Patents Issued in February 7, 2017
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Patent number: 9562485Abstract: The disclosure describes an internal combustion engine and a method for operating an internal combustion engine, in which an electronic controller is programmed to determine whether the internal combustion engine is operating within a cylinder cutout enabling region and, when the engine operates in the cylinder cutout enabling region, to cutout one or more of the engine cylinders by causing the cutout cylinder's fuel injector to cease injecting fuel into cutout cylinder, and to also cause the still-active engine cylinders to operate with an additional amount of fuel such that a steady state engine torque output remains unchanged before and after the second cylinder is cutout.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Derek E. Nieman, Ramamurthy Vaidyanathan, Derek Tanis, Jeffrey J. Ribordy, Frank J. Lombardi
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Patent number: 9562486Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine in which an exhaust purification device is provided the control device controls the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into an exhaust purification device when the temperature of a three-way catalyst belongs to a temperature range in which it is not less than an activation onset temperature and is less than an activation complete temperature. The control device controls the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification device to a first air-fuel ratio which is lower than or equal to a theoretical air-fuel ratio when the temperature of the three-way catalyst belongs to a low-side temperature region, and controls the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification device to a second air-fuel ratio which is higher than the theoretical air-fuel ratio when the temperature of the three-way catalyst belongs to a high-side temperature region.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigemasa Hirooka, Takahiko Fujiwara
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Patent number: 9562487Abstract: A system and method are provided for monitoring a pressure of fuel supplied to the fuel injector, and providing a control input voltage to the piezostack in response to the pressure to cause the injector to provide a fuel injection having a desired shape. In the system and method, providing a control input voltage includes applying a model-based algorithm to the pressure to determine the control input voltage.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Gregory M. Shaver, Dat Duc Le, Bradley W. Pietrzak
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Patent number: 9562488Abstract: A method for calibrating an electronic fuel injector may include: setting a supply voltage to a control module; applying a control voltage signal having a pulse width to an electronic fuel injector by the control module; determining whether a fuel pressure of a fuel supply to the electronic fuel injector decreases by a predetermined amount; and in response to determining that the fuel pressure of the fuel supply to the electronic fuel injector decreases by the predetermined amount, recording the pulse width and the supply voltage to the control module.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: BG Soflex LLCInventors: Bruce A. Bowling, Albert C. Grippo
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Patent number: 9562489Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a technology pertaining to a control system for an internal combustion engine using CNG to allow an internal combustion engine to operate appropriately even when properties of CNG change. To achieve the object, in the control system for an internal combustion engine using compressed natural gas according to the invention, when air-fuel ratio feedback control that corrects the fuel injection quantity in such a way as to make the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture burned in the internal combustion engine substantially equal to a target air-fuel ratio, a control parameter relating to a condition of combustion of the air-fuel mixture is corrected based on the magnitude of the correction value in the air-fuel ratio feedback control.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Taniguchi, Masahiko Masubuchi, Koji Kitano, Hiroshi Eto
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Patent number: 9562490Abstract: A method for controlling a direct-injection internal combustion engine includes monitoring internal combustion engine operational parameters, determining a start of injection in response to the engine operational parameters, monitoring an intake air flow comprising a residual gas component, monitoring an exhaust gas flow, monitoring a fuel flow, determining a time constant corresponding to an intake air flow reaction time based upon the intake air flow, the exhaust gas flow, and the fuel flow, modifying the start of injection with the time constant, and operating the engine subject to the modified start of injection.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Ibrahim Haskara, Yue-Yun Wang
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Patent number: 9562491Abstract: A device and method for preventing and removing carbon deposit build-up on a piston/cylinder assembly of an engine, including a diesel engine, is disclosed. The device includes a cylinder having an inner sleeve for receiving a piston, a carbon scraping ring positioned on the cylinder sleeve, the carbon scraping ring including an inner surface, and an abradable coating applied to the inner surface of the carbon scraping ring providing a wearable surface between the piston and the cylinder sleeve. The abradable coating has a wearable surface, which conforms to the shape created by the movement of the piston and the cylinder sleeve and carbon scraping ring, creating a substantially zero clearance fit between the piston and the carbon scraping ring. The clearance may reduce oil consumption and improve sealing of the cylinder and piston, thereby reducing blow-by.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC.Inventor: John Lloyd Beasley
