Patents Issued in April 13, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170101916
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas after treatment system, which includes at least one particulate filter. The method is characterized by a parameter-controlled partial regeneration of the particulate filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Philipp KLAAS, Daniel CHATTERJEE, Marc HEHLE, Norbert MARKERT, Ralf MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20170101917
    Abstract: The exhaust system of a diesel engine includes components such as a turbocharger and an exhaust manifold which can have very high internal temperatures (e.g., any surface having a temperature above 135° C.). In accordance with the invention the components subject to the high temperatures are coated with at least a first layer of thermally insulating material and a second layer overlying the first layer to provide surface protection. So coated, the temperature of the outer coated surfaces of these components is brought below an undesirably high level. Also, selected ones of the components may be water cooled and/or have a fitted jacket and/or be placed within an explosion proof enclosure. The input fuel line may also include a magnetic explosion proof fuel economizer to control the combustion process and reduce the internal temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: ANGELO MIRETTI
  • Publication number: 20170101918
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an ignition coil for a spark ignited internal combustion engine. The ignition coil includes a coil body having an outer surface and internal windings coupled to a connector. The ignition coil also includes a housing surrounding the coil body. The housing has an outer wall spaced apart from the outer surface of the coil body thereby forming a gap between the outer surface of the coil body and the outer wall. The outer wall includes an opening in flow communication with the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Alan C. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20170101919
    Abstract: An ebullient cooling device includes: an internal combustion engine cooled by boiling a coolant flowing through a coolant passage formed within the internal combustion engine; a gas-liquid separator that separates a coolant discharged from the internal combustion engine into a liquid-phase coolant and a gas-phase coolant; a condenser that is disposed on a downstream side of the expander, and cools the gas-phase coolant having passed through the expander so as to be changed into a liquid-phase coolant; a first passage that supplies the liquid-phase coolant from the condenser to the coolant passage formed within the internal combustion engine; a second passage that is branched from the first passage, and is connected to the gas-liquid separator; and a control valve that controls a supply state of a liquid-phase coolant supplied to the gas-liquid separator from the condenser through the second passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20170101920
    Abstract: A method of determining the temperature of an inner section of a cylinder head (204) in an internal combustion engine. The engine comprises: at least one piston cylinder (201) which cylinder is formed at least in part by the cylinder head (204); and at least one jacket (205), the jacket having a proximal wall and a distal wall. The proximal wall of the jacket is proximate to the piston cylinder (201) and the distal wall of the jacket is distal to the piston cylinder (201). The method comprises: providing a temperature sensor (202) on the distal wall of the jacket; receiving a first temperature measurement from the temperature sensor (202); and inferring the temperature of the inner section of the cylinder head (204) from the first temperature measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hani ALRIFAI, William HUTCHINS
  • Publication number: 20170101921
    Abstract: A fluid control system may include a fluid conduit defining a fluid passage, and a fluid metering assembly in fluid communication with the fluid passage. The fluid metering assembly may include a metering valve rotatably secured within an internal chamber. An actuator may be coupled to the metering valve. A control unit may be coupled to the actuator. The control unit is configured to operate the actuator to rotate the metering valve between an open position in which fluid flows through the fluid passage and a closed position in which the fluid is prevented from flowing through the fluid passage. The control unit is configured to operate the actuator to rotate the metering valve into a pressure relief position beyond the closed position that is configured to allow a reduced portion of the fluid to flow through the fluid passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Steven C. CRUSIUS, David LICKENBROCK
  • Publication number: 20170101922
    Abstract: In an aspect of the present disclosure, an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The internal combustion engine has a main combustion chamber, a prechamber, an insert in the prechamber, a fuel valve, and an ignition plug. The main combustion chamber is in fluid communication with the prechamber. The prechamber defines an upper volume and a lower volume about a central plane passing through a midpoint of the prechamber. The fuel valve is disposed in the upper volume and is configured to introduce charge into the prechamber. The ignition plug is configured to ignite the charge. The insert is disposed at least partially in the upper volume of the prechamber to promote mixing of the charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Loetz, Yongxian Gu
