With Additional Drive Means For Supercharging Means Patents (Class 60/607)
  • Patent number: 11273412
    Abstract: A first adhesion-fixing-portion adhesively fixing hollow fiber membranes together and a hollow fiber membrane bundle and an inner wall of a housing together at an open end of the hollow fiber membranes, and a second adhesion-fixing-portion adhesively fixing the hollow fiber membranes together and the hollow fiber membrane bundle and the inner wall of the housing together at a closed end of the hollow fiber membranes are included. At least one of the second adhesion-fixing-portion and the housing around the second adhesion-fixing-portion has at least one through-hole for introducing liquid fed from the outside of the second adhesion-fixing-portion to a space in the housing. The total area of an opening or openings of at least one through-hole provided outside an outer perimeter of the hollow fiber membrane bundle is 80% or more of the total area of an opening or openings of all of the at least one through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoyoshi Morita
  • Patent number: 11208994
    Abstract: An air system and method includes an air compressor, a temperature sensors, a valve, and a controller. The air compressor is configured to receive filtered air. The temperature sensor is positioned at or near an outlet of the air compressor and configured to sense a temperature at or near the outlet of the air compressor. The valve is operatively connected to an outlet of the air compressor and external to the air compressor. The controller is configured to monitor the sensed temperature at the outlet of the air compressor and control the valve to permit air to flow from the outlet of the air compressor through the valve to unload the air compressor if the sensed temperature exceeds a threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Hoff, Daniel S. Hahn
  • Patent number: 11136919
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing an actuator of a variable inlet compressor coupled in an electric turbocharger. During torque transitions, an electrical power consumption of an electric boost assist motor is observed and used to infer an actual compressor speed and pressure ratio across the compressor. By comparing the measured pressure ratio to a compressor map, it may be determined if the actuator is stuck open or stuck closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: M. Scott Christensen, Nicholas Herhusky, Michael Bastanipour
  • Patent number: 10808633
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine with cylinders generating driving power and a turbocharger having a turbine in an exhaust line, and a compressor which rotates with the turbine and compresses intake gas. An electric supercharger is disposed in the intake line upstream from the compressor, a catalytic converter is disposed in the exhaust line downstream from the turbine. A post processing bypass line connects the exhaust line at a downstream portion of the catalytic converter and the intake line at a downstream portion of the electric supercharger. A low pressure EGR device includes a low pressure EGR line branching off from the exhaust line and merging into the intake line and a low pressure EGR cooler disposed therein. A high pressure EGR device includes a high pressure EGR line branching off from an exhaust system and merging into an intake system, and a high pressure EGR cooler disposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoungchan Han, Seungeun Yu
  • Patent number: 10697359
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine is described. The internal combustion engine comprises a valve control which is configured to close inlet valves of the internal combustion engine at Miller or Atkinson closing times. An electrified exhaust-gas turbocharger of the internal combustion engine comprises an electric machine which is operable selectively as a motor or generator. A control unit operates the electric machine of the electrified exhaust-gas turbocharger as a motor in a first load range of the internal combustion engine and as a generator in a second load range which corresponds to greater loads of the internal combustion engine than the first load range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventor: Joachim Weiß
  • Patent number: 10677146
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a first power supply circuit, a second power supply circuit, and a power supply-switching unit. The first power supply circuit includes a power storage device having a first capacity and supplies electricity of a first voltage to the electric motor. The second power supply circuit includes a power storage device having a second capacity smaller than the first capacity and supplies electricity of a second voltage higher than the first voltage to the electric motor. The power supply-switching unit supplies electricity from the second power supply circuit to the electric motor at the tune of starting an operation of the electric motor and thereafter supplies electricity from the first power supply circuit to the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Shigemizu, Yukio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10669891
    Abstract: A bearing structure includes: a housing; a bearing hole, which is formed in the housing, and receives a bearing configured to axially support a shaft having one end provided with an impeller; a clearance groove, which is formed in an inner circumferential surface of the bearing hole, and communicates with a passage formed on a lower side of the shaft; and an inclined portion formed on an inner wall surface of the clearance groove, which is positioned at least above the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Bunno, Yutaka Uneura, Shinichi Kaneda, Yuichi Daito, Hideyuki Kojima, Tomomi Sugiura, Shunsuke Nishii
  • Patent number: 10590840
