side face includes a recessed slot that communicates with the cylindrical opening and an outer edge of the first side face. The slots can optionally be provided on the second side face, giving the connecting rod one or more slots on each side, which lubricate the link pin with splash oil.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignees: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Dale E. Murrish, Steven Letourneau
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Patent number: 11821814Abstract: A leak detection system is provided with a first window configured to mount at a first opening in a first wall portion in an enclosure (e.g., for a gas turbine engine or other equipment in a power plant). The leak detection system includes a leak sensor configured to transmit a beam through the first window and an interior of the enclosure to obtain sensor feedback. The leak detection system includes a controller configured to evaluate the sensor feedback to monitor for a leak of a hazardous fluid in the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Miguel Angel Mendoza, Srinivas Avishetti, Rajesh Reddy Konatham
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Patent number: 11814127Abstract: The saddle-ride vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame; a hydraulic braking device that brakes a rear wheel; and a reservoir tank that stores a brake fluid of the braking device, the reservoir tank being supported on the vehicle body frame via a bracket, the reservoir tank being covered from an outside in a vehicle width direction by the vehicle body frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Hiramaru, Tomohiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 11807209Abstract: A control device is configured to set a target state of charge of a battery and control an internal combustion engine and rotating electrical machine and the charging and discharging of the battery to make the hybrid vehicle run so that the battery state of charge becomes the target state of charge. The control device is further configured to set the target state of charge based on a remaining distance or required time from a current position up to a restricted zone in which operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted and a grace period from a current time to a time at which the restriction of operation of the internal combustion engine in the restricted zone is started.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiaki Miyazato, Daiki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 11807212Abstract: An ENG-ECU performs a specific cylinder fuel cutoff process of stopping combustion of an air-fuel mixture in some cylinders out of a plurality of cylinders of an internal combustion engine and a transmission process of transmitting engine operation information on execution of the specific cylinder fuel cutoff process to an HV-ECU. The HV-ECU performs a torque compensation process of compensating for a decrease in engine torque due to execution of the specific cylinder fuel cutoff process using an output torque of a second MG based on the received engine operation information. The ENG-ECU performs a process of starting the specific cylinder fuel cutoff process in a combustion cycle when a waiting time which includes a time until the HV-ECU receives the engine operation information has elapsed after the transmission process has been performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Nose, Yuto Ikeda, Takanobu Gotoh
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Patent number: 11808197Abstract: A controller for a vehicle executes a base temperature calculation process that calculates a base temperature of a component of the internal combustion engine, a correction value calculation process that calculates a correction value, a vehicle line reflection process when the vehicle including the component of which temperature is estimated is a temperature-estimated vehicle that is in a line of vehicles in order to reflect, on the correction value, a tendency of the component to be less cooled when the temperature-estimated vehicle is a trailing vehicle than when the temperature-estimated vehicle is a leading vehicle, a rearmost reflection process when the temperature-estimated vehicle is in the line of vehicles in order to reflect, on the correction value, a tendency of the component to be more cooled when the temperature-estimated vehicle is a rearmost vehicle, and a component temperature estimation process that corrects the base temperature with the correction value.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuaki Nagoshi
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Patent number: 11808237Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of components suitable to break down liquid fuels into short chain molecules and gaseous states of matter by heating and pressurizing the combustible/flammable liquids to the point where they phase change into a supercritical fluid, then releasing some fluid as needed into a vapor accumulation tank that has a lower pressure. This subsequent drop in pressure phase changes the fluid from a supercritical state into a consistent and safe gaseous state. From there, the fuel can be delivered to the engine via direct injectors, gaseous fuel carburetors, or a regulating valve such as a needle valve. Because gaseous fuels readily homogenize with intake air and oxidizers, the present invention allows any engine to cleanly, reliably, and consistent use any fuel without adjustment. This allows any engine to run off any combustible liquid, in effect creating the ultimate multifuel system.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Sky Moon Huddleston
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Patent number: 11805825Abstract: A fan device that can be attached to a garment body includes a fan, a drive, an operation interface, and a controller. The drive rotates the fan. The operation interface is for a user to switch drive status of the drive. The controller switches the drive status of the drive based on operation on the operation interface by the user. The operation interface includes a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is for switching an air volume of the fan between air volumes of multiple modes. The second switch is for switching a mode to a first mode in which the air volume of the fan is a first air volume which is larger than air volumes that are switched by the first switch.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SFT LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Ichigaya, Toru Ichigaya, Yohei Oki, Naoki Inoue, Naokatu Furuya, Yasuhiro Kawakubo, Hidehito Nakanishi
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Patent number: 11807217Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus including a travelling control unit configured to control an engine travelling and a non-engine travelling of a hybrid vehicle, and perform switching from the non-engine travelling to the engine travelling in a case where a depression amount of an accelerator of the hybrid vehicle exceeds a predetermined depression threshold while the hybrid vehicle travels based on the non-engine travelling, and a switching suppression unit configured to suppress the switching from the non-engine travelling to the engine travelling by the travelling control unit while the hybrid vehicle travels in a short time depression area where depression of the accelerator does not continue for a period equal to or longer than a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Saito, Takanori Nakashima, Tomohiro Shibata, Masashi Eto
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Patent number: 11802521Abstract: A cylinder block includes a water jacket surrounding a cylinder of an internal combustion engine and a water jacket spacer disposed inside the water jacket. In the cylinder block, a direction toward a center of the cylinder in a radial direction of the cylinder is defined as an inner side. A direction away from the center in the radial direction of the cylinder is defined as an outer side. The water jacket spacer includes a spacer plate and a conversion portion protruding from the spacer plate in the radial direction. The conversion portion has an action surface on which a pressure of coolant flowing through the water jacket acts. The conversion portion converts a force applied to the action surface by the pressure of the coolant into a force pushing the spacer plate toward the inner side.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2023Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuki Akimoto, Takashi Matsutani, Kou Shirakigawa
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Patent number: 11795895Abstract: An air intake structure for introducing an intake air into an engine includes: a first air intake passage fluidly connected with an air outlet; a second air intake passage branched off from the first air intake passage and having a passage length greater than that of the first air intake passage; and an open-close valve provided in the first air intake passage. The second air intake passage has a portion thereof bent to allow the flow of intake air in one direction reverse to that of the air flowing a different portion thereof. The first air intake passage, the second air intake passage and the open-close valve are provided within an air cleaner.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventors: Olivier Bompoil, Pierre Corno, Nobuyoshi Kasahara
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Patent number: 11795899Abstract: An embodiment system includes an ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil, a high voltage battery selectively electrically connected the primary coil, a low voltage battery selectively electrically connected to the primary coil, and an electric and electronic element provided between the high voltage battery, the low voltage battery, and the primary coil of the ignition coil to selectively supply electric power of the high voltage battery or the low voltage battery to the primary coil.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Kiseon Sim, Soo Hyung Woo