Common Rail System Patents (Class 123/456)
  • Patent number: 12140102
    Abstract: A method for determining a quantity of fuel injected into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine including an injection rail includes: —measuring the pressure prevailing in the injection rail during fuel injection from the rail into a cylinder; —filtering the pressure measurement; —determining the relative minimum and maximum points of the filtered pressure curve; —insofar as a first (Pdrop1) pressure drop followed by a pressure rise and then a second (Pdrop2) pressure drop is identified, determining a physical quantity that makes it possible to characterize the first pressure drop and the second pressure drop; and —determining the quantity of fuel injected by applying the bulk modulus for the two pressure drops identified as a function of the temperature in the injection rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventor: Vincent Peyret-Forcade
  • Patent number: 12140104
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a fuel injection system (1) for supplying a combustion engine of a vehicle with fuel, in which method the fuel is conveyed at high pressure with the aid of a high-pressure pump (2), fed to a high-pressure accumulator (3), and injected into a cylinder of the combustion engine with the aid of at least one injector connected to the high-pressure accumulator (3). In order to detect any damage to the drive of the high-pressure pump (3), according to the invention a) the pressure (P) in the high-pressure accumulator (3) is measured and, on the basis of the measured values, a pressure drop (?P) in the high-pressure accumulator (3) caused by an injection into a cylinder is determined, b) a maximum pressure gradient is determined during a pressure build-up phase following the injection, c) the determined pressure drop (?P) and the determined maximum pressure gradient are put into proportion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio De Benedictis, Antonio Diaferia, Bernd Frey, Bjoern Noack, Charlotte Summerer, Christos Hondros, Ciro Medolla, Daniel Zander, John Kuesters, Michael Hackner, Nello Medoro
  • Patent number: 12116946
    Abstract: A device for a fuel system that makes a fuel available for an operation of an internal-combustion engine where the fuel system includes a fuel pump which conveys the fuel into a fuel accumulator and includes one or more injection nozzles which convey the fuel from the fuel accumulator to a working mixture of one or more cylinders of the internal-combustion engine includes an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit is configured to ascertain pressure data with respect to a physical pressure in the fuel accumulator during an operation of the fuel system at a sampling-time, ascertain a change in a reference pressure at the sampling-time with aid of a reference model of the fuel system, and detect a defect of the fuel system on a basis of the pressure data and on a basis of the change in the reference pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jonas Brueckner, Sebastian Grasreiner, Florian Hartl
  • Patent number: 12092062
    Abstract: Provided are methods and fuel injection systems implemented with a plurality of injectors coupled with a common rail, the common rail coupled with a pressure sensor, and the pressure sensor coupled with a processor. The method includes: identifying, by the processor, one of the injectors to calculate a pressure change rate of the common rail associated therewith; receiving, by the processor, pressure measurements of the common rail from the pressure sensor before and during an injection event within a measurement window; using, by the processor, a pre-injection mean pressure of the common rail to determine a rail pressure drop range that is specific to the identified injector; and calculating, by the processor, the pressure change rate associated with the identified injector based on the pressure measurements of the common rail taken during the rail pressure drop range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventor: Donald J. Benson
  • Patent number: 12078128
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a fuel supply system for ships and a fuel supply method using the same. The fuel supply method includes: 1) supplying an excess amount of liquefied gas as fuel to an incompressible fluid-fueled engine (E); 2) cooling unconsumed fuel discharged from the engine (E) through heat exchange with liquefied gas discharged from a storage tank (T); 3) returning the unconsumed fuel discharged from the engine (E) and having been cooled through heat exchange in step 2) to the storage tank (T); and 4) supplying the liquefied gas discharged from the storage tank (T) and having been used as refrigerant for heat exchange in step 2) to the engine (E). The fuel supply method can prevent cavitation in the engine (E) by supplying the excess amount of liquefied gas sufficient to accommodate variation in load of the engine (E) as fuel to the engine (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon Jin Kim, Seung Chul Lee, Hye Min Jung, Jin Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 12044198
    Abstract: A fluid distributor for an injection system, in particular a fuel distributor rail for a fuel injection system for mixture-compressing, spark ignition internal combustion engines. The fuel distributor includes a tubular base body, which is preferably processed by a one-stage or multi-stage forging process, a first high-pressure output, a second high-pressure output, a third high-pressure output, and a fourth high-pressure output being provided at the base body. The second high-pressure output is situated offset by a predefined distance compared to the first high-pressure output in a first direction along a longitudinal axis of the tubular base body. The third high-pressure output is situated offset by the predefined distance compared to the second high-pressure output along the longitudinal axis in the first direction, the fourth high-pressure output being situated offset by the predefined distance compared to the third high-pressure output along the longitudinal axis in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Goekhan Guengoer, Martin Haug, Prashant Kaswekar, Ralf Weber
