Patents Examined by James J Kim
  • Patent number: 12162352
    Abstract: A display controller converts a detection target region contained within a detection range of an obstruction sensor group and extending from a vehicle to the periphery thereof into a virtual marker image and causes a virtual image to be displayed by superimposing the image over a scene in front of the vehicle. When the relative position of an obstruction is within the detection target region, the display controller causes an arc-shaped ripple spreading in a direction based on the relative position of the obstruction to be displayed in a region, of the virtual marker image, located in a direction based on the relative position of the obstruction. The display controller converts the important information into a notification image and causes the notification image to be displayed in a display medium. The display controller changes the display format of at least one of the virtual marker image or the notification image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Tanaka, Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Tomoka Ishibashi, Hiroyasu Makino
  • Patent number: 12158074
    Abstract: Data characterizing an image and/or a video of a predetermined region of a turbine engine is received. The turbine engine includes a blades configured to move relative to the predetermined region. A first blade of the blades is located in the predetermined region during a first time duration. Data characterizing inspection parameters from a turning tool device, including a motor and a motor controller, and turbine engine information are received. The motor controller is configured to rotate the plurality of blades of the turbine via the motor. The first blade is identified based on the inspection parameters including an initial configuration of the turning tool device and the first time duration, an annotated image and/or an annotated video is generated, at least a portion of the turbine engine information and the identity of the first blade is annotated onto the received image and/or the received video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Durkee Britton
  • Patent number: 12154389
    Abstract: An approach to forecasting battery health as a dynamic time-series problem as opposed to a static prediction problem is presented. Systems and methods disclosed herein forecast a trajectory to failure by predicting a path to failure as opposed to only predicting when the battery may fail. A machine-learning model is implemented that extracts unique features taken from time-series data, such as time snippets of charging data. The raw time-series data may include current voltage and temperature with complex transformations and without capturing a full cycle, which permits wider applicability to instances of varying depth of discharge (DoD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Linnette Teo, Chirranjeevi Balaji Gopal
  • Patent number: 12151559
    Abstract: An embodiment display apparatus for a vehicle includes a display unit designed to be accommodated inside an interior trim of the vehicle and configured to output outside image information captured by a camera and a moving unit configured to allow the display unit to be selectively pulled out from the interior trim and to allow the display unit to rotate in opposite directions in a state in which the display unit is pulled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong Heui Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Seung Sik Han
  • 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
  • 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: 12139160
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle control method and an intelligent device for controlling a vehicle. A vehicle control method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: acquiring a user request; updating the user request so as to be recognized by an application providing a service related to the user request, and providing the updated user request to the application; and providing the service through the application. Accordingly, the present invention can accurately and promptly recognize words in various forms, included in a user request, thereby providing a comparatively accurate service in accordance with the user request. One or more of an autonomous driving vehicle and an intelligent computing device of the present disclosure may be linked to an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 5G services, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yonghwan Lee, Kihyeon Kim, Ahyoung Shin, Jongyeop Lee
  • Patent number: 12134067
    Abstract: A method and a system for the removal of carbon dioxide from solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: CARBON CLEAN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Prateek Bumb, James Jonathan Hall, Gopi Neeliesetty
  • Patent number: 12129776
    Abstract: A separator for separating liquid from a gas flow is provided with a nozzle carrier element provided with a nozzle arrangement having one or more nozzles. An impact element is arranged downstream in flow direction of the gas flow at least partially opposite the nozzle arrangement. A permanent cover device is provided that covers at least one of the one or more nozzles of the nozzle arrangement. The permanent cover device reduces by at least 50% a through-flow of the gas flow through the at least one of the one or more nozzles of the nozzle arrangement compared to the one or more nozzles of the nozzle arrangement that are free from the permanent cover device. An assembly kit for producing such a separator is provided with a nozzle carrier element with nozzle arrangement and one or more nozzles, an impact element, a cover device, and a liquid reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Karun Chandra Kumar, Chowalloor Rapheal Antomon, Rohit Dattatray Surve, Thomas Schleiden
  • Patent number: 12123465
    Abstract: A bushing assembly for a structure having a first aperture is provided. The bushing assembly includes a first component configured to be received by the first aperture and having a second aperture. A maximum width of the first component defines an outer diameter. The bushing assembly further includes a second component positioned outside of the first aperture and coupled to the first component, the second component having a third aperture extending through the second component. The third aperture is dimensioned so as to be equivalent to the outer diameter of the first component, and the first component and the second component are formed as discrete components of the bushing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard T. Bourque, Erik M. Byrne
  • Patent number: 12116959