  • Publication number: 20170101923
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine having a main combustion chamber, a first prechamber, a second prechamber, a first ignition plug and a second ignition plug. The main combustion chamber is in fluid communication with a first prechamber and a second prechamber. The first ignition plug is disposed in the first prechamber for igniting a charge in the first prechamber to form a first flame jet directed into the main combustion chamber. The second ignition plug disposed in the second prechamber for igniting a charge in the second prechamber to form a second flame jet directed into the main combustion chamber. The first flame jet and the second flame jet overlap in the main combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Loetz
  • Publication number: 20170101924
    Abstract: A compressor recirculation valve having a noise-suppressing muffler. The muffler has a double-walled construction, including a perforated outer wall and a non-perforated inner wall. The muffler is arranged surrounding the RCV such that when the RCV valve member is in an open position, compressed recirculation air is constrained to flow along the non-perforated inner wall and past an upper end thereof before reaching and flowing radially outwardly through the perforated outer wall to a transverse flow passage for delivery back into an inlet of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Yunbin Gong, Haibin Wang, Guangqing Zheng, Gaofeng Liu, Ling Wang
  • Publication number: 20170101925
    Abstract: A turbocharger system comprises a first relatively small high-pressure (HP) turbocharger and a second relatively large low pressure (LP) turbocharger. The turbine of the LP turbocharger is connected in series downstream of the turbine of the HP turbocharger. A first exhaust bypass flow passage provides a bypass flow path around the HP turbine. A second exhaust bypass flow passage provides a bypass flow path around the LP turbine. A rotary valve is located at a junction of the first and second bypass flow passages and a first exhaust gas flow passage. The rotary valve comprises a valve rotor which is rotatable selectively to permit or block flow to the LP turbine and to permit or block flow to the first and second bypass paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Lee J. Robinson, Daniel M. Acker, Akram Ghassan Khatib, Nandha Kumar Manoharan, Simon James Davis
  • Publication number: 20170101926
    Abstract: A rotary combustion engine system is provided with compression unit and expansions unit offset which communicate through a transfer port. Each unit defines a toroidal chamber extending annularly about a central cavity, and a plurality of curved pistons displaced within the toroidal chamber to variably form a plurality of sub-chambers therein. A rotor member in each unit is eccentrically coupled to a mechanical member and linked by a plurality of swing rod members to the curved pistons. The curved pistons of the expansion unit are advanced by recursive combustion within sub-chambers defined therebetween, to drive angular displacement of the rotor member. The rotor member in the compression unit is angularly displaced with the mechanical member to incrementally advance the unit's curved pistons for recursive compression of air within sub-chambers defined therebetween. The compressed air is recursively passed through the transfer port to the sub-chambers of the expansion unit for combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: TED NAE-KUAN CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20170101927
    Abstract: An internal combustion rotary engine includes an air passage configured to allow cool air to flow through the rotor as the rotor moves relative to the housing within the engine. Some embodiments include a removable fuel cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander C. Shkolnik, Nikolay Shkolnik, Alex Lyubomirskiy
  • Publication number: 20170101928
    Abstract: A four-cycle multi-cylinder engine includes a crankcase, a cylinder block, a crankshaft, and a gear-shift input shaft. The crankcase is vertically divided into an upper case and a lower case. The cylinder block is integrated with the crankcase. The crankshaft and the gear-shift input shaft are journaled to a contact surface of the crankcase. The cylinder block is inclined rearward such that an extended line intersects with a cylinder axis line of the cylinder block at an acute angle in an engine side view. The extended line connects respective central axes of the crankshaft and the gear-shift input shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki ODA
  • Publication number: 20170101929
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a method of varying engine displacement. The method includes determining a change in a stroke distance of the engine required to obtain a pre-determined volumetric change in a displacement of the engine. The method includes machining a top surface of a crankcase so as to remove a height of material from the crankcase. The height is calculated to correspond to the change in the stroke of the engine required to obtain the volumetric change in the displacement of the engine. The method also includes coupling the crankcase to an engine block portion of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Cummins Inc.
