Patents Examined by Tea Holbrook
  • Patent number: 10119508
    Abstract: A cover for an internal combustion engine assembly that includes a pressurized fuel accumulator feeding fuel to at least one injector is provided, the cover defining, with a cylinder head, a volume designed to receive the common rail and the injector. The cover borders a first sub-volume, designed to receive the injector, and a second sub-volume separated from the first sub-volume by a separation wall of the cover and designed to receive the common rail. The cover includes a frame to be fitted on the cylinder head and a cap removably fitted on the frame. The separation wall is designed for the passage of a fuel connection connecting the injector to the common rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Millet
  • Patent number: 10119438
    Abstract: An engine system comprises an intake manifold including a manifold body downstream of an intake port and having a first through-aperture and a second through-apertures spaced apart from the first through-aperture on the manifold body; a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system including a first PCV branch and a second PCV branch communicated fluidly with the first through-aperture and the second through-aperture of the manifold body, respectively, and configured to route a blow-by gas in a crankcase to the intake manifold; and a variable valve assembly to regulate a flow passing through the first or second PCV branches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Baocheng Sun, Bruce Li, Bin Yin, Dallis Sun
  • Patent number: 10113509
    Abstract: In an automotive carburetor, the time delay in the response of the engine to the change in the cross sectional area of the air passage is minimized, and a high level of freedom in selecting the communication cross section area of the air passage and the air fuel ratio for the given load of the engine. The carburetor (1) comprises a fuel passage (13) including a fuel nozzle (16) for supplying fuel to the intake passage, a first air passage (14) communicating with the fuel passage to supply air to the fuel passage, a variable communication unit (21, 41) provided in a part of the first air passage and moveable between an open position for communicating the first air passage and a closed position for shutting off the first air passage and a switch mechanism (22, 43) for moving the variable communication unit between the open position and the closed position in dependence on a load of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Sakurai, Masaki Ando, Eiichi Utsugi, Hitoshi Abe, Takashi Suzuki, Katsuya Tajima, Masayuki Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 10113517
    Abstract: To improve the effect of preventing contamination of an element in an air cleaner. An air cleaner includes a first inlet (60) through which air is fed to an intake system air passage and a second inlet (62) through which air is fed to an intake system air-fuel mixture passage. An extended passage (72) leads to the second inlet (62), for example. A passage forming member (70, 204) forming the extended passage (72) is shaped to surround a periphery of the first inlet (60). The passage forming member (70, 204) forms a blown-back fuel diffusion preventing region (74) leading to the first inlet (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Yamabiko Corporation
    Inventors: Hisato Osawa, Takahiro Yamazaki, Hidekazu Tsunoda, Yuuta Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10107176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling device of internal combustion engine for vehicle and a control method thereof. The cooling device according to the present invention includes: an electric water pump; a bypass line bypassing a radiator; and a flow rate control valve for controlling a flow rate of cooling water circulating through the bypass line. During a low external air temperature state where the external air temperature is below a threshold, the cooling device increases the temperature of the cooling water by increasing the flow rate of the cooling water circulating through the bypass line as compared to during a high external air temperature state where the external air temperature is above the threshold, and increases a circulation flow rate of the cooling water by increasing a discharge flow rate of the electric water pump as compared to during the high external air temperature state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Murai, Shigeyuki Sakaguchi, Yuichi Toyama
  • Patent number: 10094325
    Abstract: Cylinder liners, methods of forming the same, and outer surface designs of a cylinder liner having as-cast projections with certain functional shapes are provided. The as-cast projections increase the clamping performance of the cylinder liner and do not result in any air gaps between a cast aluminum block and the cylinder liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ZYNP INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Inventor: Rodrigo Favaron
  • Patent number: 10087806
    Abstract: A controller including a self-tuning circuit for controlling a pressure system to output an input pressure corresponding to an input pressure value using an adaptive fuzzy control system and updating dosing command values of a dosing command table for controlling a dosing unit of an aftertreatment system. The self-tuning circuit is configured to determine an input pressure value and generate a pressure control signal using the adaptive fuzzy control system based on the input pressure value, a detected input pressure, and an error amount. The self-tuning circuit is further configured to regulate the input pressure of reductant to the dosing unit from a reductant tank using a pressure control signal for a pressure control device. The self-tuning circuit is further configured to update a dosing command value of a dosing command table of the controller in conjunction with regulating the input pressure of reductant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Nassim Khaled, Bibin N. Pattel
