Condition Responsive Control Of Reactor Feed, Pressure, Or By-pass Patents (Class 60/287)
  • Patent number: 12291984
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a sensor signal of an exhaust NOx sensor, which is disposed downstream of a three-way catalytic converter in an exhaust system of a spark ignition internal combustion engine. An ammonia factor is modeled downstream of the three-way catalytic converter using an ammonia formation model. A NOx emission is modeled in the exhaust system downstream of the three-way catalytic converter using a NOx model. The modeled ammonia emissions and the modeled NOx emission are separated by a separation algorithm using the sensor signal of the exhaust NOx sensor. The separation algorithm provides quantitative information about the tailpipe ammonia emissions and the tailpipe NOx emissions of the spark ignition internal combustion engine. An engine control unit and an internal combustion engine for carrying out such a method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc-Andre Golkowski, Till Stoetzel
  • Patent number: 12253014
    Abstract: A system for reducing internal combustion engine emissions includes a main exhaust line, a multi-particulate filter, and a valve connected between the main exhaust line and the multi-particulate filter. The multi-particulate filter contains a first particulate filter, a second particulate filter, a first ozone injector, a second ozone injector, and an oxidation catalyst. A process for reducing internal combustion engine emissions includes flowing exhaust emissions through a main exhaust line and alternating filtering the exhaust emissions with a first and second particulate filter. Alternating includes adjusting one or more valves to bypass the second particulate filter and filter the exhaust emissions with the first particulate filter while injecting the second particulate filter with ozone. The process also includes adjusting the position of the one or more valves to flow exhaust emissions to the second particulate filter while the first particulate filter receives injected ozone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Emmanuel Laigle, Christophe Chaillou, Caroline Norsic
  • Patent number: 12222406
    Abstract: Poor opening is detected with certainty and reliability with respect to a ground line of an integrated circuit device regardless of the connection state of a load and the operating state of a drive circuit. In an integrated circuit device 10, a drive circuit 30 switches between conduction and interruption of a load current using switch elements 40 and 45. The ground line 31 is grounded via the GND terminal 32 to the common ground provided outside the integrated circuit device 10 and is connected to the drive circuit 30. The ground line 21 is grounded to the common ground via the GND terminal 22 and is connected to the control circuit 20. The diagnostic current supply circuit 90 supplies a predetermined diagnostic current to the ground line 31. The rectifying elements 61 and 62 are connected between the ground line 21 and the ground line 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Shima, Keishi Komoriyama, Yoichiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12209525
    Abstract: A method for measuring the injected mass of a fluid containing urea using a system for injecting the fluid into an exhaust system of a vehicle, in which injecting the fluid includes sequences of series of injections of fluid contained in an accumulator between sequences for starting the pump upon detection of a pressure below a threshold PON and sequences for stopping the pump upon detection of a pressure above a threshold POFF, the method particularly includes computing the injected mass using the complete circuit hydraulic stiffness, based on the hydraulic stiffness KD of the accumulator and the hydraulic stiffness KI of the remainder of the circuit, and includes comparing the computed injected mass with a setpoint injected mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Antonio Ribeiro Carneiro De Araujo, Valentin Geoffroy, Fabrice Corbin
  • Patent number: 12188403
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine and method for simultaneously regulating the exhaust gas temperature and the charge pressure of an internal combustion engine. An internal combustion engine that includes: an exhaust gas turbocharger (17) including a turbine (19) that is situated in an exhaust duct (8), and including a compressor (18) that is situated in an intake duct (4); a bypass valve (13) via which at least a portion of an exhaust gas mass flow of the internal combustion engine may be led past the turbine (19); and an exhaust gas flap (15) that is situated in the exhaust duct (8), downstream from the turbine (19) and the bypass valve (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Deutz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Michael Thiel
  • Patent number: 12158094
    Abstract: A device includes an exhaust gas turbocharger and an annular catalytic converter, which is mounted downstream of the turbocharger in the flow direction, wherein the annular catalytic converter has a first tubular flow section, a deflecting region, and a second annular flow section, wherein the tubular flow section is formed by an inner tube, and the annular flow section is formed between an outer tube, running substantially parallel to the inner tube, and the inner tube, and the deflecting region is designed to deflect the exhaust gas flow out of the tubular flow section into the annular flow section, wherein the tubular flow section of the annular catalytic converter comprises the same components as the gas outlet of the turbocharger mounted upstream in the flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Hirth, Rolf Brück
