Patents Issued in June 18, 2024
  • Patent number: 12012848
    Abstract: A method for quantitative downhole surveillance of a multi-phase flow, comprising at least two phases of either oil, water or gas, in a petroleum well. The method comprising providing at least one shunt chamber (100) which comprises a flow phase separation section (130), a delay chamber (140), one or more outlet ports (122), at least one flow restrictor (126a, 128b) and a tracer release system (124) with one or more tracers. The method comprises separating a shunt flow in the shunt chamber into a low-density flow phase and a high-density flow phase; releasing at least one tracer into the tracer delay chamber, passing the separated flow phases through each flow restrictor and flushing out the phase flows with tracer into the local flow inside the well. The method comprises monitoring the tracers in the production flow and measuring the concentration of the one or more tracers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Resman AS
    Inventors: Thomas Sperle, Øystein Mølstre
  • Patent number: 12012849
    Abstract: A drill string communication system is described. An uphole transceiver can couple a signal onto the drill string at a power that is always greater that a selectable power for a downhole signal. Communication from a drill rig to an inground tool can be re-initiated using a maximum uphole transmit power of an uphole transceiver. A procedure can establish a new set of transmission parameters for a drill string signal to establish communication between the drill rig and the inground tool. The system can include a walkover locator that receives an active/inactive status-controlled electromagnetic locating signal. Responsive to a locating signal degradation, a reconfiguration command can modify the locating signal. The uphole transceiver and a downhole transceiver can automatically modify at least one parameter of a downhole signal. An uphole receiver can apply a compensation response to a transferred signal to compensate for a drill string channel transfer function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Merlin Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert W. Chau, Loc Viet Lam
  • Patent number: 12012850
    Abstract: A communication module for a survey tool assembly comprising: an outer housing, an inner body within the outer housing, an RF transceiver in the inner body, at least one coupling for coupling the communication module to a survey tool assembly, wherein the inner body comprises two or more apertures circumferentially arranged about the inner body, each aperture having: a) a length that allows propagation of RF signals to/from the RF transceiver, and b) a width such that the body has structural integrity to withstand: torsional forces due to rotation of a survey tool assembly and/or axial forces due to forces along the survey tool assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: IMDEX TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
    Inventor: Christopher Pell
  • Patent number: 12012851
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying one or more properties of a rock formation. A system may be configured to receive sensor data obtained from one or more sensors, the sensor data generated from drilling operations performed in a wellbore, generate stress metrics and strain metrics for the sensor data based on a calibrated stress and strain map, and identify one or more properties of a rock formation based on the stress metrics and the strain metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Vincent Collins
  • Patent number: 12012852
    Abstract: A robotic mud-logger having a slurry sampler to collect a slurry sample online from a drilling fluid circuit contemporaneous with drilling of a borehole, the slurry sample including drilling fluid and rock cuttings. A liquid separator removes drilling fluid from the slurry sample and discharges a sample of the rock cuttings. A spectrometer and other sensors perform elemental analysis of, and take other measurements related to, the sample of the rock cuttings substantially in real time with collection of the slurry sample. A system is provided for retaining stored samples in containers with identifying data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: DIVERSIFIED WELL LOGGING, LLC
    Inventors: David Tonner, Aaron Swanson, Simon Hughes
  • Patent number: 12012853
    Abstract: A fluid sampling tool and method for fluid sampling in an ultra-tight or tight formation. The tool may include a packer assembly that includes one or more inflatable packers and one or more exhaust ports, a multi-chamber section that includes one or more sample chambers, and at least two storage sections that each contain a storage tank, wherein each storage tank holds a stimulation fluid. A method for performing a stimulation operation that includes disposing a fluid sampling tool into a well, moving the fluid sampling tool to a zone of interest, and isolating the zone of interest with a packer assembly on the fluid sampling tool. The method may further include performing a first pressure draw down and a first pressure build up, performing an injectivity test, and performing a sampling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Wael Soliman Elhawary, Mustapha Berkane, Ghulam Jeelani, Colin Douglas Tisdale, Mahmoud Eid Selim, Endurance Oziegbe Ighodalo
  • Patent number: 12012854
    Abstract: A well system includes a casing string extendable into a primary wellbore from a surface rig, and a sidetrack casing assembly coupled to the casing string. The sidetrack casing assembly includes a cylindrical housing that defines a window through a sidewall of the housing, and a cover removably coupled to the housing at the window. The cover is transitionable between a closed state, in which the cover is attached to the housing and occludes the window, and an open state, in which the cover is moved to expose the window for drilling a secondary wellbore from the primary wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Sultan Alosaimi
