18th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160123200 | SYSTEMS FOR REGENERATION OF A GASOLINE PARTICULATE FILTER - A system includes a soot module, a coordinator module, a regeneration module, and actuator modules. The soot module determines a current amount of soot mass in a particulate filter of a gasoline engine, where the particulate filter is downstream from the gasoline engine and receives an exhaust gas from the gasoline engine. The coordinator module generates an enable signal, a torque reserve signal, and an equivalence ratio. The regeneration module, based on the current amount of soot mass and the enable signal, generates a regeneration signal to regenerate the particulate filter. The actuator modules, based on the regeneration signal, the torque reserve signal and the equivalence ratio, retard spark and increase an amount of air flow to the particulate filter. The actuators maintain a same amount of torque out of the gasoline engine during regeneration as output from the gasoline engine prior to the regeneration of the particulate filter. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123201 | COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED REGENERATION VIA CONTROLLED ASH DEPOSITS - An engine system includes an electronically controlled compression ignition engine configured to burn diesel fuel and a high ash oil to produce an exhaust with a temperature and NOx to soot ratio as well as a controlled level of ash deposits on the particulate filter of the system. An aftertreatment system is fluidly connected to the engine and includes a diesel oxidation catalyst, a reductant supply, and a diesel particulate filter coated with a NOx reduction catalyst. The soot load density on the diesel particulate filter can be stabilized by oxidizing soot at about a same rate as the compression ignition engine is supplying soot to the aftertreatment system. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123202 | CHEMICAL HEAT STORAGE DEVICE - A chemical heat storage device heats a subject to be heated existing in a pipe. The chemical heat storage device includes a reactor that generates heat by chemically reacting with a reaction medium, an absorber that causes an absorbent to absorb and stores the reaction medium, and a connection tube that is connected to the reactor and absorber, for the reaction medium to migrate through. The reactor includes a solid reaction material disposed along an outer peripheral surface of a place where the subject exists in the pipe and a casing that seals the reaction material so as to form a space along an outer peripheral surface of the reaction material. One end of the connection tube is open to the space. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123203 | REDUCED EMISSIONS INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEMS - Internal combustion diesel engine systems and methods of operation are disclosed that include a diesel engine, an exhaust gas recirculation system, a wastegated turbocharger, an exhaust throttle, and a vanadia selective catalytic reduction catalyst downstream of the exhaust throttle. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123204 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR REDUCING AGENT SUPPLY APPARATUS - The control method for reducing agent supply apparatuses, when a liquid reducing agent is frozen, unfreezes the frozen liquid reducing agent using a heating device and enables the injection control of the liquid reducing agent in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. The control method includes determining the necessity of unfreezing of the liquid reducing agent and calculating the necessary time required for the unfreezing when the speed of the internal combustion engine exceeds a predetermined threshold during startup of the internal combustion engine and permitting the injection control of the liquid reducing agent when the unfreezing is not necessary or the unfreezing is completed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123205 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING DRIVING SYSTEM - A method for operating a driving system having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas purifying device through which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine flows in order to be purified. The exhaust gas purifying device has at least one catalyst element for catalytic conversion of nitrogen monoxide into nitrogen dioxide at a determined conversion rate. In order to compensate for an agerelated decrease in the conversion rate of the catalyst element the nitrogen monoxide emission from the internal combustion engine and/or the exhaust gas temperature before the catalyst element are adjusted as a function of the current conversion rate and/or the age of the catalyst element so that the nitrogen dioxide concentration after the catalyst element is greater than or equal to a minimum concentration and/or that the molar ratio between nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide after the catalyst element corresponds to a predetermined ratio. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123206 | WASTE HEAT RECLAMATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR RECLAMATION OF WASTE HEAT, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING WASTE HEAT - A system for reclamation of waste heat from a heat load is disclosed and described. The system comprises a heat exchanger coupled to a heat load for capturing waste heat from the heat load; and a heat sink coupled to the heat exchanger to disperse the waste heat. The system further comprises a device coupled to the heat sink for utilizing energy from the waste heat dispersed by the heat sink. A method for reclamation of waste heat from a heat load and utilization of the waste heat are also disclosed and described. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123207 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE - An exhaust gas purification device, including a diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) for collecting particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas, a forced regeneration unit or performing forced regeneration, a capacitance detection unit for detecting a capacitance of the DPF, a total accumulated amount estimation unit for estimating a total amount of accumulated particulate matter and ash collected in the DPF on the basis of the detected capacitance, and an ash accumulated amount calculation unit for calculating an amount of accumulated ash by using, as the amount of accumulated ash, the total amount of accumulation which is estimated when the forced regeneration finishes. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123208 | AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM HAVING AN ACOUSTIC RESONATOR - A resonator for attenuating sound waves produced by an engine is provided. The resonator includes a housing. The housing includes first, second and third portions defining first, second and third working chambers, respectively. The first, second and third portions cooperate to define a substantially T-shaped resonator operable to attenuate sound produced by the engine. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123209 | Exhaust Gas Mixer - A power system including a selective reduction catalyst and an exhaust gas mixer positioned downstream thereof. The exhaust gas mixer includes an inlet opening a plurality of peripheral inlet openings and a plurality of swirler guides. The inlet opening is positioned to receive a first portion of exhaust gas exiting the SCR catalyst, while the plurality of peripheral inlet openings are positioned to receive a second portion of exhaust gas exiting the SCR catalyst. The swirler guides extend radially inwards from a respective peripheral inlet opening, so as to swirl the second portion of exhaust gas about and into the first portion of exhaust gas. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123210 | Exhaust Control System - An exhaust management system for use in a motor vehicle having a muffler and a combustion engine generating an exhaust also has a bypass channel configured to be mounted to bypass the muffler of the exhaust system. The system also has a valve controlling air flow through the bypass channel, and a controller operably coupled with the valve. The controller is configured to be switchable between at least two modes. The at least two modes include a provider dynamic mode configured to be modified by a provider only, and a user dynamic mode configured to be modified by a user. The user has no rights to modify the provider dynamic mode. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123211 | EXHAUST DEVICE FOR COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust device for a combustion engine includes a collecting pipe to which downstream end portions of two exhaust pipes are connected. The downstream end portions of the exhaust pipes are aligned in a lateral direction perpendicular to an axial direction thereof. The downstream end portions of the exhaust pipes have insertion sections that are inserted into an upstream end portion of the collecting pipe. The upstream end portion of the collecting pipe has a cover section that covers the entirety of circumferences of the insertion sections. Outer circumferential surfaces of the insertion sections of the exhaust pipes and an inner circumferential surface of the cover section of the collecting pipe are joined over the entirety of circumferences thereof at a collecting pipe joining region. The collecting pipe joining region has a displacement portion having its position shifted in the axial direction C toward the lateral direction W. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123212 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE - An exhaust gas treatment device ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160123213 | Power System with an Intake Gas Cooler - A power system including an intake gas cooler and aftercooler positioned gaseously downstream thereof. The intake gas cooler is configured to receive a fresh intake gas for combusting in an engine and a recirculated exhaust gas expelled by the engine for re-combusting therein. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123214 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WATER PUMP OF VEHICLE HAVING WATER-COOLED INTERCOOLER - A water pump control system of a vehicle having a water-cooled intercooler includes: the water-cooled intercooler cooling intake air that is injected from the outside through heat exchange with coolant; an electric water pump that selectively supplies coolant to the water-cooled intercooler using an electric motor; and a controller that controls the electric water pump using a heat releasing amount of intake air passing through the water-cooled intercooler. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123215 | Method and device for operating an engine compartment fan for a motor vehicle - A method for operating an engine compartment fan for an engine compartment of a motor vehicle, in which at least one component, in particular for the drive of the motor vehicle, is situated, including the following: ascertaining a present engine compartment temperature as a function of a thermal energy input into the engine compartment and a thermal energy discharge out of the engine compartment; and activating the engine compartment fan as a function of the ascertained present engine compartment temperature. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123216 | ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM - An engine cooling system for cooling a cylinder head and a cylinder block separately may include a cylinder block having cylinders arranged from a front side to a rear side of an engine with a block water jacket formed therein around the cylinders, a cylinder head fastened to a top side of the cylinder block with a head water jacket formed therein from the front side to the rear side of the engine, a water pump mounted to a front side of the cylinder block for pumping coolant to a front of the block water jacket, and a coolant control valve arranged in a rear side of the cylinder block and the cylinder head to have a first end connected to a rear end of the block water jacket and a second end connected to a rear end of the head water jacket for having the coolant supplied thereto. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123217 | CONTROL VALVE SYSTEM FOR COOLANT - A control valve system for a coolant includes an inlet through which a coolant flows into a water chamber. A plurality of outlets discharges the coolant outside the water chamber. A valve housing defines the water chamber which is fluidically connected to the inlet and the plurality of outlets. At least one rotary valve is rotatably installed in the water chamber. An actuator rotates the rotary valve. A controller is configured to control a flow rate of the coolant discharged to the plurality of outlets by adjusting a rotational angle of the rotary valve by the actuator. The plurality of outlets include a first outlet connected to a radiator which cools the coolant, and a second outlet connected to a reservoir tank which removes bubbles of the coolant. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123218 | ENGINE SYSTEM HAVING COOLANT CONTROL VALVE - An engine system having a coolant control valve may include a cylinder head including an intake side head coolant jacket for cooling an intake side thereof and an exhaust side head coolant jacket for cooling an exhaust side thereof formed in the cylinder head, a cylinder block arranged on a lower side of the cylinder head and having an intake side block coolant jacket for cooling an intake side of the cylinder block and an exhaust side block coolant jacket for cooling an exhaust side cylinder block formed therein, and a coolant control valve arranged for independently controlling coolant flowing through the intake side head coolant jacket, the exhaust side head coolant jacket, the intake side block coolant jacket and the exhaust side block coolant jacket. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123219 | Power System with Heat Transfer Circuits - A power system including an engine, a first heat transfer circuit, and a second heat transfer circuit. The first heat transfer circuit includes a first heat exchanger that cools a first circuit fluid. The first circuit fluid cools a block and a head of the engine. The second heat transfer circuit includes a second heat exchanger that cools a second circuit fluid. The second circuit fluid cools a lube oil cooler. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123220 | Four-Cycle Internal Combustion Engine with Curtailed Intake Process - A four-cycle naturally-aspirated internal combustion engine has a permanent curtailed intake process, which allows the temperature and pressure of intake air to the combustion cylinders to be tightly controlled, and enables a very small combustion chamber so that a much higher compression ratio and pre-ignition compression pressure can be achieved without approaching the air/fuel mixture auto-ignition threshold. The maximum threshold of curtailed intake volume is determined to be 68% of engine cylinder volume to achieve a compression ratio CR of 18 or higher. Because this design can effectively regulate and set the maximum pre-ignition temperature of the fuel-air mixture, it can combust virtually any type of liquid hydrocarbon fuel without knocking. This four-cycle engine, due to its higher compression ratio, generates power equivalent to or greater than a standard four-cycle engine in a smaller and lighter engine and at a much higher efficiency. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123221 | ENGINE SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FLOW OF EXHAUST GAS - An engine system for controlling flow of exhaust gas may include an intake line to receive external air, an engine including a combustion chamber to combust the external air and a fuel supplied through the intake line, to generate driving torque, an exhaust line to exhaust the exhaust gas combusted in the combustion chamber of the engine, a turbocharger including a turbine operated according to exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust line and a compressor to compress the external air flowing through the intake line, a catalyst device to reduce a harmful component included in the exhaust gas passing through the turbine of the turbocharger, a bypass line branched from the exhaust line between the combustion chamber and the turbine and converged in the intake line between the compressor and the combustion chamber, and a bypass valve disposed in the bypass line to selectively open/close the bypass line. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123222 | WASTEGATE ASSEMBLY IN A TURBINE - A wastegate assembly in a turbine of an internal combustion engine is provided. The wastegate assembly includes a wastegate conduit bypassing a turbine rotor, a valve sealing plate configured to seat and seal on a wastegate conduit outlet in a closed position, and a flow diverting tab coupled to the valve sealing plate, extending upstream of the wastegate conduit outlet, and separating a wastegate conduit outflow and a turbine rotor outflow. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123223 | SPEED REDUCED DRIVEN TURBOCHARGER - Disclosed is a speed reduced driven turbocharger that utilizes a step-down roller that is coupled to a turbo shaft with a traction interface. Either a flat or a shaped traction interface can be used. The step-down roller mechanically actuates either a mechanical or hydraulic transmission, or can be mechanically coupled to an electric motor/generator. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123224 | SPRING LOADED PISTONS - Embodiments include a spring loaded piston in an internal combustion engine. In certain embodiments, the internal combustion engine may include a two stroke, one cylinder piston engine having first springs connecting between a piston and a cylinder head and second springs connecting between the piston and the base of the piston cylinder. The first springs are relatively compressed when the crankshaft is at top dead center while the second springs are relatively relaxed when the crankshaft is at top dead center and vice versa at when the crankshaft is at bottom dead center. During the power/intake stroke, some of the fuel's energy is delivered to the crankshaft and some is used to compress the second springs. The stored energy in the second springs is delivered to the crankshaft during the exhaust/compression stroke while the second springs return to their relatively relaxed condition and vice versa for the first springs. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123225 | THERMAL INSULATION OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention relates to a thermally insulated internal combustion engine where a polyurethane foam entirely or to some extent surrounds the external surface of one or more parts of the internal combustion engine. The present invention further relates to a process for the production of a thermally insulated internal combustion engine by taking an engine part, using a mold to surround the part that is to be surrounded with foam within the internal combustion engine part, thus producing a cavity between engine part and mold, charging a polyurethane reaction mixture into the cavity, allowing the polyurethane reaction mixture to complete its reaction to give a polyurethane foam, and removing the mold. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123226 | GAS TURBINE USING A CRYOGENIC FUEL AND EXTRACTING WORK THEREFROM - There is disclosed a method of operating a gas turbine engine of a type having a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section arranged in flow series. The method involves the steps of: providing a supply of cryogenic liquid fuel; vaporising the cryogenic liquid fuel to produce a gaseous fuel; expanding said gaseous fuel in at least one fuel turbine external to the engine's turbine section; and thereafter directing said expanded gaseous fuel into the engine's combustion section for combustion therein. A related gas turbine arrangement configured for implementation of the method is also disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123227 | SEPARATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A separator assembly for removing entrained particles from a fluid stream passing through a gas turbine engine includes a first particle separator for separating the fluid stream into a reduced-particle stream and a particle-laden stream, and emitting the particle-laden stream through a scavenge outlet. Another particle remover is fluidly coupled to the scavenge outlet to remove more particles from the air stream. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123228 | AIR INTAKE SLEEVE FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBOPROP ENGINE - Air intake sleeve ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160123229 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AIR-COOLING, AND RELATED POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS - A cooling system for providing chilled air is disclosed, including a cooling coil; an evaporator and absorber contained within a vacuum chamber; and a desiccant that absorbs water vapor from the cooling process. The system also includes an external heat source for treating the desiccant; along with a regenerator to make the desiccant re-useable. At least one heat exchanger is also included, along with a source of make-up water in communication with the cooling coil. Related processes are also disclosed, along with a gas turbine engine that includes or is arranged in association with the cooling system. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123230 | CURVED PLATE/FIN HEATER EXCHANGER - A plate/fin heat exchanger includes multiple stacked panels defining a curvature. Each of the panels has a first corrugated sheet defining a first set of passages and a second corrugated sheet defining a second set of passages. Each of the corrugated sheets includes multiple aligned corrugations, and the corrugations of the first corrugated sheet are not aligned with the corrugations of the second corrugated sheet. Each of the corrugations has a corrugation height defined as a length of said corrugation tangential to a curvature of the plate/fin heat exchanger, and wherein each of the first corrugated sheets includes axially aligned corrugations defining a wedge shaped radial cross section. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123231 | FLANGE WITH CURVED CONTACT SURFACE | 2016-05-05 |
20160123232 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TURBINE ENGINE TEMPERATURE REGULATION - A method of starting a turbine engine using turbine temperature gradient regulation and a turbine engine temperature management system are provided. The system includes a temperature sensor, a modulating fuel flow valve, and a temperature controller. The temperature controller is configured to limit a rate of change of the fuel flow to the turbine engine to less than a predetermined maximum rate of change of the fuel flow that will reduce a rate of change of the temperature and maintain a positive rate of change of a rotational speed of the turbine engine and limit a rate of the fuel flow to greater than a predetermined minimum rate of the fuel flow that maintains a positive rate of change of temperature and a positive rate of change of the rotational speed of the turbine engine. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123233 | SPLINE RING FOR A FAN DRIVE GEAR FLEXIBLE SUPPORT - A gear assembly support for a gas turbine engine includes a spline ring configured to fit into a case of the gas turbine engine and a flex support. The flex support includes splines for engaging the spline ring and an inner portion attachable to a portion the gear assembly. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123234 | HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR ROTOR THERMAL CONDITIONING USING DISCHARGE PRESSURE AIR - A compressor for use in a gas turbine engine comprises a compressor rotor including blades and a disc, with a bore defined radially inwardly of the disc. A high pressure air tap includes a lower temperature tapped path and a higher temperature tapped path and a valve for selectively delivering one of the lower temperature tapped path and the higher temperature tapped path into the bore of the disc. The valve is operable to selectively block flow of either of the lower pressure and higher pressure tapped paths to the bore of the disc, with the disc including holes to allow air from compressor chambers to communicate with the bore of the disc. A gas turbine engine and a method of operating a gas turbine engine are also disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123235 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR BLOWING-OFF COMPRESSOR AIR IN A JET ENGINE - An assembly and a method for bleeding of compressor air in an engine is provided. The assembly includes a bleed channel for bleeding compressor air. It is provided that the channel geometry of the bleed channel is adjustable. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123236 | COMPRESSOR AND GAS TURBINE - A compressor includes: a plurality of vanes at a vane stage provided to a rotor casing demarcating the primary duct; an air bleed chamber casing that demarcates an air bleed chamber interconnecting with the primary duct; and an air bleed tubing connected to the air bleed chamber casing. Of the plurality of vanes, when a plurality of vanes positioned at a region including the position in the peripheral direction corresponding to the air bleed tubing are a first vane group and a plurality of vanes other than the first vane group are a second vane group, the spacing between the ends at the outside in the radial direction of the vanes that are adjacent in the first vane group is closer than the spacing between the ends at the outside in the radial direction of the vanes that are adjacent in the second vane group. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123237 | VARIABLE PRESSURE AIR SUPPLY - The present disclosure relates to engine buffer systems. An engine buffer system may include a low pressure supply line and a high pressure supply line. A continuously variable valve may be coupled to and/or in fluid communication with the low pressure supply line and the high pressure supply line. The continuously variable valve may be adjusted to supply any pressure between a pressure of the low pressure supply line and a pressure of the high pressure supply line to a buffer line. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TURBOMACHINERY VANE PROGNOSTICS AND DIAGNOSTICS - One embodiment includes a system including an actuation system of a gas turbine system including an actuator, a positioner including one or more sensors, a motor, and a controller communicably coupled to the positioner and the motor. The actuator is coupled to one or more inlet guide vanes (IGVs) or variable stator vanes (VSVs) and configured to move the IGVs or VSVs, the positioner is configured to position the actuator so that the actuator moves the IGVs or VSVs to a desired angle, the motor is configured to drive the actuator, and the controller is configured to establish one or more baselines for one or more types of data obtained by the sensors at initialization of the gas turbine system, derive a deviation from the baselines, and perform a preventative action if a deviation that meets or exceeds a threshold is derived. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123239 | AUTOMATED TUNING OF GAS TURBINE COMBUSTION SYSTEMS - The present disclosure provides a tuning system for tuning the operation of a gas turbine. The system comprises operational turbine controls for controlling operational control elements of the turbine, including at least one of turbine fuel distribution or the fuel temperature. The system also has a tuning controller communicating with the turbine controls. The tuning controller is configured to tune the operation of the turbine in accordance with the following steps: receiving operational data about the turbine, providing a hierarchy of tuning issues, determining whether sensed operational data is within predetermined operational limits and producing one or more indicators. If the operational data is not within predetermined operational limits, the tuning controller will rank the one or more indicators to determine dominant tuning concern, and tune the operation of the turbine based on dominant tuning concern. Also provided herein are a method and computer readable medium for tuning. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123240 | Spring Biased Exhaust Valve Assembly - An exhaust valve assembly comprises a housing having a central axis. A ram assembly moves along a shaft fixed inside a hollow interior of the housing. Downstream movement of the ram assembly increases the size of the valve opening, allowing additional exhaust gases to pass through the interior of the housing. Springs maintain the ram assembly in a position in which exhaust gases may pass around the ram assembly. Sufficient force on the ram assembly from exhaust gases compresses at least one spring allowing the ram assembly to move downstream, thereby allowing additional exhaust gases to pass through the interior of the housing. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123241 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING ENGINE STALL UPON SHORTING OF OIL CONTROL VALVE - A method for preventing an engine stall upon a short of an oil control valve may include implementing, by a controller, an engine stall prevention control logic for increasing a rotation number of an engine to a set target value when a failure signal number of the oil control valve due to a short thereof exceeds a set reference value. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123242 | Engine Braking - A method for enhancing engine brake horsepower. The method includes generating an engine brake horsepower by compressing air in a cylinder of an engine. Additionally, fuel is injected into the compressed air in the cylinder. The injected fuel is combusted in the compressed air in the cylinder prior to the piston reaching the top dead center position in the at least one cylinder. The compressed combustion products are also released before the piston passes the top dead center position. The combustion of the fuel during the engine braking event allows the engine braking to be a throttable event. Further, the quantity of fuel introduced into the cylinder for combustion may be adjusted so that the engine braking horsepower remains relatively consistent despite changes in engine speed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123243 | ABSOLUTE ACCELERATION SENSOR FOR USE WITHIN MOVING VEHICLES - A vehicle monitoring system for turning off an idling engine comprises a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a lack of motion, or “stationary status” of a vehicle and emit a parameter correlated to the motion status of the vehicle, a transmission status detector configured to detect a transmission status of the vehicle, an alerting device capable of warning other drivers of a stationary status of the vehicle and a control device. The control device is coupled to the vehicle speed sensor, the transmission status detector and the alerting device, wherein the vehicle speed sensor and the transmission status detector send a signal to the control device and the control device operates in a manner dependent on the motion status of the vehicle and the transmission status of the vehicle. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123244 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS TO A DIRECT FUEL INJECTED ENGINE - A method for supplying fuel to a direct injection fuel pump of an internal combustion engine is described. In one example, pressure and/or temperature of a fuel supplied to the direct injection fuel pump may be adjusted to ensure liquid fuel is supplied to the direct injection fuel pump so that the possibility of engine air-fuel ratio errors may be reduced. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123245 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE - An internal combustion engine control device for a dual-injection internal combustion engine acquires first and second increase values, which are fuel increase ratios according to respective alcohol concentrations of a fuel injected by cylinder injection and a fuel injected by port injection. The control device determines a basic total injection amount of fuel that should be supplied to each cylinder in the case where the alcohol concentration of the fuel is zero. An amount of fuel injected from a cylinder injection valve is determined as if the alcohol concentration of the fuel were zero. A total injection amount is to correspond to an amount in accordance with the basic total injection amount and both, the first increase value and the second increase value, so that the increase in injected fuel amount is borne by port injection. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123246 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH TURBOCHARGER - A target air amount for achieving a requested torque is back-calculated from the requested torque using a virtual air-fuel ratio. The virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from a first air-fuel ratio to a second air-fuel ratio in response to a condition for switching an operation mode being satisfied. After the virtual air-fuel ratio is changed, the target air-fuel ratio is maintained at the first air-fuel ratio until the ignition timing reaches a retardation limit. Subsequently, in response to the ignition timing reaching the retardation limit, the target air-fuel ratio is switched from the first air-fuel ratio to a third air-fuel ratio. After switching of the target air-fuel ratio, in response to a difference between the target air amount and an estimated air amount becoming equal to or less than a threshold value, the target air-fuel ratio is switched from the third air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123247 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an in-cylinder pressure sensor for detecting an in-cylinder pressure. In-cylinder heat release amount data is calculated based on in-cylinder pressure data synchronized with the crank angle that is sampled using the in-cylinder pressure sensor. If the number of items of the heat release amount data that are located in a combustion period identified using the heat release amount data is two or more, the control apparatus determines that the in-cylinder pressure data that is sampled in synchronization with the crank angle is reliable and the engine can be controlled accordingly. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123248 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - In order to prevent an abnormal combustion due to oil, a restriction region (B) is designated on a low-speed and high-load side of an internal combustion engine ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160123249 | KNOCK DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A knock determination apparatus for an internal combustion engine calculates a knock intensity based on an output signal of an in-cylinder pressure sensor in a gate range for knock determination. When the calculated knock intensity is larger than a knock determination threshold value, the knock determination apparatus determines that knock has occurred. Further, the knock determination apparatus calculates an integrated intensity which is an integrated value of knock intensities that are equal to or larger than a knock intensity at a point of 97% or more in a target knock level among knock intensities that are calculated at the respective cycles during continuous N cycles in the same cylinder. Furthermore, the knock determination apparatus corrects a knock determination threshold value so that the difference between the calculated integrated intensity and a target integrated intensity becomes small. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123250 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A target air amount for achieving a requested torque is back-calculated from the requested torque using a virtual air-fuel ratio. The virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from a first air-fuel ratio to a second air-fuel ratio in response to a condition for switching an operation mode from operation in the first air-fuel ratio to operation in the second air-fuel ratio being satisfied. After the virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio, the target air-fuel ratio is changed in accordance with an air-fuel ratio efficiency within the range from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio. The air-fuel ratio efficiency is calculated based on a proportion of the requested torque relative to a torque that can be achieved by means of a current estimated air amount under the theoretical air-fuel ratio and the optimal ignition timing. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123251 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (AS AMENDED) - A control system of an internal combustion engine which performs diffusion combustion by compression autoignition on fuel injected in a main injection in at least a partial operating range and which performs stratified combustion by spark ignition using a spark plug on fuel injected prior to the main injection. The control system determines whether or not the diffusion combustion occurs and performs combustion by spark ignition using the spark plug on the fuel injected in the main injection when it is determined that the diffusion combustion does not occur. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123252 | CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH TURBOCHARGER - A target first air amount for achieving a requested torque by an operation of an intake property variable actuator is calculated by using a first parameter. A target second air amount for achieving the requested torque by an operation of a turbocharging property variable actuator is calculated by using a second parameter. A value of a first parameter changes to a value that reduces a conversion efficiency of an air amount into torque in response to the requested torque decreasing to a first reference value or lower. Further, a value of the second parameter starts to change to a direction to reduce the conversion efficiency in response to the requested torque decreasing to a second reference value that is larger than the first reference value, or lower, and gradually changes to a direction to reduce the conversion efficiency in accordance with the requested torque further decreasing from the second reference value to the first reference value. The target air-fuel ratio is set at a first air-fuel ratio in a period in which the requested torque is larger than the first reference value, and is switched to a second air-fuel ratio which is leaner than the first air-fuel ratio in response to a decrease of the requested torque to the first reference value or lower. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123253 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A target air amount for achieving a requested torque is calculated from the requested torque by using a virtual air-fuel ratio. The virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from a first air-fuel ratio to a second air-fuel ratio in response to a condition for switching an operation mode from an operation by the first air-fuel ratio to an operation by the second air-fuel ratio being satisfied. After the virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio, a target air-fuel ratio is switched from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio. After the virtual air-fuel ratio is changed from the first air-fuel ratio to the second air-fuel ratio, a target valve timing is switched from a first valve timing to a second valve timing. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123254 | System And Method For Controlling The Amount Of Purge Fluid Delivered To Cylinders Of An Engine Based On An Operating Parameter Of A Purge Pump - A system according to the present disclosure includes a pump operating parameter module and a purge flow control module. The pump operating parameter module determines a value of an operating parameter of a purge pump that delivers purge fluid from a canister in an evaporative emissions system to an intake system of an engine. The operating parameter of the purge pump includes at least one of a speed of the purge pump, an amount of current supplied to the purge pump, and an amount of power supplied to the purge pump. The purge flow control module controls at least one of a purge valve and the purge pump to adjust an amount of purge fluid delivered to a cylinder of an engine based on the determined value of the operating parameter of the purge pump. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123255 | CONTROLLER - A controller calculates a specific humidity of an intake air based on a relative humidity of the intake air, an intake air temperature, and an intake air pressure. Then the controller calculates a water vapor amount in the intake air based on the specific humidity and a mass flow rate of the intake air obtained from an air intake rate. By calculating the water vapor amount in the intake air based on information that directly represents the status of the intake air, this water vapor amount may be calculated more accurately. As a result, a generation amount of condensed water may be estimated more accurately. Therefore, accumulation of condensed water may be suppressed while recirculating as much of a low pressure exhaust gas as possible, and thus fuel economy may be sufficiently improved. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123256 | ENGINE-DRIVEN WORKING MACHINE - An engine-driven working machine is provided, in which a time period until the rotation speed limitation mode is canceled can be shortened. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123257 | POST-CATALYST CYLINDER IMBALANCE MONITOR - Methods and systems are provided for detecting cylinder air-fuel imbalance. In one example, a method may include adjusting engine operation based on an indication of cylinder air-fuel imbalance. The imbalance may be detected based on output from a second exhaust gas sensor and a plurality of individual cylinder weighting factors, the second sensor located in an exhaust system downstream of a first sensor located in the exhaust system. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123258 | UPSTREAM NOX ESTIMATION - A method for controlling operation of an internal combustion engine determines an estimated NOx value as a function of at least one engine operating parameter. The method also determines an actual NOx value using a NOx sensor positioned in an exhaust gas stream of the internal combustion engine. The method detects at least one condition indicative of whether or not the actual NOx value is accurate. The actual NOx value is used for controlling engine operation when the at least one condition indicates that the actual NOx value is accurate, while the estimated NOx value is used for controlling engine operation when the at least one condition indicates that the actual NOx value is inaccurate. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123259 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF AN EXHAUST-GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM, DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN EXHAUST-GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM, EXHAUST-GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM, ENGINE CONTROL UNIT, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING AN EXHAUST-GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM - A method for an exhaust-gas treatment system having a diesel particle filter, in particular for the operation of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust-gas treatment system, in particular an internal combustion engine including a motor. The method includes the steps of: operating the diesel particle filter, in particular with regular regeneration; and determining a present soot loading of the diesel particle filter. Provision is made for a comparison of the present soot loading with a predetermined soot loading reference value to be performed and, if the soot loading reference value is undershot, for the soot particle loading in the diesel particle filter to be increased in order to adhere to the demanded emission limit value for the number of soot particles. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123260 | METHOD OF PRE-EMPTIVELY REGENERATING A LEAN NOX TRAP - A method of predicting the future use of a vehicle or an engine of the vehicle is used to evaluate whether NOx slippage from a lean NOx trap is likely to occur during a current drive cycle and also for scheduling when favorable conditions are likely to exist to purge the lean NOx trap before the slippage of NOx from the lean NOx trap is expected to occur. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123261 | Vehicle Control Apparatus and Vehicle Control Method - A vehicle control apparatus that makes it possible to attempt fuel consumption improvement and exhaust gas reduction effectively without causing a sense of incompatibility in the driver is provided. When traveling following the preceding vehicle, kinetic energy required for an own vehicle in future is predicted on the basis of kinetic energy of the own vehicle, a velocity of a preceding vehicle, and a distance between the own vehicle and the preceding vehicle. It is determined whether there is kinetic energy enough for the own vehicle to be able to follow the preceding vehicle with inertial traveling, on the basis of the predicted kinetic energy and current kinetic energy. When it is determined that the kinetic energy is sufficient and the driving and traveling state of the own vehicle satisfies other traveling idling reduction conditions, control of stopping the engine is exercised. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123262 | GAS SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE - A constant current circuit is controlled to stop a constant current Ics (Ics=0) flowing between sensor electrodes of an oxygen sensor, in a period before the oxygen sensor becomes active, during a fuel cut of an engine, and after the engine stops. When an abnormality (for example, a failure) occurs in the constant current circuit, a sensor output equivalent to an output of the oxygen sensor of when the constant current circuit is controlled to stop the constant current Ics is different from a normal sensor output. An abnormality diagnosis is executed to determine a presence or absence of the abnormality in the constant current circuit depending on whether the output of the oxygen sensor is out of a predetermined normal range, in a period before the oxygen sensor becomes active, during a fuel cut of an engine, and after the engine stops (when the constant current circuit is controlled to stop the constant current Ics). | 2016-05-05 |
