Having Condition Responsive Valve Controlling Engine Exhaust Flow Patents (Class 60/602)
  • Patent number: 10995642
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for increasing exhaust gas temperature. A system includes a valve and a controller coupled to the valve. The controller is structured to determine that an exhaust manifold pressure does not meet an exhaust manifold pressure setpoint and in response, cause an adjustment of an effective flow area of exhaust gas from an engine. The adjustment of the effective flow area is structured to increase an exhaust gas temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Alva Anderson, Joan M. Wills, Rajkumar Subramanian, Vaibhav Daramwar, Pagalavan Mathari Bakthavatsalam, Paul Daniel Borisuk
  • Patent number: 10982609
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a method and to a device for controlling an internal combustion engine supercharged by an exhaust-gas turbocharger. The method includes: determining the time duration required for a specific internal combustion engine in operation, at a current operating point and with a predefined combination of settings of switching actuators, to perform an increase of the charge pressure from a current charge pressure to a target charge pressure associated with a target operating point; comparing the determined time duration with a multiplicity of stored time durations, which are each assigned to a predefined different combination of the settings of the switching actuators; and controlling the internal combustion engine with that combination of the settings of the switching actuators which permits the quickest increase of the charge pressure to the target charge pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Burkhardt, Jürgen Dingl
  • Patent number: 10982600
    Abstract: Various embodiments may include a method for controlling the residual gas mass remaining in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine after a gas exchange process and/or the purge air mass introduced into an exhaust manifold during a gas exchange process, the method comprising: specifying at least one of a desired residual gas mass or a purge air mass of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine; determining a setpoint position of an actuator which influences the specified mass, based on an inverse residual gas model; and setting the determined setpoint position of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Burkhardt, Jürgen Dingl
  • Patent number: 10982621
    Abstract: An engine system control apparatus includes a parameter reception unit that receives parameters necessary for acquiring a pressure ratio of the low-pressure compressor and a pressure ratio of the high-pressure compressor, a pressure ratio acquisition unit that acquires the pressure ratio of the low-pressure compressor and the pressure ratio of the high-pressure compressor based on the parameters, an inter-compressor pressure ratio acquisition unit that acquires an inter-compressor pressure ratio obtainable by dividing the pressure ratio of the high-pressure compressor by the pressure ratio of the low-pressure compressor, and a control unit that controls the exhaust gas flowrate adjustment unit such that the inter-compressor pressure ratio becomes a predetermined pressure ratio for optimizing an operation efficiency of the engine system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuro Hotta, Hideaki Nagamochi, Go Tomatsu, Takahiro Yamashina
  • Patent number: 10968819
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for a turbocharger, comprising an exhaust gas conducting section through which fluid can flow and which includes a bypass duct for bypassing a turbine wheel that is rotatably arranged in the exhaust gas conducting section, and comprising an adjusting arm (3) for accommodating a valve element (2) provided for opening or blocking a flow cross-section of the bypass duct; the adjusting arm (3) is movably accommodated in the exhaust gas conducting section; furthermore, a flexible element (14) is provided at least for securing the valve element (2) in place on the adjusting arm (3). According to the invention, the flexible element (14) is designed to be retained radially and axially by the valve element (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Lorenz Jaenike, Ralf Schawer, Jens Zweydinger
  • Patent number: 10961901
    Abstract: A turbine for an exhaust-gas turbocharger has a turbine housing formed with two volutes through which an exhaust gas can flow and which are separated by a separating wall. Only a single wastegate valve is provided for both volutes. The wastegate valve is a linear valve with a linear valve element. The linear valve element is received in the separating wall and is movably guided in its axial direction in the separating wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Christoph Sparrer
  • Patent number: 10947891
