Patents Issued in January 9, 2018
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Patent number: 9863279Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine engine and a multipurpose gas turbine engine support frame couple to the gas turbine engine. The multipurpose gas turbine support frame is configured to support the gas turbine engine during both operation and transport of the gas turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Donald Gordon Laing, Jose Francisco Estrada, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Mehdi Milani Baladi
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Patent number: 9863280Abstract: A CHP system includes a combustor (heat source), a Rankine cycle apparatus, and a second heat exchanger. The Rankine cycle apparatus includes, as an evaporator, a first heat exchanger that absorbs thermal energy produced in the combustor. The second heat exchanger is located closer to the combustor than is the evaporator, absorbs thermal energy produced in the combustor, and transfers the thermal energy to a heat medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takumi Hikichi, Osao Kido, Atsuo Okaichi, Osamu Kosuda
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Patent number: 9863281Abstract: In a power generation facility (10) wherein a fluidized bed combustion unit (12) produces steam to power a steam turbine generator (32), a heat recovery steam generator (20) produces steam for the steam turbine generator. Electrical power from the steam turbine generator is conducted to a motor (40) that drives and air compressor (36). The air compressor provides pressurized air back to the fluidized bed combustion unit (12) to promote fuel combustion. Flue gas from the heat recovery steam generator is selectively conducted to a CO2 capture unit (18) and then to a gas expander (42) that assists the motor in driving the air compressor (36). A heat exchanger (46) that is upstream of the CO2 Capture Unit and a heat exchanger (56) that is downstream of the CO2 Capture Unit and upstream of the air expander have thermal fluid sides that are connected in a closed circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Esko Olavi Polvi
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Patent number: 9863282Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide a heat engine system, a mass management system (MMS), and a method for regulating pressure in the heat engine system while generating electricity. In one embodiment, the MMS contains a tank fluidly coupled to a pump, a turbine, a heat exchanger, an offload terminal, and a working fluid contained in the tank at a storage pressure. The working fluid may be at a system pressure proximal an outlet of the heat exchanger, at a low-side pressure proximal a pump inlet, and at a high-side pressure proximal a pump outlet. The MMS contains a controller communicably coupled to a valve between the tank and the heat exchanger outlet, a valve between the tank and the pump inlet, a valve between the tank and the pump outlet, and a valve between the tank and the offload terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Echogen Power System, LLCInventors: Katherine Hart, Timothy James Held
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Patent number: 9863283Abstract: A steam turbine power plant includes a life consumption amount calculator configured to calculate life consumption amounts of a turbine rotor based on a value measured by a measurer, a thermal stress limit update timing determining device configured to determine a time when thermal stress limits are updated, an accumulated life consumption amount calculator configured to calculate accumulated life consumption amounts of the turbine rotor when the thermal stress limits are updated, a planned life consumption amount setting device configured to set planned life consumption amounts of the turbine rotor based on the accumulated life consumption amounts of the turbine rotor, a thermal stress limit calculator configured to calculate and update the thermal stress limits based on the planned life consumption amounts of the turbine rotor, and a plant command value calculator configured to calculate a plant command value based on the thermal stress limits.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuro Yashiki, Yukinori Katagiri, Takuya Yoshida, Miyuki Kawata, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Eunkyeong Kim, Kenichiro Nomura, Kazunori Yamanaka, Fumiyuki Suzuki, Norihiro Iyanaga
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Patent number: 9863284Abstract: A power generation system includes: a first gas turbine system including a first turbine component, a first integral compressor and a first combustor to which air from the first integral compressor and fuel are supplied, the first combustor arranged to supply hot combustion gases to the first turbine component, and the first integral compressor having a flow capacity greater than an intake capacity of the first combustor and/or the first turbine component, creating an excess air flow. A second gas turbine system may include similar components to the first except but without excess capacity in its compressor. A control valve system controls flow of the excess air flow from the first gas turbine system to the second gas turbine system. A cooling fluid injector may be coupled to the excess air flow path for injecting a cooling fluid such as water or steam into the excess air flow.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sanji Ekanayake, Dale Joel Davis, George Vargese Mathai, Julio Enrique Mestroni, Alston Ilford Scipio
