Patents Examined by Phutthiwat Wongwian
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Patent number: 11964689Abstract: A vehicular trailer guidance system includes a human machine interface provided in the vehicle and operable by a driver of the vehicle during a backing up maneuver of the vehicle with a trailer hitched thereto. The human machine interface comprises a rotary knob and operates (i) in a backing up trailer left-backup mode when rotated counter-clockwise, (ii) in a backing up trailer straight-backup mode when the rotary knob is pushed or pulled and (iii) in a backing up trailer right-backup mode when rotated clockwise. Responsive to selection by the driver of the backup mode, the system sets a desired trailer angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle to an angle that is commensurate with a driver-selected setting of the rotary knob. The system controls steering of the vehicle to back up the trailer to have the determined trailer angle coincide with the set desired trailer angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yuesheng Lu, Jyothi P. Gali
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Patent number: 11964622Abstract: Proposed are a vehicle occupant protection apparatus and method. A vehicle sensor detects a target present around a vehicle. A drive unit is configured to increase a space between a side structure of the vehicle and an occupant in the event of a side collision between the vehicle and the target collide. A space control unit controls the drive unit in response to detection information detected by the vehicle sensor to protect the occupant from the side structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Dae Sung Lee
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Patent number: 11965470Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a turbocharger includes a compressor having a compressor wheel, a turbine provided within a housing, and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) flow path. The EGR flow path includes a first fluid connection in the housing and located in proximity to the turbine, a second fluid connection located in proximity to a trailing edge of the compressor wheel, an EGR control valve disposed between the first fluid connection and the second fluid connection, the EGR control valve configured to selectively operate the turbocharger in a low-heat mode having an EGR up to 50% and an operational mode having an EGR rate typically less than 35%.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Joseph Powell McHenry, Paul Troxler, Robert Malcolm Wallace, Michael Harris, Robert Lotz, Michael J. Burkett
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Patent number: 11959416Abstract: An engine includes a cylinder head, a wire assembly including multiple wire harnesses and a protector that holds the wire harnesses together, a sound absorber, and an engine cover. The engine cover is attached to the cylinder head in a state in which the wire assembly and the sound absorber are held between the cylinder head and the engine cover to elastically deform the sound absorber. The protector is held in a state of being pressed against the cylinder head by a restoring force of the sound absorber. The sound absorber includes a contact region pressed against the protector. The sound absorber includes an engagement portion located at an edge of the contact region. The engagement portion is thicker than the thickness of the contact region. The engagement portion is adjacent to a side surface of the protector.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuto Yoshizaki
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Patent number: 11958617Abstract: An environmental control system for use in an aircraft includes at least one component positioned along a length of the aircraft and a decompression panel assembly comprising an array of apertures. The array of apertures is based on a location of the decompression panel assembly along the length of the aircraft relative to the at least one component.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Bryce Avery Vandyke, Megan E. Mahre, Douglas Dean Maben
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Patent number: 11958618Abstract: Exchanger (16) for cooling hot primary air by means of cold secondary air, comprising: a plurality of channels (80) for the circulation of the secondary air; and a plurality of channels for the circulation of the primary air, characterized in that said exchanger further comprises: water circulation channels (83) each extending adjacently to a secondary channel (80); water-spray micro-perforated hollow bars (63) each extending adjacently to a primary channel (60) and fluidically connected to the micro-perforated hollow bars in order to be able to heat the water by interaction with the primary air before said water is sprayed into the flow of primary air at the inlet of the exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SASInventors: Guillaume Galzin, Jean-Raymond Blary, David Lavergne
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Patent number: 11952020Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling a ride vehicle restraint in a ride system. A system is configured to identify one or more ride vehicles stopped at a passenger loading platform, the one or more ride vehicles including one or more seats, determine which seat or seats of the one or more seats are in-service or out-of-service based at least in part on data corresponding to the identity of the one or more ride vehicles, instruct to lock one or more restraint systems corresponding to at least one seat of the one or more seats determined to be out-of-service, and instruct to unlock one or more other restraint systems corresponding to at least one seat other seats of the one or more seats determined to be in-service.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLCInventors: Michael Anthony Beatrice, Gregory Paul Habiak, David Gerard Majdali