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a combustion engine comprising a first exhaust gas channel and a separate second exhaust gas channel each connected to at least one cylinder, wherein the first exhaust gas channel is further connected to a turbocharger and the second exhaust gas channel is configured to bypass the turbocharger, and a throttling valve in the second exhaust gas channel configured to control an exhaust gas pressure in the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventor: Timo Janhunen
  • Patent number: 10947860
    Abstract: An actuator actuates a movable part of a turbocharger including a turbine housing for accommodating a turbine driven by exhaust, and a compressor housing for accommodating a compressor which is disposed on the same axis as the turbine and which pressure-feeds intake air. The actuator has a rod of which one end side is coupled by a link to the movable part, a case having a bearing part that slidably and axially supports the other end side of the rod, a boot which covers the sliding part of the rod and the bearing part and of which at least part of the outer peripheral surface faces the outer peripheral surface of the turbine housing, and a thermal shield member disposed between the turbine housing and the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Iori Kurata
  • Patent number: 10941699
    Abstract: A multi-flow exhaust gas turbocharger (101) comprising a turbine (105), a turbine wheel, a first flow (1) and a second flow (2), a bypass line (6) for bypassing the turbine wheel, a bypass valve unit (107) for adjusting the size of a bypass exhaust gas flow through the bypass line (6), and comprising a flow connection unit (108) for adjusting an extent of the connection of exhaust gas flows into the flows (1, 2), characterized in that the bypass valve unit (107) and the flow connection unit (108) can be actuated in a mechanically coupled way by means of a coupling unit (109).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Sascha Karstadt, Sascha Weiske, Aleksandar Vuletic
  • Patent number: 10941700
    Abstract: A turbocharger turbine wastegate assembly can include a lever that includes an opening and two arms, where each of the two arms extends a respective length from the opening; and a crank that includes a wastegate shaft coupling, where the lever and crank are operatively coupled via one of the arms by a pin received in a channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.
    Inventors: Filip Tomanec, Antonin Forbelsky
  • Patent number: 10940954
    Abstract: An aircraft engine system configured with a high pressure stage turbocharger assembly and a supplemental stage turbocharger assembly disposed in series with respect to said high pressure stage turbocharger, wherein the supplemental stage turbocharger assembly provides a compressor unit of the high pressure stage turbocharger with substantially constant critical altitude pressure input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Yehuda Fass, Jacob Feldman
  • Patent number: 10934929
    Abstract: A wastegate is provided in an exhaust bypass passage that allows exhaust gas to bypass a turbine wheel of an exhaust turbine-type forced-induction device. A required boost pressure is set in accordance with a running state of an engine. A controller is configured to control a drive force of the wastegate to a magnitude that achieves the required boost pressure when the required boost pressure is higher than a preset pressure, and control the drive force to a magnitude that achieves a higher boost pressure than the required boost pressure when the required boost pressure is less than or equal to the preset pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshizaki, Masahiro Inoue, Koji Honda
  • Patent number: 10927773
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for ascertaining an injection time and/or an amount of a liquefied gas fuel—such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), biogas or hydrogen (H2)—to be delivered to a cylinder of an engine (19) in order to operate the engine (19) in a bivalent or trivalent fuel operating mode, said device being designed in such a way that the ascertained injection time of the liquefied gas fuel is dependent on an ascertained calorific power or an ascertained gas mixture characteristic. A gas mixture analysis module (7) is used for optimizing combustion. A gas start mechanism allows a vehicle to be started on gas power even at low temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: CleanTech Swiss AG
    Inventor: Werner Gieger
  • Patent number: 10920662
    Abstract: A compound cycle engine having a rotary internal combustion engine, a first turbine, and a second turbine is discussed. The exhaust port of the internal combustion engine is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the first turbine upstream of its rotor. The rotors of the first turbine and of each rotary unit drive a common load. The inlet of the second turbine is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the first turbine downstream of its rotor. The first turbine is configured as a velocity turbine and the first turbine has a pressure ratio smaller than that of the second turbine. A method of compounding a rotary engine is also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Jean Thomassin
  • Patent number: 10920614
