Patents Examined by Hai H. Huynh
  • Patent number: 11268414
    Abstract: An exhaust system includes a first aftertreatment substrate configured to receive exhaust gases from an engine and a second aftertreatment substrate downstream of the first aftertreatment substrate, wherein the first aftertreatment substrate is smaller than the second aftertreatment substrate. A bypass valve is configured to direct exhaust gas through the first aftertreatment substrate prior to entering the second aftertreatment substrate when an exhaust gas temperature is below a predetermined temperature and is configured to allow exhaust gas to bypass the first aftertreatment substrate and enter the second aftertreatment substrate when the exhaust gas temperature is above the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Chapman, Mark Robinson
  • Patent number: 11268459
    Abstract: A fugitive gas detection system is provided. The system includes a cloud service, a plurality of reach-based components, a plurality of wireless gas sensors. The reach-based components comprise backhauls and gateways. The wireless gas sensors are acted as nodes to acquire sensor data in a local mesh network and the nodes are connected to the cloud service through the reach-based components, one node can transmit the sensor data to other sensor nodes of the local mesh network. The system measures flammable gas levels with speed, economy and accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: GAS ACTIVATED SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Bryan, Jerry W. Noles
  • Patent number: 11268417
    Abstract: A lance injector assembly for an exhaust component is provided. The lance injector assembly includes a lance and a poppet valve. The lance includes a lance housing, a supply passage fluidly coupled to a reductant source and terminating at a nozzle orifice, and a return passage fluidly coupled to the reductant source. The poppet valve is positioned downstream of the nozzle orifice and includes a poppet movable between a closed position and an open position. When operating in a recirculation mode, the poppet is in the closed position to permit a full portion of reductant supplied to the lance from the reductant source to return to the reductant source. When operating in an injection mode, the poppet is in the open position to permit a first portion of reductant to flow from the nozzle orifice and a second portion of reductant to return to the reductant source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, John G. Buechler, Matthew K. Volmerding, Jacob W. Brown, Gaurav Hemant Pandit
  • Patent number: 11268479
    Abstract: A rollover shutoff valve assembly used with a carburetor inhibits leaking of fuel from the carburetor in circumstances where the vehicle has rolled over so that the carburetor is inverted from the normal operating position. The rollover shutoff valve assembly includes a fluid passage, a race and a plug received in the race. The plug is movable in the race to inhibit liquid flow through the passage when the shutoff valve assembly rotates from an upright position to an inverted position. The races are closed except at the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: William R. Krup
  • Patent number: 11268412
    Abstract: A cam phaser mechanism includes an inner ring (rotor), and outer ring (stator), and a face plate. The inner ring that is wider than outer ring. The face plate is contoured such that it is thinner in a region in contact with the inner ring and thicker in a region in contact with the outer ring, thus compensating for the different widths of the inner ring and outer ring. The stator is fastened to the face plate by a plurality of bolts which are threaded into the face plate. The greater width of the face plate in this region provides sufficient thread engagement without increasing the overall width of the cam phaser mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Techologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Shannon Bell
  • Patent number: 11261814
    Abstract: Systems and methods determining a presence or absence of engine misfire at low engine load are disclosed. In one example, the presence or absence of engine misfire is based on a fuel target error value and an exhaust temperature error. Operation of an engine may be adjusted when engine misfire is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marc G Uphues, Allen Lehmen
  • Patent number: 11261805
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an internal combustion engine comprises a plurality of cylinders, each of the plurality of cylinders comprising at least one intake deactivator operatively connected to at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust deactivator operatively connected to at least one exhaust. An intake deactivator controller is operatively connected to the intake deactivators associated with at least two cylinders of the plurality of cylinders, and an exhaust deactivator controller is operatively connected to the exhaust deactivators associated with the at least two cylinders. In another embodiment, only a single deactivator controller is operatively connected to both the intake deactivators and to the exhaust deactivators associated with the at least two cylinders of the plurality of cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: JACOBS VEHICLE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Justin D. Baltrucki
  • Patent number: 11261810