  • Patent number: 12012855
    Abstract: A mining system with an inertial guidance system configured to enable precise excavation of geological material without a need to advance a survey line over a long distance and/or nonlinear excavation path, thereby maximizing productivity of the mind by minimizing a width of un-mined material necessary for support between adjacent excavation paths and minimizing equipment downtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: The Mosaic Company
    Inventors: Roy W. Tivas, Erik Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 12012856
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a rock bolt, wherein the rock bolt includes a central rod, a split tube and a wedge anchor assembly fitted around the central rod, a rock plate, and a nut for attachment to an outer end of the central rod. The sensor assembly includes a distance sensor, a bracket for attaching the distance sensor to an outer portion of the split tube, an elongate spacing member configured to be fitted around the split tube between the nut and the rock plate to keep the nut and the rock plate spaced apart. The spacing member has an opening extending along at least a portion of the length thereof, the opening being sized large enough to allow movement of the bracket along a portion of the length of the spacing member with the distance sensor attached to the outer portion of the split tube by the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION TOOLS AB, SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
    Inventor: Osvaldo Vallati
  • Patent number: 12012857
    Abstract: Fan assemblies for gas turbine engines include a rotor disk having a plurality of lugs with a plurality of slots defined between adjacent lugs. A fan platform is configured to be mounted to a lug of the plurality of lugs, the fan platform having a forward tab and an aft tab. An aft retention ring is configured to be fixedly attached to an aft side of the rotor disk and has a platform retention hook for receiving the aft tab of the fan platform. A forward retention ring is configured to be fixedly attached to a forward side of the rotor disk, the forward retention ring having a tab hook configured to attach the forward retention ring to the lug of the plurality of lugs and retain the forward tab of the fan platform to the lug of the plurality of lugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Enzo DiBenedetto, Jackson David Johnson, Nicholas J. Lawliss
  • Patent number: 12012858
    Abstract: A blade outer airseal (BOAS) assembly of a gas turbine engine includes a BOAS segment, and a BOAS carrier located radially outboard of the BOAS segment relative to an engine central longitudinal axis. The BOAS segment secured to the BOAS carrier. The BOAS assembly is selectably radially movable during operation of the gas turbine engine. One or more secondary retention features are configured to limit the radial movement of the BOAS assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael G. McCaffrey
  • Patent number: 12012859
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are example variable flowpath casings for blade tip clearance control. An example casing for a turbine engine includes a first annular substrate extending along an axial direction; a second annular substrate positioned radially inward relative to the first annular substrate, the second annular substrate movably coupled to the first annular substrate; and an actuator coupled to the second annular substrate such that a force applied by the actuator moves the second annular substrate relative to the first annular substrate to adjust a tip clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raghuveer Chinta, Abhijit Roy, Vaishnav Raghuvaran, Srinivas Nuthi, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
  • Patent number: 12012860
    Abstract: A hydraulic lock apparatus includes a hydraulic actuator, a pressure storage device connected to the hydraulic actuator, and a control valve configured to actuate to a first position and a second position. The control valve fluidly isolates the pressure storage device from the hydraulic actuator when the control valve is in the first position. The control valve fluidly connects the pressure storage device to the hydraulic actuator when the control valve is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MESA ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventor: Salvatore Shifrin
  • Patent number: 12012861
    Abstract: A cartridge for use in a pulse energy enhanced turbine of a turbocharger. At least first and second fixed separating blades (12) are provided between a nozzle ring (6) and a disk (29), the separating blades (12) maintaining separation of exhaust gas flows through a guide grid between a divided volute and a turbine wheel (11). Exhaust pulsation energy from different cylinders or cylinder groups of an engine or engine bank are kept separated up to the turbine wheel, so that the turbine wheel reacts to individual pulses of exhaust gas flow from engine exhaust ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Sascha Karstadt, Sascha Weiske, Cathrin Bergner, Marc Gugau, Ahmet Coksen, Uwe Tomm, Frank Kruse
  • Patent number: 12012862
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine, ICE, system, includes a turbocharger having a turbine and a compressor for compressing intake air and feeding the intake air to the ICE. A turbo turbine unit is disposed in an exhaust gas path downstream the turbocharger to receive exhaust gas from the turbocharger. The turbo turbine unit having a turbine wheel, a bearing housing defining an inside volume for containing lubrication oil, and a sealing arrangement positioned in the vicinity of the turbine wheel for preventing lubrication oil from escaping from the inside volume of the bearing housing to an exhaust duct of the turbo turbine unit. A buffer air conduit extends between a selected position at the compressor and a buffer air inlet of the turbo turbine unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Claes Kuylenstierna, Pontus Eriksson