    Abstract: A supplemental fuel system includes a supplemental fuel tank, an electronic valve, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The supplemental fuel tank is configured to store a supplemental fuel configured to supplement a primary fuel used by an engine. The electronic valve is configured to be positioned between the supplemental fuel tank and an air supply system for the engine. The temperature sensor is configured to acquire temperature data regarding a temperature of the engine. The controller is configured to control the electronic valve such that the electronic valve is (i) closed to prevent the supplemental fuel from being provided to the air supply system in response to the temperature being less than a temperature threshold and (ii) open or openable to permit the supplemental fuel to be provided to the air supply system in response to the temperature being greater than the temperature threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: American CNG, LLC
    Inventor: Matt Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 12110038
    Abstract: A method for virtual fields driving related operations, the method includes (i)obtaining coarse navigation information regarding at least a segment of a path of a vehicle to a destination of the vehicle; and (ii) determining one or more virtual forces, by using a processing circuitry and based on the coarse navigation information, the one or more virtual forces are for use in applying a driving related operation of the vehicle, the one or more virtual forces belong to a virtual physical model and represent, at least in part, the coarse navigation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Armin Biess, Isaac Misri, Julius Engelsoy, Igal Raichelgauz
  • Patent number: 12110836
    Abstract: An engine is provided with a cylinder liner that extends beyond the surface of the crankcase surrounding the cylinder. When the engine is oriented in an inverted V-block configuration, the extension of the cylinder liner provides a barrier to oil that can pool on the crankcase surface and otherwise enter the interior of the cylinder, absent such a barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: DeltaHawk Engines, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Daniel De Lise
  • Patent number: 12103567
    Abstract: A processor operates to: refer to a switching condition in which a vehicle speed and input form information of an input command are preliminarily associated with each other, to determine whether or not the input form of the input command satisfies the switching condition associated with the vehicle speed; when a determination is made that the input form of the input command satisfies the switching condition corresponding to the vehicle speed, switch a control mode of the vehicle from autonomous driving control to manual driving control based on the input command; and execute driving of the vehicle by the manual driving control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhisa Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 12104535
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, and an exhaust section arranged in serial flow order and together defining at least in part a core air flowpath; and a thermal management system comprising a supercritical carbon dioxide line thermally coupled to, or integrated into, a portion of the compressor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gregory Alexander Natsui, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Lana Maria Osusky, Thomas Malkus
  • Patent number: 12104551
    Abstract: A piston in a piston and cylinder liner assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a piston crown, and a plurality of piston rings seated within a plurality of ring grooves in a crown outer surface. The plurality of piston rings includes a baffle ring seated within an uppermost ring groove. A plurality of pressure balancing passages extend through the piston crown each from a first opening formed in an uppermost land to a second opening formed in a second land. The baffle ring may be a non-loaded ring structured to prevent oil droplets from entering a cylinder and causing abnormal combustion. In an embodiment, a shielding wall projects axially from an annular rim of the piston to prevent entry of oil not deflected by the baffle ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Siddhesh Bharat Bhoite
  • Patent number: 12098522
    Abstract: A management server receives a maximum value and a minimum value of the respective voltages in a plurality of battery cells configuring an electricity storage device of a hydraulic excavator from the hydraulic excavator, and stores the values in a storage device. Discharge characteristics of the electricity storage device are stored in the storage device in the management server. A battery state estimation calculating unit in the management server calculates an estimation maximum value and an estimation minimum value of cell voltages in the present or in the future by adding the discharge characteristics stored in the storage device to the latest maximum value and the latest minimum value of the cell voltages stored in the storage device. A management information producing unit outputs information based upon the estimation maximum value and the estimation minimum value of the cell voltages calculated in the battery state estimation calculating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Watanabe, Ken Takeuchi, Itaru Naya
  • Patent number: 12098665
    Abstract: An oil pan noise reduction device includes an oil pan, a mounting plate positioned at one side of the oil pan, and a damping member positioned between the oil pan and the mounting plate, in which the mounting plate includes a depressed portion formed in one surface of the mounting plate directed toward the oil pan, and a protruding portion disposed in the depressed portion and protruding from the depressed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventor: Hyeseong Heo
  • Patent number: 12091010
    Abstract: A propulsion control system for a vehicle includes a first vehicle sensor, a second vehicle sensor, and a controller in electrical communication with the first vehicle sensor and the second vehicle sensor. The controller is programmed to determine a closed-loop noise level in a cabin of the vehicle using the first vehicle sensor. The controller is further programmed to determine an open-loop noise level in the cabin of the vehicle using the second vehicle sensor. The controller is further programmed to adjust a propulsion calibration value of the vehicle based at least in part on the closed-loop noise level and the open-loop noise level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Matthew S. Zebiak
  • Patent number: 12083890
    Abstract: An operation device for an autonomous vehicle includes a touch panel configured to display at least one of a start button and a deceleration button, and a notification button on the same screen. The autonomous vehicle is autonomously drivable. The start button is a button for starting driving of the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous drive mode. The deceleration button is a button for decelerating the autonomous vehicle during the autonomous drive mode. The notification button is a button for performing notification to an outside of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaharu Kinoshita