Internal-combustion Engine Patents (Class 417/364)
  • Patent number: 11846169
    Abstract: An integrated pump and manifold assembly includes a support structure, a manifold assembly mounted on the support structure, and one or more frac pumps. The manifold assembly includes one or more low pressure lines and a high pressure discharge line including a discharge outlet configured to fluidly couple to a wellhead. The one or more frac pumps are each mounted on the support structure and include a frac pump inlet and a frac pump outlet. The one or more frac pumps are configured to be in fluid communication with the one or more low pressure lines and the high pressure discharge line. The one or more low pressure lines, the high pressure discharge line, and the one or more frac pumps are integrated as a single unit and mounted on the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan C. Wagner, Richard David Peer, Wesley P. Clark
  • Patent number: 11815076
    Abstract: A system and a method for producing fracturing fluid, comprising: engaging an engagement coupling attached to one end of a gear box dual shaft to a gear box connector of an external gear box, wherein the external gear box is part of a pump; rotating the gear box dual shaft to drive the pump after engaging the engagement coupling with the gear box connector; disengaging the engagement coupling from the gear box connector; and rotating the gear box dual shaft without driving the pump after disengaging the engagement coupling with the gear box connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TYPHON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (U.S.), LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey G. Morris
  • Patent number: 11754060
    Abstract: A modular pump skid includes a base, a prime mover mounted on the base, and one or more hydraulic pump circuits removably mounted on the base and operationally coupled to the prime mover, wherein each hydraulic pump circuit has a hydraulic pump operationally coupled to the prime mover and a hydraulically driven pump fluidly coupled to the hydraulic pump. Each hydraulic pump circuit is in a closed loop independent of other hydraulic pump circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James Cook
  • Patent number: 11745151
    Abstract: A liquid mixing system includes a support housing at least partially bounding a compartment. A mount is secured to the support housing. A drive motor assembly is configured to engage a drive shaft for moving the drive shaft within the compartment of the support housing. A four bar linkage system extends between the mount and the drive motor assembly, the four bar linkage system being movable between a first position wherein the drive motor assembly is disposed at a first elevation and a second position wherein the drive motor assembly is disposed at a second elevation that is different from the first elevation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery C. Hurd, Nephi D. Jones, Jacob D. Lee
  • Patent number: 11686199
    Abstract: An internal combustion may include a cylinder having a first combustion chamber at one end and a second combustion chamber at an opposing end, first and second cylinder heads located at an end of the first and second combustion chambers, respectively, and a double-faced piston slidably mounted therein. The piston may be configured to move in a first stroke that includes an expansion stroke portion and a non-expansion stroke portion. The engine may further include first and second piston rod portions extending from opposite faces of the piston. A recess in the piston rod portions may be configured to communicate gases between a combustion chamber and locations outside the cylinder. There may also be a chamber surrounding the first or second piston rod portion, the chamber configured to be supplied with gas and the chamber being isolated from the first combustion chamber and the second combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Aquarius Engines (A.M.) Ltd.
    Inventor: Shaul Haim Yaakoby
  • Patent number: 11473570
    Abstract: A mass shifting mechanism between twin equilibrium points comprises a movable slider between two equilibrium positions and actuating means active on the slider to bring it and keep it in a first and a second stationary spatial configuration through an action of electromagnetic field, the second stationary spatial configuration being different from the first stationary spatial configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CEME S.P.A.