20160123263 | Method And Control Device For Operating An Internal Combustion Engine - A method for operating an internal combustion engine, such as a marine diesel engine, that is operative for rotating an output shaft of the engine in a normal operating mode for generating a desired output power based on an operating fuel quantity introduced into the engine. The engine is operated in a calibration mode at a defined rotational speed of the output shaft, and a calibrating fuel quantity introduced into the engine to maintain the defined rotational speed in the calibration mode is determined. In the normal operating mode of the engine, the engine output power is determined based on the operating fuel quantity being introduced into the engine in the normal operating mode and the calibrating fuel quantity determined in the calibration mode. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123264 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention (the present device) changes the combustion state of air fuel mixture such that if at least the load on the engine | 2016-05-05 |
20160123265 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine comprises a fuel injection valve which has a needle, wherein a valve opening speed of the needle during post injection is raised as compared with a valve opening speed of the needle during main injection if a pressure of the fuel is not more than a first predetermined pressure, while the valve opening speed of the needle during the post injection is lowered as compared with the valve opening speed of the needle during the main injection if the pressure of the fuel is not less than a second predetermined pressure that is a pressure larger than the first predetermined pressure, when a requested post injection fuel amount is larger than an injection amount threshold value. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123266 | GAS ENGINE - A control unit performs perturbation using the solenoid valve under a specific engine operation condition by a standard fuel gas, by moving the solenoid valve from a predetermined opening degree to a lean side or a rich side while the A/F valve is opened at a predetermined opening degree. During an actual operation in a period in which the operation condition of the gas engine is deemed to be stable, when an output average value b obtained from an upstream oxygen sensor disposed on an exhaust passage of the gas engine deviates from an output target value a of the upstream oxygen sensor set in the control unit under the above operation condition, the control unit adjusts the opening degree of the A/F valve so that the output average value b equals the output target value a. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123267 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN EC-FUEL PUMP - A method for operating an electronically commutated fuel pump with an upstream fuel pump electronics unit of a motor vehicle, wherein the fuel pump is operated at a predefined speed, the method includes detecting a speed irregularity of the electronically commutated fuel pump, the speed irregularity being determined by examining the synchronicity between rotary field and rotor of the fuel pump, and switching over the speed of the electronically commutated fuel pump to a higher speed value than the predefined speed until a stable operation of the fuel pump without loss of synchronicity between rotary field and rotor of the fuel pump is achieved, the switchover of the fuel pump to the higher speed is performed by a predefined speed jump or is performed at predefined speed steps, the speed being increased until stable operation of the fuel pump is achieved. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123268 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE - An engine control device for an engine provided with a supercharger, including a cylinder injection valve and a port injection valve. The device includes an injection controller that controls injections of fuel through the cylinder injection valve and through the port injection valve, on the basis of at least a load on an engine. The injection controller, in a low load operating state, causes the fuel to be injected through the port injection valve; in an intermediate load operating state, causes the fuel to be injected through the cylinder injection valve during an intake stroke, and causes the fuel to be injected through the port injection valve; and in a high load operating state, causes the fuel to be injected through the cylinder injection valve at least during an intake stroke and during a compression stroke. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123269 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE - A control device for an engine provided with a turbocharger properly uses a parameter used for controlling a center-of-gravity position of a heat generation rate determined by a heat generation rate as the amount per unit crank angle of heat generated by combustion of fuel depending on operating situations of the engine and a vehicle in which the engine is mounted. Specifically, an increase in a turbocharging pressure of the turbocharger is executed when a rotational speed of the engine and a speed of the vehicle in which the engine is mounted are lower than predetermined reference values in a case where the center-of-gravity position of a heat generation rate is further on a retard side than a predetermined crank angle and one or both of an increase in a fuel injection pressure and advancing of a fuel injection timing are executed when the rotational speed of the engine or the speed of the vehicle in which the engine is mounted are equal to or higher than the predetermined reference values in the case where the center-of-gravity position of a heat generation rate is further on the retard side than the predetermined crank angle. Then, fuel economy can be improved by the center-of-gravity position of a heat generation rate being maintained at a predetermined fixed value regardless of a load of the engine and/or the engine rotational speed while an increase in noise and vibration a user feels uncomfortable with is suppressed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123270 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A post injection is utilized in a more effective manner. In an internal combustion engine which is provided with a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, in cases where a post injection is carried out after a main injection of fuel from the fuel injection valve, when a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is equal to or more than a first predetermined speed, a penetration force of fuel in the post injection is made larger than a penetration force of fuel in the main injection, whereas when the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is less than a second predetermined speed which is equal to or less than the first predetermined speed, the penetration force of fuel in the post injection is made smaller than the penetration force of fuel in the main injection. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123271 | Cylinder Head for an Internal Combustion Engine - The invention relates to a cylinder head ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160123272 | POWER GENERATOR FOR PISTON INSTRUMENTATION - A piston assembly for monitoring at least one operating condition of an internal combustion engine and/or piston during use of the piston in the engine, for example during an engine test, is provided. The piston assembly includes an electronic instrumentation unit coupled to the piston for collecting data related to the operating conditions. Instead of a battery or wireless power transfer system, the piston assembly includes a thermoelectric module to provide energy to the electronic instrumentation unit. One side of the thermoelectric module is coupled to an undercrown surface of the piston, which is typically hot due its proximity to the combustion chamber. The opposite side of the thermoelectric module is cooled by a cooling fluid, such as a spray of cooling oil. The temperature flux at the thermoelectric module is converted into electrical energy and used to power the electronic instrumentation unit. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123273 | PISTON FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston crown and a piston skirt. The piston crown may include a piston head, a peripheral top land, a peripheral annular zone having a plurality of annular grooves and an annular closed cooling channel. The cooling channel may include a cooling channel base and a cooling channel cover. The cooling channel base may be arranged above the lower annular groove in relation to a region of combustion. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123274 | PISTON - A ferrous piston for gasoline powered engines having dimensions which achieve reduced mass and improved performance is provided. The piston crown has a thickness of less than 4 mm and includes valve pockets with an axial clearance between the valve pockets and an uppermost ring groove of less than 1.5 mm. The pin bosses have an axial thickness of less than 3.7% of a bore diameter, which is the largest outer diameter of the piston, measured between a pin bore and the crown at 1 mm from an inner face forming the pin bore. Each pin boss has a radial thickness of less than 3% of the bore diameter measured between the pin bore and a lower end of the pin boss. An undercrown surface presents a projected area of less than 45% of a total piston bore area, wherein the total piston bore area is πBD | 2016-05-05 |
