Patents Examined by Omar Morales
  • Patent number: 12140104
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a fuel injection system (1) for supplying a combustion engine of a vehicle with fuel, in which method the fuel is conveyed at high pressure with the aid of a high-pressure pump (2), fed to a high-pressure accumulator (3), and injected into a cylinder of the combustion engine with the aid of at least one injector connected to the high-pressure accumulator (3). In order to detect any damage to the drive of the high-pressure pump (3), according to the invention a) the pressure (P) in the high-pressure accumulator (3) is measured and, on the basis of the measured values, a pressure drop (?P) in the high-pressure accumulator (3) caused by an injection into a cylinder is determined, b) a maximum pressure gradient is determined during a pressure build-up phase following the injection, c) the determined pressure drop (?P) and the determined maximum pressure gradient are put into proportion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio De Benedictis, Antonio Diaferia, Bernd Frey, Bjoern Noack, Charlotte Summerer, Christos Hondros, Ciro Medolla, Daniel Zander, John Kuesters, Michael Hackner, Nello Medoro
  • Patent number: 12139194
    Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for automatically detecting internally blocked rear and side view mirrors. An example method to detect an obstruction may include detecting via sensors in the vehicle an obstruction preventing a driver from viewing a region of interest associated with a mirror, determining a permanence associated with the obstruction, and switching to a camera mode in lieu of the mirror when the obstruction has a permanence beyond a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Keith Weston, Jordan Barrett, Brendan Diamond, Michael Alan Mcnees
  • Patent number: 12134980
    Abstract: A liquid ammonia phase-change cooling type hybrid power thermal management system. The system comprises an injector, a liquid ammonia hydrogen supply system, a liquid ammonia common rail pipe, a fuel oil common rail pipe and an oil tank, wherein the liquid ammonia hydrogen supply system comprises a liquid ammonia storage tank, an ammonia pumping system, a flow dividing system and an ammonia inlet and outlet system, the fuel oil common rail pipe is respectively connected with the oil tank and a one-way oil inlet of the injector, the liquid ammonia common rail pipe is respectively connected with the ammonia inlet and outlet system and a one-way ammonia inlet of the injector, an ammonia inlet pipe and an ammonia return pipe are arranged in the ammonia inlet and outlet system, the ammonia pumping system comprises a liquid ammonia storage flow divider, a low-pressure pump and a high-pressure pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Harbin Engineering University
    Inventors: Liyun Fan, Yunpeng Wei, Yuntao Mao, Jing Xu, Yuelin Wu, Hanwen Zhang
  • Patent number: 12123452
    Abstract: An eye-bolt assembly includes an eye bolt and a base portion. The eye bolt includes a ring portion, a stem portion, and at least one winged extension. The ring portion is attached a first end of the stem portion. The at least one winged extension is attached to a second end of the stem portion. The base portion receives and securely locks the eye bolt therein. The base portion includes a collar and a platform secured to the collar. The collar forms a first aperture therein. The platform forms a second aperture therein. The platform includes a spring being located at least partially within the second aperture. A first end of the spring is attached to the platform. The second aperture formed in the platform is in spaced communication with the first aperture formed in the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Ming-Lung Wang, Hung-Wei Chen, Yu-Cheng Chang
  • Patent number: 12116962
    Abstract: An intercooler assembly for an intercooler supercharger system comprising a plurality of separate, contiguous intercooler cores, each including a top and a bottom, wherein the tops of the intercooler cores are coplanar and at least two of the bottoms of the intercooler cores are not coplanar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Whipple Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Garrett Wayne Bright, Dustin E. Whipple, Yehoram Hofman
  • Patent number: 12116053
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a steering assist device. A steering assist device may comprise a first current sensor obtaining a first current value, a second current sensor obtaining a second current value, a third current sensor obtaining a third current value, a fourth current sensor obtaining a fourth current value, and a controller unit comparing the first current value with the third current value determining a state of at least one of the first current sensor or the third current sensor according to a result of the comparison, comparing the second current value with the fourth current value, determining a state of at least one of the second current sensor or the fourth current sensor according to a result of the comparison, and controlling a steering motor according to a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su-Min Lee, Kyu Yeong Je
  • Patent number: 12103379
    Abstract: A modified fuel tank for utility, off-road and all-terrain vehicles. The modified fuel tank has a built-up first side and a thinner second side, wherein a modified opening is formed through a portion of both. A modified insert is dimensioned and adapted to engage the periphery of the modified opening through a sidewall including a curved portion and a tapered portion to accommodate the transition between the first side and the second side. A pump assembly with a built-in regulator is supported by the modified insert, by way of a retaining lip and a seal and retaining ring, so that the pump assembly is fluidly coupled to the fuel compartment of the modified fuel tank, and an outlet protrudes just above the modified insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Patent number: 12085111