    Inventor: Vincenzo Mercantonio
  • Patent number: 11421673
    Abstract: In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, a hybrid drive system that uses multiple sources of mechanical energy to drive a pump is provided. The hybrid drive system may include a first mover for generating first mechanical energy, a pump, a drivetrain for providing first mechanical energy from the first mover to the pump, and a second mover within the drivetrain to generate and provide second mechanical energy to the pump. The multiple sources of mechanical energy may provide flexibility with respect to system design and allow for alternative sources of fuel and energy to be used to drive pumping systems. This may reduce the total diesel fuel consumption necessary to perform a well stimulation operation as well as provide for configurations in which diesel engines may be excluded from the pumping process in favor of alternative energy sources that typically do not have sufficient torque capacity to power a pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Billy Don Coskrey, Timothy Holiman Hunter, Stanley Vernon Stephenson
  • Patent number: 11391136
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for providing on-site electrical power to a fracturing operation, and an electrically powered fracturing system. Natural gas can be used to drive a turbine generator in the production of electrical power. A scalable, electrically powered fracturing fleet is provided to pump fluids for the fracturing operation, obviating the need for a constant supply of diesel fuel to the site and reducing the site footprint and infrastructure required for the fracturing operation, when compared with conventional systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TYPHON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (U.S.), LLC
    Inventors: Todd Coli, Eldon Schelske
  • Patent number: 11248609
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an oil line structure of a compressor and compressor, wherein the oil line structure of a compressor including: a spindle, an upper flange and a rolling bearing, wherein an interior of the rolling bearing encloses a cylinder cavity for performing compression, and the rolling bearing comprises a rolling body; wherein the spindle is internally provided with a spindle oil hole, and the upper flange is provided with an upper oil groove which is in communication with the spindle oil hole to guide an oil into the rolling body so as to lubricate the same. In this way, the heat generated by friction of the rolling body is discharged in time, so as to prevent a temperature rise in the bearing and reduce the wear, thereby improving the energy efficiency value of the compressor and ensuring normal operation of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., Ltd, Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Yusheng Hu, Jia Xu, Zhenjiang Zhang, Guomang Yang, Pengkai Wan, Shebing Liang
  • Patent number: 11125229
    Abstract: A mechanical lubricant pump includes a control ring which shifts between a maximum and a minimum eccentricity position, the control ring having a circumference with anti-spring and pro-spring hydraulic surfaces, a pump rotor having slidable vanes which rotate in the control ring, a preload spring which pushes the control ring into the maximum eccentricity position, a hydraulic pilot chamber which pushes the control ring into the minimum eccentricity position, a hydraulic pressure control circuit which controls a gallery pressure by regulating a pilot chamber pressure, and a hydraulic outlet chamber which surrounds a part of the circumference. The hydraulic pilot chamber is charged with a pump outlet pressure or with the gallery pressure of an engine. The hydraulic outlet chamber is charged with the pump outlet pressure and is connected to the pump outlet for a pressurized lubricant. The anti-spring hydraulic surface is larger than the counter-acting pro-spring hydraulic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Carmine Cuneo
  • Patent number: 10837442
    Abstract: A variable oil pump includes a pump rotor housed in a housing and rotationally driven, an adjustment ring that adjusts an amount of oil discharged from the pump rotor by being displaced under hydraulic pressure supplied to a hydraulic chamber between the housing and the pump rotor in a state where the pump rotor is rotatably held from an outer peripheral side, and a vane provided in a portion where the adjustment ring and the housing face each other and that seals oil leakage to an outside of the hydraulic chamber. The adjustment ring includes a vane holding portion that holds the vane and an oil passage through which the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber is drawn into the vane holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Hirano, Atsuo Isoda, Takahiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 10724471
    Abstract: An engine waste heat recovery (WHR) system includes a turbocharger WHR portion, an exhaust WHR portion, an expander in the exhaust WHR portion, a condenser, valves, and a controller. The expander receives a working fluid in a superheated form and converts thermal energy in the working fluid into mechanical energy or electrical energy. The condenser condenses the working fluid for recirculation through the engine WHR system. The recuperator is fluidly coupled between the expander and the condenser to allow the working fluid to flow from the expander to the condenser. The recuperator transfers thermal energy to a flow of the working fluid from the turbocharger WHR portion. Each valve is fluidly coupled to one of the turbocharger WHR portion and the exhaust WHR portion. The controller is electrically coupled to the valves, and the controller selectively controls the valves to selectively circulate the working fluid through the engine WHR system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant P. Patel, Prashaanth Ravindran, Christopher R. Nelson, Leon A. LaPointe