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Patent number: 9863285Abstract: A power generation system may include a generator; a gas turbine system for powering the generator, the gas turbine system including a turbine component, an integral compressor and a combustor to which air from the integral compressor and fuel are supplied, the combustor arranged to supply hot combustion gases to the turbine component, and the integral compressor having a flow capacity greater than an intake capacity of at least one of the combustor and the turbine component, creating an excess air flow. A first control valve system controls flow of the excess air flow along an excess air flow path to a supplemental gas turbine system. The excess air flow may be combusted with a fuel and supplied to the supplemental gas turbine system. An eductor may be positioned in the excess air flow path for using the excess air flow as a motive force to augment the excess air flow with additional gas.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sanji Ekanayake, Thomas John Freeman, John David Memmer, Timothy Joseph Rehg, Alston Ilford Scipio
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Patent number: 9863286Abstract: Various embodiments include a system having: at least one computing device configured to monitor a combined-cycle (CC) power plant during a transient event by performing actions including: determining whether a change in an operating condition of a component of the CC power plant is unintentional, the determining including comparing control system instructions for the component of the CC power plant with a reference look-up table, the reference look-up table including correlation data for the control system instructions for the component and historical data about the operating condition of the component; and providing instructions to a control system of the CC power plant to modify the operating condition in the CC power plant in response to determining that the change in operating condition of the component is unintentional.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Awadesh Kumar Tiwari, William Forrester Seely
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Patent number: 9863287Abstract: Aspects of the invention disclosed herein generally provide heat engine systems and methods for generating electricity. In one configuration, a heat engine system contains a working fluid circuit having high and low pressure sides and containing a working fluid (e.g., sc-CO2). The system further contains a power turbine configured to convert thermal energy to mechanical energy, a motor-generator configured to convert the mechanical energy into electricity, and a pump configured to circulate the working fluid within the working fluid circuit. The system further contains a heat exchanger configured to transfer thermal energy from a heat source stream to the working fluid, a recuperator configured to transfer thermal energy from the low pressure side to the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit, and a condenser (e.g., air- or fluid-cooled) configured to remove thermal energy from the working fluid within the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Echogen Power Systems, LLCInventors: Alexander Steven Kacludis, Stephen R. Hostler, Steve B. Zakem
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Patent number: 9863288Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control device includes: a driving-side rotating body including a sprocket around which a rotating body interlocked with a driving shaft of an internal combustion engine is wound and rotates in synchronization with the driving shaft; a driven-side rotating body supported by an inside of the driving-side rotating body to be rotatable coaxially with the same rotational axis and integrally rotating with a valve opening and closing cam shaft; a bolt inserted into the driven-side rotating body to fix the driven-side rotating body to the cam shaft; a fluid pressure chamber formed by being partitioned between the driving-side and driven-side rotating bodies; and a control valve switching supplying and discharging of a hydraulic fluid with respect to the fluid pressure chamber such that a relative rotational phase of the driven-side rotating body with respect to the driving-side rotating body is changed.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kentaro Nagura, Yugo Nakamura, Hiromitsu Shigyo
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Patent number: 9863289Abstract: A continuous variable valve timing apparatus for an engine includes: a housing, a rotor installed to be rotatable relative to the housing and connected to a camshaft, a locking pin configured to restrict rotation of the rotor relative to the housing when pushed by an elastic force to move linearly and pass through a relatively rotating surface between the housing and the rotor, an elastic member installed to provide the elastic force, a valve bolt coupled to the camshaft through the housing and the rotor, wherein the valve bolt includes a release passage through which a release pressure provided through the camshaft is transferred to the locking pin via the rotor, and a valve means for selectively blocking or unblocking the release passage, and an actuator installed to actuate the valve means of the valve bolt according to an actuation displacement.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Chung Han Oh, Min Su Park, Yun Seok Kim