  • Patent number: 12012863
    Abstract: A maintenance method for a steam turbine including a rotor, a casing for accommodating the rotor, and a bearing box for accommodating a bearing which supports the rotor includes: a step of installing an expansion-and-contraction member below the rotor by using an upward facing flat surface disposed between the casing and the bearing box in an axial direction; and a step of pushing up the rotor upward by the expansion-and-contraction member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Miyabe
  • Patent number: 12012864
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aero-engine turbine assembly, including a turbine assembly body and a cooling component. The turbine assembly body is provided with an internal flow passage, and the turbine assembly body includes a turbine rotor disk, a blade end wall and a turbine rotor blade, which are successively fixedly connected with each other. The internal flow passage passes through the turbine rotor disk, the blade end wall and the turbine motor blade, and the internal flow passage is provided with an inlet and an outlet. The cooling component is fixed on the turbine rotor disk, and the cooling component includes an electromagnetic pump system, an expansion joint and a radiator, which are successively communicated with each other. The electromagnetic pump system is communicated with the inlet, to inject liquid metal to into the internal flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BEIHANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiang Luo, Zhe Zhang, Dongdong Liu, Zeyu Wu
  • Patent number: 12012865
    Abstract: Methods for forming a blade for a gas turbine engine include altering the crystallographic texture of the blade in a discrete region relative to the surrounding locations of the blade to minimize flutter and/or mistune the blade by changing the natural frequency response of at least one mode of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Glavicic, Daniel E. Molnar, Jr., Matthew Jordan, Michael Meyer
  • Patent number: 12012866
    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine is configured to extend in a radial direction relative to an engine axis from an inner diameter to an outer diameter. The airfoil comprises a body having a base disposed at the inner diameter, a tip disposed at the outer diameter, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and pressure and suction side walls extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge and between the base and the tip. The body defines an interior cavity. A first wall is disposed in the interior cavity, extends radially, and adjoins the pressure side wall and the suction side wall to form a first cooling channel. A first hole through the first wall connects the first cooling channel to a second cooling channel. The first hole has a profile that tapers inward toward the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Dana K. Bondarevsky, Christopher Corcoran, Bryan P. Dube, Yuta Yoshimura, David D. Chapdelaine, Christopher Paul Perron
  • Patent number: 12012867
    Abstract: A fibrous texture intended to form the fibrous reinforcement of a turbomachine part, includes first yarns bonded with second yarns, and at least one vibration damping element of viscoelastic material present in a recess defined by a second de-bonding zone, the de-bonding zone separating, on a portion of the texture, a first surface part of the texture from a second part of the texture formed by a three-dimensional fabric in which the first yarns are bonded with the second yarns, the first surface part of the texture being formed by a unidimensional layer of first yarns or being formed by a two-dimensional fabric in which the first yarns are bonded with the second yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Bruno Jacques Gérard Dambrine, Dominique Marie Christian Coupe, Bastien Tranquart
  • Patent number: 12012868
    Abstract: A construction system for mechanical metamaterials based on discrete assembly of a finite set of modular, mass-produced parts. A modular construction scheme enables a range of mechanical metamaterial properties to be achieved, including rigid, compliant, auxetic and chiral, all of which are assembled with a consistent process across part types, thereby expanding the functionality and accessibility of this approach. The incremental nature of discrete assembly enables mechanical metamaterials to be produced efficiently and at low cost, beyond the scale of the 3D printer. Additionally, a lattice structure constructed of two or more rigid, compliant, auxetic and chiral part types enable the creation of heterogenous macroscopic metamaterial structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Benjamin Jenett
  • Patent number: 12012869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine part comprising a substrate consisting of a metal material, or a composite material, and also comprising a layer of a coating for protection against the infiltration of CMAS-type compounds, at least partially covering the surface of the substrate, the protective coating layer comprising a plurality of elementary layers including elementary layers of a first assembly of elementary layers inserted between elementary layers of a second assembly of elementary layers, each elementary layer of the first assembly and each elementary layer of the second assembly comprising an anti-CMAS compound, and each contact zone between an elementary layer of the first assembly and an elementary layer of the second assembly forming an interface conducive to the spreading of cracks along said interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Luc Bianchi, Aurélien Joulia, André Hubert Louis Malie, Benjamin Dominique Roger Joseph Bernard