  • Patent number: 10718195
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for providing on-site electrical power to a fracturing operation, and an electrically powered fracturing system. Natural gas can be used to drive a turbine generator in the production of electrical power. A scalable, electrically powered fracturing fleet is provided to pump fluids for the fracturing operation, obviating the need for a constant supply of diesel fuel to the site and reducing the site footprint and infrastructure required for the fracturing operation, when compared with conventional systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: TYPHON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Coli, Eldon Schelske
  • Patent number: 10690066
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for using a forced induction system of an engine on-board a vehicle as a source of compressed air to pressurize depressurized objects on-board and external to the vehicle. In one example, a method may include, in response to a pressure of the depressurized object being below a threshold pressure while the engine is off, fluidly coupling a discharge of a forced induction system to the depressurized object, wherein the engine includes the forced induction system, and pressurizing the depressurized object by supplying electrical power to the forced induction system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
  • Patent number: 10648385
    Abstract: A DEF injector is configured to inject DEF into an exhaust system of a vehicle. A DEF pump includes an electric motor configured to drive a compression mechanism and pumps the DEF to the DEF injector. A pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure of the DEF output from the DEF pump. A sampling module is configured to, based on a rotational position of an output shaft of the electric motor, selectively output samples of the pressure. A measurement module is configured to determine a measured pressure at the pressure sensor based on a present one of the samples and a last one of the samples output before the present one of the samples. A pump control module is configured to apply power from a power source to the electric motor based on a difference between the measured pressure and a target pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventor: Perry Paielli
  • Patent number: 10274075
    Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus for a vehicle including a first flow path leading oil discharged from a first hydraulic pump to a driving unit, a second flow path leading oil discharged from a second hydraulic pump to a lubrication unit, a flow path switching unit switching a flow path, and a controller controlling the flow path switching unit so as to lead the oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump to the first flow path when inoperation of an accelerator is detected and vehicle speed less than or equal to a predetermined value which is greater than 0 is detected, and to lead the oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump to the lubrication unit when operation of the accelerator is detected or vehicle speed greater than the predetermined value is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Takemori, Norihiro Akiyoshi
  • Patent number: 10253868
    Abstract: A lubricating apparatus for a vehicle, comprises a first oil pump and a second oil pump, and a first supply passage connected to a discharge side of the first oil pump on which the lubricating oil is discharged so as to supply the lubricating oil discharged from the first oil pump to lubricated parts of the power transmission system, a second supply passage that is provided independently from the first supply passage and is connected to a discharge side of the second oil pump on which the lubricating oil is discharged so as to supply the lubricating oil discharged from the second oil pump to the lubricated parts of the power transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kiyokami, Yukinobu Nishikawa, Tetsuo Hori, Hakuba Okuno
  • Patent number: 10132311
    Abstract: A high pressure pump of a common rail pump system includes a pump body having a cylinder with a piston bore and a piston reciprocally driven in the piston bore to pressurize fuel in the cylinder. The piston has an inner end located in the piston bore and an outer end outside the piston bore. A bellow having a first opening and a second opening is arranged between the piston and the pump body, wherein the piston extends through the first and second openings, wherein the bellow is connected to the pump body such that the first opening is sealed on the pump body and wherein the bellow is connected to the outer end of the piston such that the second opening is sealed on the piston. This arrangement prevents mixing of engine oil and fuel. The bellow may be connected to a drainage line via a one-way valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Nigrin, Ngoc-Tam Vu, Andreas Ederer, Uday Bhat, Thejesh Kumar Magadibyredevaru, Marcin Olik