  • Patent number: 10082074
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a four-stroke reciprocating piston engine in a V configuration having 16 cylinders, having a counter-clockwise direction of rotation, having an ignition timing control which fires the cylinders A1 to A8 and B1 to B8 in one of the following firing sequences, wherein the direction of rotation and the cylinder numbering are defined in accordance with DIN ISO 1204: a) A1-B2-A5-B4-A7-B8-A3-A8-B5-A6-B7-A2-B3-A4-B1-B6 b) A1-B2-A5-A2-B3-A4-B1-A8-B5-A6-B7-B4-A7-B8-A3-B6 c) A1-B4-A3-B2-A7-B6-A5-B8-B3-A8-B7-A4-B5-A2-B1-A6 d) A1-B4-A3-B2-B5-A2-B1-A6-B3-A8-B7-A4-A7-B6-A5-B8 e) A1-B2-A6-B4-A8-A4-B1-A7-B6-A5-B8-A2-B3-B7-A3-B5 f) A1-B2-A6-B4-A8-B7-A3-A7-B6-A5-B8-A2-B3-A4-B1-B5 g) A1-B2-A6-A2-B3-A4-B1-A7-B6-A5-B8-B4-A8-B7-A3-B5 h) A1-B4-A3-B2-A8-B5-A6-B7-B3-A7-B8-A4-B6-A2-B1-A5 i) A1-B4-B8-A4-B6-A2-B1-A5-B3-A7-A3-B2-A8-B5-A6-B7 j) A1-B4-A3-B2-B6-A2-B1-A5-B3-A7-B8-A4-A8-B5-A6-B7 k) A1-B2-A6-B5-A8-A5-B1-A7-B6-A4-B8-A2-B3-B7-A3-B4 l) A1-B2-A6-B5-A8-B7-A3-A7-B6-A4-B8-A2-B3-A5-B1-B4
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Liebherr-Machines Bulle SA
    Inventors: Christoph Henninger, Iulian Vasile, Simon Heintz, Martin Stadelmann
  • Patent number: 10066572
    Abstract: Feedback control of combustion in a gas diesel dual-fuel engine (20), based on the measured cylinder pressure, has been invented. The center of combustion and pressure rise rate is controlled by manipulating the start of diesel injection and duration of diesel injection. Measurements of transient engine operation show, that the proposed controller is able to control the center of combustion and the maximum pressure rise rate. The influence of changing intake manifold pressure, changing exhaust gas recirculation rate and changing air-fuel ratio can be compensated by the controller (10). Steady state measurements show that the gas diesel dual fuel engine reaches efficiencies around 40% with stoichiometric air-fuel ratio and diesel ratios below 5%. The results have been obtained on a slightly modified production type common-rail diesel engine with four cylinders and a displacement volume of 2 liters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Christopher H Onder, Tobias Ott
  • Patent number: 10060344
    Abstract: A spark-ignited (SI) internal combustion (IC) engine designed to operate on high octane fuels, such as gasoline, is reconfigured to operate on low octane fuels including logistically preferred distillate fuels, such as diesel or JP-8. Design modifications involve coupling a fuel reformer module to the internal combustion engine. Auxiliary components include a system control module, a heat exchange module, a bypass valve to facilitate start-up, and/or a throttle body to control a reformate-oxidizer mixture fed to the engine. Small portable generators having 0.3-3.0 kWe power output are disclosed based upon the modified SI-IC engine design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.
    Inventors: Subir Roychoudhury, Richard Mastanduno, David Lang Spence, Bruce Crowder, Curtis Morgan
  • Patent number: 10060394
    Abstract: An evaporative system is for an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine has an intake pipe equipped with a supercharger to pressurize intake air. The evaporative system includes an ejector, an ejector passage, and a pressure sensor. The ejector is to draw intake airflow from a downstream of the supercharger to an upstream of the supercharger to cause a negative pressure to draw fuel vapor into the upstream of the supercharger. The ejector passage is branched from the downstream of the supercharger and is returned through the ejector to the upstream of the supercharger. The pressure sensor is communicated with the ejector passage to detect pressure in the ejector passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Paolo Guidi
  • Patent number: 10060392
    Abstract: A carburetor achieves better emission characteristics while improving a combustion state by increasing a delivery ratio of a stratified scavenging engine and reducing intake resistance. No dividing wall is provided between a throttle valve 204 and a choke valve 242, and a gap 244 between the valves 204 and 242 is opened. Intake air in both of an upper region and a lower region of the choke valve 242 flows into an air-fuel mixture passage 246 in a lower region of the fully-open throttle valve 204. A main nozzle 202 is arranged so as to be inclined toward the throttle valve 204.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Yamabiko Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamazaki, Shirou Yamaguchi, Takamasa Otsuji
  • Patent number: 10060383
    Abstract: A reciprocating piston engine which has a cylinder block, at least one combustion chamber arranged in the cylinder block and a liner which borders the combustion chamber and is composed of a first material is provided. In one example, the reciprocating piston engine comprises a reinforcing element composed of a second material for the radial reinforcement of the liner, said reinforcing element being arranged between the cylinder block and the liner and at least partially surrounding the liner, with the second material having a higher modulus of elasticity than the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Quiring, Klaus-Peter Heinig, Bernd Steiner
  • Patent number: 10056736
    Abstract: An aim of the present invention is, in a plug for high frequency emission disposed at an end of a casing having an emission antenna, to suppress a high frequency noise emitted from the emission antenna. The present invention is directed to a plug for high frequency emission including a transmission line for transmitting an electromagnetic wave, an emission antenna for emitting the electromagnetic wave supplied via the transmission line, and a casing constituted by a cylindrical shaped conductor, provided with the emission antenna at one end of the casing, and accommodating therein the transmission line extending from the emission antenna toward the other end of the casing. Inside of the casing, a central conductor electrically connected to the emission antenna and an outer conductor spaced apart from and surrounding the central conductor are embedded in an insulator so as to collectively constitute the transmission line, and the outer conductor is disposed in and held in non-contact with the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: IMAGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Yuji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10047662