  • Patent number: 12037965
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes a fuel injection valve, a delivery pipe, a relief passage, a first valve, and a second valve. The fuel injection valve injects gas fuel. The delivery pipe supplies the gas fuel to the fuel injection valve. The relief passage connects an intake passage of an internal combustion engine and the delivery pipe. The first valve is configured to supply the gas fuel in the delivery pipe to the relief passage. The second valve is arranged in the relief passage. The second valve opens when a downstream pressure becomes lower than an upstream pressure by an amount that is greater than or equal to a specified pressure determined in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mina Tachibana, Tomihisa Tsuchiya, Yuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12031492
    Abstract: A fuel control system for an aircraft includes first and second electric motor controlled fuel pumps connect in parallel with one another to a fuel line. A plurality of fuel nozzles are connected to the fuel line to issue pressurized fuel from the fuel line with the ability to throttle flow based on system needs along with the electric pumping. At least one fuel nozzle in the plurality of fuel nozzles includes a respective sensor system. A fuel controller is operatively connected to receive input from the respective sensor system of the at least one fuel nozzle, and operatively connected to control the first and second electric motor controlled pumps based on input from the respective sensor system of the at least one fuel nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Harder, Andrew W. Solomon
  • Patent number: 12030379
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hand acceleration control system to control and set Engine RPM at constant speed. The hand acceleration control system is controlled by a rotating switch (20) preferable positioned on a steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
    Inventors: Anand Kumar O S, Senthil Prabhu N, Shashank Sekhar Sahu
  • Patent number: 12018634
    Abstract: A fluid distributor rail for an injection system for mixture-compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engines for metering a highly pressurized fluid. The fluid distributor rail includes a base body, and at least one connector configured on the base body. The base body with the at least one connector configured on the base body is formed by single stage or multistage forging. At least one interior space of the base body and a hydraulic fluid passage which leads into the interior space via the at least one connector configured on the base body are formed on the base body by machining after the forging. At least one element for connection is formed at least in part by mechanical cold-forming on at least one connector configured on the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Rehwald, Ralf Weber
  • Patent number: 11994093
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide, in an engine provided with two cylinder rows, a technology that, while suppressing a cost increase, can suppress a difference in combustion performance between the cylinder rows. [Solution] An exemplary engine includes: a first cylinder row having plural cylinders arranged in a front and rear direction; a second cylinder row arranged parallel to the first cylinder row; plural first injectors provided for the respective cylinders of the first cylinder row, plural second injectors provided for respective cylinders of the second cylinder row; and a fuel pump having a first discharge port to discharge a fuel to the plural first injectors and a second discharge port to discharge a fuel to the plural second injectors. The fuel pump is placed between the first cylinder row and the second cylinder row in a plan view from an up and down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Hirao, Shinya Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11994083
    Abstract: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel control system having a fueling control unit structured to determine a test point on a tip wear-sensitive region of a fuel injector delivery curve, and store measurements of pressure drops in a pressurized fuel reservoir caused by injections of fuel at the test point. The fueling control unit is further structured to produce an injector health signal based on the stored measurements of pressure drop. Related methodology and control logic for calculation of wear parameters for injection signal duration electronic trimming and prognostic health determinations are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Reese Puckett, Andrew Marrack, Bradley Scott Bashore
  • Patent number: 11988165
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine with a high pressure accumulator for a fuel injection system, includes the steps of: monitoring, in a time-dependent manner, a high pressure in the fuel injection system; conducting a check, at a high pressure-dependent starting time point, as to whether a continuous injection detection is to be carried out; and checking whether a high-pressure oscillation has occurred within an oscillation time interval prior to a starting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 11988179
