Patents Examined by Kelsey L Stanek
  • Patent number: 11891923
    Abstract: A valvetrain for an internal combustion engine includes a camshaft, an electromagnetic latch assembly, a rocker shaft, and a rocker arm assembly. The rocker arm assembly may include a cam follower configured to engage a cam mounted on the camshaft as the camshaft rotates and a rocker arm configured to rotate on the rocker shaft. The electromagnetic latch assembly may include a pin translatable between a first position and a second position and an electromagnet that causes the pin to actuate. The movement of the pin may provide mode switching for a switching rocker arm, a cylinder deactivating rocker arm, or an engine brake rocker arm. The electromagnet is powered by a circuit that passes through the rocker shaft. The electromagnet may be mounted to the rocker shaft. Running the circuit through the rocker shaft allows the electromagnet to be powered with wiring that remains stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Adam Boden, Anthony Leon Spoor
  • Patent number: 11828217
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment assembly includes a housing and an exhaust gas treatment section accommodating chamber in the housing for accommodating an exhaust gas treatment section therein so as to permit the treatment section to be removed from the housing. An exhaust gas supply duct leads to the housing and is open to the housing via a housing inlet region. A main mixing section accommodating chamber accommodates a main mixing section in such a way that the main mixing section can be removed from the housing. A first exhaust gas treatment section inlet region is open to the housing inlet region to receive exhaust gas from the exhaust gas supply duct. A first exhaust gas treatment section outlet region is open to a main mixing section exhaust gas inlet region of the main mixing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Purem GmbH
    Inventor: Shengxiao Lin
  • Patent number: 11808192
    Abstract: An exhaust gas system includes an engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit, a turbocharger, a turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit, an injection housing, a dosing module, and a bypass system. The engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit is configured to receive exhaust gas. The turbocharger includes a turbine. The turbine is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit. The turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit is coupled to the turbine. The injection housing is coupled to the turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit and centered on an injection housing axis. The dosing module is coupled to the injection housing and includes an injector. The injector is configured to dose reductant into the injection housing. The injector is centered on an injector axis. The bypass system includes a bypass inlet conduit, a bypass valve, and a bypass outlet conduit. The bypass inlet conduit is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Colin L. Norris, Matthew Henry, Stephen W. Caddy, Randolph G. Zoran, Stephen M. Holl, Matthew Robert Brookes, Jamie Archer, John M. Clark
  • Patent number: 11788454
    Abstract: A mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer shell defining an internal cavity, wherein the mixer shell includes an upstream end configured to receive exhaust gases and downstream end. A reactor is positioned within the internal cavity and has a reactor inlet configured to receive injected fluid and a reactor outlet that directs a mixture of exhaust gas and injected fluid into the internal cavity. A flow diverter is associated with the reactor to direct exhaust gas bypassing the reactor to mix with the mixture exiting the reactor outlet prior to exiting the downstream end of the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Alano, Randall Cvelbar, Amaresh Rakkasagi, Anthony Burnett, Jerome Hornback
  • Patent number: 11761360
    Abstract: A control method for a continuously variable valve lift mechanism includes: controlling a continuously variable valve lift mechanism to enter a limp mode when the continuously variable valve lift mechanism fails and disables an automatic valve lift changing function; driving and forcing the continuously variable valve lift mechanism to move to a maximum lift position; and triggering a self locking function to self lock the continuously variable valve lift mechanism at the maximum lift position when the continuously variable valve lift mechanism reaches the maximum lift position. A control system for a continuously variable valve lift mechanism, and a vehicle are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tao Liu, Fabao Yang, Liming Xu, Ji Yin, Jiajia Hu, Luping Liu, Song Zhang, Yanlong Fang
  • Patent number: 11761356
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes a crankshaft, a camshaft, a cylinder, a piston movably disposed in the cylinder and coupled to the crankshaft for driving the crankshaft, a first gas exchange valve which is assigned to the cylinder, a first valve clearance compensation device, where via the first valve clearance compensation device the first gas exchange valve is displaceable between a first open position and a first closed position by a first cam of the camshaft, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to align the camshaft such that the first valve clearance compensation device is pressure-loaded in the idle state of the crankshaft by a plateau area assigned to the first cam to hold the first gas exchange valve in the first open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Johannes Ernst, Franz Huber, Jochen Hufendiek, Christian Lorenz, Tilmann Roemheld, Frank Strauss, Ruediger Weiss, Hardy Weymann