  • Patent number: 10113423
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a fluid system of a mining machine. The method including sensing a pressure level of a fluid in the fluid system of the mining machine to generate pressure level data; analyzing the pressure level data to detect pressure level deviations; determining at least one selected from the group of when a frequency of the pressure level deviations exceeds a predetermined frequency, and when the fluid pressure level fails to reach a threshold within a predetermined reaction time period; and outputting an alert in response to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Joy Global Surface Mining Inc
    Inventors: Michael Haisler, Shashi Gudur, Anubhaw Bhushan
  • Patent number: 9683463
    Abstract: A system for controlled recovery of thermal energy and conversion to mechanical energy. The system collects thermal energy from a reciprocating engine, specifically from engine jacket fluid and/or engine exhaust and uses this thermal energy to generate a secondary power source by evaporating an organic propellant and using the gaseous propellant to drive an expander in production of mechanical energy. A monitoring module senses ambient and system conditions such as temperature, pressure, and flow of organic propellant at one or more locations; and a control module regulates system parameters based on monitored information to optimize secondary power output. A tertiary, or back-up power source may also be present. The system may be used to meet on-site power demands using primary, secondary, and tertiary power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Victor Juchymenko
  • Patent number: 9581159
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes an electric motor and an oil pump that is driven by the motive power from an electric motor, wherein; the oil pump has an introducing channel that guides a drain oil that has leaked from an interior of the oil pump to an interior of the electric motor; and the electric motor has a discharging channel that discharges the drain oil that has been guided to the interior of the electric motor to a tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Masamichi Sugihara, Tomoyuki Fujita, Koichiro Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 9382822
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hydraulic system of a transmission having a controller and a variable displacement pump. The pump includes an inlet and outlet and is adapted to be driven by a torque-generating mechanism. The system also includes a lube circuit fluidly coupled to the pump. A lube regulator valve is disposed in the lube circuit, such that the lube regulator valve is configured to move between at least a regulated position and an unregulated position. The regulated position corresponds to a regulated pressure in the lube circuit. A pressure switch is fluidly coupled to the lube regulator valve and configured to move between a first position and a second position, where the switch is disposed in electrical communication with the controller. A solenoid is disposed in electrical communication with the controller and is controllably coupled to the pump to alter the displacement of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Long, Charles T. Taylor
  • Patent number: 9309792
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hydraulic system of a transmission having a controller and a variable displacement pump. The pump includes an inlet and outlet and is adapted to be driven by a torque-generating mechanism. The system also includes a lube circuit fluidly coupled to the pump. A lube regulator valve is disposed in the lube circuit, such that the lube regulator valve is configured to move between at least a regulated position and an unregulated position. The regulated position corresponds to a regulated pressure in the lube circuit. A pressure switch is fluidly coupled to the lube regulator valve and configured to move between a first position and a second position, where the switch is disposed in electrical communication with the controller. A solenoid is disposed in electrical communication with the controller and is controllably coupled to the pump to alter the displacement of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Long, Charles T. Taylor
  • Patent number: 9297325
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for compensating a mass airflow (MAF) sensor reading to account for the bleeding or diversion of intake airflow for compressor operation in determining fresh air flow into an engine. The engine is downstream from the compressor diversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek A. Sujan, Ashwin Vyas
  • Patent number: 9157452
    Abstract: A radial fan wheel comprising vanes (2) which are inclined against the rotational direction (8) (radial impeller inclined towards the rear), the outer edge regions (14, 7) of the top and bottom disks (3,4) projecting past the effective diameter (DAs) of the vanes. The diffusion space thus established between the bottom and top disks (1,3) and the effective and outer diameter (Das, DN) of the vanes enables the kinetic energy of the fluid to be effectively converted into static pressure).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: ZIEHL-ABEGG SE
    Inventor: Omar Sadi
  • Patent number: 9033077