  • Patent number: 12092011
    Abstract: A system and method include determining, by a controller associated with an aftertreatment system, satisfaction of an enabling condition and in response to the satisfaction of the enabling condition pausing, by the controller, hydrocarbon dosing in a regeneration cycle of the aftertreatment system. The system and method also include upon pausing of the hydrocarbon dosing, monitoring, by the controller, an oxidation catalyst of the aftertreatment system for a light-off shift condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yinghuan Lei, Todd A. Corbet, Jinqian Gong, Vijay Ramchandra Kadam
  • Patent number: 12085005
    Abstract: A system includes a catalyst for receiving and treating exhaust gas generated by an engine, a passive NOx adsorber (PNA) positioned upstream of the catalyst, a bypass valve positioned upstream of the catalyst and the PNA, and a controller. The controller is configured to: while controlling the bypass valve to direct exhaust gas to the PNA, detect a torque demand that is greater than a threshold value; responsive to detecting that the torque demand is greater than the threshold value, engage a motor, coupled with a battery system, with a drive shaft of the system to meet at least a portion of the torque demand; in response to the engagement of the motor with the drive shaft not meeting all of the torque demand, engage the engine with the drive shaft to meet a remainder of the torque demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Jinyong Luo, Xiaobo Song, Xing Jin, David Schmidt, Lu Qiu, Lisa A. Orth-Farrell, Ying Yuan, Manik Narula, Lars K. Henrichsen
  • Patent number: 12085002
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for controlling the operation of an engine system in a vehicle is provided. The engine system comprising an engine and an exhaust aftertreatment system for reducing at least NOx emissions of the exhaust gases from the engine using a reductant, the engine system comprising a plurality of engine system components configured to perform a plurality of NOx emission reducing activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Johan Dahl, Esteban Gelso
  • Patent number: 12071885
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving an inlet temperature of a selective catalytic reduction system; comparing the inlet temperature to a temperature setpoint; and adjusting at least one of a first exhaust manifold pressure setpoint for a first cylinder bank of an engine or a second exhaust manifold pressure setpoint for a second cylinder bank of the engine, based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Alva Anderson, Joan M. Wills, Rajkumar Subramanian, Vaibhav Daramwar, Pagalavan Mathari Bakthavatsalam, Paul Daniel Borisuk
  • Patent number: 12071883
    Abstract: Exhaust gas system (1) for an internal combustion engine (2) of a saddle-ride type vehicle (20), comprising: —a first conduit portion (3) with one or more primary catalysts (6) arranged inside thereof; —a second conduit portion (4) with one or more secondary catalysts (6?) arranged inside thereof; —a third conduit portion (5) inside of which there is arranged a number of secondary catalysts (6?) which is less than the number of secondary catalysts arranged inside said second conduit portion (4); —at least one outlet (16,17) for discharging exhaust gas to atmosphere; wherein said first conduit portion (3) extends from a first end (11) connectable to an outlet of said internal combustion engine (2) and branches at a branch point (19) into said second and third conduit portions (4,5); wherein said exhaust gas system (1) further comprises at least one valve (7) configured to deviate an exhaust gas flow coming from the engine (2) from the first conduit portion (3) into one or both of said the second and third cond
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A
    Inventors: Adriano Magherini, Giovanni Fabris
  • Patent number: 11965450
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment system for a work vehicle includes a mixing conduit extending between upstream and downstream ends along a bulk flow direction, where the upstream end receives engine exhaust. The system further includes an injector nozzle configured to inject exhaust reductant into the mixing conduit at a location between the upstream and downstream ends. Additionally, the system includes a branch conduit, where an inlet end of the branch conduit is fluidly coupled to the mixing conduit upstream of a location at which an outlet end of the branch conduit is fluidly coupled to the mixing conduit. A portion of the exhaust flowing through the mixing conduit may be directed through the branch conduit, where the outlet end of the branch conduit is configured to direct the portion of the exhaust back into the mixing conduit such that a spiraling flow of the exhaust is generated within the mixing conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Hamidreza Mahabadipour, Pratin Naik, Haibo Guo, Samrendra K Singh
  • Patent number: 11946428