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Patent number: 9562492Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a cylinder block having a block cooling water passage that supplies cooling water to a plurality of cylinder bores, and an inter-bore cooling water passage provided between cylinder bores that supplies cooling water between the cylinder bores; a cylinder head having a first cooling water passage to which cooling water is supplied from the block cooling water passage, and a second cooling water passage, which is provided independently from the first cooling water passage, and to which cooling water is supplied from the inter-bore cooling water passage; a heat exchanger; a first cooling water introducing part that leads cooling water, which is flown out from the first cooling water passage, to the heat exchanger; and a second cooling water introducing part that leads cooling water, which is flown out from the second cooling water passage, to a downstream side of the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Atsushi Nomura
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Patent number: 9562493Abstract: A cooling structure for a cylinder head, wherein the cylinder head has formed therein an exhaust manifold having branch sections and also having a collecting section to which the branch sections connect; a first water jacket and a second water jacket, which cover the exhaust manifold; connection passages which supply cooling water in the second water jacket to the first water jacket; and a cooling water outlet which connects the first water jacket to the outside. The connection passages include the first connection passage which is closest to the collecting section, and the second connection passage which is located at the downstream end of each of the water jackets. The flow passage cross-sectional area of the second connection passage is set to be less than the flow passage cross-sectional area of the first connection passage.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tsutomu Wakiya
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Patent number: 9562494Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a crankcase having a first crankcase portion fastened to a second crankcase portion along a first plane, a crankshaft, a cylinder block defining two cylinders, two pistons, and a cylinder head. A crankshaft support defines a crankshaft support aperture. A central portion of the crankshaft is received in the crankshaft support aperture. At least one fastener fastens the crankshaft support to the cylinder block. The at least one fastener is perpendicular to a crankshaft axis and is disposed in a second plane. The crankshaft axis is normal to the first plane. The second plane is one of coplanar with and parallel to the first plane.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: BRP-POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Stefan Krenn
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Patent number: 9562495Abstract: A carburetor draining system for safe and convenient draining. A vessel posterior end of a vessel is disposed against a carburetor body. A vessel base is disposed against a vessel anterior end. A base aperture is disposed on the vessel base. A stem posterior portion of a drain stem is disposed inside the vessel chamber and a stem anterior portion protrudes from the base aperture. A drain port disposed through the stem posterior portion intersects a drain channel disposed inside the stem anterior portion. A locking mechanism secures the vessel to the carburetor body. A valve body of a valve is removeably disposed inside the drain channel. A first seal on the valve body is pressed against an interior surface of the drain channel. A second seal is disposed on a valve stem. A valve handle moves the valve into a closed position or an open position for draining.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: XUMA PRODUCTS OF BRADENTON, LLCInventor: Ante Tucak
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Patent number: 9562496Abstract: A carburetor has a carburetor body having a venturi passage that conveys air from an air inlet to an air outlet. A throttle valve controls flow of the air in the venturi passage. The throttle valve is movable into a closed position, an open position, and at least one transition position between the closed position and the open position. A fuel bowl holds fuel for mixing with the air in the venturi passage. A main nozzle discharges the fuel from the fuel bowl to the air in the venturi passage when the throttle is in the open position. A secondary circuit that is smaller than the main nozzle discharges fuel from the fuel bowl to the air in the venturi passage when the throttle is in the closed position, the transition position, and the open position. A filter is configured to remove particulate matter from the fuel in the fuel howl prior to discharge via the secondary circuit. Methods are for making the carburetor and operating the carburetor.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Brunswick CorporationInventors: Sean M. Roberts, James E. Erickson
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Patent number: 9562497Abstract: A fuel injector is disclosed for use in an engine system. The fuel injector may have a body, a first piston slidingly disposed in the body and having a first pressure area, and a second piston slidingly disposed in the body and having a second pressure area. The fuel injector may also have a hydraulic coupling connecting the first and second pressure areas, and a piezo stack connected to move the first piston. The fuel injector may additionally have a valve needle configured to engage and be moved by the second piston. The first pressure area may be larger than the second pressure area.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Dana Ray Coldren
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Patent number: 9562498Abstract: There is disclosed a biodegradable fuel additive composition derived from at least one animal or plant source, and a fuel composition containing a biodegradable fuel additive composition derived from at least one animal or plant source useful for reducing the formation of engine deposits and for improving fuel economy of a vehicle combusting the fuel composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Afton Chemical CorporationInventor: Lawrence J. Cunningham