    Abstract: A hybrid drive system for a utility vehicle (1) which operates with an internal combustion engine (12) and an electrical generator (80), motor (86) and storage means (84). Auxiliary hydraulic functions (93,94) may be powered by the electric motor (86). An output of the engine (12) is mechanically coupled to a multi-ratio transmission (10) which has a hydrostatic driveline (24) and an output which is mechanically coupled to propulsion means. With the engine switched off, the electric motor powers a hydraulic pump (91) which generates pressurized fluid to operate auxiliary functions. In addition, the pressurized fluid may be exploited in a secondary propulsion mode to drive a hydraulic motor (92) in the hydrostatic transmission to propel the vehicle in a low emission, low noise output mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Valtra Oy Ab
    Inventors: Kimmo Kurkinen, Petri Hannukainen
  • Patent number: 9020721
    Abstract: A system and method for providing engine torque load in real time. The system includes a sensor to determine, in real time, a clutch state of an alternator clutch and a controller for determining an alternator torque value and applying the alternator torque value to the engine torque load in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Songping Yu, Abdul Alkeilani, Anwar Alkeilani
  • Patent number: 8967981
    Abstract: A mechanical combustion engine coolant pump for pumping a coolant for an internal combustion engine includes a stationary cylindrical support body. A rotatable driving wheel is supported by a driving wheel roller bearing at the stationary cylindrical support body. The rotatable driving wheel is configured to be driven by the internal combustion engine. A pump wheel is arranged at a rotatable rotor shaft. The pump wheel is supported by a shaft roller bearing at the stationary cylindrical supporting body. A switchable friction clutch is configured to couple the rotatable driving wheel with the pump wheel. The stationary cylindrical support body integrally comprises an inner ring of the driving wheel roller bearing. The stationary cylindrical support body integrally comprises an outer ring of the shaft roller bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Pierburg Pump Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Durand, Pierre Reininger, Laurent Finidori
  • Patent number: 8936445
    Abstract: A fluid pump includes a housing that defines a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, and a barrier having a first height, wherein the barrier is configured to separate the suction chamber from the discharge chamber. The pump also includes meshed first and second gears rotatably disposed in the housing. The gears are configured to draw relatively low-pressure fluid from the suction chamber, transform the relatively low-pressure fluid into relatively high-pressure fluid, and release the relatively high-pressure fluid into the discharge chamber. The barrier includes first and second portions configured to accept the first and second gears respectively, and a bridge connecting the first and second portions. The bridge is disposed proximately to where the gears mesh and is configured to provide a transition from the first height to a second height to thereby generate gradual re-expansion of the fluid away from the bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Gary J. Hazelton, Joseph J. Noonchester
  • Publication number: 20140377092
    Abstract: Apparatus for drainage by well points, including a piston pump and a drive motor coupled to the piston pump by means of a transmission and provided with a drive shaft, which transmission is received in a housing and includes at least one crankshaft and a drive rod coupled thereto, the drive rod is coupled by means of a cross-head to a piston rod of the piston pump and the housing forms an oil sump and the transmission further includes an assembly of a worm and a worm wheel co-acting therewith and mounted on the crankshaft and the worm is provided on a worm shaft extending transversely relative to the crankshaft and vertically in operating mode of the apparatus for drainage by well points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Johannes Bruin, Harmen Bruin
  • Patent number: 8915720
    Abstract: An integrated fan and pump drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Bhavin Parikah, Kristopher R. Bare
  • Publication number: 20140341754
    Abstract: A transport truck for removing and transporting waste fluids, the transport truck having a storage tank mounted on a frame, a motor furnishing transport power to move the truck, and a fluid transfer apparatus. The fluid transfer apparatus includes a diaphragm pump in fluid communication with the storage tank, and having a first side and a second side. The first side has a first coupling configured for attachment to an external structure, and the second side has a second coupling connected to the storage tank by a fluid conduit. The fluid transfer apparatus is closed, so that the fluids within the fluid transfer apparatus are substantially separated from ambient air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Veolia ES Industrial Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Willaim Joseph McClister, Brett Louis Haynes
  • Patent number: 8881506