  • Patent number: 11753971
    Abstract: A continuously variable valve duration (CVVD) system includes a controller configured to determine whether a learning value existing in the CVVD system is required to be verified during one of a hardware abnormality, a learning value abnormality, and a motor voltage abnormality. In particular, the controller performs a learning value verification control using a rotation detection value and switches from a learning value verification control to a re-learning control when re-learning is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bon-Chang Koo
  • Patent number: 11698019
    Abstract: The present invention shows an exhaust gas aftertreatment system comprising at least a first route and a second route arranged in parallel in an exhaust gas stream, wherein the first route and the second route are provided with exhaust gas aftertreatment subsystems. The exhaust gas aftertreatment subsystems of the first route and the second route use different exhaust gas aftertreatment technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Colmar SAS
    Inventor: Salvatore Collura
  • Patent number: 11692463
    Abstract: An oil passage switching valve suitable for a valve timing changing apparatus includes: a valve body, opening or closing an oil passage of operating oil; an urging spring, urging to position the valve body to a position corresponding to the retard position in a pause state; and a switching element, positioning the valve body to a position corresponding to the retard position when a state quantity of the operating oil is in a first range, and switching a position of the valve body in response to the state quantity (pressure or temperature) of the operating oil while resisting an urging force of the urging spring to position the valve body to a position corresponding to the advance position when the state quantity of the operating oil is in a second range greater than the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chikara Oikawa, Kairi Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11692464
    Abstract: A valve timing adjustment device includes: a housing member; a vane rotor that includes vanes and is securely coupled to a driven shaft and is rotatable relative to the housing member when the vane rotor receives a pressure of hydraulic oil introduced into hydraulic chambers; a fixing member that fixes the vane rotor to the driven shaft; and a bearing section that rotatably supports the housing member. The housing member includes a winding section that is formed at an outer peripheral surface of the housing member. A transmission member is wound around the winding section. The bearing section and the winding section at least partially overlap with each other when viewed in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Fukuyama, Tetsuro Mitsutani
  • Patent number: 11686205
    Abstract: An angular sector of a fixed blade ring of a turbomachine, in particular a stator or a guide vane assembly, includes, relative to the axis of said fixed blade ring, a radially outer platform, a radially inner platform, at least two blades extending between said platforms, and at least one block of abradable honeycomb material extending on the inside of the inner platform between transverse ends of the sector. The block of abradable material includes at least one transverse end wall shaped according to a toothed profile having at least one radially oriented tooth extending across an entire radial thickness of said block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Thomas Nolwenn Emmanuel Delahaye, Kamel Benderradji, Alain Marc Lucien Bromann, Liliana Gomes Pereira, Delphine Hermance Maxime Parent
  • Patent number: 11680506
    Abstract: A muffler includes a muffler housing having an exhaust gas inlet port adapted for securing to an exhaust pipe of an automobile so that exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine of the automobile are directed through the muffler housing from the exhaust gas inlet to an exhaust gas outlet. The muffler housing includes a plurality of rigid surfaces that form an exhaust gas pathway including a plurality of turns and lead from the exhaust gas inlet port to the exhaust gas outlet port. A photocatalyst coating is secured to an area of the rigid surfaces, and a light source is secured to the muffler housing and positioned to direct light onto the photocatalyst coating. The exhaust gases come into contact with the photocatalyst coating and reactive species generated by the photocatalyst coating decompose one or more pollutants in the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Pure-Light Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger K. Young
  • Patent number: 11680507
    Abstract: A mixer assembly for a vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer shell defining an internal cavity and an inlet reactor positioned within the internal cavity. The inlet reactor has a fluid inlet, a first exhaust gas inlet, and a second exhaust gas inlet. An inlet baffle is mounted to an upstream end of the mixer shell. The inlet baffle includes a first opening that directs exhaust gas into the first exhaust gas inlet, a scoop that directs exhaust gas into the second exhaust gas inlet, and a plurality of bypass openings that direct exhaust gas to bypass entry into the inlet reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: Randall Cvelbar, Eduardo Alano, Amee Bhatt, Amaresh Rakkasagi, Anthony Burnett
  • Patent number: 11649063