    Abstract: A fuel injection system includes a first high pressure fuel source, a return channel connected to a second low pressure fuel source, a residual pressure regulator having an inlet and an outlet connected to the return channel, and a fuel injector having a control valve arrangement comprising an inlet, an outlet and a return port, a fuel injection nozzle having an outlet chamber, an injection outlet, and a needle member in the outlet chamber. The needle member is biased to a closed position to block fluid communication between the outlet chamber and the injection outlet, and to open fluid communication by a pressure in the outlet chamber. The residual pressure regulator is connected to a spill valve to regulate pressure to a residual pressure higher than the pressure in the return channel and lower than the pressure of the first fuel source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sergi Yudanov
  • Patent number: 11873999
    Abstract: A plumbing system pressure protection valve assembly that utilizes a unitary body to connect a hot water tank to a cold water supply, a vacuum breaker, and an expansion tank. The assembly includes two ball valves coupled to the unitary body to isolate the hot water tank from the cold water feed and to isolate and permit draining of the expansion tank. The assembly also includes a rod and foot coupled to a tab on the unitary body to provide support for the expansion tank service valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIBCO Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Terry, Andrew J. Coates, Christopher W. Mason
  • Patent number: 11828255
    Abstract: A component for an injection system for mixture-compressing, spark-ignition internal combustion engines, which is used to apportion a fluid under high pressure, in particular a high-pressure line or fluid manifold. The component includes a main body on which at least one hydraulic connection is provided, at least the main body having the connection being formed by single stage or multistage forging, an interior being formed on the main body by chip-removing machining after forging and a connection channel, which intersects with the interior in an intersection region, being formed at the connection by chip-removing machining after forging. The intersection region is deburred by mechanical deburring. An injection system and a method for producing such a component are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Grenz, Frank Schneider, Goekhan Guengoer, Ralf Weber
  • Patent number: 11828254
    Abstract: A common rail system for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, the common rail system comprising: a high pressure pump for receiving fuel from a fuel tank; at least one fuel injector for delivering fuel to the internal combustion engine; a common rail for receiving fuel from the high pressure pump through a flow path of the common rail system that connects the high pressure pump to the common rail, the common rail comprising a fuel reservoir in fluid communication with a common rail inlet and in fluid communication with the one or more fuel injectors; and a filter provided in the flow path. The filter is configured to filter fuel so as to prevent particulate matter from entering the common rail. The common rail system comprises only one filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Ronan B. Joyce, Lloyd J. Procter, Bahadar S. Fashion
  • Patent number: 11821397
    Abstract: A modular system for injecting fuel into an engine comprises a fuel rail coupled to the engine. A plurality of connection members are coupled to the fuel rail, and each of the plurality of connection members is configured to receive fuel from the fuel rail. The fuel is directed to a plurality of fuel injectors, and the plurality of fuel injectors are configured to direct fuel to a plurality of cylinders. A plurality of outer fuel lines are coupled to the plurality of connection members, and the plurality of outer fuel lines are arranged in a single configuration. The single configuration allows the fuel rail to be coupled to a plurality of engine configurations while maintaining the plurality of outer fuel lines arranged in the single configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Kieran J. Richards, Brandon Glover, Vincent Denoyelle, Jacques L Vincent, Raghuvaran Arumugam, Satya Dinakar Vyseetty, Joseph A. Worthington, Abhishek Mehrotra, Deepak Pillai, Todd S. Manley
  • Patent number: 11821398
    Abstract: A component for an injection system, in particular a fuel injection rail for a fuel injection system. The component includes a main body that is processed by a single-stage or multi-stage forging, at least one fastening element being provided on the main body. The fastening element is formed at least partly by a residual flash. An injection system having such a component, and a method for producing such a component, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BOSCH SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Andreas Rehwald, Cengiz Otuk, Goekhan Guengoer, Husnu Ozpedal, Marc Spinner
  • Patent number: 11754027
    Abstract: To obtain a gasoline direct injection rail provided with an inlet capable of reducing pressure pulsation without increasing the inner diameter of a high-pressure pipe even when the pressure of a system is increased. A gasoline direct injection rail comprises an inlet 2, 21 at a first end 15, 34 of a rail body 1, 20, wherein an orifice 12, 31 is provided inside the rail body 1, 20, the inlet 2, 21 has a fuel flow passage 4, 23, and a hollow part 8, 27 is provided between the fuel flow passage 4, 23 and the orifice 12, 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: USUI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11725617