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive system for a hydraulic working machine sets a delivery pressure at a preset value upon raising a temperature of exhaust gas to a temperature needed for combustion of particulate matter by increasing a load to be applied to an engine. In a non-operation state, a variable restrictor is controlled by a controller and a delivery pressure control valve to increase a delivery pressure of a variable displacement hydraulic pump, so that the load is increased to raise the temperature of exhaust gas to the temperature needed for the particulate matter combustion. At this time, the controller controls the delivery pressure control valve such that a delivery pressure to be detected by a delivery pressure sensor will conform with a preset reference delivery pressure. The reference delivery pressure is set to a minimum pressure that can provide the exhaust gas with combustion heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Kouji Ishikawa, Yasushi Arai, Hidenobu Tsukada, Shohei Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20140328703
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine having: an engine provided with a crankshaft; a cooling system provided with a circulation pump, which comprises an impeller supported by a pump shaft that is mounted so as to rotate around a rotation axis; an auxiliary shaft, which transmits the rotation movement to the pump shaft of the circulation pump; a mechanical transmission, which transmits the rotational movement from the crankshaft to the auxiliary shaft; and a coupling device, which is interposed between the pump shaft of the circulation pump and the auxiliary shaft and is suited to mechanically connect/disconnect the pump shaft to/from the auxiliary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventor: Franco Cimatti
  • Publication number: 20140322044
    Abstract: A hydraulic transmission device for a machine, including a declutchable hydraulic motor having radial pistons, and including a cam that is secured to a casing, and a cylinder block and an internal fluid distributor that are disposed in the casing; a hydraulic pump including a drive member; and fluid exchange couplings; in which device the casing and the distributor are mounted to rotate relative to a stationary support about an axis of rotation, whereas the cylinder block is fastened to said support. In some embodiments, the drive member of the pump is constrained to rotate with the casing of the motor, and in that a delivery orifice of the pump is connected to one of said couplings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: POCLAIN HYDRAULICS INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Jean Heren, Cyrille D'Hersignerie, Sébastien David, Frédéric Balle
  • Publication number: 20140322045
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of being able to increase the effect of preventing an engine from stalling by reducing the engine load attributable to a fixed-capacity hydraulic pump. A working vehicle provided with a fixed-capacity hydraulic pump driven by power from an engine and a working hydraulic actuator driven by working oil pumped from the fixed-capacity hydraulic pump is a rotary working vehicle which is provided with a pressure modifying means for modifying the pressure of working oil from the fixed-capacity hydraulic pump, and the rotary working vehicle is such that if the actual number of revolutions (N) of the engine is reduced by a set number of revolutions (Ns) as the load on the engine increases, then the pressure modifying means operates in accordance with the deviation (e) between the actual number of revolutions (N) of the engine and the specified number of revolutions (Ns), and the pressure of the working oil from the fixed-capacity hydraulic pump is modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Kunihiko Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20140314587
    Abstract: A hydrostatic power-unit (7) is connected with an internal combustion engine (2). The suction side (S) of the power-unit (7), when operating as a pump, sucks hydraulic fluid from a tank (9) and delivers into a delivery side (P), and when operating as a motor is driven by hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic accumulator (20). A check valve device (30) is located in the suction side (S) to provide a pressure increase when the power-unit (7) is operated as a motor. The check valve device (30) has a check valve (32) operated by an actuator device (31). The actuator device (31) actuates the check valve (32) between a closed position (32a) in which a connection of the suction side (S) with the tank (9) is shut off, and an open position (32b) in which the connection of the suction side (S) to the tank (9) is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lukas Krittian, Alfred Langen
  • Publication number: 20140314588
    Abstract: A fuel pump comprises a cam assembly having a lobe, and a body assembly including a cavity for receiving the cam assembly. The body assembly includes both a body portion and a cover portion that cooperatively form the cavity. The body portion includes a lobe cavity, an engagement surface and an opening at the cavity, with the cover portion including a respective engagement surface and opening. The engagement surfaces are mated together with the cam assembly disposed in the cavity and extending through the openings, and is configured to rotate in the cavity with the lobe disposed in the lobe cavity. A groove is formed in one of the engagement surfaces of the body portion or cover portion for receiving a seal cap at least partially therein adjacent the lobe cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Exergy Engineering LLC