  • Patent number: 12012870
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine turbine blade includes a turbine blade body including an inner platform. An airfoil extends radially outwardly of the inner platform. The airfoil has a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a suction wall and a pressure wall. The turbine blade body has mount structure including at least one circumferentially outwardly extending mount portion on a suction wall side and a pressure wall side each having a radially outer face. The turbine blade body is formed of one of a polymer, metal or ceramic matrix composite. There is a protective coating on the radially outer faces of the at least one enlarged mount portions. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel S. Rogers, Robert A. White, III
  • Patent number: 12012871
    Abstract: A blade fastening assembly and a gas turbine including the same are proposed. The blade fastening assembly includes a fastening key having a threaded hole, a rotor disk including a disk slot into which a root member is inserted, the rotor disk having a first groove with a shape corresponding to a portion of the fastening key, a first portion of a second groove adjacent to the first groove, and a pin groove connected with the first groove, a platform having a second portion of the second groove formed in communication with the first portion of the second groove and the first groove and forming a shape corresponding to a remaining portion of the fastening key in a state of being inserted into the disk slot, and a fastening pin inserted into the threaded hole and the pin groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Han Min Lee
  • Patent number: 12012872
    Abstract: A service tube assembly, has: a service tube having a threaded end portion and an outer shoulder adjacent to the threaded end portion, the outer shoulder having a frustoconical shoulder face converging towards the tube axis and away from the threaded end portion; a mating part threadingly engaged by the threaded end portion, the mating part having a seat face converging towards the service tube and towards the threaded end portion; a locking member extending from a first end to a second end, the first end including a notch receiving the outer shoulder, the notch circumscribed by a frustoconical notch face abutting the frustoconical shoulder face to create a frustoconical-to-frustoconical contact surface between the locking member and the outer shoulder, the second end in abutment against the seat face; and a mechanical fastener releasably holding the locking member in abutment against both of the outer shoulder and the mating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Philippe Savard, Guy Lefebvre, Remy Synnott
  • Patent number: 12012873
    Abstract: Apparatus for extracting useful work or electricity from low grade thermal sources comprising a chamber, a source of heated dense heat transfer fluid in communication with the chamber, a source of motive fluid in communication with the chamber, wherein the motive fluid comprises a liquid phase, a flow control mechanism cooperating with the source of heated dense heat transfer fluid and with the source of motive fluid to deliver said fluids into the chamber in a manner that said fluids come into direct contact with each other in the chamber to effect a phase change of the motive fluid from liquid to gas to increase the pressure within the chamber to yield pressurized fluids, and a work extracting mechanism in communication with the chamber that extracts work from the pressurized fluids by way of pressure let down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Darrell Ford
  • Patent number: 12012874
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a switching element comprising an external part and an internal part, which is axially displaceable in a bore of the external part. At least one radially displaceable locking element is disposed within at least one receptacle of the internal part and includes a flattened portion on a radially outwardly directed end. At least one recess of the external part can be acted upon by a control pressure and the at least one locking element can thereby be radially displaced from the locking position into a release position. At least in a respective locking position, a chamber delimited by the at least one locking element is spatially separated from the at least one recess of the external part by a respective locking section. At least one bypass is designed, which indirectly fluidly connects the at least one recess of the external part and a respective chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Schnell, Michael Neumann, Peter Sailer, Frank Himsel, Johannes Roith
  • Patent number: 12012875
    Abstract: There is provided a variable valve device provided in a cylinder head and capable of changing a valve lift amount, including: a camshaft on which a plurality of cams with different valve lift amounts are formed; a switching mechanism configured to switch a cam for moving a valve among the plurality of cams; and an oil control valve configured to control an oil pressure for the switching mechanism. Oil starts to be supplied from the oil control valve to the switching mechanism at an end timing of a valve lift or in a zero range in which no valve lift occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisashi Ozeki
  • Patent number: 12012876
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cam phase adjuster that includes a stator, a rotor, a front cover and at least one locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Qiwei Qian, Baoyu Jian, Wenping Guo
  • Patent number: 12012877