    Abstract: Various systems are provided for a turbocharger center housing. In one example, a center housing for a turbocharger includes an internal water jacket including at least two ports, and a selectively pluggable interconnect positioned within the internal water jacket that, when plugged, blocks flow in the internal water jacket between the at least two ports in a first direction and, when unplugged, enables flow in the internal water jacket between the at least two ports in the first direction. In this way, flow may be directed through the center housing via different flow path configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TURBONETICS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Michal Hastings, Brian G. Regnier
  • Patent number: 10920659
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine impeller, a turbine housing which includes a scroll portion and a discharge port, a bypassing passage portion which guides a working fluid from the scroll portion to the discharge port, and a valve portion which controls the inflow of the working fluid to the bypassing passage portion. The hub side scroll is formed so that a cross-sectional area of a passage is larger than that of a shroud side scroll. The valve portion includes a hub side valve which controls the inflow of the working fluid from the hub side scroll to the bypassing passage portion and a shroud side valve which controls the inflow of the working fluid from the shroud side scroll to the bypassing passage portion. An operation of opening and closing the hub side valve is independent from an operation of opening and closing the shroud side valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Morita, Wataru Sato
  • Patent number: 10920660
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for a turbocharger, comprising an exhaust gas conducting section through which fluid can flow and which includes a bypass duct for bypassing a turbine wheel that is rotatably arranged in the exhaust gas conducting section, and comprising an adjusting arm (3) for accommodating a valve element (2) provided for opening or blocking a flow cross-section of the bypass duct; the adjusting arm (3) is movably accommodated in the exhaust gas conducting section; furthermore, a flexible element (14) is provided at least for securing the valve element (2) in place on the adjusting arm (3). According to the invention, the flexible element (14) is designed so as to be radially slidable in order to reduce adjustment forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Schawer, Jens Zweydinger
  • Patent number: 10914273
    Abstract: An engine includes an air intake system, an exhaust system, a single-cylinder-sourced EGR system, an exhaust sensor that is disposed to monitor exhaust gas from the single one of the cylinders, and a diverter valve. A controller includes an instruction set that executable to determine operation of the engine in a fuel cut-off mode, discontinue fuel flow to the single one of the cylinders, divert exhaust gas from the single one of the cylinders to the air intake system, determine an airflow, temperature, and an equivalence ratio of the diverted exhaust gas from the single one of the cylinders, determine a mass flowrate of oxygen in the diverted exhaust gas, integrate the mass flowrate of oxygen in the diverted exhaust gas, and discontinue the diverting of the exhaust gas from the single one of the cylinders when the integrated mass flowrate of oxygen is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Smith, Robert J. Gallon, Michael P. Kaczmar, Martino A. Casetti, Eric M. Hall
  • Patent number: 10907535
    Abstract: In a turbine housing (2) of a turbocharger (1) including a turbine housing portion (7) defining a turbine chamber, an exhaust inlet passage portion 9 (9) defining an exhaust inlet passage, and a valve housing portion (12) defining a wastegate outlet passage (11) communicating with the turbine chamber via a turbine outlet passage (14) and with the exhaust inlet passage via a bypass passage (16), a wastegate valve (10) is pivotally supported by the valve housing portion to cooperate with a wastegate valve seat (34) provided at a downstream end of the bypass passage. A valve peripheral wall portion (33) of the valve housing portion includes a curved wall portion (32), and a part of the curved wall portion adjacent to the wastegate valve seat is formed with a thick wall portion (35) having a locally increased thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Sano
  • Patent number: 10907536
    Abstract: The driven rotation axis, the driving rotation axis, the ACT lever, the driving pin, the rod, the driven pin and the WGV lever constitute a linkage. In order to consider the instrumental error caused by the linkage configuration, a link ratio is defined by the equation (Link ratio=(Lwg/Lact)*(sin ?/sin ?), wherein Lwg is a length of the WGV lever, Lact is length of the ACT lever, ? is an angle formed by the WGV lever and the rod, and ? is an angle formed by the ACT lever and the rod). The current value input to the DC motor is corrected with a correction coefficient is a value obtained by dividing an actual link ratio by a target link ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Saito, Masakatsu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10900405