20160123275 | Actuation Device for Moving a Movable Cowling of a Thrust-Reverser - The invention relates to an actuation device ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160123276 | LIQUEFIED GAS FUEL SUPPLYING APPARATUS - A liquefied gas fuel supplying apparatus includes an injector that injects fuel to an engine, a fuel tank that stores the fuel, a fuel pump that pumps the fuel from the fuel tank to the injector, a fuel cooler that cools the fuel that is pumped from the fuel pump to the injector, a fuel temperature sensor that detects a fuel temperature in a pipe, and an ECU. The ECU, during engine operation, estimates the fuel temperature in the pipe after engine stop, based on a detection value detected by the fuel temperature sensor, and performs drive control of the fuel cooler to cool the fuel, when the estimated temperature is higher than a temperature that is evaluated from a predetermined saturated vapor pressure curve. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123277 | Combustion Engine - A combustion engine has at least one cylinder with a gas exchange inlet valve and a gas exchange outlet valve. A fuel injection device injects fuel directly into the cylinder. A fresh air section can be connected intermittently for fresh gas transmission to the cylinder via the gas exchange inlet valve. An exhaust section can be connected intermittently for exhaust gas transmission to the cylinder via the gas exchange outlet valve. A throttle element is provided in the fresh air section ahead of the gas exchange inlet valve in the direction of flow of a fresh air. A fresh gas line is provided, which opens into the fresh air section after the throttle element, in the region of the at least one gas exchange inlet valve. The fresh gas line opens into the fresh air section via a nozzle, which has flow according to Bernoulli, Venturi or Coanda. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A COOLANT SYSTEM FOR AN EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM - A method for monitoring an internal combustion engine includes monitoring thermal efficiency in a heat exchanger of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system with a flow control valve commanded to a first, open state and monitoring thermal efficiency in the heat exchanger with the flow control valve commanded to a second, closed state. The flow control valve is evaluated based upon the monitored efficiencies. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123279 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE OF VEHICLE - A method for controlling an engine for a vehicle may include determining, by a controller, whether a symptom of an electrical failure where an opening state of a Purge Control Solenoid Valve (PCSV) is settled is sensed, increasing, by the controller, a failure sensing counter to a first reference value according to a state where the symptom of the electrical failure of the PCSV has been sensed is kept as a result of performing the failure sensing, and compensating, by the controller, a rotation number of the engine to increase the rotation number of the engine when the failure sensing counter exceeds the first reference value as a result of performing the counter increasing. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123280 | VAPORIZED FUEL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vaporized fuel processing apparatus for an engine, which includes an intake passage equipped with a supercharging device and a throttle valve, has an adsorbent canister and a purge passage. The adsorbent canister is adapted to communicate with a fuel tank. The purge passage communicates the adsorbent canister with the intake passage of the engine. The purge passage has in series a purge valve for controlling communication through the purge passage and a purge pump for generating gas flow from the adsorbent canister toward the intake passage. The purge passage includes a sub-passage for communicating the adsorbent canister with the intake passage without passing through the purge pump. The purge passage divides into a first passage connected to the intake passage downstream of the throttle valve and a second passage connected to the intake passage upstream of the supercharging device. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123281 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION AND CONTROL WITH TWIN SCROLL TURBINES - Systems and methods for internal combustion engine operation with exhaust gas recirculation and turbocharging are disclosed. The systems include an exhaust gas recirculation loop for recirculating exhaust gas flow from a first portion of the cylinders of the engine into an intake system prior to combustion. The system further includes a turbine with first and second inlets for receiving exhaust gas flows from respective first and second parts of the exhaust gas of the remaining portion of the cylinders. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123282 | HOLLOW FILTER ELEMENT, FILTER HOUSING AND FILTER - A hollow filter element, including: a filter medium ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160123283 | ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAVING A CONDENSATE-CONTAINMENT TRAY - An engine intake manifold is provided. The engine intake manifold includes a manifold chamber configured to receive positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) gas from a PCV conduit outlet, the manifold chamber including a condensate-containment tray with a plurality of baffles to form a plurality of separate cavities below the PCV conduit outlet. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123284 | Throttle Valve Apparatus for an Internal Combustion Engine and Motor Cycle Provided therewith - Proposed is a throttle valve apparatus for an internal combustion engine, with a housing and an intake pipe comprising a through-flow cross section and a throttle valve that is pivotable relative to the through-flow cross section, which is actuatable by means of a throttle valve shaft and with an actuating device arranged on the housing, by means of which the throttle valve can be releasably fixed in a cold starting position in which the through-flow cross section is at least partially opened. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123285 | FUEL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PISTON ENGINE - The fuel system for introducing liquid fuel into the cylinders of a piston engine has a fuel tank for storing the fuel, a pump for pressurizing the fuel, at least one fuel injector for injecting fuel into a cylinder of the engine, and a fuel pipe for supplying fuel from the pump to the fuel injector. The fuel system further has a source of inert gas and means for introducing inert gas into the fuel pipe for purging the fuel pipe. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123286 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND FUEL INJECTOR FOR MULTI-FUEL INJECTION WITH PRESSURE INTENSIFICATION AND A VARIABLE ORIFICE - A multi-fuel injector has an internal pressure intensifier which has means to intensify fuels with different viscosities, cetane or octane numbers, with high viscosity fuel being used to intensify itself and low viscosity fuels to high pressure for direct injection into combustion chamber. A fuel injection method and fuel system using such a method of fuel injection is disclosed. A multi-fuel injector with a variable orifice nozzle and variable spray patterns is also disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123287 | TERMINAL STRUCTURE OF HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PIPE FOR DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE - Provided is a terminal structure of a high-pressure fuel pipe for a direct injection engine which can prevent stress concentration to a brazed portion between a pipe and a connection part effectively. In the terminal structure of a high-pressure fuel pipe for a direct injection engine where a connection head is brazed to an end of a fuel pipe, the end of the fuel pipe continued to a fuel pipe insertion portion of the connection head is provided with a drawn portion, an outer diameter D | 2016-05-05 |