    Abstract: A fuel distributor for a fuel injection system for mixture-compressing, spark-ignited internal combustion engines. The fuel distributor rail includes a tubular base body which is processed by forging. At the base body, a first high-pressure output, a second high-pressure output, and a third high-pressure output are provided. The second high-pressure output is situated in an offset manner opposite the first high-pressure output in a first direction along a longitudinal axis of the tubular base body at a predefined distance. The third high-pressure output is situated in an offset manner opposite the second high-pressure output in the first direction along the longitudinal axis at the predefined distance. A first and second holding element, which are used for an at least indirect fastening of the base body, are situated at the tubular base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Omercan Yurumez, Cengiz Otuk, Ralf Weber
  • Patent number: 11725604
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling pressure of an engine, including a controller structured to implement the method and an engine system including the controller. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a method based on a mass balance analysis of a fuel system to determine how much mass needs to be pumped to maintain or achieve a certain pressure for the engine. In some embodiments, the method analyzes how much mass can be pumped by each pumping event based on current engine conditions. The analysis is performed over the smallest repeatable pump events and cylinder events cycle, or “subcycle,” based on the number of pump events and cylinder events for a given engine configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Peavler, Donald J. Benson, David Michael Carey, Timothy J. Viola
  • Patent number: 11719146
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for routing secondary air to engine an exhaust system during a cold-start condition to reduce tail pipe emissions. In one example, a method may include operating a pump of an evaporative leak check module (ELCM) in a positive pressure mode and routing pressurized air to the exhaust passage upstream of an exhaust catalyst via an air conduit housing a first valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed Dudar, Keith Weston, Jim Stevens
  • Patent number: 11719208
    Abstract: A high-pressure pump has a metering valve and a valve stopper. The stopper has a regulation portion which an end surface of the valve is brought into contact with. An outer diameter of the regulation portion is equal to an outer diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the valve. A cylindrical sleeve is disposed around the regulation portion. When the end surface of the valve is in contact with the regulation portion, the sleeve covers a tapered surface of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11708810
    Abstract: An engine head assembly includes a double-walled fuel connector assembly in an engine head and forming a high-pressure fuel supply passage and a low-pressure fuel return passage. The engine head assembly also includes a fuel injector. A high-pressure fuel inlet path extends between a fuel inlet and spray orifices through an injector body in the fuel injector. A low-pressure cooling fuel outlet path extends between an injection control valve seat in the fuel injector and a cooling fuel outlet in a nozzle case of the fuel injector. Expelled cooling fuel is passed through the low-pressure fuel return passage in the double-walled fuel connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Manjunath Bannur Nagaraja, Zhenyu Li, Benjamin R Tower, Aniket Suresh Dighe
  • Patent number: 11698043
    Abstract: A fuel injector for a fuel system in an internal combustion engine includes an injector housing, a direct-operated nozzle check movable within the injector housing, a check biasing spring within a spring chamber and biasing the nozzle check toward the closed position. The injector housing defines a damping control space, an always-open vent from the spring chamber to the damping control space, and a second vent from the spring chamber to the damping control space. The fuel injector further includes a hydraulically actuated damping adjustment valve movable responsive to a pressure of fuel supplied to the fuel injector between a higher damping position blocking the second vent, and a lower damping position where the second vent is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Ogden Marrack
  • Patent number: 11668262
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for tracking degradation of a high-pressure fuel pump. In one example, a fuel system controller is configured to receive an output pressure signal from a pressure sensor, transform the output pressure signal to the frequency domain to generate frequency content of the output pressure signal, and diagnose a condition of a fuel pump based at least in part on the frequency content of the output pressure signal, the fuel pump fluidly coupled to a fuel injector via a common fuel rail, and the fuel injector is operable to inject fuel to a cylinder of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Morse N. Taxon, Pradheepram Ottikkutti
  • Patent number: 11643999
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a fuel rail for a two-stroke internal combustion engine includes a fuel rail body, a fuel inlet component integrated within the fuel rail body as a one-piece component and in fluidic contact with a fuel line, one or more fuel exit ports in fluidic contact with a cylinder of a combustion engine, and one or more fasteners adapted to secure the fuel rail body to a cylinder wall of the cylinder of the combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ARCTIC CAT INC.
