Patents by Inventor Hector Arvizu

Hector Arvizu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230340747
    Abstract: An automated driving and assembly machine for driving foundation components, such as screw anchors, and for assembling foundations, such as truss foundations, using the driven screw anchors. The machine has a rotary driver and a hydraulic drilling tool. Sensors monitoring hydraulic pressure at the drilling tool will take incremental pressure readings during a driving operation. If the readings become clustered around a relative maximum, the controller will pause the driving operation and begin a drill stall mitigation sub-routine. This may involve retracting the drill and then hammering and releasing pressurized air to clear the stall. Clearance of the stall may also be derived by the controller from pressure readings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Steve Kraft, Tom Anderson, Sam Whittemore, Hector Arvizu, Sergio Araujo
  • Patent number: 9429081
    Abstract: An engine control system is described. A cylinder control module selectively activates and deactivates intake and exhaust valves of a cylinder of an engine. A fuel control module disables fueling of the cylinder when the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinder are deactivated and, when the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinder are activated after being deactivated for at least one combustion cycle of the cylinder, adjusts fueling of the cylinder based on a predetermined reactivation fueling adjustment set for the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Ben W. Moscherosch, Hector Arvizu Dal Piaz
  • Publication number: 20150308355
    Abstract: An engine control system is described. A cylinder control module selectively activates and deactivates intake and exhaust valves of a cylinder of an engine. A fuel control module disables fueling of the cylinder when the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinder are deactivated and, when the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinder are activated after being deactivated for at least one combustion cycle of the cylinder, adjusts fueling of the cylinder based on a predetermined reactivation fueling adjustment set for the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: BEN W. MOSCHEROSCH, Hector Arvizu Dal Piaz
  • Publication number: 20130319381
    Abstract: An engine assembly includes an engine block defining a first cylinder bore, a cylinder head coupled to the engine block and defining a first intake port and a first exhaust port in communication with the first cylinder bore, a first intake valve located in the first intake port, a first exhaust valve located in the first exhaust port, a first intake runner and a first exhaust gas recirculation passage. The first intake runner defines an intake air supply passage in communication with the first intake port and includes a first restricted flow region forming a venturi. The first exhaust gas recirculation passage is in communication with the first restricted flow region and provides exhaust gas from the engine assembly to the first intake runner at the first restricted flow region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Hector Arvizu Dal Piaz