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting operation of a split exhaust engine system based on a total flow of gases through a scavenge exhaust gas recirculation system of the split exhaust engine system. In one example, a method may include adjusting engine operation in response to a flow of gases to an intake passage, upstream of a compressor, from a scavenge manifold coupled to scavenge exhaust valves, the flow of gases determined based on a valve opening overlap between the scavenge exhaust valves and intake valves of an engine, the scavenge exhaust valves opened at a different time than blowdown exhaust valves coupled to a blowdown manifold coupled to a turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohannad Hakeem, Timothy Clark, Daniel Madison, Gopichandra Sumilla, Ashley Wiese, Joseph Norman Ulrey
  • Patent number: 10899461
    Abstract: A hybrid-electric aerial vehicle is disclosed comprising: an airframe; a plurality of longitudinal booms extending radially from the airframe; a passively charged internal combustion engine operatively coupled with a fuel tank, a generator operatively coupled with the passively charged internal combustion engine; a battery bank operatively coupled with the generator; and a plurality of motors. The passively charged internal combustion engine has an intake engine valve, an exhaust engine valve, and a combustion chamber, wherein the intake engine valve is delayed to provide an expansion ratio in the combustion chamber that is greater than a compression ratio in the combustion chamber. Each of said plurality of motors may be positioned at a distal end of one of said plurality of longitudinal booms and be operatively coupled with a propeller, wherein the plurality of motors is electrically coupled with the battery bank and the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Evangelos Livieratos, Riley Griffin, Nathan Varney, Amanda Kaufman
  • Patent number: 10895165
    Abstract: A double-flow type volute casing having a structure for changing the direction of flow in a turbine inlet is proposed. The volute casing includes a partition plate for partitioning a volute defined in the casing into an inner flow channel and an outer flow channel, provided so as to surround a turbine, a plurality of flow-rate adjustment holes formed in the partition plate so as to be arranged at a gradually decreasing interval such that a high-pressure fluid flowing in the outer flow channel is introduced into the inner flow channel and the fluid flowing in the inner flow channel is directed perpendicularly to the turbine blades, in order to minimize the amount of energy that is lost and to reduce imbalanced variation of torque applied to the turbine blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Dong Hse Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Son
  • Patent number: 10895166
    Abstract: Provided is a turbocharger, including: a separation wall surface, which is a wall surface of a bearing housing on a turbine impeller side, is positioned on an inner side with respect to an outer periphery of a back surface of the turbine impeller on the bearing housing side in a radial direction of a shaft, and is separated from the back surface in an axial direction of the shaft; and a heat-shielding plate, including: a main body portion (separation portion), which is separated from the separation wall surface in the axial direction, and is positioned between the back surface of the turbine impeller and the separation wall surface; and an insertion through hole (insertion portion), which receives a fastening member inserted thereinto in a direction of intersecting the axial direction of the shaft, the heat-shielding plate being mounted to the bearing housing by the fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Shioya, Akira Iwakami, Satoshi Shimoda, Takafumi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10895198
    Abstract: A wastegate is provided in an exhaust bypass passage that allows exhaust gas to bypass a turbine wheel of an exhaust turbine-type forced-induction device. A required boost pressure is set in accordance with a running state of an engine. A controller is configured to control a drive force of the wastegate to a magnitude that achieves the required boost pressure when the required boost pressure is higher than a preset pressure, and control the drive force to a magnitude that achieves a higher boost pressure than the required boost pressure when the required boost pressure is less than or equal to the preset pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshizaki, Masahiro Inoue, Koji Honda
  • Patent number: 10890084