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Patent number: 9562499Abstract: A diagnostic system for a vehicle includes a purge valve control module that closes a purge valve. The purge valve regulates fuel vapor flow from a fuel vapor canister to an intake system of an engine. A pump control module, after the closing of the purge valve, turns on a pump that pumps fuel vapor toward the purge valve. A first pressure module, after the purge valve is closed, determines a first pressure measured using a pressure sensor located between the pump and the purge valve. A second pressure module, after the determination of the first pressure and while the pump is on, determines a second pressure measured using the pressure sensor located between the pump and the purge valve. A diagnostic module selectively diagnoses detachment of the purge valve from the intake system based on the first and second pressures.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Kenneth C. Swartz, Miles K. Maxey
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Patent number: 9562500Abstract: A vehicular fuel system with onboard fuel characterization including an onboard combustion modifier source capable of supplying a combustion modifier agent, such as hydrogen, and a fuel tank capable of storing a fuel. An injector-igniter is operative to direct inject the fuel and a proportionate amount of the modifier agent into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. An engine control unit is operatively connectable to the combustion modifier source and the injector. The system may further comprise a mixing valve operative to proportionately mix the fuel and modifier agent. The combustion modifier source may be a tank containing hydrogen or a thermo-chemical reactor, for example.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: McAlister Technologies, LLCInventor: Roy Edward McAlister
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Patent number: 9562501Abstract: A blow-by gas processing circuit for an internal combustion engine includes a blow-by gas lead-out pipe uprising from the engine and extending along one side surface of an air cleaner, an upper pipe bending laterally from an upper end of the lead-out pipe and extending along the one side surface, a descending pipe bending downward from an extremity portion of the upper pipe and extending along the one side surface to reach a purification completion chamber of the cleaner, a branch pipe branching downward from an intermediate portion of the upper pipe and connected to a blow-by gas outlet port opened to an intake passage penetrating an insulator member, and a control valve placed in an upper portion of the branch pipe and opening responding to a rise in boost negative pressure of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki Takada, Hibiki Koga
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Patent number: 9562502Abstract: A impeller for a centrifugal pump has an inducer section. The inducer section has first and second pluralities of blades, each having a plurality of polygonal cross-sections defined by a plurality of vertices. The pluralities of vertices are defined by tables of vertex locations. A method of making a centrifugal pump includes forming an impeller that has an inducer section, as described above, and an impeller section. The impeller is fluidly connected downstream of the inducer section and has third, fourth, and fifth pluralities of blades, each having a plurality of polygonal cross-sectional areas defined by a plurality of vertices. The pluralities of vertices are defined by tables of vertex locations.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Adrian L. Stoicescu, Brandon T. Kovach
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Patent number: 9562503Abstract: In a nozzle, in a cross section including an axis of a nozzle body, a side surface and a seat surface are both smoothly connected to an arc of a circle inscribing both the side surface and the seat surface. A part of a needle which is adjacent to a tip end side of a seat portion is a cone having a diameter reduced toward a tip end side of the cone in the axial direction. Thus, no corner is on the seat surface or the side surface, and the two surfaces form one curved surface. Since a cavitation generated in a sack chamber can be reduced, even when an injection quantity is significantly small such that an injection port does not throttle an injection flow, a flow coefficient of the injection flow is improved and a penetration of a spray of the fuel can be maintained.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiaki Hijima, Fumiaki Arikawa, Motoya Kanbara, Yuuta Hashimoto, Atsushi Utsunomiya, Kazufumi Serizawa, Shinya Sano
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Patent number: 9562504Abstract: A fuel pump for a direct injection internal combustion engine having a housing defining a pump chamber. Driven and idler toothed gears are rotatably mounted within the pump chamber so that the driven and idler gears are in mesh with each other at a predetermined location in the pump chamber. A fluid inlet is formed through the housing and open to an inlet subchamber in the pump chamber. A fluid outlet is also formed through the housing and open to an outlet subchamber in the pump chamber. A pressure relief passageway fluidly connects the inlet subchamber to the outlet subchamber and a valve is disposed in series with the pressure relief passageway. A control circuit controls the actuation of the valve to control the pump pressure at the pump outlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Hitachi, LtdInventors: Yosuke Tanabe, Jason Abbas, George Saikalis