20160123288 | MULTIPLE STAGE FUEL PUMP - A multi-stage fuel pump includes a casing having a fuel intake formed on one side thereof and a fuel discharge port formed on the other side thereof, and a plurality of impellers provided within the casing, having a plurality of blades disposed on a circumferential surface in an outward direction of the circumferential surface and having blade chambers formed between the blades and penetrating through upper and lower surfaces of the impellers to allow fuel to be discharged and introduced to and from upper and lower sides of the blades, and formed in multiple stages, wherein fuel intaken through the fuel intake according to rotation of the impellers is discharged to the fuel discharge port through the blade chambers of the impellers, and the numbers of the blades of each of the impellers are different, thereby reducing blade passage frequency (BPF) noise generated according to rotation of the impellers. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123289 | Pressure Control Valve for a Fuel Injection System - A pressure control valve for a fuel injection system, in particular a common-rail injection system, for controlling pressure in a high-pressure fuel reservoir, includes a magnetic actuator configured to actuate a spherical valve closing element. The magnetic actuator interacts with a reciprocatingly displaceable armature that is connected to an armature pin in order to transmit a force of the magnetic actuator to the spherical valve closing element. At least one of the spherical valve closing element and the armature pin is axially displaceably guided in a valve piece which forms a valve seat configured to interact with the spherical valve closing element. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123290 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - A hydraulic system includes a high pressure fluid source and a hydraulic actuator fluidly connected to the high pressure fluid source, and a low pressure fluid system fluidly connected to the hydraulic actuator via a fluid return line, and a hydraulic valve. The hydraulic valve includes a return spring and an elongate member, which is movably arranged in its longitudinal direction for controlling a fluid flow. The elongate member is biased to a closed position by the return spring. The elongate member forms a needle, the hydraulic valve includes a needle receiving body having a needle seat and the needle is engageable with the needle seat so as to control the fluid flow. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123291 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR COMMON RAIL FUEL INJECTION DEVICE - A common rail fuel injection device includes a first and second flow rate regulating valve for regulating a delivery volume of a pressurized fuel feed pump that feeds pressurized fuel to a common rail, a pressure reducing valve for reducing a common rail pressure, and a control device. The control device for the common rail fuel injection device includes a first drive controlling unit that controls a first electromagnetic driving unit for the second flow rate regulating valve and a second electromagnetic driving unit for the pressure reducing valve, and a second drive controlling unit that controls a third electromagnetic driving unit for the first flow rate regulating valve. The first drive controlling unit prohibits a drive instruction from being sent to the second flow rate regulating valve when the first drive controlling unit sends a drive instruction to the pressure reducing valve. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123292 | COLD TEMPERATURE ENGINE START STRATEGIES - A method of starting a vehicle may include, in response to an expected driver entry, stroking a clutch configured to couple an engine to an electric machine for a predetermined time period. The method may further include, in response to an engine start request received during the predetermined time period, providing power to the electric machine to spin the electric machine at a speed at least equal to a target engine cranking speed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123293 | METAL SHELL OF GLOW PLUG FOR DIESEL ENGINES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A metal shell of a glow plug mounted on an engine head of a diesel engine and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The metal shell has an improved multi-stage structure, which allows the metal shell to be easily manufactured regardless of overall length of the metal shell and allows a metal shell section fastened to the engine head and at least one of the other metal shell sections to have different material strengths, thereby increasing fastening strength of the metal shell to the engine head and preventing warpage of the metal shell while improving productivity while reducing manufacturing costs. The metal shell of a glow plug for diesel engines according to the invention includes a plurality of metal shell sections disposed in an axial direction of the glow plug and having different material strengths. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123294 | IGNITER AND VEHICLE - An igniter includes: a switch connected to an ignition coil; and a controller to control the switch according to an ignition signal. The controller includes an ignition signal input; a determination stage comparing a voltage of the input with a reference voltage to generate a determination signal; a drive stage controlling the switch's ON/OFF according to the determination signal; a comparison circuit receiving a first supply voltage, comparing a current on the switch with a reference current, and generating a feedback-signal having a level based on the comparison; an output transistor having one end grounded and the other end connected to an output terminal of an ignition check signal and having a threshold voltage higher than the first supply voltage; and a level-shifter receiving a second supply voltage higher than the threshold voltage, level-shifting the feedback-signal, and outputting the level-shifted feedback-signal to a control terminal of the output transistor. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123295 | Photo-Ignition Torch for Combustion Initiation and Gas Generation - A photo-ignition torch is provided including a light source configured to generate at least one of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light. A photo-ignitable sub-micron particle mix is contained in capsule configured to receive the at least one of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light generated by the light source or alternatively the photo-ignitable sub-micron particle mix is in direct contact with the light source. The exposure of the photo-ignitable sub-micron particle mix to the at least one of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light initiates a photo-ignition process causing a release of burning byproducts of the photo-ignition process. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123296 | SYNERGIC METHOD FOR HYDRODYNAMIC ENERGY GENERATION WITH NEUTRALIZED HEAD PRESSURE PUMP - A synergic method for hydrodynamic energy generation includes providing a system and method utilization for producing electrical power or mechanical rotational pumping energy for pumping water to high level reservoir or to feeding a decorative water fall, providing a multi compartment housing, pumping water via the housing, providing a first vertically aligned compartment within or beside the housing, mechanically coupling a first water wheel, situated at the bottom of first compartment, to pump shaft, generating by the first wheel mechanical rotational power, providing a second vertically aligned compartment mechanically coupling a second water wheel to a generator, generating electrical or mechanical rotational power, by the generator, providing a third vertically aligned compartment providing a fourth compartment, a pump or external jet for removing water from the fourth compartment, utilizing energy and conductively coupling the hydrodynamic energy generation system with the external power source via a coupling. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123297 | IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ENERGY FROM THE MOVEMENT OF THE WAVES OF THE SEA - The invention relates to improvements to the system for generating energy from the movement of the waves of the sea, according to which, given two consecutive buoys ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160123298 | Wind Turbine Blade with Bond Paste Inspection Window and Associated Method - A wind turbine blade has an upper shell member and a lower shell member bonded at a leading and trailing edge of the blade with a bond paste applied between respective forward and rearward edges of the shell members. At least one of the shell members includes a first inspection window defined therein along one of the leading edge or trailing edge at a location corresponding at least to a design minimum bond width of the bond paste applied at the respective leading edge or trailing edge. The inspection window provides a visible access through the shell member such that a visible indication is generated through the inspection window when bond paste is injected and reaches the minimum bond width location in the chord-wise direction. | 2016-05-05 |
20160123299 | Dual rotor wind turbine generator set - A dual rotor wind turbine generator set includes an upper vertical wind wheel unit, a lower vertical wind wheel unit, a cruciform framework, and a generator located within the cruciform framework and between the upper vertical wind wheel unit and the lower vertical wind wheel unit. One of three upper blades are installed to an upper vertical shaft perpendicular to the ground. A plurality of upper semi-elliptical or semi-conical turbulence enhancing components are located at an upper leading edge of one of the upper blades. Two upper winglets are respectively installed at two ends of one of the upper blades. One of the upper blades is cut from a position at 32% upper leading edge along an upper chord thereof, as a starting point, to an upper trailing edge thereof. The wind turbine generator set has no direction and no noise and has high power generation efficiency and wind resistance. | 2016-05-05 |