    Abstract: An accessory for tethering a cap for a SMA/SMP bulkhead to a device assembly without having to introduce elements that could compromise the integrity of the device assembly. The accessory includes a first portion that engages the SMA/SMP bulkhead and securely interconnects thereto, and a second portion that includes an opening where a tether chain is physically interconnected thereto. The tether chain includes the cap for the SMA/SMP bulkhead secured to the second end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SRC, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew H. Stupp
  • Patent number: 12044196
    Abstract: Control of an internal combustion engine system in response to a condensation condition associated with a charge air cooler is disclosed. One or more operating parameters of the internal combustion engine are monitored to the control charge air cooler coolant inlet temperature to keep the charge temperature above the estimated dew point to reduce or prevent condensation upstream of the intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Pallav Pathak, Robert J. Thomas, Andrew Guy Kitchen, Balaji Sampathnarayanan, Jisang Sun
  • Patent number: 12037937
    Abstract: A piston and connecting rod assembly including concentric primary and secondary pistons, the secondary piston being axially movable within the primary piston, toward a limit position therein, by a spring. The spring compression is controlled in part by a spring support which is axially movable within the primary piston. A cam lobe at the upper end of the connecting rod projects at an upward angle to the axis of the connecting rod. During a compression stroke the cam lobe causes displacement of the spring support, upward and then downward, initially increasing compression in the spring and then decreasing it as the connecting rod approaches a top dead center position, thus enabling the secondary piston to be positioned according to the size of the fuel charge, substantially independent of inertial forces acting on the secondary piston, to optimize the compression ratio to the fuel charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Francisco Azocar Valdivia
  • Patent number: 12031476
    Abstract: A cover for an internal combustion engine is configured to be attached to an engine main body so as to cover a timing chain or a timing belt. The cover for the internal combustion engine includes insertion holes configured to receive a crankshaft or a camshaft. The cover for the internal combustion engine includes a first member made of a hard plastic and a second member made of a material different from the hard plastic. The first member is produced by insert molding with the second member embedded in the first member. A periphery of at least one of the insertion holes in the second member includes a joint surface that is joined to the first member. The joint surface includes annular grooves surrounding the insertion hole, the annular grooves being arranged in a radial direction of the insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kensuke Doi, Yoji Horiuchi, Hideto Morishita
  • Patent number: 12031721
    Abstract: A burner includes an atomizing chamber, a flame tube in front of the atomizing chamber adapted to direct combusting fuel introduced by the atomizing chamber along an interior of the flame tube, and a controller. The controller is programmed to independently control rate of fuel flow to the atomizing chamber, rate of atomizing air flow to the atomizing chamber, and rate of combustion air to the flame tub. The controller is also programmed to perform operations including regulating, based on output of a gas sensor, at least the rate of combustion air to the flame tube to substantially maintain a first predetermined amount of excess air in the flame tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: BABINGTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew D. Babington, Nigel Andrew Jones, Andrew J. Hamer, Juan Carlos Lemus, Per Edman
  • Patent number: 12024152
    Abstract: There is provided a motor control device that is configured to control a drive motor configured to output a driving force to a wheel, the motor control device including: a calculation circuit that is configured to calculate an instruction value based on an amount of an accelerator operation, a motor rotation speed, and an amount of a change operation; and a control circuit that is configured to control the driving force of the drive motor in accordance with the instruction value from the calculation circuit. The calculation circuit is configured to form a virtual clutch configured to change a power transmission ratio between the drive motor and the wheel according to the amount of the change operation, and to calculate the instruction value corresponding to coasting traveling according to the motor rotation speed when the virtual clutch is disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki Sone
  • Patent number: 12025052
    Abstract: A system provides a fuel source adapter for a combustion engine. The fuel source adapter is located at least partially between an air intake and the combustion chamber of the engine, such as at the carburetor or throttle body. The combustion chamber receives airflow from the air intake manifold that is delivered through an airflow passage. The fuel source adapter has a spacer plate portion and a velocity stack. The velocity stack extends from the spacer plate to the air intake manifold. An axial airflow passage extends through the velocity stack and the spacer plate. The axial airflow passage is aligned with the airflow passage of the carburetor or throttle body. The spacer plate has a transverse fuel inlet. The transverse fuel inlet extends to the axial airflow passage and enables a fluid connection to the axial airflow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AHO Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Ong