    Abstract: A controller for an aftertreatment system coupled to an engine is configured to: in response to receiving an engine shutdown signal, determine an estimated amount of ammonia stored on a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst included in the aftertreatment system; in response to determining that the estimated amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is less than an ammonia storage threshold, cause flow of a heated gas towards the SCR catalyst; cause insertion of reductant into an exhaust gas flowing through the aftertreatment system; and in response to determining that the estimated amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is equal to or greater than the ammonia storage threshold, cause shutdown of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew K. Volmerding, Simon Guest
  • Patent number: 11939898
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, in the exhaust duct of which a sensor is arranged for determining the exhaust gas composition. Furthermore, upstream of the sensor a guide vane is arranged, which is designed to increase the flow velocity of the exhaust gas in a local flow cross-section of the exhaust duct at the height of the sensor. This makes it possible to provide sufficiently high flow velocities of the exhaust gas at the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Sascha Beer
  • Patent number: 11933213
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for regenerating an after-treatment system of a vehicle. A first operational parameter of a first component of the after-treatment system is monitored and a second operational parameter, different to the first operational parameter, of a second component of the after-treatment system is monitored. It is determined if the first operational parameter of the first component is outside a first threshold range and if the second operational parameter is approaching a second threshold and, in response to the first operational parameter being outside the first threshold range and the second operational parameter being within the second threshold range, a regeneration sequence of the after-treatment system configured to regenerate at least the first component of the after-treatment system is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Cox, Mario Balenović, Christopher Ponter, Larry Rogosin, Craig Peacock
  • Patent number: 11920533
    Abstract: A system includes an aftertreatment system heater of an exhaust aftertreatment system coupled to an engine A controller coupled to the aftertreatment system heater is configured to determine a condition of an exhaust gas from an engine and compare the condition to a predefined threshold. If the condition of the exhaust gas does not meet the predefined threshold, the controller is configured to determine whether an engine operating condition is met for activating a cylinder deactivation operating mode for the engine. If the engine operating condition is met, the controller is configured to operate the engine in the cylinder deactivation operating mode by deactivating a cylinder of a plurality of cylinders. If the engine operating condition is not met, the controller is configured to activate the aftertreatment system heater to heat the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Cummins Inc., Tula Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Kay Light-Holets, J. Steven Kolhouse, Christopher R. Nelson, Anant Puri, Xiaobo Song, Avra Brahma
  • Patent number: 11905872
    Abstract: Tank for a vehicle comprising at least one wall defining a closed volume configured to contain an urea solution, and conditioning means configured to maintain the urea solution within a preset temperature range between a maximum threshold and a minimum threshold, the conditioning means generating a heat flow suitable to maintain the urea solution within the aforementioned range by converting an electric power supply of the conditioning means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ERRECINQUE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Massimo Giachino, Fabrizio Ciccarelli
  • Patent number: 11898483
    Abstract: A system includes a catalyst for receiving and treating exhaust gas generated by an engine, a passive NOx adsorber (PNA) positioned upstream of the catalyst, a bypass valve positioned upstream of the catalyst and the PNA, and a controller. The controller is configured to, determine that the catalyst is operating under cold start conditions, control the bypass valve to direct exhaust gas to the PNA, determine that the catalyst is no longer operating under cold start conditions and continue to control the bypass valve to direct exhaust gas to the PNA for a predetermined duration, and after the elapse of the predetermined duration, control the bypass valve to direct exhaust gas to the catalyst bypassing the PNA. The controller is also configured to detect a high transient torque demand while the exhaust gas is provided to the PNA, and split the torque demand between the engine and an electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Jinyong Luo, Xiaobo Song, Xing Jin, David Schmidt, Lu Qiu, Lisa A. Orth-Farrell, Ying Yuan, Manik Narula, Lars K. Henrichsen
  • Patent number: 11725566
    Abstract: The utility model provides an exhaust structure having a lightweight structure. The utility model provides an exhaust structure, comprising: an exhaust pipe; and a muffler connected to the exhaust pipe. The exhaust pipe includes an upstream side opening portion, a downstream side opening portion, and a winding portion. The winding portion is formed by winding pipings between the upstream side opening portion and the downstream side opening portion. The muffler is connected to the upstream side opening portion of the exhaust pipe, and the winding portion overlaps the muffler in a front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Sato, Hidenori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11719151