    Abstract: A method to control an electrically-operated turbocharger in a supercharged internal combustion engine, wherein the turbocharger has: a turbine, which is inserted in an exhaust duct to rotate under the thrust of the exhaust gases and operates an electric generator, and a compressor, which is mechanically independent of the turbine, is inserted in an intake duct to increase the air pressure and is operated by an electric engine; wherein the control method comprises the steps of: establishing when the intensity of the acoustic emission in the exhaust of the internal combustion engine needs to be increased; and reducing the mechanical power actually absorbed by the electric generator relative to the available mechanical power to increase the intensity of the acoustic emission in the exhaust of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Patent number: 10507728
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an auxiliary drive of a combustion machine, in particular of a combustion machine of a utility vehicle. The auxiliary drive includes a shaft which is operatively connected to a crankshaft of the combustion machine and which has two shaft ends which are designed in each case for connection to a power-outputting and/or power-receiving machine arranged outside the crankcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS ÖSTERREICH GESMBH
    Inventors: Gottfried Raab, Josef Klammer, Ewald Hundsberger
  • Patent number: 10012159
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, in response to an electric motor driving an electric compressor positioned upstream of a turbocharger compressor disposed in the intake passage, a position of a valve in an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) passage coupled between the intake passage and the first exhaust manifold may be adjusted based on a pressure in the first exhaust manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Norman Ulrey, Daniel Paul Madison, Brad Alan Boyer
  • Patent number: 9752496
    Abstract: A turbocharger apparatus of an internal combustion engine and method of controlling the same is provided with electrically coupled fully variable turbo-compound capability. The turbocharger includes an exhaust gas turbine and an intake air compressor. A first electric machine coupled to the engine generates electricity and adds power to an output shaft of the engine depending on electricity flow to and from the first electric machine. A second electric machine coupled to the turbine and/or the compressor generates electricity and drives the turbine and/or the compressor depending on electricity flow between the first and the second electric machines. A planetary gearset connects the turbine, the compressor, and the second electric machine, and varies rotational speeds of the turbine, the compressor, and the second electric machine depending on electricity flow between the first and second electric machines to maximize efficiency and power of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: AVL POWERTRAIN ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Gustav R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9709065
    Abstract: Methods and a system are provided for powering a coolant pump to drive a coolant flow through a charge air cooler using exhaust gas-driven rotations of a turbocharger. In one example, a method may include adjusting a coolant flow through a charge air cooler with a coolant pump, the coolant pump mechanically driven by rotative power from a turbocharger. As such, coolant flow may increase with increasing turbocharger speed and the method may further include adjusting a wastegate of a turbocharger turbine to adjust power provided to the coolant pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Meisam Mehravaran, Robert Andrew Wade
  • Patent number: 9644641
    Abstract: It is intended to provide: an electric supercharging apparatus wherein, with a simple structure, rotor windage loss in an electric motor for driving a compressor is reduced and good cooling performance is produced; and a multi-stage supercharging system using the electric supercharging device. This electric supercharging apparatus is provided with: a first cooling passage formed in a stator along a motor coil and communicating a gas supply port with a gas discharge port in a motor housing; and a first intake passage connecting the gas discharge port to an intake port of a compressor. This electric supercharging apparatus is configured to introduce outside air into the first cooling passage via the gas supply port by applying negative pressure to the first cooling passage via the first intake passage, thereby cooling the inside of the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Byeongil An, Motoki Ebisu, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9599198
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transmitting mechanical torque between a driving member and a driven member, in particular between a heat engine and an air compressor (2) for supplying power to the engine. Said transmission device includes at least one pulley (10, 11, 12, 13), for transmitting the torque between the driving member and the driven member, and a release means (17) controlling at least one of said pulleys (10, 11, 12, 13) so as to enable the transmission of the torque between the driving member and the driven member when the latter are in an engaged state, or so as to restrict the transmission when the latter are in a disengaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Thierry Cheng, Patrick Sega, Damien Alfano
  • Patent number: 9488068
    Abstract: An apparatus circulates a coolant in a turbocharger, which includes a first coolant line for supplying the coolant to the turbocharger from a water pump and configured to form a first flow resistance member to increase flow resistance to the coolant flowing through the first coolant line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motor Corp.