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods to compensate for backlash within a cam phasing system. For example, compensating for backlash by commanding a predetermined amount of additional actuator movement to account for backlash within a cam phaser. According to some aspects, a spring is provided within a cam phaser to unidirectionally take up the backlash within the cam phasing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HUSCO Automotive Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Michael Kujak, Todd Wollenberg, Patrick Heithoff
  • Patent number: 12012878
    Abstract: An actuator and a method for controlling such an actuator suitable for operating at least one gas exchange valve arranged in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The actuator includes: an actuator piston disc, a cylinder volume adapted for the actuator piston disc, where the actuator piston disc divides the cylinder volume in a first portion and a second portion, an inlet channel arranged between a pressure fluid inlet and the first portion of the cylinder volume, a controllable first inlet valve arranged in the inlet channel, a controllable second inlet valve arranged downstream the controllable first inlet valve, an outlet channel arranged between the first portion of the cylinder volume and a pressure fluid outlet, and a controllable outlet valve arranged in the outlet channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: FREEVALVE AB
    Inventors: Anders Höglund, Eric Griess, Daniel Jakobsson, Urban Carlson
  • Patent number: 12012879
    Abstract: An oil level sensor cover according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be mounted below an engine oil pan to protect an oil level sensor that measures an oil level. The oil level sensor cover may be formed with plates of predetermined sizes, including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, wherein a plurality of seating portions and a plurality of hook are formed on the upper surface. An engine according to another embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the above-described oil level sensor cover according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an engine oil fan, and an oil level sensor mounted below the engine oil fan to measure the oil level. The oil level sensor cover can be separated from or coupled to the oil level sensor without the use of a separate tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongyoung Kim, Seokwon Choi, Juook Park
  • Patent number: 12012880
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system includes: a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system including at least one catalyst; a particulate filter fluidly coupled to the SCR; a particulate filter out pressure sensor operatively coupled to an outlet of the particulate filter, the particulate filter out pressure sensor configured to measure a value of a pressure at the outlet of the particulate filter; a temperature sensor; an ambient pressure sensor; and a controller communicatively coupled with the particulate filter out pressure sensor, the controller configured to estimate an exhaust air mass-flow output from the aftertreatment system using a first output value from a particulate filter out pressure sensor, a first temperature output value from a temperature sensor, and a second output value from an ambient pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Sriram Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 12012881
    Abstract: A method determines a sensor error of a sensor in an exhaust gas system of a motor vehicle. One step of the method involves determining at least one actual sensor signal of the sensor. Another step of the method involves determining at least one target sensor signal of the sensor by means of a model. A further step of the method involves determining the sensor error of the sensor according to a deviation between the actual sensor signal of the sensor and the target sensor signal of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marius Becker, Daniel Brueckner, Klemens Schuerholz
  • Patent number: 12012882
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a main exhaust aftertreatment system with a main catalytic converter, and a light-off catalyst bypass system with a bypass passage and a bypass catalytic converter. An emissions control system includes a controller in signal communication with a first oxygen sensor disposed upstream of the bypass catalytic converter, and a second oxygen sensor disposed downstream. The emissions control system performs a diagnostic of the bypass catalytic converter, by the controller, including (i) monitoring signals from the first and second oxygen sensors for a predetermined time period during an engine cold start condition, (ii) determining a ratio of oxygen content at the second oxygen to the first oxygen sensor based on the signals from the first and second oxygen sensors, and (iii) comparing the determined ratio to a predetermined threshold ratio to determine if the bypass catalytic converter has failed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Steven C Wante, Roger C Sager
  • Patent number: 12012883
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for transporting liquefied gas and carbon dioxide (CO2) in a dual-fluid vessel thereby minimizing transportation between locations are disclosed. In an embodiment, the dual-fluid vessel has an outer shell with an outer surface, an outer compartment within the outer shell configured to store liquefied gas, a bladder positioned within the outer compartment configured to store CO2, and insulation positioned between the outer shell and the outer compartment to provide temperature regulation for the liquefied gas when positioned in the outer compartment and CO2 in the bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventor: Zachary D. Thobe
  • Patent number: 12012884
