Patents Examined by Jonathan R Matthias
  • Patent number: 11506106
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a flexible pipe assembly that includes a pipe, a sleeve, a first connection assembly, and a second connection assembly. The pipe of the flexible pipe assembly includes a first end portion that is coupled to an external vertical exhaust pipe that allows exhaust to escape from a truck and a second end portion that is coupled to a pipe to an outlet of an exhaust aftertreatment system (EAS). The pipe also includes a third portion, which is a bellows, coupling the first end portion to the second end portion of the pipe of the flexible pipe assembly. The first and second connection assemblies couple the sleeve to the pipe of the flexible pipe assembly by passing through holes in the sleeve and the pipe of the flexible pipe assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Robert Lee Bundy, James Noah Park
  • Patent number: 11499464
    Abstract: There is provided an exhaust device that purifies exhaust gas discharged from an engine through an exhaust pipe. The exhaust device includes: a chamber that forms an expansion chamber of the exhaust gas at a downstream side of the exhaust pipe; a partition wall that partitions the expansion chamber into a first expansion chamber and a second expansion chamber; an introduction pipe that enters the second expansion chamber from a downstream end of the exhaust pipe; and a catalyst interposed at an intermediate portion of the introduction pipe in the second expansion chamber. The partition wall is formed with a first opening connecting an outlet of the introduction pipe to the first expansion chamber and a second opening connecting the first expansion chamber to the second expansion chamber, and the second opening overlaps with the catalyst when viewed from a side of the first expansion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kohei Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11492949
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine, which comprises an exhaust system which can be connected to the outlet of an internal combustion engine. A catalytic converter close to the engine and a second catalytic converter arranged downstream of the catalytic converter in an underbody of a motor vehicle are provided in the flow direction of an exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine flowing through an exhaust gas duct of the exhaust system. An inlet point for secondary air, an exhaust gas burner, and a fuel injector for introducing fuel into the exhaust gas duct are arranged downstream of the catalytic converter close to the engine and upstream of the second catalytic converter. According to the invention, the exhaust gas burner is activated immediately after the internal combustion engine is started in order to heat the second catalytic converter to its light-off temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Tolga Bozalp, Stefan Paukner, Falk-Christian Baron Von Ceumern-Lindenstjerna, Michael Kaack
  • Patent number: 11486284
    Abstract: Provided is a heat exchange device 1 in which: a heat exchange path composed of a plurality of heat exchange branch paths ER1 and ER2 and a detour path DR are provided inside a base structure 2 having a fluid introducing portion 21 and a fluid discharging portion 22; a heat exchange portion 4 through which a heating target fluid is arranged in each of the heat exchange branch paths ER1 and ER2; and a switching portion is provided that can switch a flow of heated fluid circulating through the base structure 2 so as to be regulated to either the heat exchange path or the detour path DR. A heat exchange device having excellent heat exchange performance and capable of shortening the length and reducing the size is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SANKEI GIKEN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takanori Nagai
  • Patent number: 11486283
    Abstract: The dual function exhaust system attachment, which is preferably used with an all-terrain vehicle, includes a muffler, a silencing cap, and a sound-enhancing plug. In a quiet configuration, the silencing cap is mounted to conceal a primary outlet of the muffler. In a loud configuration, the sound-enhancing plug is mounted to conceal a secondary outlet of the muffler. A set of screw threads or sealing mechanism may be used to mount the silencing cap and the sound-enhancing plug. A primary perforated barrier, a solid barrier, at least one secondary perforated barrier, and a pipe section are positioned within a hollow structural body of the muffler to guide the exhaust gas flow from an inlet of the muffler to the primary outlet or the secondary outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Jason Joseph Cloutier
  • Patent number: 11480084
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery system used in a vehicle includes a CO2 recovery device recovering CO2 contained in inflowing gas; and a flow rate control device controlling flow rates of gases present in a plurality of different regions of the vehicle flowing into the CO2 recovery device. The gases present at the plurality of different regions include at least any two among air at an outside of the vehicle, air at an inside of the vehicle, and exhaust gas discharged from a body of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Miyagawa, Daiki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11480087
