Patents Examined by Hung Q Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11781514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for pressure control in a fuel feed of an internal combustion engine with a common rail injection, comprising a housing (10) with an opening (15), and an electromagnetic high pressure valve (30), wherein the electromagnetic high pressure valve (30) is at least partially inserted into the opening (15) of the housing (10) at the end, wherein the electromagnetic high pressure valve (30) is connected in a pressure-tight manner in the opening (15) to the housing (10) by a connection (20) and the connection (20) has a first portion (21) and at least one second portion (22), and wherein the first portion (21) and the at least one second portion (22) have different mechanical and/or geometric properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KENDRION (VILLINGEN) GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfram Maiwald, Ralf Heingl, Harald Burkart
  • Patent number: 11773869
    Abstract: Various systems are provided for a seal chamber of a centrifugal pump. In one example, a seal chamber housing for a centrifugal pump includes a central cavity internal to the seal chamber housing, the central cavity having a greater diameter at a first end of the seal chamber housing and a smaller diameter at a second end of the seal chamber housing, and at least one flushing passage at the second end of the seal chamber housing. The at least one flushing passage is configured to directly fluidically couple the central cavity to an exterior of the seal chamber housing. In this way, increased cooling and debris removal may be provided to a seal positioned within the seal chamber housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Balaji Hosadurgam Ravindranath, Neil Blythe, Charles Atz
  • Patent number: 11773864
    Abstract: An impeller includes a shroud including an inlet, a hub facing the shroud, and a plurality of blades disposed between the hub and the shroud and arranged circumferential direction along a circumference of the inlet. Each of the plurality of blades has a slot which is positioned adjacent to the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Minsu Son
  • Patent number: 11760191
    Abstract: A vehicle front end module includes a radiator unit, a heat exchanger unit and a splash shield assembly. The heat exchanger unit is disposed in a vehicle forward direction of the radiator unit. The splash shield assembly is disposed in the vehicle forward direction of the radiator unit so that the splash shield is located between the heat exchanger and radiator unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Shea, Sean Cavanaugh
  • Patent number: 11761404
    Abstract: A motor vehicle including a water provision unit for providing water to at least one water consumer. Here, a water collection tank, a primary water tank and at least one secondary water tank are provided. The water collection tank is or can be fluidically connected to a water source and the primary water tank, bypassing the water collection tank and the secondary water tank, is fluidically connected to the at least one water consumer. The water collection tank is fluidically connected both directly and indirectly via the at least one secondary water tank to the primary water tank, and the water provision unit includes a water conveying unit which is provided and designed for conveying the water out of the water collection tank in direction of the primary water tank by a gaseous conveying medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Thomas Hanisch
  • Patent number: 11761351
    Abstract: A turbine shroud assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a shroud segment and a carrier. The shroud segment extends circumferentially partway around an axis to define a gas path boundary of the turbine shroud assembly. The carrier is configured to support the shroud segment in position radially relative to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Ted J. Freeman, Aaron D. Sippel, David J. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11753943
    Abstract: A turbomachine rotor blade includes plural blade sections stacked along an axis between a blade root and a blade head defining between the blade root and the blade head the height of the blade, each blade section including a chord and a maximum sweep defined by the maximum length of a segment perpendicular to the chord line and connecting a point of the chord line and a point of a camber line formed of all points located equidistant from the extrados and the intrados in the section, and verifying that the ratio between the maximum sweep and the chord at mid-height of the blade and the same blade head ratio is between 25% and 40% of the ratio between a maximum sweep and a blade root chord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Pascal Jean-Charles Gondre, Nicolas Pierre Alain Edme De Cacqueray-Valmenier, Mickaƫl Cavarec, Sadim Dieudonne
  • Patent number: 11754012
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for executing a leak test diagnostic of a variable volume fuel tank. In one example, a method includes diagnosing a presence of an absence of a leak in a bellows via actuating a bellows valve fluidly coupling the bellows to a vapor canister during a key-off event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed Dudar