    Abstract: An acoustic panel for an aircraft nacelle air intake comprising a resistive skin perforated by noise absorption holes and a core against which the resistive skin extends, wherein the resistive skin has a smooth visible face and a castellated rear face with alternating ribs and grooves. The noise absorption holes are formed exclusively in the grooves, i.e., in a zone where the skin is less thick, which enables the holes to have a diameter that is both greater than the thickness of the skin and small enough not to have any impact on drag. The mechanical strength of the resistive skin provided by the ribs ensures that the lesser thickness of the resistive skin in the grooves does not render the resistive skin overly flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Alain Porte, Jacques Lalane, Benoit Przybyla, Thierry Colcombet, Franck Colcombet
  • Patent number: 11628400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a particulate filter which comprises a wall-flow filter of length L and two different catalytically active coatings Y and Z, wherein the wall flow filter comprises channels E and A that extend in parallel between a first and a second end of the wall-flow filter and are separated by porous walls which form the surfaces OE and OA, respectively, and wherein the channels E are closed at the second end and the channels A are closed at the first end. The invention is characterized in that the coating Y is located in the channels E on the surfaces OE and the coating Z is located in the porous walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan Schoenhaber, Naina Deibel, Martin Roesch, Stephanie Spiess, Joerg-Michael Richter, Susanne Kunert
  • Patent number: 11624305
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system for treating constituents of an exhaust gas produced by an engine, comprising: a housing; a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system disposed within the housing; a reductant injector disposed on a sidewall of the housing upstream of the SCR system and configured to insert a reductant into the exhaust gas; and a vortex generator disposed in the housing, the vortex generator comprising at least one deflector disposed on a surface within the housing, the at least one deflector configured to generate vortices in a portion of the exhaust gas flow flowing over the at least one deflector such that the portion of the exhaust gas remains attached to the surface at a downstream location of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Johnson, Andrew J. Albers, Shashank Mishra, Otto A. Negron Rivas, Jeremy Dale Harris
  • Patent number: 11608761
    Abstract: An oil supply carrier assembly configured to be mounted to a valve train carrier having a plurality of rocker arms according to the present disclosure includes an oil supply carrier housing having a first oil inlet port and a second oil inlet port. The oil supply carrier housing supports an oil control valve and further includes first, second and third oil supply passages. The first oil supply passage is configured to deliver oil from the first oil inlet port on the valve train carrier to the oil control valve. The second oil supply passage is configured to deliver oil from the valve train carrier to at least one engine brake rocker arm of the rocker arms. The third oil supply passage is configured therein to deliver oil from the second oil inlet port to the rocker arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Zhengkun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11608763
    Abstract: An automotive exhaust aftertreatment system includes a three-way catalyst (TWC) fluidly coupled to an internal combustion engine and a muffler, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) unit located downstream from the TWC and upstream from the muffler, the SCR unit configured as a NOx catalytic converter and a hydrocarbon (HC) trap, and an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) located downstream from the SCR and upstream from the muffler, the EHC configured as a catalytic converter for the trapped HCs once the HCs are released from the SCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nikodem Suchta, Jacqueline A. Lymburner
  • Patent number: 11603788
    Abstract: A mixing conduit for use within an exhaust treatment system of a work vehicle. The mixing conduit is configured to receive engine exhaust and a mixture of engine exhaust and reductant. The mixing conduit includes an outer tube and an inner tube within the outer tube. Each tube extends lengthwise from upstream ends to downstream ends of the inner and outer tubes, respectively. The inner tube includes an exterior surface, and the outer tube includes an interior surface. The inner tube defines an inner flowpath within the inner tube. The outer tube and inner tube also define an outer flowpath radially between the exterior surface of the inner tube and the interior surface of the outer tube. The mixing conduit further includes one or more swirler vanes extending radially between the exterior surface of the inner tube and the interior surface of the outer tube and within the outer flowpath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Kaushal Ghorpade, Hesam Abbassi, Panos Tamamidis, Samrendra K. Singh
  • Patent number: 11603787
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a gasoline urea selective catalytic reductant catalyst are described. In one example, an observer is provided that corrects an estimate of an amount of NH3 that is stored in a SCR. The amount of NH3 that is stored in the SCR is a basis for generating additional NH3 or ceasing generation of NH3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Michael Uhrich, Timothy R. Gernant, Giovanni Cavataio, Joseph Thomas