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Patent number: 11951996Abstract: Provided is a driver assistance system. The driver assistance system is provided in a vehicle. The driver assistance system includes an image acquisition part configured to acquire image information about an obstacle; a yaw rate detector configured to detect a yaw rate of a vehicle body; and a controller configured to, when a shift lever is diagnosed as failure, recognize a rotation direction of the vehicle body based on the detected yaw rate of the vehicle body, recognize a position change of the obstacle in an image based on the acquired image information, and recognize whether a moving direction of the vehicle body is a backward direction or a forward direction based on the recognized rotation direction of the vehicle body and the recognized position change of the obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: HL KLEMOVE CORP.Inventor: Deokju Kim
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Patent number: 11952956Abstract: An automatic aircraft powerplant control system includes a throttle servo for adjusting a throttle valve via a throttle control linkage. A throttle control lever provides a user input to the throttle servo, and a throttle controller controls the throttle servo for controlling a throttle valve. A propeller servo is provided for adjusting a propeller governor setting of an engine. A propeller control lever provides a user input to the propeller servo, and a propeller controller controls the propeller servo. A mixture control servo is configured for providing a mixture control output to the engine via a mixture control linkage for adjusting an air-fuel mixture. A mixture controller is configured for controlling the mixture control servo.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventor: Stephen M. Eddy
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Patent number: 11952972Abstract: A booster is mounted on a vehicle having an idle stop function. The booster boosts an input voltage supplied from a battery, and outputs the boosted input voltage to an in-vehicle device. The booster includes a booster circuit and an output voltage sensor. The booster circuit is a chopper-type, and includes a reactor having one end connected to the battery and a switching element connected between an other end of the reactor and a ground. The output voltage sensor detects an output voltage of the booster circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Kunihiko Matsuda
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Patent number: 11952931Abstract: An exhaust emission control device has at least one exhaust gas line, at least one particulate filter and/or at least one exhaust gas catalytic converter connected to the exhaust gas line, and a heated catalyst assembly arranged upstream of the particulate filter and/or the exhaust gas catalytic converter. The heated catalyst assembly is designed to react fuel with exhaust gas, and has a housing provided with an inlet and an outlet connected to the exhaust gas line such that a partial flow of the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust gas line can be fed through the inlet into the housing and can be discharged from the housing through the outlet back into the exhaust gas line downstream of the inlet. An exhaust emission control device of this type may be used in conjunction with an internal combustion engine, and may be used for emission control of exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FĂ–RDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Robert Szolak, Alexander Susdorf
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Patent number: 11952969Abstract: A supplemental fuel system includes a fuel mixer having a nozzle and a stem. The nozzle is configured to be positioned within a conduit of an air supply system for an engine. The nozzle has a body defining a first inlet, an outlet, a passage extending from the first inlet to the outlet, and a second inlet positioned between the first inlet and the outlet. The body has a first cross-sectional dimension that is configured to be less than a second cross-sectional dimension of the conduit such that (i) a first portion of air flowing through the conduit flows through the passage and (ii) a second portion of the air flowing through the conduit flows around the nozzle. The stem has a first end that interfaces with the second inlet. The stem is configured to extend through a wall of the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: American CNG, LLCInventor: Matt Matsukawa
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Patent number: 11952934Abstract: A spark-ignited reciprocating piston internal combustion engine includes a pre-chamber ignition system with a housing which is installed in a cylinder head of the spark-ignited reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. An ignition apparatus is disposed in the pre-chamber ignition system and the ignition apparatus protrudes into a cavity in the housing. The cavity is covered by a cover with respect to a combustion chamber of the spark-ignited reciprocating piston internal combustion engine and the cover has at least one aperture which connects the cavity and the combustion chamber to one another in a gas-conducting manner. The housing has a volume and the at least one aperture has a jet cross section and a ratio of the volume to the jet cross section is greater than 100 and less than 300.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Erik Schaefer, Daniel Taterra