    Abstract: A system includes a controller configured to perform an enable operation responsive to receiving information indicative of an enable parameter, the enable operation includes: determining a predicted downstream NOx value of an exhaust gas stream exiting a NOx storage catalyst; determining a downstream NOx value of the exhaust gas stream exiting the NOx storage catalyst; determining an error between the predicted downstream NOx value and the determined downstream NOx value; comparing the error to an error threshold; and determining that the NOx storage catalyst is in good health responsive to determining that the error does not exceed the error threshold. The controller is further configured to perform a disable operation responsive to receiving information indicative of a disable parameter, the disable operation causing a deactivation of at least a portion of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Haas, Krishna Kamasamudrum, Ashok Kumar
  • Patent number: 11608765
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining urea feeding in an exhaust gas aftertreatment system (100,200), the exhaust gas aftertreatment system (100,200) being connectable to an internal combustion engine (101,201) operating under an engine operating condition, the system (100,200) comprising a first Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR1) system comprising a first selective reduction catalyst (SCR1c) and a first doser (103,203) configured for feeding urea upstream the SCR1 system, at least one Particulate Filter (PF) downstream the SCR1 system or as a substrate for the SCR1c and a second Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR2) system downstream the PF, the SCR2 system comprising a second selective reduction catalyst (SCR2c) and a second doser (104,204) configured for feeding urea upstream the SCR2c, the method comprising the steps of estimating the amount of particles in the PF; and determining the amount of urea to be fed by the respective first and second doser (4,5) based on the engine operatin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mathias Magnusson, Johanna Bergström, Lennart Andersson
  • Patent number: 11608792
    Abstract: A control system is provided for a diesel particulate filter (DPF) system of a diesel engine configured for operation in an off-highway vehicle. The control system includes a controller configured to receive a signal corresponding to a fill state of the DPF being at or above a first threshold. The controller is configured to selectively induce a parasitic load on the diesel engine to increase an operating temperature of the engine in response to receiving the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Slater, Matthew Cook, Mark David Van der Cruyssen, Paul Stephen McCarthy
  • Patent number: 11603787
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a gasoline urea selective catalytic reductant catalyst are described. In one example, an observer is provided that corrects an estimate of an amount of NH3 that is stored in a SCR. The amount of NH3 that is stored in the SCR is a basis for generating additional NH3 or ceasing generation of NH3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Michael Uhrich, Timothy R. Gernant, Giovanni Cavataio, Joseph Thomas
  • Patent number: 11591946
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for maintaining a temperature of exhaust gases of an engine within a temperature range at which catalytic conversion is most efficient. In one example, a method for controlling a temperature of exhaust gases entering a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system for an engine comprises delivering pressurized air into the exhaust gases upstream of the SCR system, the pressurized air cooled by an air cooler; and adjusting a degree of pressurization by adjusting operation of a turbocharger pressurizing the pressurized air. In one embodiment, the air cooler may be a charge air cooler of a primary turbocharger of the engine, which may flow pressurized air both to the engine and to the SCR system. In other embodiments, the air may be pressurized by an air pump or a secondary dilution turbocharger, and cooled by a secondary charge air cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Spannbauer, Eric Matthew Kurtz, Stephen George Russ
  • Patent number: 11536212
    Abstract: A controller executes a first suspending process or a second suspending process when a vehicle satisfies a predetermined first condition or a predetermined second condition. The controller executes an integration process that, during execution of the first suspending process or the second suspending process, obtains an integrated value of an intake air amount of the internal combustion engine from when the first suspending process or the second suspending process that is being executed was started. When the integrated value is greater than or equal to a threshold, the controller stops the first suspending process or the second suspending process that is being executed. When the amount of particular matter deposited in a filter is the same, a first threshold, which is the threshold for the first suspending process, is greater than a second threshold, which is the threshold for the second suspending process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Nose, Yuto Ikeda, Takanobu Gotoh
  • Patent number: 11448111