    Inventor: John Peter Jones
  • Publication number: 20170101930
    Abstract: A set of mechanisms, for use with an internal combustion test engine, for testing cylinder offset during operation of the engine. The test engine specifics may vary, but it is assumed to have a crankcase base that supports a cylinder barrel and cylinder head. During engine operation, a transit plate is secured to the top surface of the crankshaft base, and a pair of wedge plates is secured between the transit plate and the bottom of the cylinder barrel. When the engine is not in operation, the transit plate can be slid in a direction normal to the crankshaft axis (for cylinder offset adjustment), and the wedge plates can be moved relative to each other (for cylinder height adjustment).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Riccardo Meldolesi, Roy Granville
  • Publication number: 20170101931
    Abstract: An aircraft power and propulsion system includes an air compressor, a heat rejection heat exchanger, a combustor positioned to receive compressed air from the air compressor as a core stream and provide thrust to the aircraft, and a closed-loop s-CO2 system. The closed-loop s-CO2 system includes carbon dioxide as a working fluid, receives power from the combustor, and rejects heat via the heat rejection heat exchanger to a cooling stream. The closed-loop system s-CO2 configured to provide power to a fan that provides the cooling stream and thrust, and power to the air compressor and at least one auxiliary load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Armstrong, Igor Vaisman
  • Publication number: 20170101932
    Abstract: Gas turbine engine components are provided which utilize an insert to provide cooling air along a cooled surface of an engine component. The insert provides cooling holes or apertures which face the cool side surface of the engine component and direct cooling air onto that cool side surface. The apertures may be formed in arrays and directed at an oblique or a non-orthogonal angle to the surface of the insert and may be at an angle to the surface of the engine component being cooled. An engine component assembly is provided with counterflow impingement cooling, comprising an engine component cooling surface having a cooling fluid flow path on one side and a second component adjacent to the first component. The second component may have a plurality of openings forming an array wherein the openings extend through the second component at a non-orthogonal angle to the surface of the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Curtis Walton STOVER, Jonathan Michael RAUSCH, Satoshi ATSUCHI, Gulcharan Singh BRAINCH, Robert David BRIGGS, Ronald Scott BUNKER, Ambarish Jayant KULKARNI, Michael Alan MEADE, Byron Andrew PRITCHARD, Robert PROCTOR
  • Publication number: 20170101933
    Abstract: A turbine engine assembly is provided. The assembly includes a compressor, and an air duct coupled in flow communication with the compressor. The air duct is configured to channel a flow of bleed air from the compressor therethrough. The assembly also includes a fluid supply system coupled in flow communication with the air duct, wherein the fluid supply system is configured to channel a flow of fluid towards the air duct to modify a temperature of the bleed air based on an operating condition of the turbine engine assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Pugalenthi Nandagopal, James Adaickalasamy
  • Publication number: 20170101934
    Abstract: A snubber block for a manifold assembly of a gas turbine engine includes a body with at least one passage with a respective flow restrictive orifice, the body operable to receive a sensor and a male section that extends from the body, the male section receivable within a fuel manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert F. Sheil, Michael Luther Comeau, Joo Sub Rhee
  • Publication number: 20170101935
    Abstract: A system for supplying a turbine engine with fluid includes a first low-pressure pump, a downstream hydraulic resistance and a high-pressure volumetric pump located between the first low-pressure pump and the downstream hydraulic resistance. The downstream hydraulic resistance includes at least one element selected among a fluid proportioning unit, a filter, a flow meter, an exchanger, a cut-off valve and an injection system. The supply system includes a second low-pressure pump and a supply variator configured such as to vary the flow of fluid supplied to the second low-pressure pump, the second low-pressure pump and the supply variator being located parallel to the first low-pressure pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Bellal WAISSI, Philippe VERTENOEUIL
  • Publication number: 20170101936
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turboshaft engine comprising a gas generator (5) that is capable of being rotated, and a free turbine (6) that is rotated by the gases of said gas generator, characterised in that it comprises a device (40) for controlled mechanical coupling of said gas generator (5) and said free turbine (6) that is capable of connecting said gas generator (5) and said free turbine (6) mechanically and on demand as soon as the rotational speed of said gas generator (5) reaches a predetermined threshold speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick MARCONI, Romain THIRIET, Camel SERGHINE
  • Publication number: 20170101937
