19th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190136735 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR METERING WATER OR AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION IN A COMBUSTION SYSTEM - A metering device for metering water or an aqueous solution, such as an injector for metering a reducing agent liquid into an exhaust gas stream of a combustion system or an injector for metering water or aqueous solution into a combustion chamber or into an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The metering device has an inlet and an outlet for the water or aqueous solution and a shut-off device which is arranged between the inlet and the outlet. At least one electrically operated heating element is arranged in the region of the shut-off device so as to heat and avoid freezing of the liquid. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136736 | CATALYTIC CONVERTER - An exhaust gas receiver | 2019-05-09 |
20190136737 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust purification system of the internal combustion engine comprises: an upstream side catalyst | 2019-05-09 |
20190136738 | SENSOR SYSTEM - A sensor system includes: a controller configured to: predict a temperature of exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine in a position in which an exhaust gas sensor having a sensor element is arranged; and control a heater so as to make a temperature of the sensor element close to a target temperature included in a predetermined range, wherein in cases where the predicted temperature of the exhaust gas is higher than a reference temperature, the controller is configured to make the target temperature lower when the predicted temperature is high than when it is low, within a range lower than the reference temperature, whereas in cases where the predicted temperature is lower than the reference temperature, the controller is configured to make the target temperature lower when the predicted temperature is high than when it is low, within a range higher than the reference temperature. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136739 | VEHICLE EXHAUST DEVICE - A vehicle exhaust device includes a muffler body that has an interior space divided into a plurality of expansion chambers by a partition wall, and an exhaust control valve that switches an exhaust passage in the muffler body. The exhaust passage includes a first exhaust passage and a second exhaust passage. The first exhaust passage connects an upstream end and a downstream end of the muffler body straight. The second exhaust passage passes through the plurality of expansion chambers via a connecting pipe that connects the plurality of expansion chambers. A center of the first exhaust passage is located above a center of the muffler body in a vehicle upper-lower direction, and the second exhaust passage is located below the first exhaust passage. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136740 | EXHAUST SILENCER DEVICE - An exhaust silencer device which is interposed in an exhaust passage in a vehicle to reduce exhaust noise comprises a sub-muffler which is interposed in the exhaust passage and has an expansion chamber formed therein; an inlet pipe which is airtightly inserted through an inlet opening of the sub-muffler; and an outlet pipe which is airtightly inserted through an outlet opening of the sub-muffler, wherein the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are formed with openings (small apertures, non-joined portions) only in their upper half area and their lower half area is sealed without having the openings. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136741 | CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ENGINE - A controller for an engine includes a temperature raising control unit configured to execute a temperature raising process of raising the temperature of the exhaust gas purifying member and an ambient air amount control unit configured to control driving of the adjustment mechanism. The ambient air amount control unit starts an ambient air amount increasing process that controls the adjustment mechanism so that the amount of ambient air flowing into the engine compartment is increased when the temperature raising process is being executed from that when the temperature raising process is not being executed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136742 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A VARIABLE SPEED WATER PUMP - Systems and methods for providing an improved strategy for controlling a variable speed water pump in a vehicle. In some embodiments, more than one water pump speed function is calculated based on values obtained from vehicle sensors, and a controller chooses among the water pump speed function results to set a water pump speed. In some embodiments, the water pump speed is increased when driveline torque is greater than a threshold amount for an amount of time that varies based on the driveline torque. In some embodiments, ambient temperature is considered while determining whether the water pump should provide full coolant flow to an auxiliary coolant loop of a trailer. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136743 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A cooling system for vehicles and a control method thereof improves indoor heating performance and fuel efficiency by controlling a flow rate of a coolant passing through a heater core together with an EGR cooler. A coolant having an increased temperature is first supplied to the heater core side through a flow stagnancy control to rapidly increase the temperature of the coolant flowing in the heater core, thereby improving heating performance. A warm-up feature is improved through an exhaust heat recovery function by a heat exchange between the exhaust gas and the coolant in the EGR cooler, thereby improving efficiency of fuel. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136744 | ENGINE COOLANT PUMP APPARATUS WITH THREADED CONNECTIONS - Described is an apparatus for circulating coolant in the combustion engine of a motor vehicle. This apparatus utilizes a twin volute pump to evenly distribute coolant across an engine block. The pump uses threaded connectors, which allows braided metal hoses to be connected to the pump as opposed to the traditional rubber hoses. This prevents leaks and allows for greater coolant flow and more efficient engine cooling. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136745 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A FUEL INJECTOR - Methods and systems are provided for a ducted fuel injector. In one example, a method may include adjusting a temperature of combustion chamber gases in a combustion chamber and/or adjusting a fuel rail pressure in response to an amount of light sensed by a photodiode of the duct. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136746 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING TURBOCHARGER COMPRESSOR AIR COOLING SYSTEMS - Provided are methods controlling systems including a turbocharger configured to compress air for an engine, a cooler configured to receive turbocharged compressed air, a radiator, a coolant circuit for circulating coolant between the cooler and the radiator and including a bypass to manipulate coolant flow through the cooler. The methods include closing the bypass when engine speed and/or load exceeds a threshold, and otherwise one or more of reducing coolant flow through the cooler when the coolant temperature entering the cooler is higher than the compressed air temperature entering the cooler, manipulating coolant flow through the cooler based on the temperature of the compressed air received by the engine, and reducing coolant flow through the cooler when the temperature of the coolant entering the radiator is less than a temperature of the ambient air. Reducing coolant flow through the cooler reduces the coolant pressure drop within the coolant circuit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136747 | BOOST CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR A TURBOCHARGED ENGINE WITH SCAVENGING - Techniques for setting a boost target for a turbocharged engine comprise (i) operating the engine in a scavenging mode such that opening of intake and exhaust valves of cylinders of the engine overlap and (ii) while transitioning the engine in/out of the scavenging mode: determining an engine torque request, creating a torque reserve by setting independent targets for throttle inlet pressure (TIP) and intake manifold absolute pressure (MAP), determining a target TIP based on a target total air charge, engine speed, and a previously-determined target engine volumetric efficiency (VE), controlling a wastegate valve based on the target TIP, determining a target MAP based on the engine torque request, and controlling a throttle valve based on the target MAP. During steady-state scavenging operation, the controller calculates a conventional target TIP based on the engine torque request and controls the wastegate valve based on the conventionally calculated target TIP. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136748 | WASTE HEAT POWERED EXHAUST PUMP - A number of variations may include a combustion engine tailpipe exhaust circuit defining an exhaust stream and a waste heat recovery system constructed and arranged to recover thermal energy from at least one of a tailpipe exhaust circuit, exhaust stream, charge air cooler, exhaust gas recirculation fluid stream, or coolant stream. The waste heat recovery system may include an expander assembly that may include a first pump, an expander, an evaporator, and a condenser. A second pump driven by the waste heat recovery system may be in fluid communication with the tailpipe exhaust circuit and exhaust stream and may be constructed and arranged to reduce exhaust pressure in the tailpipe exhaust circuit and exhaust stream. A third pump may be in fluid communication with an exhaust gas recirculation fluid stream and which is constructed and arranged to pump the exhaust gas recirculation fluid stream within the exhaust gas recirculation system. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136749 | SYNERGISTIC INDUCTION AND TURBOCHARGING IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEMS - Synergistic induction and turbocharging includes the use of one or more throttles in close proximity to each cylinder intake valve to control air flow in each intake port delivering air to combustion cylinders in an internal combustion engine system. A turbocharger may also be affixed in close proximity to each cylinder exhaust valve to enable a synergistic combination of hyper-filling cylinders with combustion air and immediate harvesting of exhaust gas by adjacent turbochargers. In some implementations the turbochargers may be low-inertia turbochargers. The combination of individual throttles per intake port and a turbocharger in close proximity to each cylinder enables faster ramp-up of an engine in the early stages of acceleration. Various implementations thus provide improved fuel economy and improved engine performance in tandem, instead of one at the expense of the other. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136750 | BOOST DEVICE DIVERTER VALVE SYSTEM - A boost device diverter control valve ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190136751 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a system for controlling an internal combustion engine, first opening determination of determining whether to open an air bypass valve | 2019-05-09 |