    Inventors: Dong Ho Chu, Seon Yeong Kim, Yong Hoon Kim, Kwang Sik Yang, Hyung Ick Kim, Yung Hee Han
  • Patent number: 9470231
    Abstract: An electrically assisted turbocharger (1) comprising a housing (3) and an electric motor stator (22) disposed in the housing (3). The stator (22) includes a pair of o-rings, or other circumferential seals (204, 208), disposed therearound. The o-rings (204, 208) are operative to seal against an interior of the housing (3) to form an annular chamber (130) around at least a portion of the stator (22) and a pair of end cavities (122, 126) at the axial ends of the stator (22). The annular chamber (130) is adapted to allow the circulation of a cooling fluid around the stator (22). A pair of bearings (10, 12) may be disposed in the housing (3), one on each side of the stator (22). A shaft (7) is supported in the housing (3) by the bearings (10, 12). The shaft (7) in turn supports a turbine wheel (5) and a compressor wheel. An electric motor rotor (24) is disposed on the shaft (7) between the bearings (10, 12) and inside the stator (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Diemer, Augustine Cavagnaro, Michael Bucking
  • Patent number: 9346541
    Abstract: A power plant (10) having a main gearbox (20), a turbine engine (40), and a heat exchanger (60), the main gearbox (20) including a substantially vertical rotor mast (21). The main gearbox (20) comprises at least a rotary speed reduction stage arranged in a flat casing (22), and a pylon (23). The turbine engine (40) has an engine casing (42) with an outlet shaft projecting from said engine casing (42) and penetrating into said flat casing (22), said outlet shaft (41) being substantially parallel to the rotor mast (21), said engine casing (42) being offset longitudinally from the pylon (23) and not being in contact with the pylon (23). The heat exchanger (60) extends longitudinally behind said turbine engine (40), while, on the contrary, said rotor mast (21) is situated longitudinally in front of said turbine engine (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Helicopters
    Inventor: Olivier Honnorat
  • Patent number: 9038383
    Abstract: A flywheel assembly for a turbocharger a rotatable flywheel shaft that is separate from a turbocharger shaft, and a flywheel body coupled to the flywheel shaft. A flywheel sensor determines a flywheel operating parameter and supplies a flywheel feedback signal indicative of the flywheel operating parameter, and a flywheel clutch selectively couples the flywheel shaft to the turbocharger shaft. A controller operates the flywheel clutch based on the flywheel feedback signal. The flywheel shaft and flywheel body may be disposed in a flywheel housing that is separate and spaced from a turbocharger housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Evan Earl Jacobson
  • Patent number: 9027344
    Abstract: Rotational speed of an electric turbocharger controlled so that the actual temperature of the motor does exceed the allowable level even over a long time span. A speed control device for the turbocharger, includes a temperature sensor, a speed limitation device which limits the speed of the motor in response to the temperature level detected by the temperature sensor wherein the speed limitation device is provided with a limit control start temperature correction device which decreases the limit control start temperature when the increase rate of the detected temperature exceeds a threshold. A speed limitation setting device sets a speed limit based on the temperature difference between the limit control start temperature and the detected temperature T on a rate of increase of the detected temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Yamashita, Noriyuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20150113980
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an engine turbocharger is described. In one example, the turbocharger is rotated in different directions in response to operating conditions. The system and method may reduce engine emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: William Charles Ruona, Kevin Durand Byrd, Keith Michael Plagens
  • Patent number: 9016062
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for checking a valve on an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine, wherein an exhaust gas flow exits the internal combustion engine, a first portion of said flow flowing through a turbine of the exhaust gas turbocharger into an exhaust gas system and a second portion flowing through the valve into the exhaust gas system, wherein said method includes the steps of varying a fuel-to-air ratio in a fresh gas supplied to the internal combustion engine, determining a residual oxygen content in the exhaust gas system, and determining that the valve is defective if a variation of the residual oxygen content occurs in a manner different than a predetermined manner of the variation of the fuel-to-air ratio in the fresh gas. A device for checking the valve can be integrated into an integrated engine control unit of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Eser, Thomas Burkhardt
  • Patent number: 9010114