    Abstract: Embodiments of a flow limiting duct vent valve (DVV) are provided, as are embodiments of a bleed air system including a flow limiting DVV. In one embodiment, the bleed air system a flow limiting DVV and a first valved device, such as a high pressure regulator. The DVV includes, in turn, a housing assembly having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly coupled to the valved device when the bleed air system is installed on a gas turbine engine. A valve element is mounted in the housing assembly and, during operation of the DVV, moves from: (i) the closed position to an open vent position when the pressure differential across the valve element exceeds a first threshold, and (ii) from the open vent position to an overpressure shutoff position when the pressure differential across the valve element exceeds a second threshold greater than the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Chris Schlarman, Adriel Reavis, Raul Velasquez
  • Publication number: 20170101938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a malfunction in a first turboshaft engine, referred to as an inoperative engine (4), of a twin-engine helicopter, and for controlling a second turboshaft engine, referred to as a healthy engine (5), each engine (4, 5) comprising protective stops regulated by a regulation device which define a maximum power regime, characterised in that it comprises: a step (10) of detecting an indication of failure of said inoperative engine (4); a step (11) of modifying said protective stops of said healthy engine (5) into protective stops which correspond to a maximum power single-engine regime, in the case of the detected indication of failure; a step (12) of confirming a failure of said inoperative engine (4); a step (13) of controlling an increase in the flow rate of fuel supply of said healthy engine (5), in the event of a confirmed failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Fabien LESCHER, Jean Philippe Jacques MARIN, Philippe ETCHEPARE
  • Publication number: 20170101939
    Abstract: An exhaust control device for engine configures an exhaust system by joining exhaust pipes at a collecting pipe. The exhaust pipes are coupled to a plurality of respective cylinders. At least two types of exhaust valves are configured to perform an exhaust control at different parts in the exhaust system. The exhaust control device for engine includes first exhaust valves, a second exhaust valve, and an actuator. The first exhaust valves are mounted to a plurality of communicating pipes and communicating the predetermined exhaust pipes. The second exhaust valve is mounted to the collecting pipe. The actuator is configured to drive to open and close the second exhaust valve. The first exhaust valves are configured to be driven to open and close corresponding to an actuating region of the second exhaust valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayoshi MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20170101940
    Abstract: A control device calculates an estimate of negative intake pressure based on the relationship between the rotation speed of a crankshaft and a throttle opening degree (Step S24). Then, the control device sets the estimate PE of the negative intake pressure, which is calculated in Step S24, to a greater value as combustion efficiency of CNG used in engine operation becomes higher (Step S25). When the corrected estimate PE of the negative intake pressure becomes smaller than or equal to a reference value PTh (Step S26: YES), the control device starts a negative pressure recovery procedure (Step S27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakazu SUGISHITA, Kenji HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170101941
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a variable setting of a compression ratio in a reciprocating internal combustion engine, an error of the variable setting of the compression ratio, being signaled as a function of a measured state variable of the exhaust gas system, in particular a measured exhaust gas temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Pascal Gladel, Armin Hassdenteufel, Bernd Kesch, Holger Jessen
  • Publication number: 20170101942
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling an internal combustion engine and electrical inverter system for powering a load, including controlling the operation of a spark-ignited internal combustion engine prime mover used in generation of electrical power by way of a generator. A microprocessor (e.g., DSP) controlled circuit taking engine speed input from an engine speed signal is used to control the operation of the internal combustion engine prime mover so that it is preferably operated substantially at wide open throttle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Gehret, Jean Roy, Jian Wen
  • Publication number: 20170101943
    Abstract: To satisfy both a request for ensuring worker's safety at the engine start and a worker's request for promptly starting a work, on the premise of a working machine including an engine RPM suppression mode. A working machine (1) has a centrifugal clutch (6). The engine RPM suppression mode is executed at the start of an internal combustion engine (2). With the RPM suppression mode, the RPM of the internal combustion engine (2) is controlled not to exceed a clutch-in RPM. The working machine (1) has a mode cancelling means (S5) canceling the engine RPM suppression mode when a predetermined mode cancelation condition for cancelling the engine RPM suppression mode is satisfied, and a cancellation condition changing means (S2) changing the mode cancelation condition depending on a change in an engine operational state and/or an environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Kuroiwa, Ryota Yokouchi
  • Publication number: 20170101944