20190136752 | REGULATING DEVICE FOR A TURBOCHARGER - The invention relates to a regulating device for a turbocharger. The regulating device ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190136753 | TURBOCHARGER WASTEGATE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY - A wastegate actuator assembly includes a regulating rod, an arm, and a shaft. The regulating rod includes a proximate end region and a distal end region wherein the proximate end region of the regulating rod may be connected to an actuator. The arm includes a first end region and a second end region. The first end region is pivotally coupled to the distal end region of the regulating rod via a crank pin, a first cup spring, and a second cup spring wherein the first and second cup springs retain a solid lubricant substantially around the crank pin. The regulating rod may move in a linear fashion causing the arm and the shaft to rotate so as to move a wastegate cover connected to the shaft from a closed wastegate duct position (toward the wastegate duct) to an open wastegate duct position (away from the wastegate duct). | 2019-05-09 |
20190136754 | TURBINE BYPASS FOR ENGINE WITH DRIVEN TURBOCHARGER - Disclosed is a turbine bypass for an engine with a driven turbocharger. During engine cold start, or periods of idle or low load engine operation, the bypass can be utilized to direct hot exhaust gasses directly to an exhaust aftertreatment. This provides higher temperatures to the exhaust aftertreatment, increasing the ability to eliminate harmful emissions such as NOx. The driven turbocharger can still provide boost to the engine through supercharging, so that engine torque and power can be maintained while the turbine bypass is in operation. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136755 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR FOR A TURBOCHARGER, HAVING PRESSURE-BALANCED ADJUSTABLE-TRIM MECHANISM - A centrifugal compressor for a turbocharger includes an inlet-adjustment mechanism operable to move between an open position and a closed position. The inlet-adjustment mechanism includes a plurality of blades disposed about the compressor air inlet and located between an upstream wall surface and a downstream wall surface of an annular space within the air inlet wall. The blades are pivotable about respective pivot points such that the blades extend radially inward from the annular space into the air inlet when the blades are in the closed position so as to form an orifice of reduced diameter relative to a nominal diameter of the inlet. Aerodynamic pressure balancing across the blades is achieved by spacing features that space a majority of the upstream surface of each blade from the opposing upstream wall surface. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136756 | VARIABLE NOZZLE UNIT, TURBOCHARGER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VARIABLE NOZZLE UNIT - A variable nozzle unit includes: a connection pin which includes a shaft; a support ring which is provided with a first through-hole; and a nozzle ring which is provided with a second through-hole, in which the shaft is inserted through the first through-hole and the second through-hole, one end of the shaft is provided with a flange portion having a diameter larger than that of the second through-hole and the other end of the shaft is provided with a head portion having a diameter larger than that of the first through-hole, the flange portion is in contact with the nozzle ring, and an elastic member that urges the support ring toward the nozzle ring is disposed between the head portion and the support ring. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136757 | ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION IN FREE-PISTON COMBUSTION ENGINES - Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards free-piston combustion engines. As described herein, a driver section may be provided in a free-piston combustion engine for storing energy during an expansion stroke. The driver section may be configured to store sufficient energy to perform the subsequent stroke. In some embodiments, the driver section may be configured to store sufficient energy so as to enable the engine to operate continuously across engine cycles without electrical energy input. A linear electromagnetic machine may be provided in a free-piston combustion engine for converting the kinetic energy of a piston assembly into electrical energy. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136758 | PULLEY SYSTEM FOR CRANKSHAFT - There is provided a pulley system for a crankshaft, the pulley system including: a crankshaft rotatably supported by a cylinder block; a crank pulley connected to one end of the crankshaft, and having an accessory belt wrapped the crank pulley; a crank timing pulley connected to one end of the crankshaft, and having a timing belt wrapped around the crank timing pulley; a timing belt cover mounted on a front wall of the cylinder block, and having an opening through which a portion of the crank pulley passes; and a stopper structure restricting the accessory belt from moving into an inner space of the timing belt cover. In particular, the timing belt and the crank timing pulley are placed in the inner space of the timing belt cover, and the crank pulley is placed in an outer space of the timing belt cover. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136759 | ENGINE UNIT INCLUDING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND MISFIRE DETECTION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - An engine unit includes an internal combustion engine and a misfire detection device. The misfire detection device includes a rough road traveling determination unit that: (a) determines a rough road traveling state based on a distribution state of a crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquired by a crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit, or (b) includes a vehicle traveling state detection unit for detecting a physical quantity in relation to a vehicle traveling state except the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity, and determines a rough road traveling state based on a detection result obtained by the vehicle traveling state detection unit; and suspends a determination of a misfire in the internal combustion engine based on a determination result obtained by the rough road traveling determination unit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136760 | CONSTANT-VOLUME COMBUSTION (CVC) CHAMBER FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE INCLUDING AN INTAKE/EXHAUST VALVE HAVING A SPHERICAL PLUG - A constant-volume combustion chamber for an aircraft turbine engine, including a compressed gas intake valve configured to adopt an open position and a closed position, and in the closed position blocking intake of compressed gas into the chamber, and a combusted gas exhaust valve configured to adopt a closed position, in the closed position blocking exhaust of combusted gas outside the chamber. At least one of the intake and exhaust valves includes at least one spherical plug. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136761 | INTEGRATED FUEL CELL AND ENGINE COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY - An integrated fuel cell and engine combustor assembly includes an engine combustor having a combustion chamber fluidly coupled with a compressor and a turbine. The assembly also includes a fuel cell stack circumferentially extending around the combustion chamber of the combustor. The fuel cell stack includes fuel cells configured to generate electric current. The fuel cell stack is positioned to receive discharged air from the compressor and fuel from a fuel manifold. The fuel cells in the fuel cell stack generate electric current using the discharged air and at least some of the fuel. The fuel cell stack is positioned to radially direct partially oxidized fuel from the fuel cells into the combustion chamber of the combustor. The combustor combusts the partially oxidized fuel into one or more gaseous combustion products that are directed into and drive the downstream turbine. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136762 | LEVER WITH PRE-ATTACHED SELF LOCKING NUT FOR A VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER - An actuator assembly for a variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbocharger is disclosed. The actuator assembly may include an actuator and an actuator linkage having a first end coupled to the actuator and a second end defining a linkage joint. The actuator assembly may further include a VTG lever having a ball stud bore extending through the VTG lever. Additionally, the actuator assembly may include a ball stud including a first end partially disposed within the linkage joint and a second threaded end extending axially through the ball stud bore. Furthermore, a nut may be aligned with the ball stud bore and movably attached to the VTG lever prior to extending the ball stud through the ball stud bore, wherein the ball stud engages with the nut and fastens the ball stud to the VTG lever to operatively couple the VTG lever to the actuator linkage. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136763 | COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY SYSTEM - Methods and associated systems for storing compressed air and extracting energy from the compressed air are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: compressing air; storing the compressed air in a first storage tank at a first pressure; transferring the compressed air from the first storage tank to a second storage tank; storing the compressed air in the second storage tank at a second pressure lower than the first pressure; discharging the compressed air from the second storage tank; and extracting energy from the compressed air discharged from the second storage tank. The method may also comprise adding heat to the compressed air between the first storage tank and the second storage tank. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136764 | POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPRISING THE SAME - A power transmission system includes a shaft, a stator disposed within the shaft and substantially concentric with the shaft; and at least one supporting element positioned between the stator and the shaft and configured to support the shaft on the stator to reduce a vibration of the shaft and allow the shaft to rotate relative to the stator. A gas turbine engine including the power transmission system is also described. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136765 | HIGH TEMPERATURE ACOUSTIC LINER - A durable light weight, high temperature acoustic CMC liner system. A thin ceramic matrix composite skin, also referred to as a facesheet, forms an outer layer of a cell in the CMC liner system, forming the boundary with the flow of hot gases in the exhaust. A backplate forms the opposite boundary for the cell. The truss structure is formed between the backplate and the facesheet and provides the cell with strength. When the CMC system replaces the metal liner, the backplate thickness is increased so that it is about the thickness of the liner system that it replaces. The truss structure extends between the backplate and the facesheet, forming channels or volumetric spaces. These channels or volumetric spaces are filled with high temperature air permeable acoustic materials that attenuate sound propagated by cooling air in the acoustic range. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136766 | SEAL SEGMENT AND ROTARY MACHINE - A seal segment includes a retainer extending in a circumferential direction of a rotary shaft on an outer circumferential side of the rotary shaft; a first seal body which has a plurality of first thin plate seal pieces extending inward in a radial direction from the retainer and laminated in the circumferential direction; a high-pressure side plate; a low-pressure side plate; and a second seal body having a plurality of second thin plate seal pieces which are laminated at an end portion of the retainer in the circumferential direction, extend inward in the radial direction, and have fluttering resistance higher than the first thin plate seal piece. The high-pressure side plate and the low-pressure side plate cover at least a part of the second seal body in the circumferential direction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136767 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COKING DETECTION - An improved system, apparatus and method may be configured for detecting coking in a gas turbine engine. The system may comprise one or more heatable collecting elements configured to be positioned in a fuel supply passage having an inlet and an outlet. The apparatus heatable collecting may be configured to generate heat at or over a fuel system temperature range to induce coking in at least one of the heatable collecting elements. The apparatus may also include a sensor configured to detect an indication of coking on the heatable collecting elements and, in response to the coking indication, communicate a coking condition signal to an engine control. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136768 | MULTI-SHAFT GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A multi-shaft gas turbine engine has plural engine spools. A first spool of the engine and a second spool of the engine are operatively connected by an electrical machine that transfers power from one of the spools to the other. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136769 | ENGINE SPEED CONTROL STRATEGY WITH FEEDBACK AND FEEDFORWARD THROTTLE CONTROL - An engine speed control system for an internal combustion engine includes a throttle, and a sensor that monitors a parameter indicative of pressure or density of fuel and air in an inlet manifold of the engine. The electronic control unit is coupled with the throttle and the sensor and structured to calculate a target mass flow through the throttle, a feedforward control term based on the target mass flow, and a feedforward control term based on data produced by the sensor. The electronic control unit is further structured to vary a position of the throttle based on the feedforward and feedback control terms to adjust a mass flow through the throttle toward the target mass flow. The control system is applicable in throttle governed as well as fuel governed systems. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136770 | VALVE ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure relates to a valve assembly adapted to be located at least partially in a body of fluid for controlling fluid flow from the body of fluid to a fluid outlet port. The valve assembly has an extension in a first direction and includes a fluid inlet port having an extension at least partially in the first direction. The valve assembly further includes a valve member being movable in the first direction relative to the fluid inlet port between an open position, in which the fluid inlet port is adapted to provide a fluid communication between the body of fluid and the fluid outlet port, and a closed position, in which the valve member covers the fluid inlet port such that fluid communication between the body of fluid and the fluid outlet port via the fluid inlet port is prevented. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING FAILURE OF A CYLINDER IN A MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - A method for predicting failure in a cylinder of a multi-cylinder engine is provided. Each cylinder has an associated pressure sensor to provide a signal indicative of pressure in the cylinder. The method includes identifying whether there is a non-fueling interval associated with any of the cylinder on the engine. The method includes determining at least one of parameters such as an indicated mean effective pressure, a peak cylinder pressure, a total heat released, or a total duration of heat released over a combustion cycle for the cylinder. The method includes comparing the at least one of the parameters with predefined threshold value, determining whether any of the parameters exceeds the predefined threshold value, and generating a signal indicating the impending cylinder failure if at least one of the parameters exceeds the corresponding predefined threshold value. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136772 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INJECTION OF AIR AND EXHAUST GAS AT THE INTAKE OF A SUPERCHARGED INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention relates to a device for controlling the amount of air fed to the intake of a turbocharged internal-combustion engine comprising a turbocharging system including a turbocharger ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190136773 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A controller for an internal combustion engine includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs a dither control process. The dither control process includes a first mode in which a cylinder serving as a rich combustion cylinder is sequentially changed and a second mode in which a specified cylinder is fixed as one of a rich combustion cylinder and a lean combustion cylinder. The processing circuitry selects the first mode or the second mode based on an operating point of the internal combustion engine. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136774 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING NOISE OF CRANK SENSOR - Disclosed is to a method for compensating noise of a crank sensor in a vehicle. When noise is applied to a crank sensor, information of a crank is predicted based on information input up to now without canceling engine synchronization. The method for compensating noise of a crank sensor includes: judging an engine stroke based on an ignition angle and, based on amount of compensation determined accordingly, creating virtual information of a crank, when judgment of fault of crank signal occurs discontinuously. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136775 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING ONBOARD ENGINE CLEANING ROUTINES IN A VEHICLE - Methods and systems are provided for mitigating issues related to sluggish engine performance. In one example, a method comprises, responsive to an indication of degradation of one or more cylinders in the engine, reducing carbon buildup associated with the one or more cylinders via injecting a diesel exhaust fluid into an intake manifold of the engine while the engine is combusting air and fuel. In this way, a water content of the diesel exhaust fluid may be vaporized in the one or more engine cylinders, which may effectively reduce the carbon buildup. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136776 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING ONBOARD ENGINE CLEANING ROUTINES IN A VEHICLE - Methods and systems are provided for reducing carbon buildup in an exhaust gas recirculation system of an engine of a vehicle. In one example, a method comprises injecting a diesel exhaust fluid into an intake manifold of the engine, routing the diesel exhaust fluid into the exhaust gas recirculation system, and vaporizing the diesel exhaust fluid in the exhaust gas recirculation system. In this way, any carbon deposits associated with an exhaust gas recirculation valve and/or exhaust gas recirculation passage may be reduced, which may increase fuel economy and may reduce undesired emissions. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136777 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A controller for an internal combustion engine includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to execute a dither control process under a condition in which a request for executing a regeneration process of a filter is made. The processing circuitry is further configured to execute a fuel cutting process stopping fuel injection performed by fuel injection valves under a condition in which an accelerator operation amount is zero and a prohibition process prohibiting the fuel cutting process under a condition in which the dither control process is executed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136778 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprises an air-fuel ratio control device controlling an air-fuel ratio of the inflowing exhaust gas to a target air-fuel ratio. If a first judged condition wherein an estimated amount of change of an oxygen storage amount of the catalyst when the target air-fuel ratio is maintained at the first set air-fuel ratio is equal to or greater than a first reference amount, and a second judged condition wherein a difference of an air-fuel ratio detected by the upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor and a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio is equal to or greater than a difference of a second judged air-fuel ratio and a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio are satisfied, the air-fuel ratio control device switches the target air-fuel ratio from the first set air-fuel ratio to the second set air-fuel ratio when the first judged condition and second judged condition are satisfied. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136779 | APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING ENGINE PERFORMANCE - An apparatus for in-line re-calibration of engine load signal, the apparatus having a housing and a first connector disposed on the housing, adapted to plug into an electrical connection socket of an automotive air intake sensor. A second connector is disposed on the housing, adapted to mimic the electrical connection socket of the automotive air intake sensor. An electronic circuit is disposed in the housing, the electronic circuit adapted to re-calibrate signals from the automotive air intake sensor and deliver the re-calibrated signals the to the second connector. The housing is adapted to plug in-line directly into the electrical connection socket of the automotive air intake sensor, whereby the corresponding electrical wiring connector to an engine control unit plugs directly into the second connector of the housing, completing the inline connection. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136780 | EXHAUST GAS SENSOR CONTROLS ADAPTATION FOR ASYMMETRIC TYPE SENSOR DEGRADATION - Methods and systems are provided for converting an asymmetric sensor response of an exhaust gas sensor to a symmetric response. In one example, a method includes adjusting fuel injection responsive to a modified exhaust oxygen feedback signal from an exhaust gas sensor, where the modified exhaust oxygen feedback signal is modified by transforming an asymmetric response of the exhaust gas sensor to a symmetric response. Further, the method may include adapting parameters of an anticipatory controller of the exhaust gas sensor based on the modified symmetric response. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136781 | Method and Device for Determining Energization Data for an Actuator of an Injection Valve of a Motor Vehicle - Various embodiments includes a method for determining energization data for an actuator of an injection valve of a motor vehicle comprising: receiving input data at a control unit; and determining the energization data based on the received input data into account with the control unit. Determining the energization data includes using a polynomial regression model. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136782 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION FUEL INJECTOR COMBUSTION SEAL LEAKS - Systems and methods utilize a controller configured to perform a diagnostic routine for a combustion seal provided between a gasoline direct injection (GDI) fuel injector and a combustion chamber of a cylinder of a GDI engine. The diagnostic routine comprises determining one of (i) a period for the injector coil current to reach a peak current and (ii) a resistance of the injector coil while the injector coil current is saturated, determining whether the determined period or the determined injector coil resistance is greater than a respective threshold indicative of a predetermined temperature of the injector coil, and when the determined period or the determined injector coil resistance is greater than its respective threshold, detecting a combustion seal leak fault. Based on the combustion seal leak fault, the controller may modify operation of the engine to prevent potential heat damage to the engine. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136783 | A METHOD FOR AVOIDING A RUNAWAY CONDITION OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a method for avoiding a runaway condition of an internal combustion engine that includes a cylinder, an operational characteristic of the engine, presumed to be caused by an unrequested introduction of hydrocarbon into the cylinder, is detected and the engine is derated in dependence of the detection, and, while the engine is derated, a test procedure is performed to detect an unrequested introduction of hydrocarbon into the cylinder. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136784 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, DEVICE FOR THE OPEN-LOOP AND CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, INJECTION SYSTEM, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine with a motor having a number of cylinders and an injection system having a common rail with a number of injectors assigned to the cylinders and similar high pressure components, which is designed to hold fuel from the common rail for the injector, wherein the method has the steps: injecting fuel from the common rail into a cylinder by way of an injector, determining a fuel pressure for a high-pressure component, in particular the common rail, the injector and/or the individual reservoir, having at least one high-pressure sensor measuring the fuel pressure. Provision is made for a defect in the high-pressure sensor to be detected in that a check is made as to whether magnitude of the high-pressure control deviation (ep) during a predetermined time interval (t | 2019-05-09 |