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Patent number: 9562505Abstract: The disclosure provides an improved fuel injector and method of operating the fuel injector to provide at least two different types of fuel spray to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The two types of spray are formed by providing a first fuel pressure to the fuel injector during a first portion of an injection event at a first pressure and providing a second fuel pressure to the fuel injection during a second portion of the injection event, and maintaining a substantially constant fuel flow rate throughout the injection event.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Vesa Hokkanen, David L. Buchanan, Lester L. Peters, Rajesh K. Garg
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Patent number: 9562506Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive vehicle GPS coordinates. The processor is also configured to compare the received GPS coordinates to known device coordinates. Further, the processor is configured to page a vehicle computing system, requesting connection, if the vehicle coordinates and the known device coordinates are within a predetermined proximity and connect to the vehicle upon receipt of a response message from the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hadi Elzein, Jeffrey Raymond Ostrowski
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Patent number: 9562507Abstract: An engine start switch includes, a case member which includes a tubular support portion having an opening portion formed on the front side, a slide member which is slidably supported in a front-rear direction in the inner portion of the tubular support portion, an operation member which is connected to the front side of the slide member, and is movably supported in the front-rear direction in front of the tubular support portion, an annular coil antenna configured to radiate a radio wave signal forward, a wiring substrate which is electrically connected to the coil antenna, and detection means for detecting a rearward movement of the operation member. The coil antenna is attached to the front side of the wiring substrate to configure an antenna substrate assembly, and the antenna substrate assembly is attached to the case member to be positioned between the slide member and the operation member.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Sago, Kazuma Sato
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Patent number: 9562508Abstract: An electromagnetic relay for starting a motor of a starter includes a resistor to reduce an activation current that flows through the motor from a battery for activation of the motor, a relay contact that causes the starting current to flow while bypassing the resistor, a relay coil that forms an electromagnet when excited by energization, and a control circuit that controls an excited state of the relay coil for activation of the motor to open or close the relay contact, thus controlling energization of the motor from the battery via the resistor. The electromagnetic relay incorporates therein the control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Murata
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Patent number: 9562509Abstract: A method for regulating an ignition time for combustion processes of an internal combustion engine includes determining an ignition angle for a combustion process as a function of an operating parameter of the internal combustion engine, based on a characteristic diagram and as a function of a knocking limit offset.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Ulrich Kunze
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Patent number: 9562510Abstract: A spark plug for a stationary, gas-powered internal combustion engine, having a metallic body, an insulator mounted in a passage of the body, a center electrode passing through the insulator, a ground electrode mounted on the body that, together with the center electrode, forms a spark air gap, and a cap attached to the body. The cap shields the center and ground electrodes from the combustion chamber after the spark plug is installed in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and that, together with the body of the spark plug, forms a prechamber in which the center and ground electrodes are located. The cap has at least one opening that permits gas exchange between the prechamber and the space outside of the prechamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION GmbHInventors: Werner Niessner, Anko Ernst
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Patent number: 9562511Abstract: A hydro-electric power system includes two containers and a support beam having two ends, each end holding one of the containers. The ends allow the containers to travel along a length of the support beam. The support beam pivots about a pivot point, giving each container a maximum height and a minimum height. Water flows into each of the containers when they are located at or near their maximum height, the flow of water weighting each container and causing it to descend, each container moving longitudinally outward from the pivot point along the support beam as it descends. A tipping mechanism causes each container to release water at or near its minimum height, each container ascending after releasing water and moving longitudinally inward toward the pivot point along the support beam as it ascends.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Inventor: Gene D. Kasten
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Patent number: 9562512Abstract: A dual rotor arrangement 100 for a wind or water turbine has a planetary gearbox with two inputs and an output. One rotor 1 is connected to one of the inputs 3 and the other rotor 8 is connected to the other input 6. A generator is connected to the high speed shaft 11. The rotational speed of the output is determined by the relative rotational speeds of the rotors which means that the generator produces electricity of a desired frequency. The arrangement enables electricity of constant frequency to be generated under conditions where the wind or water speed is variable.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: AURORA LIMITEDInventor: Marek Jakubaszek
