Patents Examined by James J Kim
  • Patent number: 12264617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dimethyl ether-fueled (DME-fueled) generator. Since the DME-fueled generator uses DME which is a clean fuel, there is no fine dust in the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: BIO FRIENDS INC.
    Inventors: Wonjun Cho, Jeseol Lee, Youngsoo Lee, Wonaje Cho, Hyejin Yu, Junwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12264636
    Abstract: A piston may have an annular body including a crown portion defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a plane containing the longitudinal axis and the radial direction, and a contoured combustion bowl. In the plane containing the longitudinal axis and the radial direction, the crown portion includes a radially outer squish surface, and a swirl pocket having a reentrant surface that extends axially downwardly and radially outwardly from the squish surface defining a tangent that forms a reentrant angle with the squish surface that ranges from 53.0 degrees to 57.0 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron S. Ness, Andrew J. Loetz, John R. Brubaker, Christopher L. Batta
  • Patent number: 12257535
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter cartridge (32) for a liquid such as fuel, said filter cartridge being intended to be positioned inside a filter housing (30) and comprising a filter media (38) defining an inner volume (V38), a lower end plate (40), and an upper end plate (42), including a liquid passage opening (O42), which communicates with the inner volume of the filter media. The upper end plate (42) includes an automatic degassing valve (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hervé Coste, Baptiste Boutin
  • Patent number: 12257540
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter mat web (10) with free, mutually adjacent web ends (12) joined along a joint (16) forming a hollow body. The joint (16) is made of at least one connecting part (18), which is provided with groove-shaped receiving channels (20, 22. Each of the receiving channels is used to receive one web end (12) of the filter mat (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: HYDAC FILTERTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Harald Mees
  • Patent number: 12253035
    Abstract: An engine control device includes: a compression release cylinder selecting part that selects, from a plurality of cylinders, one or more compression release cylinders to which fuel is not to be injected, depending on the magnitude of a required torque of an engine having the plurality of cylinders connected to an exhaust pipe provided with a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas; an exhaust valve control part that opens the exhaust valve of the compression release cylinder; a fuel injection amount determining part that determines the amount of fuel to be injected into an operating cylinder that differs from the compression release cylinder among the plurality of cylinders, according to a load torque generated by opening the exhaust valve and the required torque; and an injection control part that causes fuel, according to the determined amount of fuel injection, to be injected into the operating cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Atsushi Ebe
  • Patent number: 12253046
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for gaseous fuel includes a cylinder and a piston for reciprocal movement in the cylinder along a reciprocal axis, whereby a combustion chamber is at least partially delimited by the cylinder and the piston. The piston includes a piston crown facing the combustion chamber, a piston crown projection of the piston crown in a direction parallel to the reciprocal axis and onto a piston crown plane extending transversally to the reciprocal axis having a piston crown center point, the piston crown comprising a piston bowl surface defining a piston bowl and a piston rim portion enclosing the piston bowl surface. A piston bowl opening is the intersection between the piston rim portion and the piston bowl surface. The piston bowl opening has an opening center of gravity in the piston crown plane. The opening center of gravity is offset from the piston crown center point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Eismark, Tommy Simonsson, Rickard Ehleskog, Gustavo Hindi
  • Patent number: 12252236
    Abstract: A system for piloting an aircraft includes a throttle, a flight parameter sensor system, and an engine calculator controlling thrust parameters of an engine of the aircraft. The piloting system includes a flight control unit connected to the engine calculator, the sensors and the throttle. The flight control unit generates a thrust control vector from a flight control law and sends a digital signal including the generated thrust control vector to the engine calculator. The engine calculator controlling said thrust parameters of the engine depending on the generated thrust control vector received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: DASSAULT AVIATION
    Inventors: Jérôme Cappelle, François Pineau, William Faysse
  • Patent number: 12252152
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a steering device, a steering control device, a surroundings monitoring device, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a route calculating process of calculating a target route, a trajectory calculating process of calculating a target trajectory of an own vehicle in one or more roads of the target route; a steering-angle calculating process of calculating a target steering angle; a behavior detecting process of detecting information on a behavior of the own vehicle; a rut determining process of determining presence or absence of a rut on the target trajectory based on a detection result obtained by the surroundings monitoring device and/or a detection result obtained in the behavior detecting process, a drivable or non-drivable determining process of determining whether the own vehicle is drivable over the rut, and a correcting process of correcting the target trajectory and/or the target route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Okano, Toru Takashima, Shun Maruyama, Shun Mizoo
  • Patent number: 12241405
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine to reduce abrasion with a piston while retaining oil film on an upper portion of a cylinder includes: a cylinder block that includes a cylinder, and a piston that is stored in the cylinder in a manner capable of reciprocating along an axis line of the cylinder, in which the cylinder includes a multi-bulging inner circumference portion in which a diameter in a thrust-anti thrust direction is a minimal diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12215649
    Abstract: A cylinder block (1) includes a main block body (2) made of a metal material and an outer member (3) made of a resin material and welded to the main block body (2). The main block body (2) has a cylinder wall (13) defining therein a cylinder bore (16) and a second columnar part (14B) formed at a position apart from the cylinder wall (13). The outer member (3) has a second columnar part insertion hole (53) and defines a water jacket between the outer member (3) and the cylinder wall (13). The second columnar part (14B) is placed in the second columnar part insertion hole (53) with a predetermined clearance left between the second columnar part insertion hole (53) and the second columnar part (14B), in a state of being isolated from the water jacket, and extends to a cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Norikatsu Sekine
  • Patent number: 12209548
