Patents Examined by Kevin A Lathers
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Patent number: 11143087Abstract: A pump for recirculating the cooling liquid of combustion engines, in particular of vehicles, with a hybrid control system that includes an electromagnetic friction coupling and electric motor. The pump is capable of recirculating cooling liquids to produce a variation in the speed of the rotation of the impeller depending on the requirements of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Inventor: Piercarlo Boffelli
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Patent number: 11143086Abstract: A work vehicle has an internal combustion engine that is disposed in an engine bay, an operator space that is disposed above the engine bay, and a cooling-air installation. The air cooling installation has a cooling-air inlet, a cooling-air outlet, a cooling-air blower, as well as a cooler that in the flow path of the cooling air through the engine bay is disposed between the cooling-air inlet and the cooling-air outlet. In terms of a direction of primary travel of the work vehicle, the cooling-air inlet of the engine bay is provided on a first (lateral) vehicle side and/or vehicle lower side, and the cooling-air outlet of the engine bay is provided on a vehicle front side The cooling-air outlet has a cooling-air deflection installation which is configured such that exiting cooling air is guided in the direction of a second (lateral) vehicle side.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: WACKER NEUSON LINZ GMBHInventors: Dieter Farthofer, Johannes Peterseil, Markus Schauer
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Patent number: 11143068Abstract: An oil and gas separation device for an internal combustion engine includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber provided successively from bottom to top, wherein the first chamber is connected to the second chamber through a first gas channel. The second chamber is connected to the third chamber through a second gas channel. The third chamber is connected to a gas outlet pipe. A bottom of the first chamber is connected to an internal combustion engine body. A lower oil baffle plate is provided between the bottom of the first chamber and the internal combustion engine body. The first gas channel is longitudinally covered by the lower oil baffle plate. The oil and gas separation effect and speed can be improved by employing the oil and gas separation device for the internal combustion engine of the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: CHONGQING ZONGSHEN GENERAL POWER MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin Yuan, Xi Wang
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Patent number: 11131267Abstract: Systems are provided for cooling a cylinder block via bore bridge cooling passages. In one example, a system may include a cylinder block with a first cylinder and a second cylinder adjacent to the first cylinder and a bore bridge positioned between the first cylinder and the second cylinder, the cylinder block further including a coolant jacket at least partially surrounding the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The system may further include a cooling passage positioned within the bore bridge, the cooling passage including an inlet fluidly coupled to the coolant jacket and an outlet positioned at a deck face of the cylinder block, the cooling passage curving from the inlet to the outlet with a curvature greater than zero.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Justin Craft, Phil Cierpial, Mathew Hintzen, Antony Schepak, Daryl Self, Baran Celikten, Paul Shoemaker
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Patent number: 11131277Abstract: An internal combustion engine including: an operating state detection unit that detects an operating state of the internal combustion engine; a fuel reforming unit configured to be supplied with a liquid fuel including hydrocarbon and generate a reformed fuel having an octane number larger than that of the supplied liquid fuel; a reformed fuel composition adjusting unit that adjusts the composition of the reformed fuel generated by the fuel reforming unit; and a control device that controls the composition of the reformed fuel by controlling the reformed fuel composition adjusting unit in accordance with the operating state detected by the operating state detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Go Asai
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Patent number: 11131255Abstract: A movable piston head is provided; the piston head has a head cylinder and a upper piston, a first port and a second port on the head cylinder wall, a first path and a second path in the upper piston, when the first port aligns with the first path horizontally, or the second port aligns with the second path horizontally, the combustion chamber is communicating with external, the upper piston moves up and down to perform intake, exhaust, compression, seal the combustion chamber from external. A variable compression ratio engine and a shifted minimum combustion chamber volume engine are provided. Fuel efficiency is improved and manufacturing cost is reduced, different working sequences and compression ratio control are also provided in the invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Inventors: Defang Yuan, Lin Zhao
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Patent number: 11131275Abstract: Injection method and system for the injection of water in an internal combustion engine; the following steps are substantially comprised: operating, when the internal combustion engine is turned on, a reversible pump in order to suck water from a tank and feed the water under pressure to an injector through a feeding duct; cyclically opening, when the internal combustion engine is turned on, the injector in order to inject the water towards at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine; and draining the water, when the internal combustion engine is turned off, from the injector and the feeding duct by using a release valve connecting the feeding duct to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: MARELLI EUROPE S.p.A.Inventors: Antonio Zito, Antonio Barbuto