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Patent number: 9863290Abstract: A valve timing adjusting device includes a housing, a vane rotor, a sleeve, and a spool. The housing includes a timing pulley connected to a crank shaft through a dry belt, and rotates in association with the crank shaft. The sleeve includes a supply port, a drain port, a first control port, a second control port, and a first drain oil channel. The spool includes an oil connection channel that is arranged at an axial center portion of the spool and controls the supply port to be connected with the first control port or the second control port depending on an axial-direction position. The drain port is connected with a first drain space through a second drain oil channel. A second drain space is connected with the first drain space through a third drain oil channel that is provided to span the vane rotor and the cam shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Tetsurou Mitsutani
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Patent number: 9863291Abstract: A locator for use in a valvetrain of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine having a valve substantially concentrically aligned with both a valve spring and a support, the support at least partially extending into the valve spring. The locator includes an annulus seat that supports the valve spring. The locator further includes a tapered ring operatively attached to the seat that has a tapered inner surface, for at least partially accommodating the support of the valvetrain therein, and a tapered outer surface, for at least partially engaging and concentrically aligning with the valve spring. The locator also includes a plurality of radially-spaced lobes. The lobes are disposed on the inner surface of the ring and at least partially engage the support such that the locator substantially concentrically aligns the valve spring with the valve and the support.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: GT TECHNOLOGIESInventor: John E. Brune
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Patent number: 9863292Abstract: A structure of an air flow control valve includes: valve main body portions respectively provided in intake ports, and controlling the flow of a fluid supplied to combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine; connecting shafts provided integrally with the valve main body portions, and connecting the valve main body portions; a first bearing member formed of a single member having a first bearing hole turnably supporting the connecting shaft at a first end; and a second bearing member provided separately from the first bearing member, and formed of a single member having a second bearing hole turnably supporting the connecting shaft at a second end. The connecting shafts are formed integrally with the valve main body portions in a state where the first and second bearing members are respectively fitted onto the connecting shafts connecting the valve main body portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiromitsu Ishihara
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Patent number: 9863293Abstract: A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a valve actuator, a pump, an accumulator, and a control valve. The valve actuator actuates at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of an engine. The pump supplies hydraulic fluid to the valve actuator through a supply line. The accumulator stores hydraulic fluid. The control valve is disposed between the accumulator and the valve actuator.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Ronald J. Pierik
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Patent number: 9863294Abstract: A first check valve of a hydraulic control system allows oil to flow in only a direction from a first oil pump toward an oil receiving portion. A second check valve allows oil to flow in only a direction from a second oil pump toward the oil receiving portion. A third oil passage is configured to provide communication between a merging point of a first oil passage and a second oil passage, and the second oil pump by bypassing the second check valve. The third oil passage includes a throttle mechanism. The third oil passage is configured to restrict a flow rate of oil that is discharged from the second oil pump.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Kodama, Hiroaki Kimura, Shigeho Inaoka
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Patent number: 9863295Abstract: An engine unit includes an engine body, a crankshaft, and an oil tank. The engine body includes a cylinder unit and a crankcase. The crankshaft is accommodated in the crankcase and extends in the horizontal or substantially horizontal direction. The oil tank is located at a lateral portion of the engine body. The oil tank includes a tank body, a first component, and a second component. The first component is separate from the tank body and is joined to the tank body. The second component is separate from the tank body and is joined to the tank body. A first joint surface between the tank body and the first component extends in a direction different from that of a second joint surface between the tank body and the second component.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naoki Harada
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Patent number: 9863296Abstract: A centrifugal separator for cleaning crankcase gas, containing oil, from an internal combustion engine, includes a stationary casing defining a separation space and including a first end portion, an opposite second end portion and an inner wall surface facing the separation space. The separator also includes an inlet channel for the gas to be cleaned, a gas outlet channel for the cleaned gas and an oil outlet for the separated the oil. A centrifuge rotor is provided in the separation space and includes a spindle and a plurality of separation discs carried by the spindle. The centrifuge rotor is rotated to create a rotating gas volume. An oil supply device supplies such a quantity of oil to the separation space that a flowing oil film is created on the inner wall surface during operation of the centrifugal separator.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventor: Mats-Örjan Pogén