  • Patent number: 11746503
    Abstract: A state determination method for a work vehicle includes detecting a rotation speed of an engine of the work vehicle during a first predetermined time period. A maximum rotation speed and a minimum rotation speed during the first predetermined time period are obtained. A parameter representing a fuel injection amount of the engine during the first predetermined time period is obtained. A variation amount that is a difference between a maximum value of the parameter during the first predetermined time period and a minimum value of the parameter during the first predetermined time period is obtained. It is determined that the work vehicle is in an operating state when a difference between the maximum rotation speed and the minimum rotation speed exceeds a rotation speed threshold value, or the variation amount exceeds a variation amount threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Tomita, Tsutomu Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11746732
    Abstract: An air intake duct includes a peripheral wall, which is formed by a compressed fiber portion made of a compression molded fiber material. The compressed fiber portion includes high-compression portions having a high compression ratio and low-compression portions having a relatively low compression ratio. The high-compression portions include circumferentially extending sections. Each circumferentially extending section is located in a plane that is perpendicular to an extension direction of the peripheral wall with part of the circumferentially extending section disposed between the low-compression portions. Each circumferentially extending section extends continuously over the entire circumference of the peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryusuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 11739682
    Abstract: A split-cycle internal combustion engine is provided with an engine block and an expansion section having a plurality of expansion cylinders and a rotating drive shaft, which is supported by a first portion of the engine block and is operated by the expansion cylinders; the engine is further provided with a compression section having a volumetric compressor with a rotating driven shaft, which is supported by a second portion of the engine block and is distinct and spaced apart from the rotating drive shaft; the volumetric compressor has at least one compression cylinder extending along an axis, which is inclined relative to the axes of the expansion cylinders so as to form an angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.
    Inventor: Enzo Pierro
  • Patent number: 11739709
    Abstract: A port and direct fuel injection (PDI) fuel delivery system for a vehicle having an engine configured to selectively operate between a port fuel injection (PFI) mode, a gasoline direct injection (GDI) mode, and a PDI mode includes a PFI system including plurality of PFI injectors, and a GDI system including a plurality of GDI injectors. The PFI and GDI systems are configured to provide various split-ratios of fuel mass injection to the engine based on a particular engine operating condition. A controller is programmed to identify a known first long term fuel trim (LTFT) for a first split-ratio, identify a known second LTFT for a second split-ratio, generate a linear equation based on the known first and second LTFTs, and determine an unknown third LTFT for a third split-ratio by utilizing the linear equation to facilitate reducing fueling errors and emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Firsich, Alex Eskenazi-Gold, David R Pedro, William P Attard, Joseph D Falcon
  • Patent number: 11739681
    Abstract: A far square or diamond architecture engine with tumble flow to support spark-ignited fuel usage. The engine may be provided in a configuration generally suited for swirl flow, compression combustion fuel usage. However, the introduction of a unique, replaceable valve head assembly may be utilized to induce tumble flow within a combustion chamber of the engine. Thus, spark-ignited fuel may be utilized without requiring vast overhaul of the engine to accommodate such fuels. Notably, with the addition of such an assembly, diesel fuel may be replaced with natural gas on large scale equipment without the requirement of impractically burdensome or expensive measures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Kevin L. Hoag, Anthony S. Perkins, Ian P. Gilbert, Christopher L. Wray, Marc C Megel, Zainal Abidin
  • Patent number: 11739717
    Abstract: An EGR cooler 5 is attached to an engine 1 via a bracket 6. The bracket 6 has an exhaust introduction path 65 for introducing some exhaust discharged from a cylinder head 11 to the EGR cooler 5, an exhaust recirculation path 66 for recirculating exhaust that has passed through the EGR cooler 5 toward the engine 1, a cooling water introduction path 67 for introducing cooling water from cooling water supply parts (3, 13-15) to the EGR cooler 5, and a cooling water recirculation path 68 for recirculating cooling water that has passed through the EGR cooler 5 to the cooling water supply parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryohei Toda
  • Patent number: 11732669