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine including a first and a second manifold coupled to exhaust ports of a first and a second plurality of cylinders to receive exhaust gas therefrom. The engine includes a first and a second pipe configured to receive the exhaust gas from the manifolds. The engine includes a collector including a first and second inlet coupled to the pipes and an outlet configured to receive a merged flow of the exhaust gas from the first and second pipe. The engine includes a catalyst configured to receive a merged flow of the exhaust gas from the outlet and treats the exhaust gas and a heater assembly configured to selectively supply heat energy to the exhaust gas from the first pipe and the second pipe. The heater assembly includes a connecting portion coupled to the collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mischa Zeller, Christian Disch, Brent Keppy, Ryan Neal O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 12012885
    Abstract: An SCR catalyst for treating diesel exhaust gas has: a flow-through substrate with an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the flow through substrate extending therethrough; a first coating disposed on the internal wall surface of the substrate, the surface defining the interface between the internal walls and passages, the first coating extending over 40 to 100% of the substrate axial length, the first coating having an 8-membered ring pore zeolitic material with copper and/or iron; a second coating extending over 20 to 100% of the substrate axial length, the second coating having a first oxidic material with titania, wherein at least 75 wt. % of the second coating is titania, calculated as TiO2, and 0 to 0.01 wt. % of the second coating is vanadium oxides, calculated as V2O5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar Viktor Huennekes, Kevin David Beard, Petra Cordes, Ruediger Wolff, Jan Martin Becker
  • Patent number: 12012886
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling treatment of exhaust in a emission control system of a platform having a combustion system is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes estimating, via a processor, an amount of soot in exhaust from the combustion system; and controlling, via the processor, treatment of the exhaust based on the amount of soot in the exhaust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Funk, David P Quigley
  • Patent number: 12012887
    Abstract: An inlet assembly for a housing containing an aftertreatment component of an aftertreatment system comprises an inlet conduit configured to be disposed substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the housing. A flow redirection conduit is disposed downstream of the inlet conduit and is coupled to the end of the housing. A plurality of protrusions project from a sidewall of the flow redirection conduit towards an inlet face of the aftertreatment component and are configured to provide a uniform exhaust gas flow to the inlet face. Alternatively, a flow distribution plate having a plurality of slots defined substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis is disposed in the flow redirection conduit, the plate being inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis. The slots are configured to provide a uniform exhaust gas flow to the inlet face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: CUMMINS EMISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Reshma Pattan, Ryan M. Johnson, Mahendra Mittapalli, Priyanka S. Kujur
  • Patent number: 12012888
    Abstract: A turbine assembly for an internal combustion engine having: a first turbine that rotates around a first rotation axis and is configured to rotate due to the thrust exerted by exhaust gases emitted by the internal combustion engine; a second turbine which is independent of and separate from the first turbine, rotates around a second rotation axis parallel to and spaced from the first rotation axis, and is configured to rotate due to the thrust exerted by exhaust gases emitted by the internal combustion engine; an electric generator operated by the first turbine; and a transmission device that connects both the turbines to the same electric generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Patent number: 12012889
    Abstract: A turbine housing has a scroll part, an outlet pipe, and an inlet pipe. A bypass passage is formed on an inner peripheral side of a twisting form leading from the inlet pipe toward the scroll part so as to allow communication between an inlet passage and an outlet passage. Viewing the turbine housing in an axial direction, an opening center of an outlet opening of the bypass passage is located in a quadrant where a mounting flange is located among four quadrants defined by a first imaginary plane that passes through a rotational center and that is parallel to a surface of the mounting flange, and a second imaginary plane that passes through the rotational center and that is orthogonal to the first imaginary plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Imai, Naozumi Katou, Tsubasa Endo, Masashi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 12012890
    Abstract: A processing facility is provided. The processing facility includes an asphaltenes and metals (AM) removal system configured to process a feed stream to produce a power generation stream, a hydroprocessing feed stream, and an asphaltenes stream. A power generation system is fed by the power generation feed stream. A hydroprocessing system is configured to process the hydroprocessing feed stream to form a gas stream and a liquid stream. A hydrogen production system is configured to produce hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the gas feed stream. A carbon dioxide conversion system is configured to produce synthetic hydrocarbons from the carbon dioxide, and a cracking system is configured to process the liquid feed stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mourad Younes, Aqil Jamal, Aadesh Harale, Ibrahim Abba, Abdennour Bourane