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Patent number: 11945456Abstract: Upon detecting a mobile object approaching a target region, a target speed profile for a vehicle, a position and a speed for the vehicle, and a position and a speed for the mobile object are input to a first neural network that outputs an entry probability distribution of predicted entry times at which the mobile object will enter the target region. The target speed profile, the position and the speed for the vehicle, the position and the speed for the mobile object, and a predicted entry time at which the mobile object entered the target region are input to a second neural network that outputs an exit probability distribution of predicted exit times at which the mobile object will exit the target region. An optimized speed profile is determined based on the entry and exit probability distributions by executing a model predictive control algorithm in a rolling horizon. A vehicle is operated based on the optimized speed profile.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Branimir Skugor, Jakov Topic, Josko Deur, Vladimir Ivanovic, Hongtei Eric Tseng
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Patent number: 11945277Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to use front load estimates for body control are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes memory including stored instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to filter sensor data to generate a first load value, the first load value associated with a first load on a front axle of a vehicle, generate, based on the first load value and a velocity of the vehicle, a first body control adjustment value, modify a body control output value with the first body control adjustment value, and apply the modified body control output value to a suspension system of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Michael Russell, Charles Gavin McGee, Ben Bulat, Daniel Lee Grohnke, Darrell Erick Butler
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Patent number: 11945481Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for tracking and controlling virtual marshalling trains, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium, which is intended to balance the running safety and the utilization of the railway resources. In the present application, the running state data of the target train is obtained, the target control operation corresponding to the running state data is determined from the plurality of preset control operations based on the preset reinforcement learning model, and the control of the target train is implemented according to the target control operation. In addition, the reward value corresponding to the previous control operation of the target control operation is determined according to the distance contained in the running state data, and the reinforcement learning model is updated according to the reward value.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., LtdInventors: Mengwei Wu, Lei Zhang, Feng Bao
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Patent number: 11945531Abstract: A steer-by-wire type steering device includes: a steering support part fixed to a vehicle body; a steering shaft rotatably supported by the steering support part; a steering wheel fixed part fixed to the steering support part; and a steering wheel rotation part connected to the steering shaft and rotatably disposed on an outer circumference of the steering wheel fixed part, wherein the steering wheel rotation part is formed in rotational symmetry with respect to a rotation axis thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Nakahara, Hayato Miyakawa
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Patent number: 11939928Abstract: An EGR valve is provided in an EGR passage circulating a part of an exhaust gas of an exhaust pipe in an intake pipe as an EGR gas, the EGR valve adjusting an EGR gas amount flowing in the EGR passage when an engine is in an EGR region, a differential pressure device is provided in the intake pipe, the differential pressure device adjusting a differential pressure of the EGR valve, a control unit is provided to control the EGR valve and the differential pressure device, and the EGR control method includes switching whether to adjust the EGR gas amount using the EGR valve and the differential pressure device or to adjust the EGR gas amount using the EGR valve only on the basis of an exhaust gas pressure of an inlet portion of the EGR passage.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Takaki, Hirofumi Tsuchida, Takayuki Hamamoto
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Patent number: 11938855Abstract: A seat for a vehicle may include a seatback including a variable resistance support disposed within a volume of the seatback. The variable resistance support may further include one or more configurable arrays of resistive elements including collapsible structures and/or inflatable bladders that may be configured to provide energy dissipation and/or absorption during a collision event. One or more array subsets may be configured to be independently controllable and configured to provide adjustable support at a region of the seatback, the adjustable support corresponding to a mass of the occupant. Moreover, when at least a portion of the back of an occupant pushes against a front surface of the seatback due to the collision event, the arrays of resistive elements may be configured to compress and/or collapse, at least partially, to absorb an energy applied from an occupant's back associated with the collision event.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventor: Nirmal Muralidharan
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Patent number: 11939888Abstract: An assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of vanes having a radially outer platform with a flange that extends radially outward therefrom and a plurality of notches in the flange. A ring is located radially outward from the radially outer platform of the plurality of vanes. An axially extending projection extends through and corresponds with each of the plurality of notches on the flange.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: RTX CORPORATIONInventors: Raymond Surace, Robert A. White, III