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Patent number: 9863297Abstract: An emission treatment system and method for remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams are described. The emission treatment system has an oxidation catalyst upstream of a soot filter upstream from a NOx reducing catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Kevin A. Hallstrom, Sanath V. Kumar, Susanne Stiebels, Marius Vaarkamp
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Patent number: 9863298Abstract: An engine system includes an electronically controlled compression ignition engine configured to burn diesel fuel and a high ash oil to produce an exhaust with a temperature and NOx to soot ratio as well as a controlled level of ash deposits on the particulate filter of the system. An aftertreatment system is fluidly connected to the engine and includes a diesel oxidation catalyst, a reductant supply, and a diesel particulate filter coated with a NOx reduction catalyst. The soot load density on the diesel particulate filter can be stabilized by oxidizing soot at about a same rate as the compression ignition engine is supplying soot to the aftertreatment system.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Ronald Silver, Brandon Shull
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Patent number: 9863299Abstract: There is provided an engine exhaust treatment device in which stick of a nozzle portion of a urea water injector can be suppressed. The engine exhaust treatment device includes: an SCR catalyst case housing an SCR catalyst; an SCR exhaust inlet pipe; and the urea water injector and the nozzle portion of the urea water injector is directed toward an inside of the SCR exhaust inlet pipe. An exhaust deflector is provided in the SCR exhaust inlet pipe and the exhaust deflector is mounted to an inner peripheral face of the SCR exhaust inlet pipe on an exhaust upstream side of the urea water injector so that exhaust flowing toward the nozzle portion of the urea water injector is deflected by the exhaust deflector and diverted from the nozzle portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: KUBOTA CorporationInventor: Tamon Tanaka
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Patent number: 9863300Abstract: A holding jig has a tubular jig base member, and a tubular expansion/contraction member disposed on an inner peripheral surface side of the tubular jig base member. Both end sides of the tubular expansion/contraction member are fixed to both end sides of the tubular jig base member along the whole periphery. A configuration of an inner peripheral surface of the tubular expansion/contraction member is smaller than a surface configuration of a pillar-like body (a honeycomb structure) to be held. On the other hand, a configuration of an inner peripheral surface of the tubular jig base member is larger than the surface configuration of the pillar-like body (the honeycomb structure) to be held.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Sakashita, Masayuki Uchida
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Patent number: 9863301Abstract: A filter fault detection apparatus for a filter mounted on an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine for collecting particulate matter includes a sensor mounted on the exhaust passage downstream of the filter. The sensor includes an insulative sensor element formed with a pair of electrodes on which particulate matter is collected, the sensor generating a sensor output corresponding to an amount of particulate matter collected on the sensor element when the electrodes become electrically conductive therebetween, causing the sensor output to rise. The apparatus further includes an acquiring unit that acquires, as an output variation, a temporal variation of the sensor output after rise of the sensor output, and a fault determination unit that performs a fault detection process for detecting presence of a fault in the filter based on the output variation of the sensor output to determine whether the filter is normal or faulty.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Manabu Yoshidome, Masato Katsuno
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Patent number: 9863302Abstract: A cooling device includes a base plate to a rear surface side of which an under-floor device is attached. A heat radiating unit is attached to a front surface side of the base plate and radiating heat is conducted from the under-floor device via the base plate. A cover surrounding the heat radiating unit and including a side opening is capable of causing traveling wind to flow therein and thereout, in opposite side surfaces facing a traveling direction of a vehicle. A guide plate guides traveling wind flowing in from the side opening to the heat radiating unit by blocking at least part of a gap area between a surface connecting the opposite side surfaces and the heat radiating unit, the guide plate being provided in a side gap area between a side surface of the cover and the heat radiating unit on a traveling-wind flow-in side.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Higashino, Yukio Nakashima, Shigetoshi Ipposhi