    Abstract: An engine control unit includes an extracting portion acquiring a sound or vibration of an engine from external and extracting vibration components of frequency bands each of which including a resonant frequency of a vibration mode, a waveform synthesis portion synthesizing the vibration components extracted by the extracting portion to generate a synthesis vibration waveform, a calculation portion calculating a time average value by averaging the synthesis vibration waveform in a predetermined time, a peak detection portion detecting a peak strength of the vibration component of the frequency band including a lowest resonant frequency, a storage portion previously storing a first threshold and a second threshold, and a determination portion determining an existence of a knocking and whether a knock level is a first knock level or a second knock level, by comparing the time average value with the first threshold and comparing the peak strength with the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Masafumi UMENO
  • Publication number: 20170101945
    Abstract: An output control system incorporated in a vehicle including a clutch device comprises an upper limit setting section which sets an upper limit value of an output of the drive source to a starting control upper limit value when the output control system is performing a starting control; and a wheelie determiner section which determines whether or not a wheelie is occurring in the vehicle when the output control system is performing the starting control, wherein when the wheelie determiner section determines that the wheelie is occurring, the output control system performs a wheelie suppressing control for suppressing the output of the drive source while maintaining the starting control in such a manner that the output becomes less when the wheelie determiner section determines that the wheelie is occurring than before the wheelie determiner section determines that the wheelie is occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hirokami, Shohei Terai, Seiji Azuma, Kengo Ueda
  • Publication number: 20170101946
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed to control the operation of an air charging system of an internal combustion engine. A plurality of output parameters of the air charging system are monitored. An error is calculated between the monitored output parameters and a target value thereof. The calculated errors are applied to a linear controller that yields a virtual input used to calculate a plurality of input parameters for the air charging system. The input parameters is used to determine the position of a corresponding actuator of the air charging system for operating the actuators according to the determined position thereof. The inputs parameters are calculated with a non-linear mathematical model of the air charging system configured such that the virtual inputs are in a linear relation with only one of the output parameters and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Giuseppe CONTE, Carmen PEDICINI, Vincenzo ALFIERI
  • Publication number: 20170101947
    Abstract: A system and method for configuring parameters for a variable gaseous appliance, comprise a sensor for detecting a composition of the gaseous fuel in a fuel tank. A first set of instructions are executable on a processor for receiving a signal from the sensor and analyzing the gaseous fuel based on the Wobbe Index, methane index, and inert gas percentage, to produce a gaseous fuel analysis. A second set of instructions are executable on the processor for producing a signal for configuring parameters of the engine for running the engine based on the gaseous fuel analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Chan Seung Park, Partho Sarothi Roy
  • Publication number: 20170101948
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular a gas engine, preferably a lean gas engine, which has at least one cylinder, in order to improve the combustion process, a prechamber is provided for igniting a mixture in a main chamber. A pressure curve is detected by a pressure sensor in the main chamber dependent on a crank angle, and the quantity of supplied fuel is controlled or regulated for each individual cylinder using a fuel metering device and the pressure sensor dependent on a desired output and/or a desired torque and/or a desired rotational speed of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Christian KUNKEL
  • Publication number: 20170101949
    Abstract: The control device includes an operation state detector, an intake manifold pressure detector, an air humidity detector, an air temperature detector, an atmospheric pressure detector, and a controller that controls the engine output on the basis of detection results of the detectors. The controller generates humidity information on the air which is taken in by the internal combustion engine, from the humidity, temperature, and atmospheric pressure, calculates a dry air partial pressure by correcting the pressure detected by the intake manifold pressure detector, by using the humidity information, and controls the engine output by taking the pressure detected by the intake manifold pressure detector as a wet air pressure and selecting, according to a control element, either one of the wet air pressure and the dry air partial pressure as a pressure to be used for the engine output control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Michihisa YOKONO, Hideki HAGARI
  • Publication number: 20170101950
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst. A control system of the engine comprises a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst, and an air-fuel ratio control device which controls the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas. The target air-fuel ratio is set to a lean air-fuel ratio when an output air-fuel ratio of the sensor becomes a rich judged air-fuel ratio or less and is set to a rich air-fuel ratio when an output air-fuel ratio becomes a lean judged air-fuel ratio or more. When the engine operating state is a steady operation state and is a low load operation state, at least one of an average lean degree of the target air-fuel ratio while the target air-fuel ratio is set to a lean air-fuel ratio and an average rich degree of the target air-fuel ratio while the target air-fuel ratio is set to a rich air-fuel ratio is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihisa NAKAGAWA, Shuntaro OKAZAKI, Yuji YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170101951