    Abstract: An air charge system for an internal combustion engine may include a charge path having a charge inlet configured to receive air, and a charge outlet configured to convey air to an intake of the internal combustion engine; a first compressor in the charge path, the first compressor being driven by a motor and configured to receive the air from the charge inlet and increase temperature, pressure and volumetric flow rate of the air in the charge path; a first valve in the charge path downstream of the first compressor configured to divert at least a portion of the air leaving the first compressor from exiting the charge path through the charge outlet; and a controller configured to modulate at least one of the first valve and a speed of the motor to adjust a volumetric flow rate of air leaving the charge outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David S. Krug, Travis A. Reynolds, Ian Whiteside, Christopher J. Thompson, Phil McGovern, Steve Higginson, Vladimir Anton
  • Patent number: 8997462
    Abstract: An engine system comprising: an exhaust gas system for removing exhaust gas from the engine; a turbocharger comprising a compressor for inducing air towards the engine and a turbine provided along the exhaust gas system and driven by removed exhaust gas for powering the compressor; a hydrogen delivery apparatus adapted to deliver hydrogen to the exhaust gas system such that the hydrogen can combust and expand, thereby increasing the speed of the turbine. The increased speed of the turbine operation decreases turbo lag and increases engine responsiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Edward Caine
  • Patent number: 8959912
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an internal-combustion engine for driving a drive train of the vehicle, at least one charger for increasing the pressure of the air supplied to the internal-combustion engine and an electrical machine which can be or is coupled to the charger in a torque-transmitting manner and is provided for driving or supporting the drive of the charger. The drive train can be or is coupled with the electrical machine in a torque-transmitting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Hoess, Jens Neumann, Armin Engstle
  • Patent number: 8959913
    Abstract: Various apparatuses and systems are provided for a turbocharger. In one example, the turbocharger system includes a first turbine having an exhaust flow outlet and a second turbine having an exhaust flow inlet. The turbocharger system further includes a transition conduit fluidically coupling the outlet of the first turbine to the inlet of the second turbine, the transition conduit including an expansion region upstream of a first bend, and a bypass which routes exhaust flow around the first turbine, the bypass having an exhaust flow outlet fluidically coupled to the transition conduit downstream of the expansion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Nagurney, Daniel Loringer, Kendall Swenson, Lukas Johnson, Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger, Amit Sharma, Swaminathan Gopalakrishnan
  • Patent number: 8958959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-propelling construction machine which has a chassis 1 which has wheels or crawler track units 1A, 1B. The construction machine according to the invention is distinguished by the fact that the gear mechanism system 6 for transmitting the drive power from the drive unit 5, which comprises at least one internal combustion engine 5A, to the working unit 4, which comprises at least one working assembly 4A, does not have a conventional clutch with which the working unit can be activated but instead has a hydrodynamic gear mechanism 10 which has a drive shaft 10A and an output shaft 10B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried von Schönebeck, Sascha Schwippert, Cyrus Barimani, Günter Hähn
  • Patent number: 8935077
    Abstract: A procedure for startup and shutdown of an internal combustion engine with an electronically-controlled turbocharger (ECT) is disclosed. The startup and shutdown procedures are determined to provide the desired lubrication to engine and ECT components and sufficient cooling of the engine and ECT. In one embodiment, the system includes an electric oil pump that can supply oil to the oil circuit in the engine and ECT independently of an engine-driven mechanical oil pump. In another embodiment, the oil circuit is provided with an oil accumulator to provide oil for cooling after engine rotation has stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: EcoMotors, Inc.
    Inventor: Tyler Garrard
  • Patent number: 8931274
    Abstract: An engine system may include an electric or mechanical supercharger and an LP-EGR, basically with a turbocharger, an EGR valve, a channel control valve, and a bypass valve, which control the flow rate of external air and exhaust gas, may be integrally operated, and a operation section may be divided into a turbo-lag and low torque section, a mid-load section, and mid/high-load section such that the open amount of EGR valve, channel control valve, and bypass valve may be optimally controlled, such that it may be possible to improve availability for a low-speed/high-load section with turbo-lag reduced, using supercharger and considerably increase the ratio of fuel efficiency improvement in the low-speed/high-load section, using LP-EGR operating with supercharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Donghee Han, Dongho Chu, Yoonjoo Kim, Jongil Park, Hongjip Kim, Seungkook Han, Hyuk Im
  • Patent number: 8925316
    Abstract: A method of controlling airflow of an engine system is provided. The method includes determining a supercharger operating mode and a turbocharger operating mode based on engine load; selectively generating a control signal to a turbocharger based on the turbocharger operating mode; and selectively generating a control signal to a supercharger bypass valve based on the supercharger operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Andrasko, Christopher J. Kalebjian, Yun Xiao, Bryan A. Kuieck