    Abstract: A method of controlling the fuel air mixture of an internal combustion engine following a cold restart includes determining a control parameter based on the value of current coolant temperature at time of current engine start, the value of coolant temperature at time of the previous engine start, a calibratable reference temperature, the total accumulated fuel mass injected during previous engine run time, the time the engine was off before the restart, and the time the engine was run after previous start. The method also includes controlling the fuel air mixture based on said control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LUXEMBOURG SA
    Inventor: Konrad A. Weber
  • Patent number: 11261816
    Abstract: A fuel type estimation system configured to estimate a type variable related to a type of fuel in an engine system including an engine and a fuel supply apparatus includes a storage device and an execution device. The storage device is configured to store a mapping that uses, as inputs, input variables including an engine variable related to a condition of the engine and outputs the type variable. The execution device is configured to acquire the input variables, and estimate the type variable by applying the acquired input variables to the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Iwai
  • Patent number: 11261821
    Abstract: An aircraft diesel engine may be operated at a minimal fuel rate. Shaft output power of the engine may be reduced by initiating combustion during the compression stroke. Combustion may be initiated during the compression stroke by advancing fuel injection, splitting fuel injection, and/or manipulating individual injection quantities. Initiating combustion during the compression stroke may slew torque generation to the compression stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: Science Application International Corporation, U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Rik Denis Meininger, Bernard Acker
  • Patent number: 11255296
    Abstract: A method for activating an injector for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine, in which a nozzle needle of the injector moves from a closed position in the direction of an open position as long as an activation signal is applied to the injector. The nozzle needle of the injector moves from the open position into the closed position when the activation signal is absent. The duration of the activation signal is selected in such a way that the nozzle needle does not reach its completely open position. In specific operating states, a second activation signal is applied to the injector before reaching the closed position of the injector, which has the result that the nozzle needle of the injector moves back in the direction of the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: David Zimmermann, Helmar Gruhl, Johannes Schill, Stephan Topp, Ulrich Funk
  • Patent number: 11255282
    Abstract: A state detection system for an internal combustion engine is provided. Rotation waveform variables include information on a difference between cylinders in the rotational speed of a crankshaft during periods in which the respective cylinders generate combustion torque. An obtainment process obtains a value of the rotation waveform variables and a value of a road surface state variable based on an output of a sensor that detects a state of the road surface. A selection process selects, from a plurality of types of mapping data stored in the storage device, the mapping data that is associated with the road surface state variable as the detection mapping. A determination process determines whether the engine is in a predetermined operating state based on an output value of the selected detection mapping that takes the rotation waveform variables as inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Hashimoto, Akihiro Katayama, Yuta Oshiro, Kazuki Sugie, Naoya Oka
  • Patent number: 11248571
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a movable arrangement that is coupled to a movable core and a needle while a movable flow passage, which forms a part of a flow passage of the fuel injection valve, is formed at an inside of the movable arrangement; and a valve main body that receives the movable arrangement. The movable arrangement has: a first flow-restricting portion that reduces a cross-sectional area of a portion of the movable flow passage; and a second flow-restricting portion that is spaced away from the first flow-restricting portion and reduces a cross-sectional area of another portion of the movable flow passage to a cross-sectional area that is equal to or larger than a cross-sectional area of the first flow-restricting portion. A distance between the first flow-restricting portion and the second flow-restricting portion is larger than an equivalent diameter of the cross-sectional area of the second flow-restricting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Imai, Takanori Kito
  • Patent number: 11248541
    Abstract: An engine including a main fuel injection valve, a pilot fuel injection valve, a liquid fuel supply rail pipe, and a pilot fuel supply rail pipe. The main fuel injection valve supplies liquid fuel from the liquid fuel supply rail pipe to a combustion chamber during combustion in a diffusion combustion system. The pilot fuel injection valve supplies pilot fuel from the pilot fuel supply rail pipe to the combustion chamber in order to ignite gaseous fuel during combustion in a premixed combustion system. The liquid fuel supply rail pipe is disposed at one side of an imaginary vertical plane (P1) including an axis of a crank shaft. The pilot fuel supply rail pipe is disposed at the side of the imaginary vertical plane at which the liquid fuel supply rail pipe is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Nishimura, Koichi Hirose