    Abstract: An exhaust gas guide section for an exhaust gas turbocharger, with a first spiral channel (4) and a second spiral channel (5) for the inflow of a turbine wheel which is rotatably accommodated in the through-flow exhaust gas guide section, wherein a through-flow opening (10) is provided between the first spiral channel (4) and the second spiral channel (5), which is formed for inducing an overflow of exhaust gas from the first spiral channel (4) into the second spiral channel (5) and vice versa, and wherein the through-flow opening (10) comprises a movable valve (9?) for opening or closing of the through-flow opening (10). According to the invention, the valve (9?) is configured to degressively open a first flow cross section (11) of the through-flow opening (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Jason Walkingshaw, Tobias Scheuermann, Georgios Iosifidis, Manfred Guthörle
  • Patent number: 10890129
    Abstract: An exhaust flow control system comprises a housing defining first and second passages that are fluidly connected to first and second scrolls of a twin scroll turbocharger and to a high pressure exhaust gas recirculation (HPEGR) system, a poppet valve configured to (i) in an open position, fluidly connect the first and second scrolls to each other and to the HPEGR system via the first and second passages and (ii) in a closed position, fluidly disconnect the first and second scrolls from each other and from the HPEGR system, and a controller configured to command the poppet valve to one of the open and closed positions based on one or more engine operating parameters thereby allowing the twin scroll turbocharger to operate in both a twin scroll mode and a mono scroll mode while also allowing for HPEGR control with minimal additional system volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventor: Michael S McMeekin
  • Patent number: 10890503
    Abstract: A position sensor malfunction determination apparatus includes a determination unit and a controller. The determination unit is configured to perform a determination relating to electricity supply failure in a position sensor. The controller is configured to perform a fail-safe control. The determination unit is configured to determine whether each of conditions (A) and (B) is established, in a preliminarily determination before occurrence of the electricity supply failure in the position sensor is finally determined. The determination unit is configured to determine that the position sensor has a probability of the electricity supply failure when both the conditions (A) and (B) are determined to be established in the preliminarily determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Kaneda
  • Patent number: 10890108
    Abstract: This exhaust gas bypass device and supercharger are provided with: an actuator (31) for moving a driving rod (41) reciprocally in the axial direction of the driving rod; a coupling rod (32) coupled to the tip section of the driving rod (41); a support shaft (34) rotatably supported on a housing; a coupling link (33), one end section of which is rotatably coupled to the tip section of the coupling rod (32) via a coupling shaft (45) and the other end section of which is fixed to the one end section of the support shaft (34); a waste gate valve (35) coupled to the other end section of the support shaft (34); and a damping member for damping displacement between the coupling rod (32) and the coupling link (33), whereby reliability is improved by ensuring desirable operative characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Kagimoto, Noriyuki Hayashi, Shigeyoshi Umeda
  • Patent number: 10883466
    Abstract: A high altitude air start equipment for an aircraft reciprocating engine includes: a compressor configured to suck and compress air, and supply the compressed air to the aircraft reciprocating engine; and a motor configured to supply the compressed air to the reciprocating engine to restart the reciprocating engine or to restore output by outputting rotational power to the compressor when the reciprocating engine stops or malfunctions during flight of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuaki Kotani
  • Patent number: 10876468
    Abstract: A method for controlling a turbocharging system with a turbocharging stage for an internal combustion engine, wherein the turbocharging stage comprises a compressor and a turbine and the turbine is adjustable via a VTG control. The method includes: acquiring an operating state target variable; adjusting a maximum VTG control criterion to implement the torque increase by increasing a boost pressure, wherein adjusting the maximum VTG control criterion includes: determining a target boost pressure; determining a VTG target position as a function of the target boost pressure; determining an actual exhaust back pressure; determining a maximum exhaust back pressure; determining the VTG control criterion taking into account the difference between the actual exhaust back pressure and the maximum exhaust back pressure. The VTG control criterion limits the VTG target position such that an accelerated adaptation of an actual boost pressure to the target boost pressure) takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Huebner, Stefan Gebauer
  • Patent number: 10858987
