With Means For Handling Motor Exhaust Patents (Class 180/309)
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Patent number: 12195945Abstract: A machine body comprises a sieving frame having a bottom plate. The machine body comprises an engine. The machine body comprises an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus that executes reduction treatment on a predetermined oxide in an exhaust gas of the engine by injecting a liquid reducing agent. The machine body comprises a reducing agent tank that stores a liquid reducing agent. The machine body comprises a reducing agent pump that feeds the liquid reducing agent stored in the reducing agent tank to the exhaust gas cleaning apparatus. The machine body comprises a cooling fan. The machine body is disposed on the bottom plate of the slewing frame and comprises an opening section that takes in outside air that cools the reducing agent pump by driving the cooling fan. The machine body comprises a duct section that leads the outside air taken from the opening section to the cooling fan.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Caterpillar SARLInventors: Kenichi Tanaka, Motoyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 12098670Abstract: This diesel engine comprises: an engine body part in which a cylinder head is fastened to an upper section of a cylinder block; a turbocharger; and an exhaust gas post-treatment device. A cooling fan is provided on the front side in the front-rear direction of the engine body part. The cylinder head is configured to have an exhaust side on the left side in the engine width direction, and an intake side on the right side. The exhaust gas post-treatment device is disposed above the cylinder head so as to extend in the engine front-rear direction. The turbocharger is disposed on the exhaust side of the cylinder head and is configured to spray compressed air in the engine front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Okamoto, Masataka Uchibori
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Patent number: 12024848Abstract: A hydraulic oil tank (17) is supported by a tank support base (18) and a tank support base (19) at a position higher than that of an upper surface (8A) of a right side frame (8) . Also, a space portion (23) with an opening (23A) corresponding to an outer side in the right-and-left direction of an upper revolving structure (3) is provided between a hydraulic oil tank attachment site (9B) and a hydraulic oil tank attachment site (10B), and a bottom surface portion (17E) of the hydraulic oil tank (17). In addition, the opening (23A) of the space portion (23) is provided with an opening/closing cover (25D) openably closing the opening (23A).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Fujishima, Shouhei Kamiya, Tomoyuki Saitou, Tadashi Nakano, Naoki Yokemura
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Patent number: 11992816Abstract: An injection and mixing device comprises a casing having an exhaust inlet and an exhaust outlet, the casing internally defining a passage for exhaust gases from the exhaust inlet to the exhaust outlet. The exhaust inlet opens into an inlet region of the passage. The injection and mixing device further includes an injector of a liquid comprising a nitrogen oxide reducing agent or a precursor of such a reducing agent. A deflector is housed within the casing and defines in the passage a first passage connecting the inlet region to the exhaust outlet, in which the exhaust gases flow at a first average velocity, and a second passage connecting the inlet region to the exhaust outlet, in which the exhaust gases flow at a second average velocity lower than the first average velocity, The injector injects liquid into the second passage.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: FAURECIA SYSTEMES D'ECHAPPEMENTInventors: Laurent Poinsot, Nicolas Vicaire, Sylvain Dhondt, Alain Engel
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Patent number: 11939899Abstract: A vehicle rear portion includes a resin rear exterior member, a metal exhaust finisher, and a reinforcing block. The rear exterior member is provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body. The exhaust finisher is provided at a terminating end portion of an exhaust pipe. The reinforcing block is fixed to the exhaust finisher and attached to the rear exterior member. The reinforcing block has an upper side portion that straddles an upper side of the exhaust finisher in a vehicle width direction, an inner side portion that extends downward from an inner region of the upper side portion in the vehicle width direction, and an outer side portion that extends downward from an outer region of the upper side portion in the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Takuya Oshima