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Patent number: 11125152Abstract: It is disclosed a boxer engine with two substantially mirror-symmetric engine sides (L, R) comprising a crankshaft (1) to which is connected, at least two main scotch yoke assemblies (110) each having one main piston (7) arranged inside one main cylinder (I, III; II, IV) of each engine side (R; L), and at least one auxiliary scotch yoke assembly (120) having a pair of auxiliary pistons (8) arranged inside a pair of auxiliary cylinders (V, VII; VI, VIII) of each engine side (R; L), wherein the main scotch yoke assemblies (110) are arranged synchronized on the crankshaft (1) and the at least one auxiliary scotch yoke assembly (120) is arranged 180° offset on the crankshaft (1), each auxiliary piston (7) defining an outer space and an inner space within each auxiliary cylinder (V, VII; VI, VIII), the inner space facing the opposite engine side (R; L), wherein, said inner spaces of each auxiliary cylinder (V, VII; VI, VIII) pair are in fluid communication and forming a compression chamber, said compression chaType: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Patentec ASInventor: Hilberg Inge Karoliussen
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Patent number: 11125189Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a combustion chamber, an intake tract through which air can flow, a first tank for a liquid spark-ignition fuel, a second tank for water, a mixing region, in which the spark-ignition fuel from the first tank is to be mixed with the water from the second tank thereby creating a mixture having the spark-ignition fuel and the water, an injection valve which is allocated to the combustion chamber and by which the mixture can be injected directly into the combustion chamber, and a second injection valve which is allocated to the combustion chamber and provided in addition to the injection valve and by which in relation to the water and the spark-injection fuel, only the spark-injection fuel from the first tank can be injected at a location upstream of the combustion chamber into the intake tract and thus into the air flowing through the intake tract.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Philipp Fischer, Wolfgang Kern, Michael Sallmann, Martin Schenk
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Patent number: 11125139Abstract: An engine cooling system comprises an engine cooling circuit, comprising a first pump structured to circulate engine coolant fluid therethrough. A remote coolant radiator positioned along the engine cooling circuit downstream of the engine and outside of a vehicle cooling package area is structured to transfer heat from the engine coolant fluid to air. A coolant heat exchanger is positioned along the engine cooling circuit in parallel to the remote coolant radiator. A waste heat recovery system comprises a working fluid circuit comprising a second pump. The coolant heat exchanger is positioned along the working fluid circuit and is structured to transfer heat from the engine coolant fluid to the working fluid. An expander is structured to convert energy from the heat transferred to the working fluid from the engine cooling fluid to mechanical energy. A condenser positioned downstream of the expander is structured to cool the working fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Timothy C. Ernst, Christopher R. Nelson, Jared Carpenter Delahanty
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Patent number: 11118503Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising a combustion cylinder housing a combustion piston, a compressor cylinder housing a compressor piston, an expander cylinder housing an expander piston, and a crankshaft connected to the combustion piston and the expander piston by a respective connecting rod. The internal combustion engine further comprises a connecting element rigidly connecting the compressor piston and the expander piston such that the compressor piston and the expander piston move in unison.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Arne Andersson, Staffan Lundgren
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Patent number: 11111884Abstract: A spark-ignition internal combustion engine has an air intake tract for supplying fresh air to a combustion chamber of the spark-ignition internal combustion engine, an exhaust tract for discharging exhaust gases from the combustion chamber, and a urea introduction device having a urea injection nozzle for introducing an aqueous urea solution into the combustion chamber. The urea injection nozzle is disposed in the combustion chamber or upstream of the combustion chamber in relation to an air flow from the air intake tract into the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Eckard Pueschel
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Patent number: 11111839Abstract: A vehicle cooling system includes a first cooling circuit having a first operating temperature range when the vehicle is in an operational state, a second cooling circuit having a second operating temperature range, and a degas bottle. The degas bottle has a first chamber operably coupled to the first cooling circuit and a second chamber operably coupled to the second cooling circuit. The degas bottle includes a fill port operably coupled to the second chamber and a flow restrictor disposed at a divider separating the first and second chambers. The flow restrictor is configured to open to enable cooling fluid provided via the fill port, when the vehicle is in a non-operational state, to flow from the second chamber to the first chamber and be closed when the vehicle is in the operational state to prevent the cooling fluid from flowing between the first and second chambers.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mursel Ayva, Robert Alex Mitchell, Eduardo Correia