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a boosted engine system, having a turbocharger and a charge air cooler, to limit overheating of a compressor outlet. In one example, a method includes predicting an engine torque profile based on current and future engine operating conditions. The method then models a compressor outlet temperature profile and reduces engine torque output to limit overheating of the compressor outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mario Anthony Santillo, John Erik Mikael Hellstrom, Hamid-Reza Ossareh, Baitao Xiao
  • Patent number: 10859012
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a fault situation of a negative-pressure generation line using a fuel tank pressure sensor that detects the pressure of a fuel tank is provided. The method detects pressure in a fuel tank measured by a fuel tank pressure sensor when a turbocharger is operated for boosting and a purge valve is operated and diagnoses a current situation as a fault situation in which an engine negative-pressure generation line remains open when a pressure change value calculated based on the pressure difference of the fuel tank exceeds a reference value. A warning of a fault situation is then output when a fault is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Bon Chang Koo
  • Patent number: 10851730
    Abstract: An anomaly determination device executes a first anomaly determination process and a second anomaly determination process. The anomaly determination device determines in the first anomaly determination process that an anomaly is present in a link mechanism when a fully-closed-time detection value is outside a closed-side normal range and when a fully-open-time detection value is outside an open-side normal range. The anomaly determination device determines in the second anomaly determination process that an anomaly is present in the link mechanism if the difference between the fully-closed-time detection value and the fully-open-time detection value is outside a normal distance range set in advance when it is not determined in the first anomaly determination process that an anomaly is present in the link mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Matsumoto, Satoshi Yoshizaki, Masahiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 10844776
    Abstract: To provide controller and control method for internal combustion engine that can suppress motor built in actuator from overheating when waste gate valve is controlled to near fully closed position or fully opened position, and can suppress from causing deterioration of fuel efficiency by consuming large power wastefully even in light load operation region in which pressure of exhaust gas is low relatively. A controller for internal combustion engine calculates basic operating amount for bringing real opening degree close to target opening degree; calculates an operating amount obtained by performing upper limitation of basic operating amount by first limit value, as final operating amount, in case of supercharging driving state; and calculates an operating amount obtained by performing upper limitation of basic operating amount by second limit value smaller than first limit value, as final operating amount, in case of non-supercharging driving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiko Ono, Tatsuhiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10845119
    Abstract: A method includes a step of increasing or decreasing a flow rate of a gas of the a second gas supply system, by a predetermined time from a start of a gas treatment step of the process recipe or a by a predetermined time before a start of the gas treatment step, by using apparatus information regarding a first gas supply system of the first substrate treatment apparatus and the second gas supply system of the second substrate treatment apparatus, and arranging the treatment process, and in this step, the treatment process of the second substrate treatment apparatus performed using the process recipe conforms to the treatment process of the first substrate treatment apparatus performed using the process recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Hirose, Norihiko Amikura, Risako Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 10837354
    Abstract: The manufacturing method for a turbocharger includes: connecting a shaft-side member to an actuator while the shaft-side member is inserted into a bush; combining the shaft-side member with a valve body-side member; and fixing the shaft-side member to the valve body-side member in a state where a wastegate valve is driven by the actuator so as to close the wastegate valve, and a contact surface of the valve body is pressed against a bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahiro Sadamitsu
  • Patent number: 10823031
    Abstract: An exhaust system includes a first exhaust after-treatment system receiving exhaust gases generated by an engine, a second exhaust after-treatment system downstream of the first exhaust after-treatment system, and at least one bypass connecting an engine outlet to an inlet to the second exhaust after-treatment system. A turbocharger is associated with the bypass and a bypass valve is located upstream of the turbocharger. The bypass valve is moveable between an open position to bypass exhaust gas flow to the first exhaust after-treatment system, a closed position to direct all exhaust gas flow to the first exhaust after-treatment system, and a partially open position where one portion of exhaust gas flow is directed into the first exhaust after-treatment system and a remaining portion of exhaust gas flow is directed into the turbocharger. A controller controls movement of the bypass valve between the open, closed, and partially open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