    Abstract: In a process for adapting an amount of reducing agent for a removal of nitrogen oxides from the gases in an exhaust line, a first alignment of the amounts of nitrogen oxides measured by upstream and downstream sensors is performed without injection of agent and with a catalyst of the system emptied of ammonia. A second alignment of the estimated reduction of nitrogen oxides with the measured reduction is performed by a difference between amounts of nitrogen oxides upstream and downstream during a substoichiometric injection of reducing agent without creating a store of ammonia in a catalyst of the system with a first correction of the amount of agent. A third alignment of an estimated efficiency of retaining nitrogen oxides with a efficiency measured by the sensors is performed, this third alignment taking place via a second correction of the amount of reducing agent injected as an adaptive correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Steven Maertens
  • Patent number: 11428137
    Abstract: In a method for operating a urea dosing system in an exhaust aftertreatment system (EATS) of an engine, an ambient temperature is measured in an environment in which the EATS is disposed, one or more temperatures associated with the EATS to which there is a relationship to a temperature of area in the urea dosing system are monitored. After turning off the engine, whether urea in the urea dosing system is subject to freezing is determined based on the measured ambient temperature and the one or more monitored temperatures. A reversion operation is performed after turning off the engine with a delay until one or more events occur, the one or more events including determining that urea in the urea dosing system is subject to freezing. An engine system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Gruber, Jeffrey Zsoldos, Timothy Jacobson, Michael Pecsko
  • Patent number: 11313213
    Abstract: Systems and methods for supplying primary fuel and secondary fuel to an internal combustion engine may include supplying a first amount of the primary fuel and a second amount of the secondary fuel to the internal combustion engine. The system may include a first manifold to provide primary fuel to the internal combustion engine, and a primary valve associated with the first manifold to provide fluid flow between a primary fuel source and the internal combustion engine. A second manifold may provide secondary fuel to the internal combustion engine, and a fuel pump and/or a secondary valve may provide fluid flow between a secondary fuel source and the internal combustion engine. A controller may determine a total power load, the first amount of primary fuel, and the second amount of secondary fuel to supply to the internal combustion engine to meet the total power load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Guillermo Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11306662
    Abstract: A method of regulating a feed circuit including at least a first pump and an upstream duct leading to the first pump, the method including the steps of: determining the gas content of a flow in the upstream duct feeding the first pump; and, when the value of the gas content in the upstream duct, as determined in the determining step, is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, modifying the flow rate of the flow feeding the first pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Petar Tomov, Philippe Vertenoeuil
  • Patent number: 11286827
    Abstract: A system has a pump and an injector coupled to the pump. The system further comprises a controller coupled to the pump and the injector. The controller is structured to: determine a change of reductant flow relative to a change of pump rate of the pump; and generate a status command indicative of at least one of an under-restricted injector or an over-restricted injector in response to the determination of the change of reductant flow relative to the change of pump rate of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Bharath Sundar, Apurva Arvind Chunodkar, Michael Haas, Astha Kukreja
  • Patent number: 11280241
    Abstract: A method of adjusting the dosage of a reductant for an SCR catalyst, comprising: determining (110) an expected temperature profile in at least one axial section of the catalyst (70) for a defined period of time (tSim); firstly simulating (120) the resulting amount of reductant beyond the at least one section of the catalyst with a first defined dosage of the reductant depending on the expected temperature profile determined; comparing the first simulated amount of reductant with a limit; depending on the result of the comparison, choosing a second defined dosage and secondly simulating (130, 160) a resulting amount of reductant beyond the at least one section of the catalyst (70) with the second dosage; comparing the second simulated amount of reductant with the limit; and adjusting (140, 150, 170, 180, 190, 195) the dosage for injection of the reductant into the catalyst based on the first and/or second comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Fritsch
  • Patent number: 11274585