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Patent number: 9562513Abstract: Rotor blade assemblies for wind turbines are provided. A rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade. In some embodiments, the rotor blade assembly further includes a surface feature configured on an exterior surface of the rotor blade, the surface feature having an exterior mounting surface. At least a portion of the exterior mounting surface has a contour in an uninstalled state that is different from a curvature of the exterior surface of the rotor blade at a mount location of the surface feature on the rotor blade. In other embodiments, the rotor blade assembly further includes a seal member surrounding at least a portion of a perimeter of the surface feature. The seal member contacts and provides a transition between the exterior surface and the surface feature.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Robert Tobin, Scott Gabell Riddell, Michael Christopher Booth, Megan Michela Wilson
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Patent number: 9562514Abstract: Wind turbine rotor comprising a hub, a plurality of blades, and at least one pitch system for rotating a blade substantially along its longitudinal axis and comprising one or more pitch brakes, wherein a pitch brake comprises at least a brake disc element and a first brake pad, and wherein one of the hub and a blade comprises said brake disc element and the other of the hub and blade comprises said first brake pad, the brake disc element and brake pad being arranged such that when the blade is substantially in or near the below rated pitch position the brake disc element and pad are in frictional contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Alstom Wind S.L.U.Inventors: Pierre Pasquet, Santiago Canedo Pardo
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Patent number: 9562515Abstract: A method for operating a horizontal axis wind turbine is provided, the wind turbine including: a rotor including a rotor blade, wherein the rotor is rotatably coupled to a nacelle, and the rotor is rotatable about a horizontal rotor axis extending through the nacelle, and the nacelle is rotatably coupled to a tower, the nacelle rotatable in a yaw plane about a yaw axis. The method includes determining a wind direction; determining a yaw angle setting, wherein the yaw angle setting deviates from an alignment of the rotor axis and the wind direction in the yaw plane; yawing the nacelle to the yaw angle setting; and operating the wind turbine for example to generate electricity.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Saskia Honhoff, Andreas Herrig, Farzad Taghaddosi, Sarah Delport
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Patent number: 9562516Abstract: A control system for a wind turbine is provided. The control system includes a local terminal for locally generating wind turbine control commands, a control arrangement for generating control signals for the wind turbine on the basis of wind turbine control commands, and a switching arrangement for switching between a remote mode of operation over a main communication network, and a local mode of operation over a local communication network between the local terminal and the control arrangement such that a message passed between the local terminal and the control arrangement does not travel beyond the local communication network in the wind turbine. A method of locally controlling a wind turbine, and a wind park including a number of wind turbines, wherein each wind turbine comprises such a control system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Janus Ahrensbach, Ulrich Vestergaard B. Hansen, Flemming Bay Thunbo
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Patent number: 9562517Abstract: A universal power generating system including at least one electromagnetic generator assembly operatively associated with an air turned turbine whereby said air-turned turbine is placed within an enclosure and receives captured exhaust.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Inventor: Robillard Decady
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Patent number: 9562518Abstract: A wind turbine configured to be mountable to a support post includes a first support element having a first track positioned around a central axis and configured to be connectable to the support post. A fan assembly is engaged with the first support element and is rotatable relative thereto. The fan assembly includes a plurality of first trolleys each being coupled to the first support element and spaced relative to each other. The plurality of first trolleys are traversable along the first track to cause rotation of the fan assembly relative to the first support element. A plurality of fan blades are coupled to respective ones of the plurality of first trolleys. At least one off-axis electrical generator is engaged with the fan assembly and includes at least one rotating gear driven by at the fan assembly when the fan assembly rotates relative to the first support element.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: LILU ENERGY, INC.Inventors: Mahesh N. Patel, Darmesh M. Patel, Mark Goodley
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Patent number: 9562519Abstract: An energy capture system includes a transducer element and an energy storage device. The transducer element moves in response to current in one or more conductors in a set of electrical power lines. The energy storage device accumulates mechanical energy from movement of the transducer element.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brock Robert Gardner, Michael Phillip Czamara
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Patent number: 9562520Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated system for the combined purpose of electricity generation and water treatment and biofuel production. The configuration combines complementary sub-systems whereby outputs from one system are used as inputs to another creating a positive feedback mechanism that significantly increases system efficiency and output. Compensatory mechanisms between system components create a natural hedge in energy and water production against temporal variation in solar insolence levels. Secondary benefits of the invention may include carbon abatement, ground water improvements, and land regeneration.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Inventor: Noel McWilliam