    Inventors: John G. Rohde, Edward Kinnaird, Madhuri Gandikota
  • Patent number: 10815918
    Abstract: To provide a controller and a control method for a supercharger-equipped internal combustion engine capable of assisting the insufficient part of supercharging pressure supercharged by the turbocharger, with a good responsiveness by the electric compressor, using simple calculation, even though using a plurality of superchargers. The controller for a supercharger-equipped internal combustion engine calculates, as a target intermediate supercharging pressure, a value subtracting, from the target supercharging pressure, a pressure difference subtracting the actual intermediate supercharging pressure from the actual supercharging pressure; calculates a pressure ratio of the target intermediate supercharging pressure and the actual atmospheric pressure; calculates a target rotational speed of the electric compressor based on the pressure ratio and the actual intake air flow rate; and controls the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Michihisa Yokono, Hideki Hagari
  • Patent number: 10801423
    Abstract: A supercharging device for an engine is provided, which includes a supercharger provided to an intake passage of the engine, an actuator configured to drive the supercharger, and a controller including a processor configured to control the actuator to drive the supercharger when an operating state of the engine is in a given supercharging range, and to stop the supercharger when the operating state is in a non-supercharging range. The controller causes the actuator to forcibly drive the supercharger in the non-supercharging range when a temperature of the supercharger is lower than a preset temperature, and prohibits the forcible drive of the supercharger when a rotation speed of the supercharger during the forcible drive of the supercharger is lower than a preset rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Matoba, Hiroyuki Morioka, Takayoshi Miyachi
  • Patent number: 10794248
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for a vehicle includes: a turbocharger having a turbine which rotates by exhaust gas flowing from an engine into an inlet of the turbine; a filter connected to an outlet of the turbine at an inlet of the filter and allowing the exhaust gas passing through the turbine to flow into the filter; and a gasket disposed between the outlet of the turbine and the inlet of the filter to maintain airtightness between the turbine and the filter. A portion of the gasket is exposed toward the turbine or the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sang Min Lee
  • Patent number: 10787957
    Abstract: A waste gate valve device for a turbocharger includes a drive rod having a first end connected to an actuator, an elastic member sandwiched between a link arm and the drive rod or between a support member and the drive rod, and a projecting portion at a position closer to a connecting pin than the elastic member or a position farther from the connecting pin than the elastic member in one of the drive rod and the support member sandwiching the elastic member or one of the drive rod and the link arm sandwiching the elastic member, the projecting portion protruding toward the other one of the drive rod and the support member and the other one of the drive rod and the link arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10787949
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an engine system having a split exhaust system. In one example, a system may include an engine having a plurality of cylinders, each of the plurality of cylinders including first and second exhaust ports, the first and second exhaust ports arranged in a non-alternating pattern across the plurality of cylinders and along a cylinder head, a blowdown exhaust manifold coupled to the first exhaust ports and an exhaust passage, and a scavenge exhaust manifold coupled to the second exhaust ports and an intake passage of the engine. In this way, the first and second exhaust ports may be arranged to enhance turbocharger performance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Patrick McConville, John Cornell, Joseph Norman Ulrey
  • Patent number: 10781761
    Abstract: Corrosion control is periodically executed to corrode the entire surface of the engine part in contact with the condensate water. The corrosion control includes a set of an anterior half control and a posterior half control. The anterior half control is executed over a first period from time t2 to time t3. In the anterior half control, the engine 12 is operated in a predetermined operating region. The posterior half control is executed over a second period from time t3 to time t4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10781743