    Inventors: Mike Van Allsburg, Philip J. DeVries, Gregg R. Spoolstra, Randall C. Harkema
  • Publication number: 20140301872
    Abstract: A compressor of the present invention includes a crank shaft, a bearing, a casing, an outer-race gear that is disposed so as to surround the crank shaft, a planetary gear that has a radius of a pitch circle set to a half of a radius of a pitch circle of the outer-race gear and causes the crank shaft to be inserted therethrough so that the planetary gear rotates relative to the crank shaft, a piston that is connected to the planetary gear so as to rotate relative to the planetary gear and moves in a reciprocating manner in the direction parallel to the radial direction of the outer-race gear inside the casing in a manner such that the planetary gear rotates inside the outer-race gear while engaging with the outer-race gear, and a pump that supplies lubricant to the bearing. Here, the pump is accommodated inside the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Takashi OKUNO, Kenji Nagura
  • Publication number: 20140294622
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a coupling for mounting an implement and a load-controlled hydraulic pump that runs continuously with an engine of the vehicle. The pump draws hydraulic fluid from a low-pressure line region and feeds the hydraulic fluid into a high-pressure line region. The high-pressure line region has a high-pressure connection and the low-pressure line region has a low-pressure connection for supplying the mounted implement. A shutoff valve for blocking the flow of hydraulic fluid to the high-pressure connection is connected upstream of the high-pressure connection in the high-pressure line region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Claas industrietechnik GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Fedde
  • Publication number: 20140265349
    Abstract: Internal combustion engines and methods of operating an internal combustion engine are provided. The engine may include double-ended pistons such that power strokes can be applied to drive the double-ended piston in both directions along the axis along which the piston reciprocates. In some engines, multiple pistons may be connected to a single piston shaft and arranged inline such that the motion thereof is in the same direction at all times along the piston axis of motion. In one engine, the double-ended piston divides a cavity of the engine block or cylinder wall into two separate compression chambers. Each compression chamber has its own fuel inlet. Each fuel inlet is coupled to a different fuel source such that one fuel may be combusted in one of the compression chambers and a different fuel is combusted in the other one of the compression chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Steven Morreim
  • Publication number: 20140271267
    Abstract: A controllable coolant pump for a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine having a pump housing with an inner bore, a shaft drivable via a pulley mounted rotatably via a first bearing and a second bearing, wherein the shaft is configured at least partially as a hollow shaft and has a longitudinal axis, wherein a rotor is fastened to one end of the shaft, which rotor has an idler pulley and vanes which project into a suction chamber to suck water via a suction connector of the pump housing into the suction chamber to an annular channel of the pump housing, wherein the idler pulley can be displaced axially via a push rod connected to an actuator. The fluidic actuator has a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber. The weight and the installation space requirement of the controllable coolant pump can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Weiss, Klaus Hahn, Andreas Strauss
  • Publication number: 20140255210
    Abstract: A vehicle having a variable hydraulic pump may include a sun gear that receives a torque from a power source through an input shaft, a ring gear of which an interior circumference is with a distance from an exterior circumference of the sun gear, a planetary gear that is disposed between the interior circumference of the ring gear and the exterior circumference of the sun gear, a carrier that connects with an output shaft, a hydraulic pump that pumps oil through the output shaft that is connected to the carrier, and a motor that is disposed outside the ring gear to selectively rotate the ring gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jin Young Hwang
  • Publication number: 20140255222
    Abstract: An oil supply apparatus supplies oil from an oil pump driven by an engine preferentially to a valve timing control unit. In the oil supply apparatus, a first discharge opening and a second discharge opening having an opening area larger than that of the first discharge opening are formed such that a pressurized region of the oil pump is divided into the two discharge openings. The oil from the first discharge opening is fed to a controlling oil passage through a first discharge port and then supplied to the valve timing controller from the controlling oil passage. The oil from the second discharge opening is fed to a lubricating oil passage through the second discharge port and then supplied to a main gallery from the lubricating oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Hisashi Ono, Yuichi Kato
  • Patent number: 8814533