  • Publication number: 20140373532
    Abstract: An electrically assisted turbocharger (1) comprising a housing (3) and an electric motor stator (22) disposed in the housing (3). The stator (22) includes a pair of o-rings, or other circumferential seals (204, 208), disposed therearound. The o-rings (204, 208) are operative to seal against an interior of the housing (3) to form an annular chamber (130) around at least a portion of the stator (22) and a pair of end cavities (122, 126) at the axial ends of the stator (22). The annular chamber (130) is adapted to allow the circulation of a cooling fluid around the stator (22). A pair of bearings (10, 12) may be disposed in the housing (3), one on each side of the stator (22). A shaft (7) is supported in the housing (3) by the bearings (10, 12). The shaft (7) in tum supports a turbine wheel (5) and a compressor wheel. An electric motor rotor (24) is disposed on the shaft (7) between the bearings (10, 12) and inside the stator (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Diemer, Augustine Cavagnaro, Michael Bucking
  • Publication number: 20140366534
    Abstract: A super-turbocharger utilizing a high speed, fixed ratio traction drive that is coupled to a continuously variable transmission to allow for high speed operation is provided. A high speed traction drive is utilized to provide speed reduction from the high speed turbine shaft. A second traction drive provides infinitely variable speed ratios through a continuously variable transmission. Gas recirculation in a super-turbocharger is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Ed VanDyne, Berry T. Brinks, Jared William Brown
  • Patent number: 8820056
    Abstract: Disclosed is a super-turbocharger system that increases power and efficiency of an engine. The system uses the exothermic properties of a catalytic converter to extract additional energy from exhaust heat that is used to add power to the engine. Compressed air is supplied and mixed with exhaust gases upstream and/or downstream from a catalytic converter that is connected to an exhaust manifold. The gaseous mixture of exhaust gases and compressed air is sufficiently rich in oxygen to oxidize hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide in the catalytic converter, which adds heat to the gaseous mixture. In addition, a sufficient amount of compressed air is supplied to the exhaust gases to maintain the temperature of the gaseous mixture at a substantially optimal temperature level. The gaseous mixture is applied to the turbine of the super-turbocharger, which increases the output of said super-turbocharger, which increases the power and efficiency of said engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Vandyne Superturbo, Inc.
    Inventors: Ed VanDyne, Volker Schumacher, Jared William Brown, Tom Waldron
  • Patent number: 8793995
    Abstract: A system and method for recovering the unused energy of exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine is provided. A charge device for generating compressed intake air for the internal combustion engine is driven by exhaust gas, and an air compressor having at least one compression stage is connected to the charge device to withdraw at least a partial quantity of the compressed intake air, the partial quantity of the compressed intake air of the charge device that can be withdrawn by the air compressor is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Eduard Gerum
  • Patent number: 8769949
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control system and method for controlling a superturbocharged engine system in various operation modes. Throttle control mode may idle the superturbocharger during low and medium engine loads, so that boost is not created in the intake manifold. During high engine load conditions (open throttle), boosting occurs in response to the driver, operator, or control system requesting increased engine loads. For transient control mode, the control system may respond to transient conditions in response to engine speed and load so that the engine does not bog down or overcome vehicle traction limits. The control system may also predict future operating points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Vandyne Superturbo, Inc.
    Inventors: Ed VanDyne, Jared William Brown, Volker Schumacher, Christopher J. Chadwell
  • Patent number: 8701636
    Abstract: A variable-input driving system includes first and second rotatable components rotating at different speeds. First and second sensors measure the rotation of the first and second components, and provide signals to an electronic controller. A drive selector has an input connected to each of the first and second components and an output connected to a driven component. The drive selector is responsive to a command signal from the electronic controller to selectively engage the first or second input with the output such that rotation of the first or second input is transmitted to the driven component based on the first and second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Jensen
  • Publication number: 20140090374
    Abstract: An engine exhaust gas treatment system includes an oxidation catalyst, a NOX adsorber, and a turbine. The oxidation catalyst and the NOX adsorber are fluidly connected to an exhaust manifold of the engine. The turbine is fluidly connected to, and downstream of the oxidation catalyst and the NOx adsorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpollar Inc.