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system includes an electrochemical reactor provided in an engine exhaust passage; a bypass passage bypassing the electrochemical reactor; a flow control valve controlling an amount of exhaust gas, discharged from an engine body, flowing into the electrochemical reactor and the bypass passage; and a control device controlling the flow control valve. The electrochemical reactor includes a holding material holding NOX or HC and is configured so as to purify NOX or HC held at the holding material if energized. The control device controls the flow control valve so as to control the amount of exhaust gas flowing into the electrochemical reactor so that a temperature of the electrochemical reactor is maintained at less than a desorption start temperature where NOX or HC starts to be desorbed from the holding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasumasa Notake, Keishi Takada, Tetsuya Sakuma
  • Patent number: 11111884
    Abstract: A spark-ignition internal combustion engine has an air intake tract for supplying fresh air to a combustion chamber of the spark-ignition internal combustion engine, an exhaust tract for discharging exhaust gases from the combustion chamber, and a urea introduction device having a urea injection nozzle for introducing an aqueous urea solution into the combustion chamber. The urea injection nozzle is disposed in the combustion chamber or upstream of the combustion chamber in relation to an air flow from the air intake tract into the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eckard Pueschel
  • Patent number: 11105261
    Abstract: Detecting manipulation of an SCR catalytic converter system of a motor vehicle. A control command (61) for the SCR catalytic converter system, transmitted from a control unit outside the motor vehicle, is received by the motor vehicle. Manipulation is detected (57) if a response (55) of the SCR catalytic converter system to the execution (54) of the control command (61) does not correspond to expectation. Embodiments also relate to monitoring manipulation of the SCR catalytic converter system. Here, a control command (61) for the SCR catalytic converter system is transmitted (41) to the motor vehicle (10) from a control unit (20) outside the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Huebner, Rui Qian
  • Patent number: 11105240
    Abstract: A dosing control system includes a shut-off valve, a reductant pump, a reductant injector, and a recirculation conduit. The shut-off valve is configured to receive reductant from a reductant tank. The reductant pump is configured to selectively receive the reductant from the shut-off valve. The reductant pump is configured to selectively be in a reductant pump command state. The reductant injector is configured to selectively receive the reductant from the reductant pump. The recirculation conduit is coupled to the reductant injector and the reductant tank. The recirculation conduit is configured to selectively provide the reductant from the reductant injector to the reductant tank. The shut-off valve is configured to prevent a flow of the reductant to the reductant pump when the reductant pump is not in the reductant pump command state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Andrew Hudson, Thomas R. Nelson, Paul M. Hauser, Sandeep Sarabudla, Brian James Witsaman, Atul S. Abhyankar
  • Patent number: 11105236
    Abstract: A method of treating exhaust gas in an exhaust passage using a selective catalytic reduction system is provided. The system comprises a hydrolysis catalyst in the passage upstream of a SCR catalyst, and a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) dosing unit for injecting DEF onto the hydrolysis catalyst at a variable DEF dosing rate. The method comprises the steps of predicting an initial DEF dosing rate for converting all nitrogen oxide (NOx) contained in the exhaust gas, and estimating an amount of ammonia stored on the SCR catalyst. The method further comprises the steps of measuring a NOx conversion rate for the system, and adjusting the initial DEF dosing rate based upon the ammonia storage estimate and the measured NOx conversion rate to produce a first adjusted DEF dosing rate. An amount of ammonia-equivalent stored on the hydrolysis catalyst is then estimated, and the first adjusted DEF dosing rate is adjusted based upon the ammonia-equivalent storage estimate to produce a second adjusted DEF dosing rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Perkins Engine Company Limited
    Inventors: Leo Shead, Alexis Eden, Ronald Silver
  • Patent number: 11098633
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine comprising a first catalytic converter that has a first exhaust gas inlet to admit the exhaust gas into the first catalytic converter and has an exhaust gas outlet positioned on the opposite side, also comprising a second catalytic converter that is arranged downstream from the first catalytic converter and that is flow-connected to the first catalytic converter in order to allow the exhaust gas to pass from the first catalytic converter into the second catalytic converter and that likewise has a second exhaust gas inlet that is at a physical distance from the exhaust gas outlet of the first catalytic converter. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system also comprises a particulate filter that is arranged downstream from the second catalytic converter and that is flow-connected to the second catalytic converter in order to allow the exhaust gas to pass from the second catalytic converter into the particulate filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Onur Ulas Car, Markus Paulovsky
  • Patent number: 10989084