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Patent number: 9863303Abstract: A cooling water control apparatus controls a cooling apparatus having first pipe which circulates cooling water through an engine; second pipe which circulates cooling water not through the engine; a switching valve whose state is changed between opened and closed states; and a supplying mechanism which supplies cooling water, and has a determining device which determines whether there is failure of the switching valve based on difference between first temperature of cooling water in first pipe and second temperature of cooling water in second pipe after the command for changing the state of the switching valve from closed state to opened state is outputted; and a controlling device which controls the supplying mechanism to supply cooling water even after the engine stops, when the engine stops while the determining device determines whether there is failure of the switching valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yohei Hosokawa, Takashi Amano, Satoru Ito, Kojiro Hayakawa
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Patent number: 9863304Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery device of the present invention has: a first pipe through which exhaust from an engine flows; a second pipe that branches-off from the first pipe, and at which is disposed a heat recovery apparatus that carries out heat exchange with the exhaust and recovers exhaust heat; a valve member that adjusts an amount of flow of the exhaust that flows-in from the first pipe to the second pipe; and plural driving members that drive the valve member.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshikazu Shinpo, Yukihisa Matsuda, Takato Ishihata, Toshio Murata
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Patent number: 9863305Abstract: A GDCI engine has a piston arranged within a cylinder to provide a combustion chamber. According to one embodiment, the GDCI engine operates using a method that includes the steps of supplying a hydrocarbon fuel to the combustion chamber with a research octane number in the range of about 30-65. The hydrocarbon fuel is injected in completely stratified, multiple fuel injections before a start of combustion and supplying a naturally aspirated air charge to the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Christopher P. Kolodziej, Mark C. Sellnau
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Patent number: 9863306Abstract: A system is disclosed comprising an engine having coolant passages defined therethrough, a first coolant pump, and a first radiator. The system additionally comprises a second coolant pump, a second radiator, and a liquid-to-air heat exchanger configured to condition the temperature of intake air to the engine. The system further includes a coolant valve means. For a first configuration of the coolant valve means the first coolant pump is configured to urge coolant through the coolant passages in the engine and through the first radiator, and the second coolant pump is configured to urge coolant through the liquid-to-air heat exchanger and through the second radiator. For a second configuration of the coolant valve means the second coolant pump is configured to urge coolant through the coolant passages in the engine and through the liquid-to-air heat exchanger. A method for controlling the system is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Andrew Fedewa
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Patent number: 9863307Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a compressor bypass passage. In one example, a method may include flowing bypassed charge air through an annular passage into an intake passage.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vanco Smiljanovski, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Joerg Kemmerling, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff
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Patent number: 9863308Abstract: The objective is to provide lubrication oil and internal-combustion engine fuel for reducing the fuel consumption and for reducing carbon dioxide and other exhaust gas components. The lubrication oil is injected with lubrication oil impregnating agent composed of dimethylalkyl tertiary amine in the range from 0.01 to 1 volume % and desirably in the range from 0.1 to 0.5 volume %. Petroleum oil fuel is injected with fuel oil impregnating agent composed of dimethylalkyl tertiary amine in the range from 0.5 to 1 volume %. The petroleum oil fuel is light oil, kerosene, gasoline, or Bunker A. Any one or both of these lubrication oil and petroleum oil fuel is/are used for an internal-combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Hideaki Makita
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Patent number: 9863309Abstract: An engine system for generating hydrogen and oxygen, and a method using a by-product of electrolysis, for use in an internal combustion engine to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. The engine system has an electrolysis cell for generating hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis of an aqueous solution, a battery as a source of power for providing electrical power to the electrolysis cell, and cooling system for maintaining the temperature of the electrolysis cell to reduce problems associated with overheating of the cell during electrolysis. The engine system traps sludge generated during hydrolysis in a filter. The sludge is released from the filter by agitation, resulting in a gas containing the sludge which is then used during combustion to improve fuel efficiency. The novel reconfiguration of existing engine parts and introduction of new features results in a less expensive, cleaner and more efficient hydrogen powered engine.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Aaron Salter, Jr.