  • Patent number: 12012909
    Abstract: Provided is an injector control device which is capable of setting a preceding injection amount to a fuel injection amount that is less than a main injection amount, while suppressing situations where preceding injections executed prior to a main injection in multi-stage injection are eliminated. An injector control device 2 includes: an injection amount setting unit 211 that sets, as a total injection amount, a total of fuel injection amounts in multi-stage injection in a single cycle, and sets, as a preceding injection amount, a fuel injection amount in a preceding injection executed prior to a main injection in the multi-stage injection; an energization period setting unit 212 that sets an energization period of an injector 31 based on the fuel injection amounts set by the injection amount setting unit 211; and an injector driving unit 213 that controls driving of the injector 31 based on the energization period set by the energization period setting unit 212.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Kobayashi, Shingo Matsunobu, Kiichi Suehiro, Naotaro Nagai
  • Patent number: 12000317
    Abstract: A temperature regulating valve and a thermal management system provided with the temperature regulating valve are provided. The temperature regulating valve includes a filling state and a first working state, and a thermodynamic element is impelled to not abut against a first valve seat by means of providing a hot melt in an end cover of the temperature regulating valve. When a first valve port is in an open state, at said time the temperature regulating valve is installed in the thermal management system, and since the first valve port is in the open state, lubricating oil may then flow into a heat exchange device by means of a first interface channel, the first valve port, and a second interface channel during a process of filling the lubricating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haoming Qiu, Xiaojun Qian, Xiaodan Lv, Haibo Chen
  • Patent number: 11993309
    Abstract: A driver assistance apparatus includes a first radar sensor having a view of a left rear side outside the vehicle and a second radar sensor having a view of a right rear side outside the vehicle. The first radar sensor is configured to output first detecting data and the second radar sensor is configured to output second detecting data. A controller is configured to process the first and second detecting data, to generate a plurality of detection points based on the processing, to generate a first track and a second track based on the plurality of detection points, to identify a track that is normally detected and a track that is erroneously detected among the first track and the second track, and to warn of a collision in a direction located on the normally detected track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seungju Ham
  • Patent number: 11988134
    Abstract: A combustion engine comprising a switching rack and a plurality of connecting rods, where the switching rack comprises a longitudinal body having a face side and a rear side, where the face side comprises a plurality of switching arrangements where each switching arrangement comprises a first cam and a second cam, where each switching arrangement is adapted to interact with a switch on a connecting rod, and where the switching rack is arranged in a gliding manner in a groove between a cylinder block and an engine bedplate of the combustion engine. The advantage of the invention is that a means for switching a variable compression switch in a connecting rod in a combustion engine can be mounted in a simple and reliable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Petrov
  • Patent number: 11971228
    Abstract: An intercooler lid assembly for an intercooler supercharger system comprising an intercooler lid mountable to a supercharger housing; one or more intercooler cores mounted within the intercooler lid; wherein the one or more intercooler cores configured to receive and cool supercharger air passing there through prior to receipt by an engine, the one or more intercooler cores are mounted to and within the intercooler lid to form a pre-assembled intercooler lid assembly mountable onto the supercharger housing to install the intercooler lid assembly, and the one or more intercooler cores configured to provide heat exchange fluid transfer there through to cool the supercharger air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: WHIPPLE INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Garrett Wayne Bright, Dustin E. Whipple, Yehoram Hofman
  • Patent number: 11964657
    Abstract: An apparatus of controlling travel on a slope includes a receiver configured for obtaining information on a vehicle, a slope travel determiner configured to determine whether the vehicle is traveling on a slope requiring a slope travel control, a slope travel preparator configured to set a virtual accelerator position sensor (APS) mode, and determine hill hold torque based on the obtained information on the vehicle, a slope travel controller operatively connected to the slope travel determiner, the slope travel determiner and the slope travel preparator and configured to determine driving torque of the vehicle, and control the vehicle to stop or travel on the slope by generating driving torque in an amount equal to or greater than the hill hold torque, and a torque generator operatively connected to the slope travel controller and configured to generate the driving torque determined by the slope travel controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Si Young Song