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Patent number: 11912124Abstract: A tractor includes: a vehicle body; an engine bonnet that forms an engine compartment; an engine disposed in the engine compartment; a first exhaust-gas cleaning device that is disposed in the engine compartment and purifies exhaust gas discharged by the engine; and a second exhaust-gas cleaning device that is disposed in the engine compartment and purifies the exhaust gas, the first exhaust-gas cleaning device being disposed above the engine such that a long side of the first exhaust-gas cleaning device is substantially parallel to a vehicle-body lateral width direction, the second exhaust-gas cleaning device being disposed behind the engine such that a long side of the second exhaust-gas cleaning device is substantially parallel to the vehicle-body lateral width orientation, and a maximum vertical length of the first exhaust-gas cleaning device is shorter than a maximum longitudinal length of the first exhaust-gas cleaning device.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Tamaki, Kyota Inoue, Ryuichi Inoue, Masaru Shinya, Satoshi Nagata
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Patent number: 11739671Abstract: A method of providing a heating cycle for an after-treatment system is described. The method comprises initiating a pre-charge cycle of a DCDC converter and determining a temperature of the after-treatment system. In response to determining the temperature of the after-treatment system is below a threshold temperature and the pre-charge is complete, the method further comprises operating a solid-state switch to electrically connect a high voltage power source to a heating element to of the after-treatment system, and heating the after-treatment system with the heating element until the after-treatment system reaches the threshold temperature.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Cox, David Hesketh, Themi Petridis
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Patent number: 11666000Abstract: In a riding-type mower, a vehicle body includes a rear portion in which a pair of right/left vehicle body frames extend in a front-rear direction relative to the vehicle body, with a gap therebetween in a lateral width direction. A mowing device is configured to discharge mown grass rearward relative to the vehicle body such that the mown grass falls onto the ground. A cover is provided in a bottom portion of the vehicle body, at a position that is rearward of the mowing device, and covers a gap between the pair of right/left vehicle body frames.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Nogami, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Takahiro Shiraga, Eiji Sato, Seiya Yoshida
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Patent number: 11492939Abstract: An exhaust device incorporated in a vehicle for travel on uneven terrains. The exhaust device includes an air blowing device and an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas generated in a prime mover is directed out of the vehicle. The exhaust pipe includes an upstream pipe, a downstream pipe, and a joint device joining the upstream pipe to the downstream pipe in a manner permitting the upstream pipe to move relative to the downstream pipe, the air blowing device being disposed to blow cooling air toward the joint device.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Tajima, Yoshihiko Orihashi
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Patent number: 11454155Abstract: An exhaust system including: an exhaust pipe including a straight portion, and a bent portion that is bent and extends from a downstream end of the straight portion; a muffler provided on a downstream side of the exhaust pipe; and a reinforcing member, wherein: the straight portion of the exhaust pipe is connected with an upstream end of the muffler through the bent portion; and the reinforcing member is provided so as to extend across a downstream end portion of the straight portion, and an upstream end portion of the muffler.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinichiro Hattori, Kozo Suzuki
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Patent number: 11428481Abstract: A machine that includes a cooling package and a method for cleaning debris from the cooling package is disclosed. The cooling package may include a housing, a cooler, a heat exchanger, a conduit, and plurality of nozzles mounted on the conduit. The cooler may be configured to receive heated machine fluid generated by the machine. The heat exchanger may be configured to convey heat away from the cooler and may include a plurality of fins coupled to and extending outward from the cooler. The plurality of fins may define a plurality of channels. The conduit may be disposed between the housing and the plurality of fins. The plurality of nozzles are configured to discharge a fluid on the fins. The fluid may be air or a release agent. In some embodiments, a release agent may be discharged on the fins prior to the discharge of air on the fins.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Brent Robert Kleinvachter, Conwell K. Rife, Jr.