  • Patent number: 11248566
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler is provided and includes a plurality of tubes that are spaced apart from each other and a cavity that is disposed on an engine to receive the plurality of tubes. A coolant guide guides a coolant to the plurality of tubes and a cover then closes the cavity. The cavity has an inlet port that communicates with a water jacket of the engine and the cavity receives the coolant from the water jacket of the engine through the inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Seok Choi, Ki Seok Lee, Yong Hoon Kim, Yang Geol Lee
  • Patent number: 11242830
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel injection valve capable of quickly stopping a position of a movable element at a predetermined position after closing a valve while reducing an impact force of a valve body. Therefore, a valve body 101 includes a sleeve 113. A first movable core 201 (first movable element) lifts the valve body 101 by the attractive force of a magnetic core 107. A second movable core 202 (second movable element) further lifts the valve body 101 by the attractive force of the magnetic core 107 after the first movable core 201 (first movable element) lifts the valve body 101. After the valve body 101 is seated on the seat member 102 and the second movable core 202 (second movable element) is separated from the sleeve 113, a bottom surface 201g of the first movable core 201 (first movable element) collides with a storage bottom surface 111b (collision receiving portion).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyasu Miyamoto, Yasuo Namaizawa, Takao Miyake, Takuya Watai
  • Patent number: 11236718
    Abstract: A pre-engaged piston starter system of an automobile vehicle includes an engine having a flywheel to start the engine connected to the engine by an engine shaft. A starter motor provides rotational energy to a starter gear. A pinion gear transfers rotational energy of the starter gear to the flywheel. A solenoid is energized to shift the pinion gear to an engaged position between the flywheel and the starter gear. An auto-stop mode is entered when an engine speed is decreased below a calibrated threshold speed defining approximately 250 rpm. A calculated pinion pre-engagement engine speed allows engagement of the pinion gear when the engine speed is below the calibrated threshold speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Chunhao J. Lee, Chandra S. Namuduri, Farzad Samie, Lei Hao
  • Patent number: 11236693
    Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus including a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform calculating a target injection time, determining a first crank angle defining a start of fuel injection and a second crank angle defining an end of fuel injection, controlling a fuel injector in a first injection mode in which the fuel is injected for the first target injection time from a first time point corresponding to the first crank angle or a second injection mode in which the fuel is injected for the second target injection time from a second time point corresponding to a target crank angle, and the controlling including controlling the fuel injector so as to inject the fuel in the first injection mode first and in the second injection mode last when the fuel is injected multiple times between an intake stroke and a compression stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Nakajima, Hidekazu Hironobu, Nobuaki Ito, Yasunori Shinmi, Ryuichi Hata, Daiki Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11236684
    Abstract: A two-stroke engine with a supercharger is provided that can prevent occurrence of abnormal combustion under high load and can improve fuel efficiency when compression self-ignition combustion is carried out under low load, and spark ignition combustion is carried out under high load. When an operation state of an engine body is in a high-load side operation range, an intake variable valve mechanism and an exhaust variable valve mechanism are actuated to retard at least closing timing of an intake valve and at least opening timing of an exhaust valve from those in the case where the operation state of the engine body is in a low-load side operation range at the same engine speed as the engine speed detected by engine speed detection means while particular conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoyuki Yamagata
  • Patent number: 11225916
    Abstract: Present embodiments provide an electronic fuel injection throttle body which may be used with a variety of engines of different manufacturers. The throttle body may be used to replace mechanical or hydraulically controlled carburetors with electronic fuel injection. The bores or barrels of the throttle body may comprise one or more stackable fuel injectors. The fuel component cover may include a regulator with a housing formed integrally with the fuel component cover or alternatively, a regulator may be located remotely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Holley Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Shehan, Amy Gieske, Jonathan Sams, Adam Layman