    Inventor: Praveen Chavannavar
  • Publication number: 20140033706
    Abstract: A turbocharger for a supercharged internal combustion engine; the turbocharger has: a turbine, which is provided with a shaft mounted in a rotatory manner; a compressor, which is provided with a shaft mounted in a rotatory manner and is mechanically independent from the shaft of the turbine; and a single electrical machine, which is interposed between the turbine and the compressor, and is provided with a first rotor, which is mechanically connected to the shaft of the turbine, and with a second rotor which is mechanically connected to the shaft of the compressor to work as an electromagnetic joint between the shaft of the turbine and the shaft of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Ferrari S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
  • Publication number: 20140013742
    Abstract: The power-assisted supercharger (10) includes: a turbocharger (12) in which a turbine (12a) is rotationally driven by exhaust gas (7) from an engine (40), a compressor (12b) rotationally driven by the turbine compresses intake air (5) and supplies the intake air to the engine; an electric motor (14) connected to a rotary shaft (12c) connecting the turbine and the compressor, the electric motor to add rotational force to the turbocharger; and a motor controller (20) to control a drive current (I) to the electric motor required for an assist operation for the turbocharger, by open loop, based on an accelerator opening degree (A) of the engine and a rotational speed (NE) of the engine. In this power-assisted supercharger, a turbo lag can be reduced by itself, power consumption can be small even in a range in which the rotational speed is high, malfunctions or unnecessary power consumption can be prevented, a control system can be simplified, and the installation space and the weight thereof can be small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Yuichiro Mizuno, Kazuhiko Shinagawa
  • Patent number: 8601810
    Abstract: Provided is an internal combustion engine for improving fuel-economy performance in any of the case where supercharging performed by an electric supercharger is required and the case where the supercharging is not required. The internal combustion engine includes: an electric supercharger; a supercharger; an electric motor; and a controller, the electric supercharger being for compressing an intake air by rotation of the supercharger caused with rotation of the exhaust turbine by an exhaust gas energy to perform supercharging and for rotationally driving the supercharger with electric-motor assistance by the electric motor; an exhaust bypass passage provided to bypass the exhaust turbine; and an opening and closing the exhaust bypass passage unit. In the internal combustion engine, the opening and closing the exhaust bypass passage unit opens the exhaust bypass passage until the supercharging is started by the electric supercharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tanaka, Noriyuki Inoue, Yohei Akashi
  • Publication number: 20130283781
    Abstract: A first stage turbocharger configured to receive an ambient intake air stream. A compressor of the first stage turbocharger coupled to a first intercooler. The first intercooler coupled to a turboexpander stage. The turbine of the turboexpander discharging an expanded air stream to an intake manifold of an engine. The expanded airstream having a temperature of less than the ambient intake air stream, thereby reducing enabling operation of the engine under high load conditions while maintaining reduced emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Thomas Michael Lavertu
  • Patent number: 8567190
    Abstract: In an air supplier particularly for air supply systems for fuel cells including a compressor having a housing with a radial diffuser and including a rotor operated by an electric motor, a diverting channel is connected to the radial diffuser providing a communication path guiding the air via an axial annular channel to an inwardly extending collecting chamber via a final diffuser formed by a curved end section of a wall delimiting the annular passage and an inwardly curved wall area of the collection chamber, the compressor housing having an outer diameter is not substantially larger than the outer diameter of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Siegfried Sumser, Manfred Stute, Paul Löffler
  • Patent number: 8561403
    Abstract: A super-turbocharger utilizing a high speed, fixed ratio traction drive that is coupled to a continuously variable transmission to allow for high speed operation is provided. A high speed traction drive is utilized to provide speed reduction from the high speed turbine shaft. A second traction drive provides infinitely variable speed ratios through a continuously variable transmission. Gas recirculation in a super-turbocharger is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Vandyne Super Turbo, Inc.