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Patent number: 11105232Abstract: A fluid conduit allowing a fluid to flow therethrough is provided, which can increase airtightness by a partition wall without reducing the accuracy of a size or a shape of an orifice provided in the partition wall. A partition wall 10 of a fluid conduit 1 is formed by joining an upper-side partition wall portion 11 and a lower-side partition wall portion 12 by welding. The lower-side partition wall portion 12 includes a joint-side portion 13 and an orifice-side portion (a wall portion 31), and while providing a joint portion 19 to the upper-side partition wall portion 11 in the joint-side portion 13, the orifice 32 is provided in the orifice-side portion, so that the joint portion 19 and the orifice 32 are disposed in a position shifted from each other when viewed from a joint direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakaya
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Patent number: 11105282Abstract: Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, which can control an injection amount of water injected into each cylinder of the internal combustion engine to a minimum injection amount that allows knock to be suppressed for each cylinder. Therefore, in a control device 1 that controls water supply valves 35 (water supply devices) that supply water into each of combustion chambers of a plurality of cylinders R (cylinders R1 to R3 in the embodiment) of an internal combustion engine 100, the control device 1 includes a water supply amount calculation unit 2 that calculates a supply amount of water supplied to each of the combustion chambers of the plurality of cylinders R1 to R3 for each cylinder, and a water supply control unit 3 that controls the water supply valves 35 based on the supply amount of water calculated by the water supply amount calculation unit 2 for each cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Sukegawa, Atsushi Shimada, Masayuki Saruwatari
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Patent number: 11098672Abstract: A method of forming an engine component includes providing a cylinder liner main body having a curved interior wall forming a cylinder bore extending along a bore axis and a curved exterior wall formed circumferentially about the curved interior wall. The method includes disposing a coating layer onto the interior wall and the exterior wall. A cylinder liner is provided that includes a main body and a coating layer disposed on an exterior wall and on an interior wall of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jianghuai Yang, Qigui Wang, Dale A. Gerard
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Patent number: 11092071Abstract: An opposed piston engine includes an engine housing (20), at least one cylinder housing (300) coupled to the engine housing, and a cylinder (210) supported by the at least one cylinder housing (300). The cylinder has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. Each of the first and second cylinder ends is directly supported by the engine housing (20).Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Enginuity Power Systems, Inc.Inventor: James C. Warren
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Patent number: 11085405Abstract: A charge air cooler (CAC) condensation dispersion system including a compressor for generating a hot compressed air flow; a CAC having an inlet tank for receiving the hot compressed air flow and an outlet tank for discharging a cooled compressed air flow; a condensate pickup tube having an inlet disposed in a lower volume of space within the outlet tank and an opposite outlet; and a condensate conveyance tube having a first end connected to the outlet of the pickup tube and an opposite second in in fluid connection with the inlet of the compressor. A solenoid actuated control valve is disposed in-line with the condensate conveyance tube. A controller configured to send a signal to the solenoid valve to selectively cycle the control valve between an open state and a closed state. An in-line orifice plate is disposed adjacent the second end of the condensate conveyance tube.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Bin Li, Guangzhi Zhao
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Patent number: 11078835Abstract: A bearing guide device of a combustion piston for a variable compression ratio engine. The movement of the combustion piston from a top dead center to a bottom dead center drives the movement of a synchronized roller made up of a cylindrical body and a pinion from a first position to a second position relative to first and second racks. According to the disclosure, the first and/or second racks have a different circular pitch than the pinion so that the flanks of the teeth of the pinion engage with the flanks of the teeth of the first and second racks only when the pinion is in the first or second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: MCE 5 Development, Vianney RabhiInventors: Sylvain Bigot, Maxence Pister
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Patent number: 11073079Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine having an engine with a first number of cylinders and a second number of cylinders and a supercharger arrangement, wherein a charge air flow supplied to the engine is compressed by means of at least one compressor and at least one turbine is acted on by an exhaust gas flow discharged from the engine. In a main operating mode, the engine operates the first number of cylinders in two-stroke operation and the second number of cylinders in four-stroke operation. A scavenging gradient of the engine is greater for the cylinders operated in the two-stroke operation than for the cylinders operated in the four-stroke operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbHInventors: Günther Schmidt, Ralf Speetzen