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Patent number: 11305642Abstract: The vehicle of the present application includes a vehicle frame; a muffler supported by the vehicle frame; and a supporting unit comprising a rubber damper, located between the muffler and the vehicle frame and, connected to the vehicle frame such that the muffler is suspended from the vehicle frame and supported by the vehicle frame. The supporting unit comprises a first bracket and a second bracket on the first bracket.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Eshima, Yoichiro Deguchi
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Patent number: 11242793Abstract: A muffler assembly unit for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, especially in a vehicle, includes a muffler (42) with a muffler housing (10). The muffler housing (10) is elongated along a longitudinal axis of the housing. A housing jacket (40) encloses the muffler housing (10). At least one air guiding bulge (34) is provided on the housing jacket (40).Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: PUREM GMBHInventors: Ian Barret, Laurent Cazeneuve
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Patent number: 11236654Abstract: A filter (30) traps particulate matter in an exhaust gas. A filter inlet side pressure sensor (34) is provided in an inlet side of the filter (30). An EGR valve inlet side pressure sensor (22) is provided in an inlet side of an EGR valve (20). A regeneration controller (38C) determines whether or not the filter inlet side pressure sensor (34) is in failure based upon a difference between a pressure value detected by the filter inlet side pressure sensor (34) and a pressure value detected by the EGR valve inlet side pressure sensor (22). When the filter inlet side pressure sensor (34) is in failure, the regeneration controller (38C) performs control of regeneration treatment using a differential pressure calculated based upon a pressure value detected by the EGR valve inlet side pressure sensor (22) and a pressure value detected by the filter outlet side pressure sensor (35).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuuhei Noguchi, Hajime Yoshida, Tetsuya Nakabayashi
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Patent number: 11155156Abstract: A working vehicle includes an engine mounted in a front portion of a travelling vehicle, and a post-processing device configured to purify exhaust gas from the engine. The engine and the post-processing device are covered with a hood. An upper surface side of the hood is inclined to extend diagonally upward from a front side to a rear side. The post-processing device is mounted on an upper side of the engine, and is positioned on a rear and inner side of the inclined upper surface side of the hood.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshiaki Kurokawa
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Patent number: 11123449Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a mobile sterilization system, a sterilization vehicle, a mobile execution system, a mobile preprocessing system, and a mobile analysis system. The mobile sterilization system includes a vehicle body, a sterilization system, a hydrothermal system, a gas supply system, a gas processing system, a humidification system, and a fresh air system, the sterilization system, the hydrothermal system, the gas supply system, the gas processing system, the humidification system, and the fresh air system being mounted on the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: Chio Kang Medical, Inc., Qiaokang Biotech (Guangdong) Co., LTD.Inventors: Jianlong Xue, Dongxin Hou, Shengwei Hu, Xuzhong Liao, Xin Yin, Yecheng He, Guqun Ren, Yuhua Zou, Lixiong Feng
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Patent number: 11118651Abstract: A connector includes a first buffer member that includes a spiral-shaped wire, a second buffer member that has a substantially annular and flat plate-like shape capable of warping in a thickness direction, a collar member that includes a first flange facing a radially inner side of the first buffer member, and a second flange facing a radially inner side of the second buffer member, and a coupling member. A gap for allowing the second buffer member to move in a radial direction is formed between the second buffer member and a cylindrical portion. A distance between a position of a surface of the second flange and a position of a lowest end of the collar member is greater than a distance between a position of a surface of the first flange and the position of the surface of the second flange in a view in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATIONInventors: Tadakatsu Kato, Sakae Mishina, Keiichi Yoshino, Koki Enami
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Patent number: 10906367Abstract: An electrified vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a tire and an electrically powered heating device configured to selectively warm the tire. The heating device may be powered during on-plug conditions to precondition the tire.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Erik J. Christen
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Patent number: 10900407Abstract: A vehicle having a frame and an internal combustion engine. An exhaust system extends from the internal combustion engine. The exhaust system includes an exhaust muffler with an exhaust hanger. The exhaust hanger is secured to the frame with an elastic member. An internal heat shield is located on an inner surface of the exhaust muffler to form an interior space between the internal heat shield and the exhaust muffler. The internal heat shield reduces the heat transferred to the elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Orlando Otero Solivan, Junichi Nakano
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Patent number: 10899387Abstract: A frame arrangement for a vehicle may include a first side member and a second side member that each have an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portions are spaced laterally apart by a first distance, and the lower portions are spaced laterally apart by a second distance less than the first distance. The frame arrangement may further include a first battery positioned between the lower portions of the side members, and a second battery positioned between the upper portions of the side members.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: NIKOLA MOTOR COMPANY LLCInventors: Trevor R. Milton, Kevin M. Lynk