    Abstract: A method and system for blending between different torque maps of a vehicle in a smooth and progressive manner. Blending is delayed if the vehicle driver cannot detect that blending is taking place, for example, when the difference between a source map and target map is below a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Paul DARNELL, Elliot HEMES, Stephen STACEY
  • Publication number: 20170101952
    Abstract: A method for operating an engine based on cabin temperature includes determining a quantity of fuel in a fuel tank, determining a minimum amount of fuel to remain in the fuel tank, receiving a predetermined cabin temperature value, calculating an engine idle time in response to the minimum amount of fuel and the predetermined cabin temperature value, and controlling engine starting and stopping in response to the engine idle time and the predetermined cabin temperature value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Jennifer K. Light-Holets
  • Publication number: 20170101953
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine is provided. The control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to set a target air-fuel ratio to a rich air-fuel ratio from a time at which fuel cut control for terminating fuel supply to a combustion chamber during operation of the internal combustion engine is terminated to a time at which an output air-fuel ratio of a downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor becomes a rich determination air-fuel ratio or lower, temporarily set the target air-fuel ratio to the rich air-fuel ratio after the output air-fuel ratio of the downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor becomes the rich determination air-fuel ratio or lower, and thereafter set the target air-fuel ratio to a lean air-fuel ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norifumi TAKADA, Yasuyuki TAKAMA, Yuji MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20170101954
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for monitoring a temperature of a coil wire of a solenoid valve are provides. An actuation signal has actuation intervals which follow one another is used in this case, wherein a start pulse, which causes an increase in current in the coil wire of the magnet coil and has a prespecified pulse duration, and a pulse sequence, which follows the start pulse and has a duty cycle, are provided in each actuation interval. The current intensity of the current flowing through the coil wire of the solenoid valve is measured at two different times during the increase in current, and the current gradient is subsequently calculated from the measured current intensities. A prespecified threshold value for the current gradient is then compared with the calculated current gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Krüger, Dmitriy Kogan, Andreas Bodensteiner
  • Publication number: 20170101955
    Abstract: A method for calibrating an electronic fuel injector with a control module and the electronic fuel injector disposed on a test apparatus 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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Bruce A. Bowling, Albert C. Grippo
  • Publication number: 20170101956
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for detecting valve actuation faults in internal combustion engines operating in a skip fire operational mode. In one aspect, for each skip fire working cycle, an expected exhaust pressure is determined for a time period corresponding to a potential exhaust event. One or more exhaust gas pressure sensors are then used to measure an actual exhaust pressure during the potential exhaust period. The actual exhaust pressure is compared to the expected exhaust pressure to determine whether a valve actuation fault has occurred. A variety of valve actuation faults can be identified using the described approach. In some embodiments pressure sensors are deployed in the runners of the exhaust manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew A. YOUNKINS, Shikui Kevin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170101957
    Abstract: A method for operating a control device, in which in a first operating mode of the control device the first processor core is operated predominantly locally with the first flash memory, and the second processor core is operated predominantly locally with the second flash memory, in a second operating mode of the control device the first processor core and the second processor core are operated with the first flash memory, and in which in a third operating mode of the control device the first processor core and the second processor core are operated with the second flash memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Axel AUE, Hans-Walter SCHMITT, Matthias SCHREIBER
  • Publication number: 20170101958
    Abstract: A downlink communication data DND from a main control circuit section to a combination control circuit section is divided into first and second downlink data, high-speed communication using a downlink clock signal and a transmission start instruction signal is performed, a high-speed load which has been directly driven from the main control circuit section is indirectly driven at high speed from the combination control circuit section by the first downlink data, a low-speed analog input signal ANL which has been indirectly inputted to the combination control circuit section is inputted to a specific input channel of a multi-channel converter through an indirect multiplexer, and channel selection is made by the downlink communication data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki IWAGAMI, Junji TADA, Tomoki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170101959