    Abstract: An injector diagnosis device 1 includes: an engine sound model generator 14 configured to generate a normal engine sound model and an abnormal engine sound model based on the number of cylinders of the engine and a combustion pattern of the engine; an operating sound obtainment unit 12 configured to obtain the operating sound of the engine operating with the combustion pattern; a frequency characteristics calculation unit 13 configured to calculate the frequency characteristics of the operating sound obtained by the operating sound obtainment unit 12; and an injector diagnosis unit 15 configured to diagnose whether or not the injectors have a failure based on the frequency characteristics of the operating sound which is calculated by the frequency characteristics calculation unit 13, and the normal engine sound model and the abnormal engine sound model which is generated by the engine sound model generator 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tien Trien Le, Hisashi Yokoyama, Satoshi Inose, Shogo Kunioka
  • Patent number: 11732672
    Abstract: A reciprocating engine includes a crankshaft and a connecting rod rotatably coupled to the crankshaft. The connecting rod defines a fluid passage extending along a length thereof. The reciprocating engine also includes a piston dome coupled to the connecting rod, the piston dome defining an inlet in fluid communication with the fluid passage of the connecting rod for receiving a fluid from the fluid passage of the connecting rod, a cooling passage in fluid communication with the inlet for circulating the fluid through the piston dome, and an exit in fluid communication with the cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jason Joseph Bellardi, Andrew Jean Desrosiers
  • Patent number: 11731502
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, a gasket is disposed between joining surfaces of a cylinder block and a cylinder head, and a heat radiation rib that extends in a cylinder axis direction is formed on the cylinder block or the cylinder head. In such an internal combustion engine, the gasket includes: a portion to be sandwiched that is sandwiched between the joining surfaces; and an extending portion that protrudes toward an outside from the portion to be sandwiched as viewed in a cylinder axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dai Kataoka, Wataru Nagata, Masashi Furuya, Yuichi Tawarada, Teruo Kihara
  • Patent number: 11724226
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods are provided for an air filter precleaner for an open air filter box. The air filter precleaner includes a filter medium between a base and a grating that are fastened over an opening into an interior of the air filter box. The filter medium comprises a sheet of filter material having a shape and a size suitable for being supported between the base and the grating. The base is a rigid member that supports the filter medium in a sheet configuration, such that the airstream passes through the filter medium before entering the air filter box. The grating is a rigid member comprising a screen portion surrounded by a frame that is configured to be fastened onto the air filter box. The screen portion comprises a shaped lattice that allows the airstream to pass through the filter medium before entering the air filter box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilbert Heck, Steve Williams
  • Patent number: 11725615
    Abstract: A secondary filter element for a filter arrangement is provided with a filter medium and a circumferentially extending sealing device that seals the secondary filter element in respect to a filter receptacle of the filter arrangement. The circumferentially extending sealing device has an oval geometry with a long side and a short side. The circumferentially extending sealing device has an outer surface projecting, in a radial direction of the secondary filter element, farther past the filter medium when viewed along the short side compared to when viewed along the long side. A filter arrangement has a filter receptacle. A main filter element is received in the filter receptacle, and a secondary filter element is received in the main filter element. The circumferentially extending sealing device of the secondary filter element projects in a radial direction of the secondary filter element outwardly past an interior of the main filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Stark, Michael Kaufmann, Klaus-Dieter Ruhland
  • Patent number: 11725569
    Abstract: An air guide duct for water ingress management having at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet channel which has an upstream inlet opening in fluid communication with the at least one air inlet and a downstream outlet opening into at least one of the front wheel wells, whereby incoming air from the front end of the motor vehicle is guided into at least one of the front wheel wells. A bottom surface of the upstream inlet opening is disposed at a first vertical position and a bottom surface of the downstream outlet opening is disposed at a second vertical position, with the bottom surface of the downstream outlet opening being disposed lower than the bottom surface of the upstream inlet opening relative to the front wheel wells such that a height differential is defined between the first vertical position and the second vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pubudu C. Abeysinghe, Pirooz Moradnia