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Patent number: 10894568Abstract: A flow-guiding arrangement for a motor vehicle includes: a wing arrangement, which is arranged in a rear-end region of the motor vehicle and has a wing element, and an underflow duct with a duct inlet and a duct outlet. The duct inlet is arranged upstream of the wing element and the duct outlet is arranged below the wing arrangement. The underflow duct is fluidically assigned a throttle device, which is configured to be actuated by a motor and via which an effective flow cross section of the underflow duct is to be varied.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Riccardo Bauer, Tobias Posch
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Patent number: 10889288Abstract: Through-the-road (TTR) hybrid designs using control strategies such as an equivalent consumption minimization strategy (ECMS) or adaptive ECMS are implemented at the supplemental torque delivering electrically-powered drive axle (or axles) in a manner that follows operational parameters or computationally estimates states of the primary drivetrain and/or fuel-fed engine, but does not itself participate in control of the fuel-fed engine or primary drivetrain. On vehicle adaptation of BSFC type data for paired-with fuel-fed engine allows an ECMS implementation (or other similar control strategy) to refine efficiency curves for the particular fuel-fed engine and/or operating conditions in a manner that can improve overall efficiencies of a TTR hybrid configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: HYLIION INC.Inventors: Roger Richter, Jamie Noland, Morgan Culbertson
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Patent number: 10836451Abstract: A motorcycle having a body frame reinforcing structure includes a right and left pair of down frames supporting an engine in a body frame. The right and left down frames are coupled using the cross member. The cross member includes a plurality of mounted portions mounted to the right and left respective down frames.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akiyuki Karashima, Yasuhiro Ohashi
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Patent number: 10823038Abstract: A vehicle component (100) having an exhaust-gas tailpipe device (1) for an exhaust-gas system of a motor vehicle includes at least one exhaust-gas tailpipe (2) and an exhaust-gas tailpipe trim (3) that, in a crash situation, can be pushed at least in sections onto the exhaust-gas tailpipe (2). The exhaust-gas tailpipe device (1) has at least one shield element (4) that is designed for noise optimization and that is fastened in front of the exhaust-gas tailpipe trim (3) by means of at least one predetermined breaking device (5). Thus, in the crash situation, the shield element (4) can be pushed at least in sections onto the exhaust-gas tailpipe (2).Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Moritz-Alexander Mueller, Stephan Schoell, Thomas Weiss
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Patent number: 10690034Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device including: a first case communicating with an exhaust manifold of an engine and internally including a first exhaust gas purification body for removing a carbon compound; and a second case communicating with an exhaust outlet of the first case and internally including second exhaust gas purification bodies for removing a nitrogen compound. The first case and the second case are arranged above the engine and in an L-shape to respectively extend along two side surfaces of the engine, the two side surfaces being adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sandou, Hiroaki Naganawa, Kazuma Sugimoto
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Patent number: 10669050Abstract: A transport and feed unit for preforms, in particular for PET bottles, in which the transport and feed unit can be charged with preforms at its upstream end and supplies the preforms to a conveyor unit arranged at the downstream end of the transport and feed unit. The transport and feed unit has a first conveyor and a second conveyor, in which at the downstream end of the first conveyor a funnel-like device is provided through which the preforms reach the second conveyor which supplies the preforms to the conveyor unit arranged at its downstream end.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: M. TANNER AGInventor: Marcel Tanner
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Patent number: 10655525Abstract: An emission control device for an internal combustion engine is configured to perform a particulate matter trap function of trapping, with a particulate filter, particulate matter contained in exhaust gas which flows in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. The emission control device includes a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a particulate matter accumulation amount, which is a total amount of particulate matter trapped by the particulate filter based on an operation condition of the internal combustion engine. The controller is configured to stop calculating the particulate matter accumulation amount when the particulate matter trap function is not functioning.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Nakamura, Noriyasu Kobashi
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Patent number: 10611419Abstract: A recreational off-highway vehicle includes side-by-side passenger and driver seats held within a chassis that is approximately 50 inches wide. The seats sit low in the chassis and are covered by a roll cage. Grab handles are positioned on the sides of the passenger seat. Select large round tubing protects the vehicle, while rectangular tubing frames the portions of the vehicle beneath body panels. The vehicle is powered by an engine rearward of the seats that is connected to a transaxle. The engine and transaxle are isolation mounted together with a portion of the air intake assembly. The vehicle is suited for rough terrain travel.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: ARCTIC CAT, INC.Inventors: Jared Spindler, Mark Esala, Derek Sorenson, Peter Schoenecker, Brian Eck, Andrew Hulstein, Scott Mazour, John Seal, Craig Kennedy