    Abstract: An engine device including: an exhaust manifold disposed on one of left and right sides of a cylinder head, and an intake manifold disposed on another one of the left and right sides of the cylinder head. The engine device further includes a turbocharger that uses fluid energy of an exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust manifold to compress fresh air to be flowed into the intake manifold. The turbocharger is constituted by a two-stage turbocharger including a high-pressure turbocharger coupled to the exhaust manifold and a low-pressure turbocharger coupled to the high-pressure turbocharger. The high-pressure turbocharger is disposed on one of left and right lateral sides of the exhaust manifold, while the low-pressure turbocharger is disposed above the exhaust manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masataka Uchibori
  • Patent number: 10774675
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine is equipped with a turbocharger that includes: a centrifugal compressor impeller; an axial flow turbine wheel coupled to the compressor impeller via a rotational shaft; a bearing that supports the rotational shaft; and a housing that houses at least the compressor impeller and the bearing among the compressor impeller, the bearing and the turbine wheel. The turbine wheel is coupled to the rotational shaft such that an outlet of turbine blades of the turbine wheel is located on the side of the compressor impeller. The compressor impeller is arranged such that an inlet of the compressor impeller becomes closer to the turbine wheel than an outlet of the compressor impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masakazu Tabata
  • Patent number: 10767554
    Abstract: A turbine for an exhaust gas turbocharger has a housing with two exhaust gas volutes, between which a separating wall is provided and which have a common waste-gate opening. The turbine housing is equipped with a linear valve, which has a valve element and a displacement shaft for actuating the valve element. The displacement shaft of the linear valve is led through the separating wall in a separating wall plane and, in the direction of the shaft longitudinal axis of the linear valve, is movably arranged in the separating wall. The valve element is arranged in a separating wall cutout between the exhaust gas volutes and is led out of the area of the exhaust gas volutes in the direction toward the waste-gate opening, toward a valve seat which is formed on the inner side of the waste-gate opening, facing the exhaust gas volutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Mehne, Christoph Sparrer
  • Patent number: 10760479
    Abstract: A control system and method for an engine including a turbocharger without a surge valve involve utilizing one or more pressure sensors configured to measure air pressure in an intake system of the engine, the intake system comprising a compressor of the turbocharger and a throttle valve downstream from the compressor, and a controller configured to control the engine to avoid surge at the compressor and eliminate a need for the surge valve by determining a desired position for the throttle valve based on a driver requested engine torque, determining a minimum mass flow through the compressor that avoids surge based on the measured air pressure in the intake system and a predetermined compressor map, and commanding the throttle valve to a target position to maintain at least the minimum compressor mass flow, wherein the target position is greater than the desired position, thereby avoiding surge at the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Ethan E Bayer, David R Pedro, David A Lawrence, Saikiran Chikine
  • Patent number: 10760477
    Abstract: A turbocharger engine includes a dual stage turbocharger in which a first turbo unit is disposed on the upstream side of a second turbo unit on an exhaust passage. The turbocharger is disposed in such a manner that a second turbine shaft of the second turbo unit is far from an engine output shaft than a first turbine shaft of the first turbo unit in a plan view in an axis direction of a cylinder. Further, a second turbine is rotated clockwise around an axis thereof in a side view when the turbocharger is viewed from the side of the turbine, and an intra-turbine passage is disposed on the side of an engine body than the second turbine shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Niwa, Yoshiyuki Uehane, Keiji Araki
  • Patent number: 10753269
    Abstract: A control device according to the present invention determines whether a demand load demanded of an engine exceeds a load threshold. The control device starts an electric motor if the demand load exceeds the load threshold. If the demand load is equal to or less than the load threshold, the control device performs control such that the degree of opening of an on-off valve increases monotonically with respect to the demand load. The control device switches the on-off valve from an open state to a closed state when the electric motor starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yashiro, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Byeongil An, Yuuji Wakai