  • Patent number: 12012891
    Abstract: A turboprop powered aircraft having a cowling or nacelle surrounding the engine, said cowling incorporates an air inlet and internal ducting to the engine wherein the inlet incorporated anti icing ducts, said inlet shape has a closed oval or other non-circular shape that is not coaxial to the engine propeller drive shaft. Inlet anti-icing heating duct means are provided for channeling a portion of the engines exhaust to the interior of the inlet rim. A further improvement in inlet efficiency can be achieved by reducing the thickness of the inlet cross-section, but this results in less space available for the hot exhaust connections. To provide for the inlet reduced section thickness, the exhaust flow connections also incorporate reduced thickness sections to facilitate cooling and insulation of the adjacent cowling and inlet duct surfaces from the excessive heat associated with the hot exhaust gas connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AMERICAN AVIATION, Inc
    Inventors: Stephen R. Speer, Alexlander J. Duncan, Jayme S. Bartlett, George R. Kemner
  • Patent number: 12012892
    Abstract: A turbine engine is provided that includes a turbine engine core, a water separate and a core flowpath. The turbine engine core includes a core compressor section, a core combustor section and a core turbine section. The water separator includes a flowpath duct and a collector duct. The flowpath duct extends axially along and circumferentially about an axis. The collector duct extends axially along and circumferentially about the flowpath duct. The collector duct is fluidly coupled with the flowpath duct through a water permeable region in an outer wall of the flowpath duct. The core flowpath extends through the core compressor section, the core combustor section, the core turbine section and the flowpath duct from an inlet into the core flowpath to an exhaust from the core flowpath. The core flowpath extends axially along the water permeable region within the flowpath duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abbas A. Alahyari, Jon E. Sobanski
  • Patent number: 12012893
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a gas turbine engine. This apparatus includes a lubricant reservoir, a heat exchanger, a lubricant circuit and a compressed air circuit. The lubricant reservoir includes an internal cavity for storing lubricant. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchange conduit and a compressed air passage. The heat exchange conduit is arranged in the internal cavity. The compressed air passage extends longitudinally through the heat exchange conduit. The lubricant circuit is fluidly coupled with the internal cavity. The compressed air circuit is fluidly coupled with the compressed air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Eric S. Durocher, Gabriel Naccache
  • Patent number: 12012895
    Abstract: A method and system for cooling an engine and/or vehicle using energy separation is disclosed herein. An energy separation device is operable for separating a compressed gaseous coolant stream into a first relatively cooler coolant flow stream and a second relatively hotter coolant flow stream. The relative cooler coolant flow stream is directed to a first region requiring increased cooling and the relative hotter coolant flow stream is directed to a second region requiring lower cooling than the first region in the engine or vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: James Rutledge, Matthew Fuqua, Carol Bryant
  • Patent number: 12012896
    Abstract: A multi-engine system includes a first gas turbine engine that includes a first compressor and a first turbine. The multi-engine system may further include a second gas turbine engine that has a second compressor and a second turbine. Still further, the multi-engine system may include a first crossover cooling network configured to route a first crossover airflow from the first compressor of the first gas turbine engine to the second turbine of the second gas turbine engine and a second crossover cooling network configured to route a second crossover airflow from the second compressor of the second gas turbine engine to the first turbine of the first gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daniel Bernard Kupratis
  • Patent number: 12012897
    Abstract: A jet engine is provided which can efficiently pressurize fuel. A jet engine 2 includes a pump 110 that heats fuel, a heating conduit 120 that heats the pressurized fuel, a fuel turbine 130 that provides mechanical power to the pump, and an electric rotating machine 140. When a given condition is not satisfied, the electric rotating machine 140 provides mechanical power to the fuel turbine 130. When the given condition is satisfied, the fuel that has passed through the heating conduit 120 before combustion flows into the fuel turbine 130 to provide mechanical power to the fuel turbine 130.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro Nako, Takuto Haniu, Tomohisa Wada, Shojiro Furuya
  • Patent number: 12012898
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprises a fan, a core turbine engine coupled to the fan, a fan case housing the fan and the core turbine engine, a plurality of outlet guide vanes extending between the core turbine engine and the fan case, and an acoustic spacing. The fan comprises a plurality of fan blades that define a fan diameter and a BEAL. The fan case comprises an inlet and an inlet length between the inlet and the fan. The acoustic spacing comprises a distance between the fan and the plurality of outlet guide vanes, and in combination with the BEAL determines an acoustic spacing ratio of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Egbert Geertsema, Arthur W. Sibbach, Andrew Hudecki, Timothy Richard DePuy, John C. Schilling, Frank Worthoff, Tsuguji Nakano