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Patent number: 10589788Abstract: A frame arrangement for a vehicle may include first and second longitudinally extending side members that each have an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portions are spaced laterally apart by a first distance, and the lower portions are spaced laterally apart by a second distance less than the first distance. The frame arrangement may further include at least one storage tank or battery positioned between the side members.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: NIKOLA MOTOR COMPANY LLCInventors: Trevor R. Milton, Kevin M. Lynk
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Patent number: 10583935Abstract: A supply system for providing at least oxygen depleted air and water in a vehicle includes at least one hydrogen supply means, an air channel having an inlet and an outlet, an air cooled fuel cell unit couplable with the hydrogen supply means and arranged inside the air channel and at least one catalytic converter couplable with the hydrogen supply means and arranged between the fuel cell unit and the outlet of the air channel inside the air channel. The air cooled fuel cell unit is adapted for conducting a fuel cell process under consumption of air flowing from the inlet of the air channel through the air cooled fuel cell unit and hydrogen from the hydrogen supply means. At least one catalytic converter is adapted for producing water and oxygen depleted air under consumption of hydrogen from the at least one hydrogen supply means and air.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Claus Hoffjann
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Patent number: 10585739Abstract: Technical solutions are described that address correcting input time-series data provided for analysis and predictions. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processor, a time-series data input by a user. The computer-implemented method also includes computing, by the processor, a first plurality of predicted values based on the time-series data input by the user; computing, by the processor, a second plurality of predicted values by. The computer-implemented method also includes determining estimated time-series data based on the time-series data input by the user. The computer-implemented method also includes computing the second plurality of predicted values based on the estimated time-series data.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Hung-Yang Chang, James V. Codella, Subhro Das
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Patent number: 10550780Abstract: The present invention is a method and system for collection of exhaust emissions installed in vehicles and disposal thereof, based on pollution conditions of the surrounding environment, said conditions identified either from sensors installed on the vehicles themselves, or by means of an external service, e.g. the Internet, cloud service, etc.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Elena Fersman, Athanasios Karapantelakis, N Hari Kumar, Nina Washington
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Patent number: 10539061Abstract: Problem: The objective of the present invention is to provide a technique to enable more accurate measurement of oxygen contained in an exhaust gas in an exhaust device provided with an oxygen sensor. Solution: A catalyst which cleans the exhaust gas is provided in an exhaust pipe in an exhaust device that includes a muffler coupled downstream of the exhaust pipe, and an oxygen sensor is mounted on a pipe portion that is disposed downstream from the catalyst and that is directly coupled to the catalyst. The oxygen sensor is provided substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the pipe portion through which the exhaust gas flows. The oxygen sensor includes a detecting portion, the detecting portion is disposed in a recessed portion formed in the muffler, and a wire is disposed on an outer side of the recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomiyuki Sasaki, Atsushi Ito, Michio Atsuchi
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Patent number: 10533474Abstract: In the engine device having an exhaust gas purification device which removes particulate matters in exhaust gas of the engine or nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of the engine, the exhaust gas purification device is firmly fixed to a support base, and an exhaust gas outlet pipe of the engine is provided with an exhaust connection portion which connects an exhaust gas inlet of the exhaust gas purification device, and a support base connection portion which connects the support base.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoyuki Kimura
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Patent number: 10465587Abstract: A muffler for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, especially for vehicles with hybrid drive, includes a muffler housing (12), a heat exchanger unit (48), arranged in the muffler housing (12), for transferring heat from combustion exhaust gas to a heat transfer medium, an inlet pipe (38), a first outlet pipe (52) and a second outlet pipe (40). A first exhaust gas flow path (54), in the muffler housing, routs exhaust gas through the heat exchanger unit (48) to the first outlet pipe (52). A second exhaust gas flow path (56), in the muffler housing, routs exhaust gas to a second outlet pipe (40), bypassing the heat exchanger unit (48). A flow path blocking/releasing device (58) for blocking and releasing at least one exhaust gas flow path (54, 56), of the first exhaust gas flow path (54) and of the second exhaust gas flow path (56).Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: EBERSPÄCHER EXHAUST TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Jan Krüger, Gerd Gaiser