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards free-piston combustion engines. As described herein, a method and system are provided for displacing a free-piston assembly to achieve a desired engine performance by repeatedly determining position-force trajectories over the course of a propagation path and effecting the displacement of the free-piston assembly based, at least in part, on the position-force trajectory. In a dual-piston assembly free-piston engine, synchronization of the two piston assemblies is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Mainspring Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Roelle, Christopher Gadda
  • Patent number: 12209517
    Abstract: An oil collection device for use with an engine having an oil filter mounting structure and an oil filter mounted thereto is provided. The oil collection device comprises a tray including a concavity that is open from above. The oil collection device further comprises a first connector formed on the tray, in which the first connector includes an attachment structure configured to removably attach to a portion of the engine below the oil filter. The oil collection device further comprises a second connector formed on the tray, in which the second connector has a drain hole formed therein, the drain hole extending through the tray and opening to the concavity, the second connector being configured to attach to a drain hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Schultz, Brad Patera
  • Patent number: 12208689
    Abstract: A vehicle display device, that includes: a first display device provided inside a vehicle cabin; a second display device provided inside the vehicle cabin and separately from the first display device; a memory; and a processor connecting to the memory and being configured to: set a running plan of a vehicle, to display a scheduled action of the vehicle on the first display device based on the running plan, and to display the scheduled action on the second display device in a case in which at least one of a distance to, or a time interval until, the scheduled action has reached a prescribed value or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Ogata, Satoaki Takabatake, Koji Kimura, Junji Miyazaki, Yuki Yoshida, Tadashi Morishita
  • Patent number: 12196163
    Abstract: An upper housing is provided between a fixed core and a housing opposite to a nozzle hole with respect to a coil. The upper housing is configured to form a magnetic circuit with the fixed core and the housing. The upper housing has a first tapered surface formed on an outer peripheral wall and a first cylindrical surface formed on an inner peripheral wall. The housing has a second tapered surface that radially faces the first tapered surface. The fixed core has a second cylindrical surface that radially faces the first cylindrical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuunosuke Harada, Kouichi Mochizuki, Keita Imai, Masaru Motoki, Jun Yamashita, Kouta Maekawa
  • Patent number: 12194404
    Abstract: A filtering device for incorporation into an architectural façade panel includes a tubular channel having an inlet section, an outlet section, and a constricted section interposed between and in fluid communication with the inlet section and outlet section. A filtering component is attached to the tubular channel or integrated into a material forming the tubular channel. The filtering device also includes an attachment component for attachment of the filtering device to an architectural structure. The attachment component is adapted to orient the tubular channel with the inlet section positioned to face predetermined prevailing winds when the filtering device is attached to the architectural structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Doris Sung, Mitul Luhar, Ivan Bermejo-Moreno
  • Patent number: 12195133
    Abstract: A throttle control and safety switch device that serves the dual function of adjusting a throttle of an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) while turning off the engine in the event of failure of a throttle cable or if the throttle cable is stuck, is disclosed. The throttle control and safety switch device includes an operating lever connected to a pivot shaft for pivotal movement about an axis (A-A?). A first carrier connected to the pivot shaft includes a safety switch and a cable attachment portion to engage a throttle actuating cable. The safety switch transmits a cutoff signal to an electronic control unit (ECU) upon actuation by a plunger portion of a second carrier pivotally connected to the pivot shaft via fastener and connected to the first carrier via a dowel and slot arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: UNO Minda Limited
    Inventors: Tarun Malhotra, Shwetaank Sharma, Jitendra Kumar Saini
  • Patent number: 12188439
    Abstract: An airbox for an air intake system of an engine includes an air inlet for receiving air into the airbox, an air outlet for discharging air from the airbox, and an airbox body defining first and second expansion chambers fluidly connected to one another. The airbox body has a dividing wall separating the first expansion chamber from the second expansion chamber, the dividing wall defining a wall opening fluidly connecting the first and second expansion chambers. An interchangeable flute is removably connected to the airbox body. The interchangeable flute is at least partly disposed in the second expansion chamber and positioned to guide air flowing into the air inlet into the second expansion chamber. The interchangeable flute is removable such that a replacement flute can be installed in its place to selectively modify a noise output of the airbox. Other aspects are also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Rene Lemieux, Etienne Poulin, Guillaume Morin, Nicolas Baron
  • Patent number: 12173667
    Abstract: A number of variations which may include a product including a combustion engine cylinder block having a first snap channel having first multi-radii fillet profile, and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Govindu Echarla, Ramachandra K. Rao, Bala Krishna Sela, Kevin E. Eckerle
  • Patent number: 12146428
    Abstract: An oil make-up system for an engine of a machine includes an oil pan for supplying oil to engine components, an auxiliary oil tank positioned above the oil pan, a return including a return pump for conveying oil from the oil pan to the auxiliary oil tank, a supply including a supply pump for conveying oil from the auxiliary oil tank to the oil pan, and a siphon-terminating-connection between the supply and return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Davis, Sudhakar Thamodharan, Erik C. Wilson
  • Patent number: 12146429
    Abstract: A blow-by gas filtration assembly has an axis and includes an assembly body including a filtration chamber, an inlet mouth for filtering the blow-by gases, and an outlet mouth for the filtered blow-by gases. A filter group includes a central cavity radially crossed by blow-by gases. An electric drive operatively connects to the filter group to command rotation about the axis and filtration, and includes an electric motor including a stator and rotor. An axial shaft includes a filter portion mounting the filter group, a command portion mounting the rotor, and a support portion axially between the filter and command portions. A support bearing radially engages the support portion and the assembly body. The filter assembly screwably engages the filter group and filter portion, by respective filter and shaft threads so the filter group screws to the shaft until the support bearing is axially engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi