Patents Examined by Xiao En Mo
  • Patent number: 11319909
    Abstract: A mixer for a gas flow system, such as an exhaust gas recirculation system, is provided. In one example, a gas flow system for an engine includes a first passage through which a first gas is configured to flow along a first axis; a second passage through which a second gas is configured to flow along a second axis, the first passage fluidly coupled to the second passage at an outlet of the first passage; and a mixer integrated with the first passage at the outlet and extending into the second passage, the mixer including an extension extending radially around the first axis and a main body extending into the second passage along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Xiaogang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11313329
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a case delimiting an air circulation enclosure. The case comprises an air intake opening intended to be connected to an air inlet, and an air outlet opening intended to be connected to a heat engine. The cooling device includes an exhaust gas driving device housed at least partially in the air circulation enclosure. The exhaust gas driving device includes at least one exhaust gas flow sensor, each flow sensor being housed entirely in the air circulation enclosure of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Oblinger, Thierry Marimbordes, Jonathan Canteloube, Mamadou Diouf, Ronan Botella
  • Patent number: 11306685
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an enablement condition for initiating engine-off natural vacuum (EONV) testing for evaporative emissions control (EVAP) system diagnostics. In one example, a method may include estimating an air mass summation enablement (AMSE) factor for EONV test enablement, which includes contributions from exhaust heat rejection into the fuel system during the previous drive cycle due to exhaust flow restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed Dudar
  • Patent number: 11300039
    Abstract: A precombustion chamber gas engine includes a main-chamber forming portion forming a main combustion chamber, and a precombustion-chamber forming portion forming a precombustion chamber communicating with the main combustion chamber via a plurality of nozzle holes. The precombustion-chamber forming portion includes a cylindrical portion extending along an extension direction of a precombustion chamber central axis of the precombustion-chamber forming portion, and a tip portion closing a main-combustion-chamber-side end of the cylindrical portion and having the nozzle holes. The tip portion includes a thin region having a thickness T satisfying T<L where L is a length of each nozzle hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kashiwagi, Daigo Watanabe, Yuta Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11293381
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for monitoring corking of a canister vent valve (CVS) in a fuel vapor line during diagnostics of an evaporative emissions control (EVAP) system of a vehicle. In one example, a method includes, after isolating the EVAP system from atmosphere, opening each bypass valve of one or more bypass valves of one or more fuel vapor canisters to couple the EVAP system to a fuel system of the vehicle, and opening a canister vent valve (CVS) responsive to an EVAP system pressure decreasing to a threshold EVAP system pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed Dudar
  • Patent number: 11286889
    Abstract: In an evaporative fuel treatment device, a differential pressure specifying unit specifies a differential pressure between a pressure in a diagnosis target system and the atmosphere, and a pressure target setting unit sets a pressure target value so that the differential pressure attains a predetermined differential pressure value. A pump pressurizes or depressurizes the pressure in the diagnosis target system to the pressure target value, and a leakage diagnosis unit performs a leakage diagnosis based on a pressure change relation value related to the pressure change in the diagnosis target system and the leakage diagnosis threshold value. The fuel partial pressure estimation unit estimates a first partial pressure of fuel vapor in the fuel tank from a tank inside concentration and a tank absolute pressure of a specific component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11274637
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a high-pressure exhaust gas recirculation system. In one example, the high-pressure exhaust gas recirculation system comprises pressure sensors arranged on different sides of an EGR valve. Feedback from the pressure sensors are used to diagnose a EGR valve position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sitaram Rejeti, Sumanth Reddy Dadam, Edward Doemer, Robert Jentz, Dave Hagner
  • Patent number: 11268462
    Abstract: In this evaporated fuel treatment apparatus, there are set a purge condition that is a condition for performing purge control, a first pre purge condition that is met before the purge condition is met, and a second pre purge condition that is met between the purge condition and the first pre purge condition. A purge pump is driven at an idling speed lower than a rated speed to execute idle rotation when the first pre purge condition is met. The purge pump is driven at the rated speed to execute rated rotation when the second pre purge condition is met. A purge valve is opened while the rated rotation is performed when the purge condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Fujita
  • Patent number: 11260740
    Abstract: The vehicle power supply system includes the DC/DC converter that is disposed on an electric path between the first load related to vehicle control and the battery and converts a voltage of direct current power supplied from the battery to the first load, and the detection device that detects the voltage of the battery. In a case where the engine is restarted by using the starter from the automatically stopped state of the engine, the detection device controls the DC/DC converter to start in a case where the voltage of the battery becomes equal to or less than a threshold value during a period from stoppage of the alternator to start of the starter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke Kanda
  • Patent number: 11261778
    Abstract: A pre-chamber arrangement (100) for a gas engine (1), including a pre-chamber body (20) accommodating a volume (30); and a supply device (50) for supplying a gaseous medium (52) into the pre-chamber volume (30); wherein the pre-chamber body (20) has a bottom portion (22) with channels (40) for allowing gas to flow between the pre-chamber volume (30) and a main combustion chamber (10) of the gas engine (1). Each channel (40) extends along a channel axis (C) from an inner opening (42) facing the pre-chamber volume (30) to an outer opening (44) configured to face the main combustion chamber (10). The bottom portion (22) has a curved outer surface (24). The channels (40) are obliquely arranged in relation to a radius (r) of the bottom portion (22). The bottom portion has flat surfaces (46) surrounding the outer openings of the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Svante Lejon, Pål Axelsson
  • Patent number: 11248575
    Abstract: A fuel injector body includes a body that includes an at least partially annular configuration defining a longitudinal axis, a circumferential direction, and a radial direction. A first counterbore and a first cavity extend from the first end toward the second end, and an external interface portion including a sealing surface is disposed axially between the first end and a shoulder. The first cavity defines a bottom surface and a peripheral surface, and the body also includes a leak passage extending from the bottom surface that is in communication with the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Lewis, Manjunath Bannur Nagaraja, Venkata R. Tatikonda, Adam Charles Hill
  • Patent number: 11242824
    Abstract: A fuel adsorption device may include a case and a heater. The case may be metal and may have a multi-cylindrical shape. The case may accommodate a plurality of adsorbents configured to at least one of adsorb and desorb evaporated fuel. The case may include a cylindrical first wall part, at least one cylindrical second wall part disposed further inward than the first wall part, and a plurality of connection parts connecting the first wall part and the at least one second wall part to one other. A first adsorbent of the plurality of adsorbents may be arranged in a first space disposed between the first wall part and the second wall part. A second adsorbent of the plurality of adsorbents may be arranged in a second space disposed further inward than the second wall part. The heater may be disposed on an outer surface of the first wall part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi Hasumi, Hiroshi Iwauchi, Junpei Omichi, Yuya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11236707
    Abstract: A leakage detector for a fuel vapor treatment device includes a control unit. The control unit shifts a purge control valve and a shutoff valve to a first state with the purge control valve is an opened position and the shutoff valve in a closed position, and then shifts the purge control valve and the shutoff valve to a second state with the purge control valve is a closed position and the shutoff valve in a closed position. The control unit compares a first purge passage pressure acquired from the purge passage pressure detector when the purge control valve and the shutoff valve were shifted to the second state with a second purge passage pressure acquired from the purge passage pressure detector after a lapse of a first waiting time after being shifting to the second state. This comparison is used to determine leakage in the purge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Yuzuru Ito
  • Patent number: 11236662
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a pre-chamber. In one example, a pre-chamber comprises a passage outside of a primary combustion chamber for flowing fuel directly from a fuel injector to an interior volume of the pre-chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaogang Zhang, James Yi, Steven Wooldridge, Michael Damian Czekala
  • Patent number: 11236710
    Abstract: An engine system includes: an engine main body; an intake pipe; a mass flow sensor that is provided in the intake pipe and outputs a measurement value of an amount of air passing through the intake pipe; an exhaust pipe; a removal device that is provided in the exhaust pipe and removes an air pollutant included in an exhaust gas passing through the exhaust pipe; a recirculation pipe; a recirculation valve that controls a flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing from the recirculation pipe to the intake pipe; a regeneration control unit that closes the recirculation valve; an air amount calculation unit that calculates a theoretical value of an amount of air flowing to the intake side of the engine main body on the basis of a quantity of state of the engine main body during the regeneration process; and a correction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shobu, Haruki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11230963
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a cylinder of an engine including a pre-chamber system. In one example, a method includes flowing gases from a pre-chamber to a cylinder of an engine prior to fueling the cylinder during a combustion cycle, adjusting a composition of the gases by adjusting at least one of an air injection amount to the pre-chamber and a fuel injection amount to the pre-chamber, and igniting an air-fuel mixture in the cylinder via a pre-chamber ignition event, the air-fuel mixture in the cylinder including the gas from the pre-chamber. In this way, combustion qualities in the cylinder may be adjusted in order to increase a performance and/or an efficiency of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Chris Paul Glugla
  • Patent number: 11225935
    Abstract: A dual path fuel vapor purge system is disclosed for an engine having a turbocharger or a super. The purge system includes a canister configured to collect fuel vapor from a fuel tank. A canister purge valve is provided downstream from the canister. An ejector valve receives fuel vapors from the canister through the canister purge valve. A first vapor purge path directs the fuel vapor to an intake manifold of the engine. A second vapor purge path directs fuel vapor to an air induction system. A check valve downstream from the ejector valve receives the fuel vapor from the ejector and supplies the fuel vapor to the air induction system. Boost flow opens the check valve when the air induction system is in operation to boost the engine and closes the check valve when the engine is in operation with normal aspiration or when a leak is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M Dudar, Scott Alan Bohr, Roger Joseph Khami, David S. Moyer, Christopher Alan Myers, Eric A. Macke
  • Patent number: 11220981
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preventing fouling of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler of an engine including after a vehicle including the engine reaches a reference mileage, operating, by a controller, an exhaust brake device of the vehicle and blocking the discharge of exhaust gas of the engine, after the exhaust brake device is operated, closing, by the controller, an EGR valve that provides the exhaust gas of the engine to an EGR cooler of an EGR system of the engine, and before the operation of the exhaust brake device is stopped, removing, by the controller, a deposition layer generated in the EGR cooler, by opening the EGR valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dong Bok Lee
  • Patent number: 11215147
    Abstract: A fuel tank vent valve includes a venting apparatus for regulating discharge of fuel vapor from a fuel tank and admission of outside air into a fuel tank. The vent valve is used to regulate pressure in a fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Stant USA Corp.
    Inventors: Michael S. Brock, Kevin L. Young
  • Patent number: 11208926
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the negative impact of a filtration system on the fuel economy of an internal combustion engine. A filter monitoring controller receives engine operating parameters of the internal combustion engine. The filter monitoring controller determines an amount of power generated by the internal combustion engine based at least in part on the engine operating parameters. The filter monitoring controller determines a filter hydraulic power consumption of a filtration system providing a fluid to the internal combustion engine. The filter monitoring controller determines a fuel economy impact of the filtration system on the internal combustion engine based at least in part on the filter hydraulic power consumption of the filtration system. The filter monitoring controller compares the fuel economy impact of the filtration system to a threshold fuel economy impact to determine whether a filter element of the filtration system requires servicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Bharadwaj R. Prabhala, Jeffery Massey, Abhijeet Vaidya