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Patent number: 10443480Abstract: An exhaust duct has a riser duct section which is connected to an exhaust port having such an inlet port at a lower portion of the riser duct section as is connected to an exhaust port for the combustion gas. The riser duct section extends upward along an external surface of the combustion box. A horizontal direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction is defined as a lateral direction, then the riser duct section is formed into a flat shape having a smaller dimension in the front-to-back direction than the dimension in the lateral direction. Fluctuations in width between front-side and back-side plate parts of the riser duct section are devised to be restrained, and increase in size can be avoided. The riser duct section has a rail inside the riser duct section, the rail being elongated in the vertical direction and connecting together the front-side and the back-side plate parts.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: RINNAI CORPORATIONInventor: Masaru Takeuchi
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Patent number: 10421355Abstract: A high-pressure tank mounting structure includes a case that is disposed beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin and that has a bottom wall, a peripheral wall and a top wall; a plurality of high-pressure tanks that are accommodated so as to be lined up within the case; and a discharge hole that is formed at an upper portion of the case and discharges, to an exterior of the case, hydrogen that has permeated from the high-pressure tanks.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chiaki Kataoka, Shinsuke Kinoshita, Osamu Sawai
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Patent number: 10371029Abstract: An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: an SCR catalyst including transition metal ions for reducing NOX in exhaust gas with NH3 as a reducing agent; detection means for detecting temperature of the SCR catalyst; and a heater configured to heat the SCR catalyst. When NOX does not flow into the SCR catalyst, and the temperature detected by the detection means is below a first temperature that is a temperature causing exhibition of valence recovery of transition metal ions, the heater is controlled such that the SCR catalyst is heated up to a first temperature or above and that the SCR catalyst is maintained at or above the first temperature for a prescribed period so as to achieve valence recovery of the transition metal ions put in a deteriorated state.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Toyota Jidasha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tetsuya Sakuma, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 10363967Abstract: A front side member of a vehicle includes: a front side member body disposed at right and left sides along a width direction of the vehicle while being formed to extend along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and having a closed cross-sectional formed inside, wherein the closed cross-sectional is divided by at least one rib, and wherein two or more flow paths that are not fluidically-communicate with each other are formed, reducing a weight and a part number of the vehicle and improving a layout of the engine compartment.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Mun Soo Cha
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Patent number: 10344657Abstract: A system and method of reducing particulate matter accumulation in a diesel particulate filter of an exhaust system of a vehicle comprises operating the vehicle including an engine connected to the exhaust system in a drive mode. At least one parameter indicative of particulate matter accumulation in the diesel particulate filter is monitored and evaluated against a predetermined particulate matter accumulation limit. Control logic determines at least one operating parameter of the vehicle and adjusts the transmission assembly from a first transmission position to at least one second transmission position to increase engine speed and generate higher exhaust gas flow when the particulate matter accumulation is greater than the predetermined particulate matter accumulation to regenerate the diesel particulate filter.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventor: Charles E. Dean
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Patent number: 10344658Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust device capable of preventing a silencer from interfering with a component disposed in front of the silencer by allowing the silencer to slide down even when a load is input from a rear of the vehicle. A first tailpipe 34 is provided with an inclined bracket member 37. The inclined bracket member 37 has a sliding contact surface 37b inclined rearward and downward of a vehicle. A pressing portion 44 inclined rearward and downward of the vehicle is provided in an exhaust finisher bracket member 42 attached to an exhaust finisher 40. The pressing portion 44 contacts the sliding contact surface 37b when the exhaust finisher 40 is displaced forward of the vehicle. Then, the pressing portion 44 transmits the load so as to push down a silencer 32 via the sliding contact surface 37b.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiaki Minowa, Naoki Ito, Toshihide Uchida
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Patent number: 10286968Abstract: A front structure of a saddle ride type vehicle includes a headlight unit, and a front cowl. The headlight unit includes at least one lens portion. The front cowl includes an annular cowl configured to surround the lens portions, an upper cowl configured to cover at least an upper portion of the annular cowl from the front side, and a wind screen. The edge portion of the upper cowl includes a portion that forms a slit-shaped opening. The annular cowl includes a light-shielding wall extending backward from a rear portion of the upper cowl between the opening and the wind screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shun Niijima, Yoshinori Korogi, Chiaki Yamamoto, Yuta Hosoda