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding apparatus are provided for preconditioning an exhaust gas system (100) for discharging and purifying combustion exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine (1), in particular an internal combustion engine (1) of a motor vehicle (200). The method includes operating, air being heated by a heating element (8) in the exhaust gas system (100) to heat air in the exhaust gas system (100), operating a fan in the exhaust gas system (100) for producing a hot air stream with the heated air, using the hot air stream for heating a first catalytic converter (7) of the exhaust gas system (100) to a minimum operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas Laube
  • Patent number: 10975749
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system includes a reductant source, a junction, a dosing pump module, a valve assembly, and a dosing module. The reductant source stores reductant. The junction receives the reductant from the reductant source. The dosing pump module receives the reductant from the junction and selectively provides the reductant to a first conduit. The valve assembly receives the reductant from the first conduit. The valve assembly is operable between a first state, where the valve assembly provides the reductant to the junction, and a second state, where the valve assembly provides the reductant to a second conduit. The dosing module receives the reductant from the second conduit when provided by the valve assembly. The dosing module is configured to dose exhaust gases with the reductant when provided by the valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Vinay Kumar Joshi, Aaditya Barve, Anjesh Hemant Sahasrabudhe, Timothy M. Doyle, Stephen M. Holl
  • Patent number: 10890143
    Abstract: A controller executes a fuel introduction process when stopping combustion in a cylinder under a situation in which a crankshaft is rotating. The fuel introduction process causes a fuel injection valve to inject fuel and causes the fuel to flow out unburned from inside the cylinder to an exhaust passage. The opening degree of an exhaust gas recirculation valve at a point in time when a state in which the execution condition of the fuel introduction process is not satisfied is switched to a state in which the execution condition of the fuel introduction process is satisfied is a preliminary opening degree. During the execution of the fuel introduction process, the recirculation valve controlling section causes the opening degree of the exhaust gas recirculation valve to be smaller than the preliminary opening degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Ikuta, Yuki Nose, Yuto Ikeda, Keiichi Myojo, Yoshiyuki Shogenji, Hirokazu Ando
  • Patent number: 10883409
    Abstract: A method for regenerating an exhaust gas filter for a vehicle includes the steps of confirming and monitoring the current remaining amount of soot based on information on the initial amount of soot and information on the removal amount of soot during the execution of the service regeneration control mode, comparing the current remaining amount of soot with a predetermined target remaining amount in the condition in which the time accumulated and counted after the execution of the service regeneration control mode does not reach a predetermined first allowable time, and maintaining the execution of the service regeneration control mode until the remaining amount of soot reaches the target remaining amount in the condition that the accumulated and counted time does not reach the first allowable time when the current remaining amount of soot exceeds the target remaining amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Sik Kim, Soung Jae Hyun
  • Patent number: 10753296
    Abstract: In a work machine including an engine; a hydraulic pump; an actuator; an operating member that operates an actuator; an exhaust gas purifying device; a load application device that applies a load to an engine to raise the temperature of exhaust gas; and a control device, the load application device includes a load application valve that is provided in series between the hydraulic pump and the actuator and performs switching as to whether a hydraulic oil flow channel between the hydraulic pump and the actuator is brought into a communication state or a non-communication state in accordance with a control pressure, and if a load application request is input, the control device changes the control pressure exerted on the load application valve on the basis of the presence or absence of input of an operation signal of the operating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES CONSTRUCTION CRANES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Funato, Tatsuo Koshi
  • Patent number: 10711676
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a pump, a delivery mechanism in fluid communication with the pump, and a controller communicatively coupled to the pump and the delivery mechanism. The controller is structured to interpret, via a pump diagnostic circuit, first and second pump parameters indicative of first and second pump rates, interpret, via a dosing diagnostic circuit, first and second dosing parameters indicative of at least one of (i) first and second reductant flows or (ii) first and second injector characteristics, determine, via a delivery diagnostic circuit, a delivery status based, at least in part, on the interpretation of the first and second pump parameters and the first and second dosing parameters, and generate, via the delivery diagnostic circuit, a status command indicative at least one of an under-restricted delivery mechanism or an over-restricted delivery mechanism in response to the determination of the delivery status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Cummins, Inc.