    Abstract: A mixer apparatus for an exhaust gas aftertreatment system of a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a housing having enveloping, first end, and second end walls. An injection opening for an exhaust gas aftertreatment agent is in the enveloping wall. An inlet opening is in the first end wall. The injection opening is configured for mounting a metering module. A rectilinear metering axis, which extends through the metering module and corresponds to an injection direction of exhaust gas aftertreatment agent injected into the housing, tangentially contacts, at a contact point, a theoretical cylinder, disposed in the housing, having a variable radius and a cylinder axis that is congruent with a central axis of the housing. A region of the metering axis extending from the injection opening to the contact point is located, with respect to inflowing exhaust gas, in the shelter of an opening-free region of the first end wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk von Meduna, Guangtuo Yang, Dirk Heilig
  • Patent number: 11473468
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system (100) connected downstream an internal combustion engine arrangement (102) for receiving exhaust gases conveyed from the internal combustion engine arrangement (102) during operation thereof, wherein the aftertreatment system comprises first and second catalytic devices in series, wherein a gap is there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Björn Henriksson, Sebastian Pelto-Piri, Mikael Forsberg
  • Patent number: 11473467
    Abstract: An emissions abatement system for an engine system having an engine and an after-treatment system is provided. The emissions abatement system is configured for operation in an off-highway vehicle and comprises a controller arranged to: receive an input indicative of an intent to start the vehicle; upon receipt of said input, activate a heating component to raise an operating temperature of at least a portion of the after-treatment system; determine when the after-treatment system has reached a first heated condition; once the first heated condition has been reached, direct the engine to be started and direct the vehicle to operate in a first mode; determine when the after-treatment system has reached a second heated condition; and once the second heated condition has been reached, direct the vehicle to operate in a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Alan Tolley, Giles Smith
  • Patent number: 11473466
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas processing device, an air-fuel ratio sensor is provided such that a measuring portion is located in a region surrounded by a downstream-side end surface of a TWC, an upstream-side end surface of a GPF, and an inner wall surface of a case against which the exhaust gas G that has passed through the TWC flows, that is the region a region on the GPF side of the center of the TWC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Marelli Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Sugaya, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Takaharu Yamamoto, Satoru Yokoshima, Tooru Hisanaga, Daisuke Shimamura
  • Patent number: 11466804
    Abstract: A vehicle exhaust evacuation system includes an adapter secured to an end of a vehicle tailpipe and a nozzle assembly secured to the end of a flexible hose for carrying vehicle exhaust outside of a building. The nozzle assembly has an aluminum cartridge removably secured in a rubber boot. Magnet assemblies are secured to the aluminum cartridge. Openings in the adapter allow ambient air to flow over the magnet assemblies to lengthen the life of the magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Rossman Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul E. Miller
  • Patent number: 11459925
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification structure of an outboard motor includes an exhaust gas pipe that has an exhaust gas passage through which exhaust gas of an engine can flow; and a catalyst that is provided in the exhaust gas passage and purifies the exhaust gas by allowing the exhaust gas to pass through the inside thereof. The exhaust gas pipe includes a coolant flow passage allowing a coolant that cools the exhaust gas to flow therethrough. An exhaust gas bypass passage allowing the exhaust gas to flow without passing through the catalyst is formed between the catalyst and an inner surface of the exhaust gas pipe forming the exhaust gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11454156
    Abstract: An assembly is provided including a clamp comprising a band having an annular groove defined therein. The annular groove is defined between a pair of curved band surface sections joined to a substantially flat band surface section when the clamp is viewed in cross-section. The assembly also includes a substantially cylindrical body having an axis. A flared flange extends radially outwardly from the cylindrical body. A retaining clip extends from the flared flange. The band clamp is secured to the conduit such that the flared flange of the conduit is positioned within the band, and the retaining clip of the conduit is secured to the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ideal Clamp Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin T. Koehler
  • Patent number: 11454460
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation heat exchanger assembly that includes a tube, a fin structure, and a clip. The tube has first and second walls extending between a first lateral end and a second lateral end. The fin structure is received in the tube to form a cooling tube assembly. The cooling tube assembly defines a first channel between the first lateral end and a first fin of the fin structure, a second channel between the second lateral end and a second fin of the fin structure disposed opposite the first fin, and a plurality of intermediate channels extending between the first and second channels. The clip is coupled to the cooling tube assembly. The clip has at least one flow impeding portion being configured to impede a fluid flow through at least one of the first channel, the second channel, and one or more of the intermediate channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Pedro Espinheira Rio, Daniel Peixoto, Pablo Franco, Rodrigo Lamas