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Patent number: 9562521Abstract: A hybrid system for electric power generation from solar-thermal energy and wind energy sources is described. The system includes a wind electric power generation system, a solar-thermal generation system and an air compressing system powered by a wind electric power generation system, and a compressed air storage system. A solar-thermal generation system includes two air receivers illuminated by heliostats to heat compressed atmospheric air provided from a compressed air storage system for driving the solar-thermal generation system. The hybrid system also includes a thermal energy storage system storing thermal energy and preheating the pressurized atmospheric air flow provided by the compressed air storage system.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Inventor: Or Yogev
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Patent number: 9562522Abstract: System and method for converting energy; the system comprising: an acoustic resonator; a phase-exchange device configured for forming across a section of said resonator a concentration gradient of a first substance in a gaseous medium contained by said resonator, to thereby generate a pressure wave within said resonator; and a conversion device for converting mechanical energy constituted by said pressure wave to non-mechanical energy.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation LimitedInventors: Yehuda Agnon, Guy Ramon, Carlos Dosoretz
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Patent number: 9562523Abstract: A wobble drive mechanism for coupling a rotary motion to a reciprocating motion comprising a diagonal plate coupled to a rotary motion axis driving a wobble carrier having a flat side in sliding contact with the diagonal plate and a spherical side in contact with a spherical bearing recess. The wobble carrier has a bore containing at least one reciprocating drive shoe. The reciprocating drive shoe may be coupled to a piston operating within a cylinder. The reciprocating drive shoe may be free to move in the bore linearly and/or rotationally. In various embodiments, the reciprocating drive shoe comprises two or more components. In various embodiments the piston is coupled to the shoe via a fixed rod section and the fixed rod section terminates in, for example, a double cylindrical bearing T section or a spherical bearing. The reciprocating drive may operate various devices, for example, pump or motor devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: JM Harwood LLCInventors: Michael R. Harwood, Thomas Bender
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Patent number: 9562524Abstract: A control valve according to one embodiment includes a shaft that transmits the solenoidal force to a valve element. A solenoid includes a bottomed sleeve into which the pressure of refrigerant is introduced, a core secured coaxially to the sleeve, a plunger, contained in the sleeve on its bottom side, which is displaceable integrally with the shaft in a direction of axis line, a first spring that applies the biasing force in a valve opening direction to the shaft, a second spring that applies the biasing force in a valve closing direction to the plunger, and a shaft support member, which is press-fitted such that the shaft support member is secured to an inner wall of the sleeve near its bottom portion. The second spring is set between the shaft support member and the plunger.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: TGK CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryousuke Yoshihiro, Morimitsu Kajiwara
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Patent number: 9562525Abstract: A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor includes a pair of planar spring assemblies mounted to an inner back iron assembly at opposite sides of the inner back iron assembly. A magnet is mounted to the inner back iron assembly at an outer surface of the back iron assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Gregory William Hahn, Thomas R. Barito
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Patent number: 9562526Abstract: The present invention refers to the arrangement of components comprised in a linear compressor (1), which is fundamentally composed by at least one resonant oscillating mechanism comprising at least one resonant spring (2) which defines at least one neutral point (21), at least one magnet (3) and at least one piston (4); at least one intermediate element (5) which defines an axially flexible surface (51); at least one flat spring (6) which defines at least one binding structure (62); at least one shell (7); and at least one attaching means (8).Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.Inventors: Alisson Luiz Roman, Celso Kenzo Takemori, Paulo Rogerio Carrara Couto, Wilfred Roettger
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Patent number: 9562527Abstract: An unloader for a valve element (30) of a compressor valve (40) includes an unloader finger (2) and one carrier bushing (14), wherein the unloader finger (2) is fabricated from a first material, the carrier bushing (14) is fabricated from a second material using a casting method, and at least part of the unloader finger (2) is mold in with the material of the carrier bushing (14).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Hoerbiger Kompressortechnik Holding GmbHInventors: Bernhard Spiegl, Markus Testori, Andreas Schloffer
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Patent number: 9562528Abstract: A peristaltic pump is provided comprising a drive unit, a pumphead comprising a pressing element. The pumphead is connectable to the drive unit such that, when connected, the pressing element is driveable by the drive unit to exert a peristaltic action on a tube arranged within the pumphead. The pumphead further comprises an optical sensor, wherein the optical sensor comprises an emitter and a receiver which are mounted on the drive unit and a reflector element mounted on the pumphead. The reflector element is arranged on the pumphead such that when the pumphead is connected to the drive unit, radiation emitted by the emitter is reflected by the reflector element towards the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Watson-Marlow LimitedInventor: Oliver Warren