    Inventor: Ken Ray Fredrickson
  • Patent number: 11519372
    Abstract: A metering valve supplies fuel to and block fuel from a pressurizing chamber by moving a valve body by switching between energization and de-energization of an electromagnetic unit. An energization control unit performs a valve closing control and a valve opening control to reduce operating sound in one opening and closing period in which the valve body opens and closes. A time control unit controls, on determination that the energizing period of the electromagnetic unit exceeds the upper limit value, a moving speed of the valve body when the valve body moves to a valve closing side, such that the energization period of the electromagnetic unit in the one opening and closing period does not exceed the upper limit value, thereby to cause the energization control unit to perform both the valve closing control and the valve opening control in the one opening and closing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisatoshi Shibuya
  • Patent number: 11506162
    Abstract: A fuel system includes a fuel injector having a split check assembly with a control piece, an outlet piece, and a check sleeve. A trapped volume is formed between the control piece and the outlet piece within the check sleeve, to hydraulically couple the control piece to the outlet piece. A starting rate shape clearance fluidly connects the trapped volume to a fuel cavity and is formed between the check sleeve and one of the control piece or outlet piece received therein, and modulates a starting rate shape of fuel injection from the fuel injector. Related methodology is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Andrew Brown, Sana Mahmood, Dana Ray Coldren, Glenn Brian Cox, Matthew Robert Vanderveen
  • Patent number: 11499937
    Abstract: A gas sensor includes a first electrode, a gas detecting layer disposed on the first electrode, and an electric-conduction enhanced electrode unit being electrically connected to the first electrode and the gas detecting layer. The electric-conduction enhanced electrode unit includes an electric-conduction enhancing layer and a second electrode electrically connected to the electric-conduction enhancing layer. The electric-conduction enhancing layer is electrically connected to the gas detecting layer and is made of an electrically conductive organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wen Zan, Hsin-Fei Meng, Yu-Chi Lin, Shang-Yu Yu, Ting-Wei Tung, Yi-Chu Wu, Yu-Nung Mao
  • Patent number: 11499494
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing fuel leakage of a vehicle includes: measuring a pressure of a fuel tank by a pressure sensor in a closed state of a fuel system during starting-off of the vehicle; measuring an inner temperature of the fuel tank by a temperature sensor; and diagnosing, by a controller, whether or not leakage occurs by performing different leakage diagnoses depending on a pressure condition of the fuel tank. Thus, the controller performs a first leakage diagnosis when a pressure value of the fuel tank, measured in the measuring the pressure of the fuel tank, is within an atmospheric pressure level; performs a second leakage diagnosis when the pressure value is higher than a positive pressure; and performs a third leakage diagnosis when the pressure value is lower than a negative pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeong Seok Lee, Ju Tae Song, Dae Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11495404
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes an internal electrode layer including, on a same ceramic layer, a peripheral internal electrode having a frame shape and an inside internal electrode located inside the peripheral internal electrode. A metallic species included in the peripheral internal electrode is different from a metallic species included in the inside internal electrode. The metallic species included in the peripheral internal electrode includes more than or equal to about 50% of a metallic species different from the metallic species included in the inside internal electrode. In a width direction, a dimension a of a width of the peripheral internal electrode is about 5 ?m<a<about 30 ?m, and a dimension b of a width of the inside internal electrode is b/a?about 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sho Kubota
  • Patent number: 11486326
    Abstract: A method of adaptively predicting, during operation of a pump, a mass of fuel pumped by the pump during a pumping event to a fuel accumulator (“Qpump”) to control operation of the pump is provided, comprising: generating an adaptive model of operation of the pump, including estimating a start of pumping (“SOP”) position of a plunger of the pump, estimating Qpump, determining a converged value of the estimated SOP position, and determining a converged value of the estimated Qpump; using the adaptive model to predict Qpump by inputting to the model the converged value of the estimated SOP position, a measured pressure of fuel in the fuel accumulator and a measured temperature of fuel in the fuel accumulator; and controlling operation of the pump in response to the predicted Qpump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CUMMINS INC.