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Patent number: 9863310Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining the length of a traction mechanism that is part of a traction drive of an engine. In one example, a method includes determining a position of a movable tensioning device relative to a traction mechanism drive using measuring technology, determining an actual length LAS? of a traction mechanism computationally using the position of the tensioning device, determining a length change ?L with respect to a predefinable setpoint length LAS computationally using the computationally determined actual length LAS?, and adjusting one or more operating parameters based on the length change.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Denis Pendovski, David van Bebber, Hans Guenter Quix
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Patent number: 9863311Abstract: A variable compression ratio internal combustion engine includes: a variable compression ratio mechanism arranged to vary an engine compression ratio in accordance with a rotation position of a first control shaft; an actuator arranged to vary and hold the rotation position of the first control shaft; and a link mechanism arranged to connect the actuator and the first control shaft, the link mechanism including; a second control shaft, a lever, a first arm portion, a first link pin, a second arm portion, and a second link pin, the first link pin having a diameter larger than a diameter of the second link pin.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke Hiyoshi, Katsutoshi Nakamura
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Patent number: 9863312Abstract: In an internal combustion engine in which an anodic oxide film (10) is formed on part or all of a wall surface facing a combustion chamber, the anodic oxide film (10) has a thickness of 30 ?m to 170 ?m, the anodic oxide film (10) has first micropores (1a) having a micro-size diameter, nanopores having a nano-size diameter and second micropores (1b) having a micro-size diameter, the first micropores (1a) and the nanopores extending from a surface of the anodic oxide film (10) toward an inside of the anodic oxide film (10) in a thickness direction of the anodic oxide film (10) or substantially the thickness direction, the second micropores (1b) being provided inside the anodic oxide film (10), at least part of the first micropores (1a) and the nanopores are sealed with a seal (2) converted from a sealant (2), and at least part of the second micropores (1b) are not sealed.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Nishikawa, Hiroshi Makino, Reona Takagishi, Akio Kawaguchi, Yoshifumi Wakisaka, Fumio Shimizu, Toshio Horie
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Patent number: 9863313Abstract: Various examples are provided for power generation using buoyancy-induced vortices. In one example, among others, a vortex generation system includes an array of hybrid vanes comprising a first vane section in a surface momentum boundary layer and a second vane section above the first vane section. The first vane section is configured to impart a first angular momentum on the preheated air in the surface momentum boundary layer and the second vane section is configured to impart a second angular momentum on preheated air drawn through the second vane section. In another embodiment, a method for power extraction from a buoyancy-induced vortex includes imparting angular momentum to preheated boundary layer air entrained by a thermal plume to form a stationary columnar vortex. The angular momentum can be imparted to the preheated boundary layer air at a plurality of angles by an array of hybrid vanes distributed about the thermal plume.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATIONInventors: Ari Glezer, Mark Simpson
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Patent number: 9863314Abstract: The carbon dioxide membrane separation system in a coal gasification process contains introduction of a mixed gas of hydrogen (H2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in a high temperature and high pressure condition generated through water gas shift reaction from a water gas shift reaction furnace, while maintaining the temperature and pressure condition, to a zeolite membrane module containing a zeolite membrane for removing carbon dioxide, thereby removing carbon dioxide and generating a fuel gas rich in hydrogen. The fuel gas rich in hydrogen in a high temperature and high pressure condition discharged from the zeolite membrane module is fed to a gas turbine of the power generation facility while maintaining the temperature and pressure condition.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Zosen CorporationInventors: Suguru Fujita, Ken-ichi Sawamura, Masanobu Aizawa