    Abstract: Systems and related methods for regulating fuel rail pressure for internal combustion engines utilizing an electronic fuel transfer pump (eFTP) on the low side to provide robust control of fuel pressure on the high side. The eFTP is in fluid communication with a low-pressure fuel circuit for providing a low-pressure fuel flow at a low pressure to a high-pressure pump. Upon failure of a fuel control valve, a pressure-responsive valve, and/or a pressure sensor impacting the high-side fuel pressure, the eFTP modulates the low-side fuel flow and/or low-side fuel pressure to mitigate damage to the engine. A controller in operative communication with the eFTP and/or one or more sensors is configured to provide a pump command to the eFTP in response to a failure condition impacting the high-side fuel pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Shounak Mishra, Norman C. Blizard, Edward Nathan Linen, Joseph Andrew Worthington
  • Publication number: 20170101960
    Abstract: A cover structure for an internal combustion engine includes: a plastic cover member attached to a body of the internal combustion engine so as to cover the power transmission and a metallic holding member configured to hold an oil seal pressurized to the outer circumference of the crank shaft. Also, the holding member is positionable by engaging with the body of the internal combustion engine with respect to an axial direction of the crank shaft and a planar direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The cover member and the holding member are fastened together by a fastening bolt while interposing a gasket positioned to surround the crank shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuya GOTO
  • Publication number: 20170101961
    Abstract: An integrated mixer/TEC having structural features that may be individually used or combined to achieve a robust and durable design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: HERVE TURCOTTE, MIHAI JIVAN, DANIEL TROTTIER, DANIEL SUMMERS-LEPINE
  • Publication number: 20170101962
    Abstract: A nacelle drag-link assembly for a thrust reverser of a propulsion system includes a drag-link fitting, a drag link, a coupling assembly, and a vibration damping assembly. The drag-link fitting includes a base region and a coupling socket extending from the base region. The coupling socket has a first coupling aperture and a second coupling aperture. The drag link includes an inner structure end, an outer structure end, and a link body. The outer structure end includes a pivot area to link with a blocker door of the thrust reverser. A coupling assembly is installed through an aperture of the inner structure end and between the first coupling aperture and the second coupling aperture of the coupling socket. The vibration damping assembly is installed in contact with the drag-link fitting and one or more of: the drag link and the coupling assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Bryce Tyler Kelford, Bryan S. Holt
  • Publication number: 20170101963
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of rocket engines, and in particular to a method and a circuit for regulating a rocket engine (1) comprising at least one combustion chamber (3) and a first liquid propellant feed circuit (10) with a first pump (12) for pumping a first liquid propellant and a first turbine (14) for actuating the first pump (12), a first feed valve (15), and a regulator device for regulating the first turbine (14). In the regulation method and circuit, an opening command (DVCH) for opening the first feed valve (15) is calculated from an external command (Cext) in application of an open loop control relationship; a command for the regulator device of the first turbine (14) is calculated on the basis of said external command (Cext) and at least one feedback value, in application of a closed loop control relationship; and the first feed valve (15) and the regulator device of the first turbine (14) are controlled in application of the respective commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: AIRBUS SAFRAN LAUNCHERS SAS
    Inventors: Manuel KLEIN, David HAYOUN, Serge LE GONIDEC, Sebastien REICHSTADT
  • Publication number: 20170101964
    Abstract: A system for combusting volatile vapors includes: a carburetor having intake valves for receiving fuel from a fuel source, air from an external air intake, and volatile vapors from a vapor source, the carburetor configured to discharge a combustion mixture into a combustion engine; a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data based on a respective plurality of physical properties associated with the carburetor and the combustion engine; a programmable controller configured to receive the sensor data as input from each of the plurality of sensors and to control the intake valves to regulate respective ratios of the fuel, air, and the volatile vapors drawn through the carburetor in response to the received sensor data; and a display operatively coupled to the programmable controller to display at least a real-time portion of the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gerard Willem Smiddy, Frank Leslie Smiddy, Kyle Kirker
  • Publication number: 20170101965
    Abstract: A fluid injector for a combustion engine is disclosed, including an injector housing having a fluid path wherein the fluid path extends along a longitudinal axis from an injector inlet to an injector outlet; a coil; a pole piece; a first valve adapted to act on the fluid path and having a first armature; a second valve adapted to act on the fluid path and having a second armature. The first armature and the second armature are arranged proximate to the pole piece on antipodal sides of the pole piece along a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Mauro Grandi