    Abstract: A cooling system for an engine is provided. The cooling system includes coolant flow paths including a first flow path and a second flow path and where coolant circulates, a coolant pump for circulating coolant within the coolant flow paths, a flow rate control valve for adjusting a flow rate of the coolant through the second flow path, a temperature detector for detecting a temperature of the coolant within the first flow path, and a valve controller for adjusting an opening of the flow rate control valve based on the temperature detected by the temperature detector. The first flow path passes through a cylinder head of the engine, and the second flow path branches from the first flow path and passes through auxiliary machinery of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Takahashi, Nobuo Yunoki, Masahiro Naito
  • Patent number: 10047680
    Abstract: An air flow velocity calculating device of a internal combustion engine, has a cylinder, a spark plug, an air intake passage, an air flow controlling valve, an air flow velocity calculating portion, and an electric discharge current controlling portion. An electric discharge between a center electrode and a ground electrode is sustained during an electric discharge sustaining period. The electric discharge sustaining period is a period from when the electric discharge begins to when the electric discharge is intercepted by the air flow. Energy is supplied to the spark plug, so that the electric discharge current is sustained at a constant value by the electric discharge current controlling portion during an ignition period. The ignition period is a sum of an electric discharge sustaining period of a first electric discharge and electric discharge sustaining periods of second and subsequent electric discharges in one cycle of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 10041431
    Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel pump, a fuel pipe, a reduction valve, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to drive the fuel pump to rotate such that a required flow rate of the fuel is realized, while adjusting the fuel pressure in the fuel pipe to a target value, by driving the fuel pump to rotate. The electronic control unit is configured to operate the reduction valve to be opened when the operation state of the fuel pump is a first operation state. The first operation state is the operation state of the fuel pump where the frequency of the fuel pump has a value within a resonance area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Aso, Hideaki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10036355
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fuel injector seal assembly comprising a seal member comprising a first section, a second section and an annular recess disposed in the first section, the first section having a first diameter and the second section having a second diameter wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter; and a sleeve member comprising a first end received by the first section of the seal member, the sleeve member further including a lengthwise portion configured to press fit around a nozzle housing of a fuel injector to cause heat transfer from the nozzle housing toward a body portion of the fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Franks, Joshua G. Knight, Joseph A. Worthington, Fred M. Rasener, L. Eric Stacy, Hanna Christine Small, Amit Yeole, Timothy John Monahan
  • Patent number: 10036304
    Abstract: To balance a “low-temperature scavenging effect” and a “high-temperature scavenging effect.” A scavenging system applicable to a leading-air type two-stroke air-cooled engine has a low-temperature scavenging passage and a high-temperature scavenging passage. The low-temperature scavenging passage has first and second passages and includes scavenging ports at upper end parts thereof. The high-temperature scavenging passage has first and second passages and includes scavenging ports at upper end parts thereof. An air is filled through a piston groove into the passages. The low-temperature scavenging passage has a relatively small capacity. The high-temperature scavenging passage has a relatively large capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Yamabiko Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamazaki, Hidekazu Tsunoda, Hisato Osawa, Shunsuke Ueda
  • Patent number: 10030572
    Abstract: A coolant circuit is provided for an internal combustion engine having a compression machine for intake air. The coolant circuit includes a high-temperature circuit and a low temperature circuit. The high-temperature circuit is provided in order to cool the internal combustion engine by way of a coolant radiator and a first coolant pump arranged in the high-temperature circuit. The low-temperature circuit is provided with a second coolant pump in order to cool the intake air compressed by the compression machine by way of an intercooler and in order to cool a coolant of a coolant circuit in a condenser. The high-temperature circuit and the low-temperature circuit are cooling circuits which are separated from each other. The thermal base load of the low-temperature circuit is reduced by this design, whereby the pressure level in the coolant circuit can be reduced resulting positively in a reduction of the energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Chekaiban, Rainer Richter, Andreas Klemm, Ulrich Wirth