    Inventors: Ed VanDyne, Barry T. Brinks, Michael B. Riley, Jared William Brown
  • Publication number: 20130269342
    Abstract: A turbocharger apparatus of an engine may include a turbine installed to generate a rotating force from an exhaust gas flow of the engine, a compressor selectively coupled to the turbine to be rotated for compressing air which is to be supplied into an engine combustion chamber of the engine, a shaft installed to transfer the rotating force of the turbine to the compressor, a clutch installed to the shaft to control the transfer of the rotating force between the turbine and the compressor, a planetary gear unit connected to the compressor, and a motor generator mounted onto the shaft and coupled to the planetary gear unit to receive the rotating force of the compressor through the planetary gear set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Hyundai Motor Company
  • Publication number: 20130263593
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, an internal combustion engine includes an oxidation catalyst configured to receive an exhaust gas flow from the internal combustion engine, a urea injector positioned downstream of the oxidation catalyst to inject a urea flow into the exhaust gas flow and a mixer positioned downstream of the urea injector to mix the exhaust gas flow and the urea flow to form a mixed exhaust gas and urea flow. The engine also includes a particulate filter and catalytic reduction assembly positioned downstream of the mixer to receive the mixed exhaust and urea flow from the mixer to form a treated exhaust gas flow and an exhaust gas recirculation system coupled to the particulate filter to receive a portion of the treated exhaust gas flow and recirculate the portion of the exhaust gas flow to be mixed with a fresh air flow for the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: MANUEL ANGEL GONZALEZ DELGADO, JULIAN C. TAN, JOSHUA CLIFFORD BEDFORD, YONG MIAO, NASER I. HINEITI, STEVEN M. YOCUM
  • Publication number: 20130247568
    Abstract: An engine system comprising: an exhaust gas system for removing exhaust gas from the engine; a turbocharger comprising a compressor for inducing air towards the engine and a turbine provided along the exhaust gas system and driven by removed exhaust gas for powering the compressor; a hydrogen delivery apparatus adapted to deliver hydrogen to the exhaust gas system such that the hydrogen can combust and expand, thereby increasing the speed of the turbine. The increased speed of the turbine operation decreases turbo lag and increases engine responsiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Edward Caine
  • Patent number: 8479513
    Abstract: A driver (41) for driving a rotary motor (20) directly connected to a rotating shaft member of a supercharger is mounted on a board (39) together with a control device (51) and a heat sink (39a) and is housed in an engine room. Even when a temperature (ambient temperature) in the engine room detected by a temperature sensor (47b) rises up to an upper limit temperature (upper limit ambient temperature) of the ambient temperature, if a temperature (driver temperature) of a portion of the driver (41) that has a highest temperature detected by a temperature sensor (47a) is yet to rise to an upper limit temperature (upper limit internal temperature) of the driver temperature, the control device (51) causes the rotary motor (20) to continue to drive as the motor while lowering an upper limit of an output current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Shimizu, Yasuyuki Shibui
  • Patent number: 8453437
    Abstract: A secondary air supply device for an internal combustion engine includes: an electric air pump that supplies secondary air into an exhaust pipe of the internal combustion engine; a controller that controls actuation of the electric air pump according to an operating state of the internal combustion engine; and an air flow mechanism that rotates the electric air pump by causing air in the electric air pump to flow. The controller uses the air flow mechanism to rotate the electric air pump before energizing the electric air pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kunihiro Sugihara
  • Patent number: 8443601
    Abstract: A method for controlling the wastegate in a turbocharged internal combustion engine including the steps of: determining, during a design phase, a control law which provides an objective opening of a controlling actuator of the wastegate according to the supercharging pressure; determining an objective supercharging pressure; measuring an actual supercharging pressure; determining a first open loop contribution of an objective position of a controlling actuator of the wastegate by means of the control law and according to the objective supercharging pressure; determining a second closed loop contribution of the objective position of the controlling actuator of the wastegate; and calculating the objective position of the controlling actuator of the wastegate by adding the two contributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Panciroli, Francesco Alunni, Stefano Sgatti
  • Patent number: 8423266
    Abstract: An engine in which a fluctuation in the amount of fuel injection is reduced in the entire operating tolerance of the engine. The engine (1) has an engine body (5) provided with a turbocharger (7), an engine speed sensor (21), a turbo sensor (22), a boost sensor (23), and an ECU (20) for correcting the amount of fuel injection. A control means recognizes an engine speed, a supercharging pressure, a supercharger speed, a fuel injection amount and corrects the fuel injection amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kawabe, Takashi Miyamoto, Kazuhiro Yamada, Tetsuo Sakaki, Isamu Kawashima
  • Patent number: 8413439
    Abstract: A power supply of equipment onboard a motor vehicle equipped with a micro-hybrid system that can operate in a regenerative braking mode during which the energy recovered by a reversible rotary machine (1) of the micro-hybrid system is stored in an auxiliary energy storage unit (4). The micro-hybrid system provides a dual-voltage network including, on the one hand, a low voltage (Vb) for supplying a battery (3) of the vehicle and, on the other hand and at the terminals of said auxiliary energy-storage unit, a floating voltage (Vb+X) higher than the low voltage. The floating voltage (Vb+X) is used for powering the onboard equipment of the vehicle that may require high currents during short periods of time for the dynamic operation thereof. The power supply is particularly useful for powering an electric-assistance turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Paul Armiroli