    Abstract: Flood water removal systems including a motor, a vacuum generating device, a discharge pump, and a vacuum tank can be efficiently arranged to be transversely mounted to a vehicle. Certain flood water removal systems can include a supercharger driven by the engine to generate vacuum. The systems can include a valve to prevent collapse of a vacuum tank and maintain a predetermined vacuum pressure without varying the speed of the motor. The systems can also include a two-stage exhaust that blends exhaust from the blower with motor exhaust in a silencer to reduce noise generation for operation in residential or other noise-sensitive settings. The systems can also include a vacuum tank comprising a noise reduction baffle to further reduce noise generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Exner, Bill Exner, Aaron S. Bingle, Eric A. Bingle, David Cody Sizemore
  • Publication number: 20140234124
    Abstract: A drive train cooling arrangement for motor vehicles has a first cooling circuit and a second cooling circuit and has a pump arrangement, by means of which coolant can be fed to the first and the second cooling circuit. The pump arrangement has a bidirectional pump, which has a first pump port and a second pump port and which can be driven by a pump electric motor. The first pump port is connected to the first cooling circuit, wherein the second pump port is connected to the second cooling circuit. A coolant volume flow which is provided for at least one of the first and the second cooling circuit can be adjusted by changing the rotational speed of the pump electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Günter Rühle, Alexander Kiehlneker
  • Publication number: 20140212300
    Abstract: A variable displacement hydrostatic power unit (7) is in a drive connection with an internal combustion engine (2). When operated as a pump, the power unit (7) delivers hydraulic fluid to at least one consumer (V). When operated as a motor, the power unit (7) is a hydraulic starter for the internal combustion engine (2) and is supplied with hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic accumulator (25). The displacement volume of the power unit (7) is set by a displacement volume control device (50) actuated by a positioning device (52). The displacement volume control device (50) is displaced into a position with maximum displacement volume by a corresponding actuation of the positioning device (52) chronologically prior to the shutoff of the internal combustion engine (2). A securing device (60) holds the displacement volume control device (50) in the maximum displacement volume position when the internal combustion engine (2) is shut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lukas Krittian, Martin Steigerwald, Martin Oberhausser, Alfred Langen
  • Publication number: 20140212305
    Abstract: A drive train (1) includes an internal combustion engine (2) and working hydraulics (4) having at least one hydraulic pump (7). When operated as a pump, the hydraulic pump (7) sucks hydraulic fluid from a tank (9) and delivers into a delivery line (10) that leads to the working hydraulics (4). When operated as a motor, the hydraulic pump (7) is supplied with hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic accumulator (25). The drive train (1) has a charge pump (20) to supply a charging circuit (23). The charge pump (20), when operated as a pump, sucks hydraulic fluid out of the tank (9) and delivers into a charge pressure line (22) that leads to a charging circuit (23), and the charge pump (20) when operated as a motor is supplied with hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic accumulator (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lukas Krittian, Martin Steigerwald, Martin Oberhausser, Alfred Langen
  • Patent number: 8776919
    Abstract: A vehicle has a drive shaft which transmits torque onto a first drive, a clutch compressor, and a power steering pump. The power steering pump is driven by an output shaft which transmits torque from the first drive onto the power steering pump. A method is provided for controlling the power steering pump and the clutch compressor in the vehicle. An additional output shaft is provided for driving the clutch compressor. The additional output shaft is arranged on a second drive onto which torque is transmitted by the drive shaft which is driven by the engine. The additional output shaft transmits torque from the second drive onto the clutch compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Eduard Hilberer
  • Publication number: 20140161645
    Abstract: A gas pump including a first housing part (1) comprising a sealing surface (6); a second housing part (2) comprising a sealing surface (7); a delivery chamber (3) comprising an inlet (4) and an outlet (5) for a gas; and a delivery device (11, 12), which can be moved within the delivery chamber (3), for delivering the gas, wherein the housing parts (1, 2) are joined to each other such that they at least partially enclose the delivery chamber (3) over a circumference of the chamber, and such that their sealing surfaces (6, 7) abut each other in order to seal off the delivery chamber (3), and wherein a sealing recess (9) extends in at least one of the sealing surfaces (6, 7) around the delivery chamber (3) and is filled with a sealing liquid when the gas pump is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: SCHWÄBISCHE HÜTTENWERKE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Bohner, Sven Peters