    Inventors: Tommy J. Albing, David Michael Carey
  • Patent number: 11459989
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clip for an injector, in particular, the clip for the injector including a base portion and an elastic piece of the clip that elastically support the upper surface of a connector housing and the lower surface of an injector cup, thus attenuating fuel injection load. In addition, an engaging piece of the clip is inserted into an engaging portion of the injector cup, thus preventing the rotation of the injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hyuk Oh, Young Il Kang, Kwang Won Koo, Yeon Jee Oh
  • Patent number: 11459990
    Abstract: An injector nozzle having a first part having a stem and a flange, the flange having a flange surface, a body including a wall defining a hole, an annular nozzle ring having a first surface and a second surface wherein the first surface and/or the flange surface include a plurality of grooves, the stem being received in the hole, the first part being secured to the body to secure the nozzle ring in place such that the first surface engages the flange surface, the second surface engages the body, and the plurality of grooves define a plurality of injector holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: RKLAB AG
    Inventors: Riccardo Meldolesi, Ron Kuckler, Daniel Eastwood, Mike Cranfield, Mark Clements, Anthony Perkins
  • Patent number: 11454186
    Abstract: The error diagnosis device has: an input unit that receives a downstream pressure value and an upstream pressure value, said downstream pressure value being detected on the downstream side of a fuel pump and said upstream pressure value being detected on the upstream side of the fuel pump; and a determination unit that, if the downstream pressure value is less than a preset first threshold value, determines whether or not the upstream pressure value is less than a preset second threshold value. The determination unit determines that an error has occurred further upstream than the fuel pump if the upstream pressure value is less than the second threshold value and determines that an error has occurred in the fuel pump if the upstream pressure value is at least the second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Yuusuke Kobayashi, Katsushi Shidomi, Kunio Noda, Daiki Ishii, Fumihiko Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11434860
    Abstract: A fuel distributor which has a pressure accumulator rail for receiving pressurized fuel. The pressure accumulator rail has a forged base body. Mounting supports are joined to the base body by substance bonding. A mounting support is formed by two metal brackets each configured as a sheet-metal formed part. Each metal bracket has a holding portion adapted to the outer contour of the base body, a leg angled relative to the holding portion, and a mounting flange on the free end of the leg and angled away therefrom. A length portion of the base body is received between the holding portions. The holding portions partially surround the base body. The base body and the holding portions are joined by substance bonding. The legs of the two metal brackets lie next to each other at least in regions and are also joined together by substance bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Jan-Philipp Nicolai, Ralf Thiele
  • Patent number: 11408384
    Abstract: Disclosed are example embodiments of a fuel injection device having a plunger that moves at a predetermined reciprocating motion from an initial position, the fuel injection device includes: an electromagnetic coil; a tubular bobbin within the electromagnetic coil, wherein the electromagnetic coil is configured to move the tubular bobbin when energized; a fuel intake channel; and an inlet check valve disposed along a fuel pathway of the fuel intake channel, the inlet check valve configured to allow fuel to flow through and to a pressurization chamber, wherein the inlet check valve is a normally open valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ZAMA JAPAN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Boris Matuschka
  • Patent number: 11346300
    Abstract: A method for learning an opening time of an injector for an engine of a vehicle may include applying, by a controller, an injection start command to the injector supplying fuel to the engine; determining, by the controller, a fuel pressure change amount in a fuel rail supplying the fuel to the injector after the injection start command is applied; and learning, by the controller, an opening delay time of the injector based on the determined fuel pressure change amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Yong Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11339738
    Abstract: A system and a method of controlling the temperature of fuel injected into combustion engines, which provides a reduced amount of fuel injected into engines propelled with either pure gasoline or ethanol or any bi-fuel mixture by precisely controlling the amount of heat supplied to the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH LIMITADA
    Inventors: Fernando Lepsch, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla, Fernando de Oliveira Junior
  • Patent number: 11286874
    Abstract: A method of operating a fuel injection system for a motor vehicle includes one or more of the following: operating a fuel injector to perform a fuel injection, the fuel injector being in fluid communication with a fuel rail; sampling a rail pressure in the fuel rail during the fuel injection; regulating the rail pressure at a desired injection pressure, Pinj, to the fuel injector; measuring an overall leakage on variations of the rail pressure across an engine cycle for the motor vehicle and between two engine positions of an internal combustion engine for the motor vehicle; and restarting a new measurement cycle for a new pressure measurement target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Andrea Mollar, Stefano Nieddu, Paul Leondardo Claude
  • Patent number: 11274642