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Patent number: 9863315Abstract: A gas turbine having a compressor for compressing air, a combustor for taking in compressed air discharged from the compressor, mixing it with fuel, and burning them, and a turbine driven by combustion gas generated in the combustor, comprising: inlet guide vanes installed at a stage near an inlet of the compressor for adjusting a compressor flow rate by changing an attaching angle thereof, a steam injection mechanism for injecting steam to the combustor, a steam adjustment valve for adjusting the steam injection rate, and a steam rate control mechanism for adjusting an opening of the steam adjustment valve, a steam monitoring mechanism for monitoring the steam rate injected to the combustor, an air temperature monitoring mechanism for monitoring an atmospheric temperature, and a control unit for determining whether a restriction value of the steam injection rate using a temperature, an opening of the inlet guide vanes, and the steam injection rate as indexes is satisfied, and controlling at least one of a teType: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Takeda, Ryo Akiyama, Yasuo Takahashi
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Patent number: 9863316Abstract: An improved intake arrangement, for a compressor having a compressor blading, includes a manifold divided by a barrier into two sections, to convey, from one section, a flue gas stream, and, from other section, an air stream. Further, the intake arrangement includes a converging section configured to the manifold and extends convergingly to the compressor defining an inlet to the compressor blading. The converging section includes inner and outer ring members disposed coaxially to each other, between which there extends, coaxially and convergingly, the barrier to at least up to a certain distance within the converging section, defining a converging nozzle therebetween. The converging nozzle includes a mixing feature adapted to enhance mixing of the flue gas and air streams.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITEDInventors: Robin Payne, Eribert Benz
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Patent number: 9863317Abstract: A filtering chamber for a gas turbine having a combustor, compressor and air inlet duct, and a corresponding maintenance method is described. The filtering chamber includes a first chamber in an inlet plenum; a second chamber in the inlet plenum; and an air bypass mechanism configured to reduce a pressure difference across a final filter that separates the first chamber from the second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventors: Marco Santini, Giorgio Marchetti
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Patent number: 9863318Abstract: A method of thermal management for a gas turbine engine comprising selectively positioning a valve to communicate a bypass flow into either an Environmental Control System (ECS) pre-cooler or an Air Oil Cooler (AOC) “peaker” through a common inlet.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventor: Michael Joseph Murphy
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Patent number: 9863319Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a core engine that has a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section. A thermal management system is configured to receive a cooling stream. The thermal management system includes a metering device that is located near an outer diameter of the core engine. The metering device is configured to divide the cooling stream into multiple segregated passages. The metering device can be configured to divide the cooling stream between a first passage and a second passage that is concentric with the first passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Jorge I. Farah, Kalpendu J. Parekh
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Patent number: 9863320Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger of an air circulation channel of a turbomachine, the heat exchanger being configured so as to have fluid to be cooled passing through it and including a plurality of fins protruding from a support surface, the heat exchanger being characterized in that each fin includes a base and a preferably continuous leading face which extends axially from the base in the air circulation direction while tapering from upstream to downstream along an axis parallel with the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Imane Ghazlane, Gabriela Philippart
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Patent number: 9863321Abstract: A gas turbine device includes an inlet casing and a stator diaphragm provided inside the inlet casing. The stator diaphragm has an integral inner stator shroud and an outer stator shroud and a plurality of stator vanes provided in a circumferential arrangement between the inner stator shroud and the outer stator shroud. A plurality of key slots is provided in a circumferential arrangement on the stator diaphragm and a corresponding plurality of key slots is provided in a circumferential arrangement on the inlet casing. The key slots provided on the stator diaphragm are aligned with the plurality of key slots provided on the inlet casing. A key is inserted into each of the plurality of key slots provided to prevent rotation of the stator diaphragm with respect to the inlet casing. The stator diaphragm is secured in an axial direction by a stator shear ring.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Elliott CompanyInventors: Ronald John Josefczyk, Carl John Schuster
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Patent number: 9863322Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a multi-stage fuel injection system including at least a first fuel injection stage and a second fuel injection stage, a first fuel reservoir fluidly connected to the first fuel injection stage and fluidly connected to a selective valve, and a second fuel reservoir fluidly connected to the selective valve. The selective valve connects one of the first fuel reservoir and the second fuel reservoir to the second fuel injection stage.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Alexander W. Williams, Stephen K. Kramer