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Patent number: 10232900Abstract: A saddle-ride-type vehicle where the degree of freedom in layout of parts is increased by making use of a space formed below a rider's seat. The saddle-ride-type vehicle includes a main frame extending rearwardly in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and downwardly from a head pipe. A seat frame extends rearwardly in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle from the main frame with a rider's seat supported on the seat frame from below. The seat frame is disposed in a frontward inclined manner toward the main frame wherein the seat frame becomes away from a seat bottom surface of the rider's seat thus forming a space below the seat bottom surface with a seat support member being disposed in the space.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Tada, Yuji Noguchi, Yusuke Inoue
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Patent number: 10189507Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a front bulkhead. The front bulkhead includes a right side stay made of a resin and connected to a right front side frame, a right upper side beam made of a metal and extending from the right side stay to a right upper member, an upper beam made of a metal and detachably connected to the right upper side beam, and a hood lock device provided on the upper beam. The right end of the upper beam is connected in a state in which it clamps the right side stay in a vehicle body longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasunori Watanabe, Satoshi Saito
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Patent number: 10184375Abstract: The engine device has a first case which removes particulate matters in exhaust gas of the engine, and a second case which removes nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of the engine. The second case is connected to the first case via a urea mixing pipe. The engine device is provided with a plurality of support leg bodies which are connected their one end sides to the engine, and a support base which is connected to a plurality of support leg bodies. The first case and the second case are arranged in the support base.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Kimura, Yoshiyuki Sandou
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Patent number: 10103389Abstract: An oxidation gas discharging structure is applied to a fuel cell stack that includes an end plate arranged on an end of a fuel cell body. The oxidation gas inside the fuel cell body is discharged to the outside through a through hole extending through the end plate. A slope is formed on the bottom face of the through hole to rise toward the downstream side. The slope restricts condensed water from moving downstream.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kunihiro Yamaura
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Patent number: 10087812Abstract: An engine device that includes the first case that removes particulate matter in the exhaust gas of the engine and the second case that removes nitride oxides in the exhaust gas of the engine and that connects the second case to the first case via a urea mixing pipe, an upper surface cover body is adhered on the upper portion of the engine via supporting leg bodies, and the upper portion of the engine is covered with the upper surface cover body, while any one or both of the first case and the second case are placed on the upper surface side of the upper surface cover body.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Suetou, Shinya Fukuyoshi
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Patent number: 10066364Abstract: A construction machine includes: a cover that covers an engine and a radiator; a radiator fan that is arranged at the rear of a vehicle body frame and discharges exhaust gas toward the rear of the vehicle body frame from the inner space of the cover; an injection device that injects a reducing agent into exhaust gas of the engine; a tank housing section that is arranged at one side of the vehicle body frame, includes an introduction section for introducing outside air, and houses a tank for storing the reducing agent injected by the injection device; and a connection section that is arranged in either the cover or the vehicle body frame and in the tank housing section, connects the inner space of the tank housing section and the inner space of the cover, and allows the outside air and the pipe to pass therethrough, the outside air having been introduced from the introduction section by the suction pressure of the radiator fan, the pipe supplying the reducing agent to the injection device.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: KCM CorporationInventors: Yasuo Yamazaki, Takashi Takeyama, Keigo Kikuchi, Akira Shimohira, Keisuke Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10046830Abstract: A snowmobile includes a transmission unit that transmits a driving force generated by an engine to the ground surface, in which ground touching portions of the transmission unit that are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction receive reaction forces mutually different in magnitude from the ground surface; a suspension that supports the transmission unit so as to swing in the up-down direction; and a vehicle body vibration control damper extending between a first portion and a second portion that are spaced apart from each other of the vehicle body frame and a member fixed to the vehicle body frame, the vehicle body vibration control damper generating a damping force against variations that change the distance between the first portion and the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Seiji Sawai
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Patent number: 10024278Abstract: A front structure of a saddle ride type vehicle includes a headlight unit, a front cowl, and a middle cowl. At a position outside the headlight unit in the vehicle width direction, an air intake portion opening to the front side of the vehicle is formed between the front cowl and the middle cowl. The front cowl includes a partition wall configured to divide the air intake portion into an upper region and a lower region. The lower region forms an inlet of an air intake path of an air cleaner. The upper region forms a first wind guide path configured to discharge a traveling wind to the rear side of the front cowl.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Mizuta, Yoshinori Korogi, Yukitou Fujimoto