    Inventors: Bharath Sundar, Apurva Arvind Chunodkar, Michael Haas, Astha Kukreja
  • Patent number: 10662848
    Abstract: A method is provided for purging a selective catalytic reduction dosing system having a urea reservoir and a urea delivery module including at least one pump and a dosing injector arranged to spray urea into an engine exhaust pipe and a feedline. The method includes: (1) activating a reverse pump or a pump in a reverse direction; (2) opening the dosing injector; (3) stopping the reverse pump or reverse direction of the pump and closing the dosing injector; (4) activating a forward pump or a forward direction of the pump; (5) stopping the forward pump or forward direction of the pump and opening the dosing injector; and activating the reverse pump or reverse direction of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin A. P. Sykes, Simon R. Panteny, Philip Turobin-Harrington
  • Patent number: 10598067
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust purification system that may include: a first catalyst installed on a rear exhaust pipe of an engine; a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst installed on the rear exhaust pipe of the first catalyst; a reducing agent injector which is installed on an exhaust pipe between the first catalyst and the SCR catalyst and configured to inject a reducing agent; and a controller configured to control an amount of reducing agent injected from the reducing agent injector. /The controller may calculate a total amount of ammonia adsorbed in the SCR catalyst, a required amount of reducing agent based on a total amount of ammonia adsorbed in the SCR catalyst, and the amount of nitrogen oxide introduced into the SCR catalyst, and then control a reducing agent injector to inject the required amount of reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, FEV Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Jin Woo Park, Ki Hyung Joo, Myung Jong Lee, Arun Palaniappan Muthukaruppan, Waldemar Josef Kansy, John Henry Kwee
  • Patent number: 10557419
    Abstract: A method of controlling a fuel injection of a diesel engine for performing a plurality of fuel injections to cause a plurality of combustions inside a cylinder in one combustion cycle, is provided, which includes acquiring an oxygen concentration inside the cylinder, performing, on compression stroke, the plurality of fuel injections at substantially even injection intervals while increasing the injection intervals as the oxygen concentration decreases, and performing, after the plurality of fuel injections, another fuel injection including a larger injection amount than in the plurality of fuel injections, near a top dead center of the compression stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takeshi Inazumi, Keisuke Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10557436
    Abstract: A method of controlling a fuel injection of a diesel engine for performing a plurality of fuel injections to cause a plurality of combustions inside a cylinder in one combustion cycle, is provided, which includes performing, on compression stroke, the plurality of fuel injections at substantially constant injection intervals while increasing an injection amount as an in-cylinder oxygen concentration decreases, and performing, after the plurality of fuel injections, another fuel injection including a larger injection amount than in the plurality of fuel injections near a top dead center of the compression stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naotoshi Shirahashi, Tsunehiro Mori, Takeshi Matsubara, Takeshi Inazumi, Tetsuya Fujioka
  • Patent number: 10508574
    Abstract: An integrated exhaust heat recovery device positioned in an exhaust gas channel includes: a positioning section that comprises a tubular section extending in a downward-flow direction of exhaust gas, and has an exhaust gas purification device positioned therein; a heat exchange section positioned on a downstream side of the positioning section and having a heat exchanger; and an exhaust gas control unit for introducing exhaust gas, which flows from the positioning section, to the heat exchange section. The heat exchanger includes: a plurality of plates positioned so as to overlap in the downward-flow direction; an intake section for causing fluid to flow into heat exchange channels inside the plurality of plates from an intake port that opens laterally; and a discharge section for causing fluid to exit from the heat exchange channels through a discharge port that opens laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUTABA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Asai, Hirohisa Okami
  • Patent number: 10487782
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for carrying out on-board diagnostics of a plurality of components of an exhaust heat exchange system. In one example, degradation of one or more of a heat exchanger and a coolant system fluidically coupled to the heat exchanger may be detected based on a first temperature estimated upstream of the heat exchanger, a second temperature sensor estimated downstream of the heat exchanger, a coolant temperature, and a pressure estimated upstream of the heat exchanger. Also, degradation of a diverter valve of the heat exchange system may be detected based on inputs of a position sensor coupled to the diverter valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Karen Evelyn Bevan, Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Michael James Uhrich, Joseph Norman Ulrey
  • Patent number: 10480375
    Abstract: A system for determining a performance status of an exhaust aftertreatment system may include determining an ammonia-to-nitrogen ratio using a sample ammonia input value and a sample NOx input value. An actual NOx input value and an actual ammonia input value can be received. An emission value from may be received from a first sensor. A NOx emission estimate, an ammonia slip estimate, and an optimal ammonia storage value for a selective catalytic reduction may be determined using an iterative inefficiency calculation based, at least in part, on the actual NOx input value, the actual ammonia input value, and the ammonia-to-nitrogen ratio; and the NOx emission estimate, the ammonia slip estimate, and the optimal ammonia storage value may be outputted to a diagnostic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Nassim Khaled