    Abstract: A fuel rail assembly for delivering fuel to at least one fuel injector. The assembly includes a main pipe defining a passageway through which fuel passes to the fuel injector. A fastener mount is forged with the main pipe such that the fastener mount is integral with the main pipe. The fastener mount defines a first aperture configured to receive a fastener for mounting the main pipe. A wire harness mount is forged with the main pipe such that the wire harness mount is integral with the main pipe. The wire harness mount defines a second aperture configured to cooperate with a coupling member of a wire harness. The fastener mount and the wire harness mount are on a common side of the main pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Garrett Stewart, Yuki Takeuchi, Steven Roseborsky
  • Patent number: 11274638
    Abstract: A fluid heating device includes a pressurizing chamber configured to store a working fluid and a heat accumulator disposed in the pressurizing chamber. The heat accumulator includes a heat accumulating member configured to release heat by receiving a pressure applied to the working fluid. The fluid heating device has improved actuation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Nakamura, Kentaro Shii, Kou Sugano, Tatsuya Nakamura, Yusuke Ogihara, Ryuichi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11248572
    Abstract: A fuel distributor, which is in particular used as a fuel distribution rail for mixture-compressing, spark-ignited internal combustion engines, including a base body, at which at least one high-pressure inlet and multiple high-pressure outlets are provided. An insert element is furthermore provided that is situated in an interior of the base body. In the interior, the insert element separates an inflow area, which extends from the high-pressure inlet to the high-pressure outlets, at least essentially from a damping area. The insert element is designed as a thin-walled insert element that forms a divider extending through the interior at least from the high-pressure inlet to the high-pressure outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Schenck Zu Schweinsberg, Klaus Joos, Markus Amler, Michael Bauer
  • Patent number: 11236682
    Abstract: A fuel pump system for a turbomachine engine can include a boost pump driven by an electric motor and configured to be in fluid communication with a fuel tank, a primary pump configured to be driven by a shaft connected to the turbomachine engine, wherein the primary pump is in fluid communication with the boost pump downstream of the boost pump by a boost branch, a bypass flow branch that connects the boost branch to a downstream branch that is downstream of the primary pump, the downstream branch is in fluid communication with one or more metering valves and/or one or more fuel nozzles, and a bypass valve disposed in the bypass flow branch and/or the downstream branch and configured to selectively directly fluidly communicate the boost branch and the downstream branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Leo J. Veilleux, Jr., Lubomir A. Ribarov
  • Patent number: 11230999
    Abstract: An injector includes a nozzle portion to inject fluid, a coil to generate a driving force to open and close the nozzle portion, and a molded resin that seals the coil. A cooling jacket has a flow path to cause cooling fluid to flow therethrough. The cooling jacket houses the injector and has an opening in an end opposite to the nozzle portion. A sealing material is filled in a space between the cooling jacket and the molded resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shoichi Itami
  • Patent number: 11215154
    Abstract: The damper mechanism used for a high-pressure fuel supply pump is configured so that an outer circumferential surface of a cover in regard to the thickness direction of the base material of the cover engages with the inner circumference of an open end part of a bottomed tubular concave part formed in a damper housing or in a pump housing of the high-pressure fuel supply pump. The total height of the damper as a low-pressure pulsation reducing mechanism can be reduced, and the dimensions of the damper in the radial directions can also be reduced. In cases where the damper mechanism is formed integrally with the high-pressure fuel supply pump, the total height of the high-pressure fuel supply pump can be reduced and the dimensions of the damper part in the radial directions can also be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Atsuji Saito
  • Patent number: 11215151
    Abstract: An emergency operation method for actuating a fuel pump after a first temperature threshold for an actuation electronics system of the fuel pump has been exceeded including reducing a power consumption of an electric motor that drives a pump stage by the actuation electronics system by reducing a rotational speed until a monitored temperature value falls below a second temperature threshold below the first temperature threshold. Emergency operation method is initiated after the first temperature threshold is exceeded by a fault signal output by the actuation electronics system to an engine control unit is communicatively connected to the actuation electronics system. The fault signal, as long as it is output, is used to suppress a specification for the rotational speed of the electric motor on the part of the engine control unit and instead to specify the rotational speed by way of the actuation electronics system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Graf
  • Patent number: 11199168
    Abstract: A distributor apparatus of a common rail system for an internal combustion engine. The distributor apparatus is designed with at least one distributor device having a high-pressure line for fuel and a plurality of feed lines branching off from the high-pressure line within the distributor device. Each feed line leads to an individual accumulator and an injector. The feed line is associated with a restriction device and a discharge bore, which is designed to cooperate with a pressure-measuring device and which is arranged downstream of the restriction device, such that the restriction device is arranged in the feed line and the discharge bore, arranged in the distributor device, is connected to the feed line downstream of the restriction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Robby Gerbeth, Oscar Blasco, Hubert Lugger, Frank Mlicki, Thilo Kreeb