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Patent number: 9562529Abstract: Tube roller pumps for blood treatment devices are disclosed. The pumps include a curved surface with a rotor rotatable therein. The rotor attaches via a shaft reception to a drive shaft of the pump. The rotor has a first locking element for axially locking the rotor on the shaft and a second locking element for rotationally coupling the shaft and the rotor. The shaft reception and the drive shaft guide the rotor to a position on the shaft, when pushed onto the shaft, and, at this position, the first element may be moved by the shaft from locked to released. The rotor, when pushed further onto the shaft, is moved to another position at which the first element is automatically moved back to locked and the second element may be brought into manual engagement with the shaft to transmit torque from the shaft to the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: B. Braun Avitum AGInventor: Oliver Schaefer
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Patent number: 9562530Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor pump (10), comprising: a pump body (50A) capable of being rotatably driven and forming an accommodation cavity (52) therein; a pump wheel (20, 20A) having a main body part (22) capable of rotating in the accommodation cavity and a first shaft part (24) axially extending from the main body part; and a sealing plate (30) comprising an eccentric hole (32) being eccentric relative to the rotation axis of the pump body; the first shaft part is rotatably fitted in the eccentric hole; a suction channel (25) is formed on one side of the pump wheel, and a discharge channel is formed on the other side of the pump wheel; the suction channel and the discharge channel are respectively in fluid communication with a compression cavity formed between the outer circumference of the pump wheel and the inner circumference of the accommodation cavity. The present invention also relates to a rotary machinery comprising the rotor pump.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Qingfeng Sun
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Patent number: 9562531Abstract: A negative pressure pump has: a housing; a rotating shaft having a shaft portion, and a supporting portion; a vane that is supported at the supporting portion so as to freely move reciprocally in a direction orthogonal to the rotating shaft, and that rotates integrally with the rotating shaft, and whose end portions slide on an inner wall surface, and that sections an interior of the housing into plural spaces; an intake portion that is formed in the housing; a discharging portion that is formed further toward a vane rotating direction downstream side than the intake portion; and a concave portion that is formed in a bottom surface between the discharging portion and a curved surface in a vane rotating direction, and that communicates with a circular hole, and guides the lubricant, that is moved by the vane, to the circular hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: SANOH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobushi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 9562532Abstract: A progressive vortex pump having a pump assembly including an inlet valve in contact with a fluid and an outlet valve in contact with a pump pipe, the pump assembly is driven by a shaft connected to a motor assembly and includes a pump body with a variety of pump stages having a stator attached to the pump body, a diffuser attached to the front and rear of the stator, and a rotor coupled to the shaft inside the stator. Each pump stage includes at least two inlet stages in contact with a respective circular channel in contact with a respective outlet stage, the inlet and outlet stages are evenly distributed along the internal perimeter of the stator, and the pump stages are arranged such that each outlet stage of a front pump stage is connected to a respective inlet stage of a rear pump stage.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: HIGRA INDUSTRIAL LTDAInventor: Silvino Geremia
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Patent number: 9562533Abstract: A cryogenic pump for liquefied gases is provided, which shortens precooling time, has a small loss of cryogenic liquefied gas, excels in pump efficiency, and is advantageous in cost. A motor 1 and an impeller 2 are coupled by a shaft 3 for transmitting a rotative drive force therebetween, and the motor 1 is arranged on an upper side and the impeller 2 is arranged on a lower side. The motor 1 and the impeller 2 exist in an enclosed space 14 where they are communicated with each other and into which the cryogenic liquefied gas is introduced. A heat adjusting unit 11 is provided between the motor 1 and the impeller 2, the heat adjusting unit maintaining existence of the impeller 2 in a liquid phase of the cryogenic liquefied gas and maintaining existence of the motor 1 in a gas phase of the cryogenic liquefied gas.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Air Water Inc.Inventors: Taketo Johchi, Shingo Kunitani, Akira Yoshino
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Patent number: 9562534Abstract: The present pump devices provide a dual pump using two (or more) electric motors (e.g. brushless DC motors) driving the pumps independently, including integration of hydraulic and electrical components and connectors. The illustrated arrangements include an in-line single shaft version, a parallel side-by-side shaft version, and an inside-outside version. Each configuration includes a housing supporting formation of: shared structural support for the pumps and motors (e.g., bearings, stator, relationship of components), fluid pump and hydraulic system (e.g., fluid passageways, ports connectors) and motor electrical control (e.g., control circuitry and sensory components).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: GHSP, Inc.Inventors: Ryan David Rosinski, Larry Duane Ridge, Jarvis Kirby, Cathy Ann Stewart, David Michael Mitteer