  • Patent number: 11441464
    Abstract: Systems for reducing the content of residual pollutants from tailpipes emissions in an exhaust line having a cold part may include an ozone generation system; an MnO2 catalyst; and a lean NOx trap (LNT) catalyst. In these systems, the ozone, MnO2 catalyst, and LNT catalyst may be provided in the cold part of the exhaust line. In these systems, the residuals pollutants may be oxidized at temperatures of from about 20° C. to about 150° C. in rich or lean conditions and NO2 may have a concentration of less than 0.1 mg/km in the tailpipe emissions downstream of the cold part of the exhaust line. Corresponding methods may include generating ozone from an ozonizer; injecting the ozone in a mixing chamber comprising the residual pollutants to form a first mixture; converting the first mixture using an MnO2 catalyst to form a second mixture; and converting the second mixture using an LNT catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Emmanuel Laigle, Christophe Chaillou, Caroline Norsic, André Nicolle
  • Patent number: 11441499
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling imbalance with an exhaust tuning valve. In one example, a method may include adjusting a first exhaust tuning valve in response to combustion torque imbalance in a first and second group of cylinders. Additionally or alternatively, the position of the second exhaust tuning valve may be adjusted in response to an imbalance generated by the same group of cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sumanth Reddy Dadam, Hani Ayesh, Vinod Ravi, Di Zhu, Vivek Kumar
  • Patent number: 11434802
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine has an exhaust gas aftertreatment system comprising in the given order in the flow direction of the exhaust gas: a device for metering ammonia and/or a compound that can be decomposed to form ammonia into the exhaust gas to be cleaned, as a reducing agent; one or more SCR catalysts, which form a first SCR unit; one or more SCR and/or ammonia oxidation and/or ammonia slip catalysts, which form a second SCR unit; and a NOx sensor in the exhaust gas tail pipe. An amount, to be metered into the exhaust gas, of ammonia and/or of the decomposable compound is set using the nitrogen oxide concentration in the exhaust gas tail pipe that is determined by the NOx sensor, and the occurrence or non-occurrence of an ammonia excess in the region of the NOx sensor can be determined from the sensor signal of the NOx sensor by evaluating said sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Deutz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Volker Smits
  • Patent number: 11434796
    Abstract: A muffler may include a thin plate mesh provided in an internal space of an inlet chamber formed at a side opposite to an outlet chamber of a muffler housing such that gas contained in exhaust fluid passes through the thin plate mesh by collision of the exhaust fluid against the thin plate mesh and water contained in the exhaust fluid is separated from the gas; a water movement guide fluidically-connected to the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber for allowing the water gathered at the front side of the thin plate mesh in the internal space of the inlet chamber to flow therein and move to the outlet chamber; and a muffler pipe connected to the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber for allowing the gas gathered at the rear side of the thin plate mesh in the internal space of the inlet chamber to move to the outlet chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Ju-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11421569
    Abstract: A muffler includes a first tube defining a first inlet for receiving exhaust and a first outlet. The muffler includes a housing defining a tuning chamber. The muffler includes a second tube at least partially received within the first tube. Further, the second tube defines a second inlet disposed within the first tube and a second outlet disposed in fluid communication with the tuning chamber. The muffler further includes a muffler outlet for discharging exhaust from the muffler. Moreover, the first tube and the second tube define an annular passage therebetween. The annular passage is disposed in fluid communication with the first outlet of the first tube and the muffler outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventor: Abdulhadi Madi
  • Patent number: 11408321
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system comprises a first passageway having a first temperature and a second passageway having a second temperature different than the first temperature. A turbine is disposed downstream from the first passageway and upstream from the second passageway. The turbine is in fluidic communication with the first passageway and the second passageway. The turbine is structured to receive an exhaust gas from the first passageway, generate energy using the exhaust gas flowing through the turbine and communicate the exhaust gas to the second passageway. The aftertreatment system also includes an insertion device structured to insert an exhaust reductant into the first passageway. A selective catalytic reduction system is configured to receive the exhaust gas from the second passageway and treat the exhaust gas. The first temperature can be higher than the second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Heichelbech, John G. Buechler, Richard J. Ancimer, Thomas M. Yonushonis