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Patent number: 9863323Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent provide improved gas turbine component sealing. In one example embodiment, a gas turbine segment seal assembly may include a first tapered segment seal with a first tapered portion having a first tapered surface and a first taper angle. The gas turbine segment seal assembly may include a second tapered segment seal with a second tapered portion having a second tapered surface and a second taper angle. The gas turbine segment seal assembly may include a seal pin positioned in between the first tapered segment seal and the second segment seal and adjacent to the first tapered surface and the second tapered surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kevin Richard Kirtley, Victor John Morgan
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Patent number: 9863324Abstract: An engine has an oil tank mounted to an engine wall with clevis ears formed on both the oil tank and a mount bracket secured to the engine wall. A link connects the mount bracket clevis ears to the oil tank clevis ears. The link has a pair of spherical bearings that provide a connection allowing movement between the link, the oil tank clevis ears, and the mount bracket clevis ears. A stiffening element connects at least one of the mount bracket clevis ears to at least one of the oil tank clevis ears. The stiffening element is positioned on an outer side of the at least one of the mount bracket clevis ears and the oil tank clevis ears. The spherical bearings are positioned between the oil tank and mount bracket clevis ears.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Nicholas Leonard, Sohail Ahmed, Christopher Waitkus
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Patent number: 9863325Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft turbine engine, including a rolling bearing bracket defining an inner space on either side thereof; a rotary assembly including a first gear; a housing for drawing mechanical power including a second gear mating with the first gear; a shaft for drawing mechanical power, inserted into the housing and rotated by the second gear, the shaft passing through a first opening of the bracket. The assembly includes a mounting device for mounting the housing on the bearing bracket, the mounting device passing through a second opening via the bracket, the mounting device passing through a second opening via the bracket, the second opening being configured so as to allow the housing to be inserted into the space.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Kevin Morgane Lemarchand
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Patent number: 9863326Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan shaft arranged along an engine central axis, a frame supporting the fan shaft, a gear system rotatably coupled with the fan shaft, and a flexible coupling at least partially supporting the gear system. The flexible coupling defines, with respect to the engine central axis, a torsional stiffness TS and a lateral stiffness LS such that a ratio of TS/LS is greater than or equal to about 2.0 to reduce loads on the gear system from misalignment of the gear system with respect to the engine central axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: William G. Sheridan, John R. Otto
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Patent number: 9863327Abstract: An intake device is provide for drawing in fresh gas and feeding the same to an internal combustion engine with internal combustion, wherein the intake device is suited for the formation of a fresh gas vortex in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The intake device includes a first manifold section, from which all first parts of fresh gas line groups branch off to a fresh gas outlet end, and a second manifold section, from which all second parts of the fresh gas line groups branch off to the fresh gas outlet end, which are fluidically separated from each other from the separation point to the fresh gas outlet end. A vortex throttle assembly is provided in a first manifold section and the amount throttle device is provided in the second manifold section.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: RÖCHLING AUTOMOTIVE SE & CO. KGInventor: Claudio Fauni
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Patent number: 9863328Abstract: An exhaust pipe valve system of an internal combustion engine includes: a plurality of exhaust pipe valves; and an actuator unit being an operation unit which performs an opening/closing operation of the exhaust pipe valves, wherein: the operation unit includes a first pulley and a second pulley being at least two operation parts which are connected to the plural exhaust pipe valves via wire cables respectively to open/close the exhaust pipe valves; and at least one of the operation parts has a non-operating area in which the operation part does not cause the corresponding cable to work in a predetermined operating range of the operation unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Takayoshi Muramatsu