20190136785 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST GAS SENSOR - A control apparatus is provided for controlling an exhaust gas sensor. The exhaust gas sensor includes a first cell, a second cell configured to output electric current depending on the concentration of a measurement target component in exhaust gas from which oxygen has been removed by the first cell, and a heater configured to heat the first and second cells. The control apparatus includes a heater controlling unit, a current detecting unit configured to detect the electric current outputted from the second cell, and a deterioration determining unit. The deterioration determining unit causes the heater controlling unit to change output of the heater and thereby changes the temperature of the first cell. During the change in the output of the heater, the deterioration determining unit determines, based on an amount of change in the electric current detected by the current detecting unit, whether or not the second cell is deteriorated. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136786 | ON-BOARD SEPARATION PROCESS - Systems and methods are provided for performing on-board separation of a fuel into a higher octane fuel fraction and a lower octane fuel fraction using a membrane under osmosis conditions. By performing the separation under osmosis conditions, the feed for separation can be exposed to the membrane without requiring prior heating. This can avoid the need for having a separate heat exchanger system for heating the feed to the membrane to a desired temperature range. Additionally or alternately, the permeate from the membrane separation can be at a pressure of roughly 100 kPa-a or higher. This can avoid the need for having an eductor to provide a pressure below 100 kPa-a for the permeate side of the membrane. The fuel fractions produced during the membrane separation can then be used as fuel in a dual-fuel spark ignition engine. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136787 | FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM - A fuel delivery system for an engine is provided. The fuel delivery system includes a fuel rail, a pressure sensor, a relief valve, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a fuel rail pressure, identify exceeding of the fuel rail pressure beyond a first threshold, identify the fuel rail pressure drop below a second threshold, and initiate a counter for a first predefined amount of time accordingly. The controller is also configured to identify if the fuel rail pressure drops below a third threshold within the first predefined amount of time, and identify if the fuel rail pressure remains below the third threshold for at least a second predefined amount of time. The controller is further configured to determine an open status of the relief valve based, at least in part, on the identification. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136788 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, DEVICE FOR THE OPEN-LOOP AND/OR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, INJECTION SYSTEM AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine having a number of cylinders and an injection system having an injection system that has a common rail and a number of injectors associated with the cylinders, wherein an individual accumulator is associated with each injector and stores fuel from the common rail for the injector. The method has the following steps: starting the internal combustion engine, operating the internal combustion engine, shutting off the internal combustion engine. The following steps are also provided: a state indicating an engine standstill is detected, in particular after the internal combustion engine has been shut off, a high-pressure limit value is defined and a target high pressure is specified, a leakage is produced in the common rail without injection, the fuel pressure in the common rail is reduced to the defined high-pressure limit value below the target high pressure by way of the leakage. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136789 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL DEVICE - A fuel injection control device includes a valve closing detection unit to detect a valve closing timing by using either of an electromotive force quantity detection mode and an timing detection mode and a selection unit to select either of the electromotive force quantity detection mode and the timing detection mode for detecting the valve closing timing, and the selection unit: selects the timing detection mode when a requested injection quantity is larger than a prescribed reference injection quantity in partial lift injection; and selects the electromotive force quantity detection mode when the requested injection quantity is smaller than the reference injection quantity. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136790 | Gasoline Particulate Reduction Using Optimized Port Fuel Injection Plus Direct Injection - An optimized port plus direct injection (PFI+DI) fueling system for reducing DI-generated particulates from a spark ignition gasoline engine is disclosed. It uses information from a computational model that includes piston wetting. Means for DI particulate reduction include control of DI timing and duration as a function of various parameters. Illustrative computational results for decreasing particulates in various drive cycles are presented. These calculations illustrate large potential particulate reductions (e.g. 95%) that can be obtained relative to DI operation alone. The optimized PFI+DI system could provide DI generated particulate reduction, efficiency and cost advantages relative to operation of a DI alone engine with a gasoline particulate filter (GPF). Alternatively, it could be used in combination with a GPF to ease GPF operation requirements and provide additional particulate reduction. Techniques for reducing piston wetting generation of particles from use of DI alone are also described. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ENGINE - Methods and systems for operating an engine with different fuels having different cetane levels are described. In one example, start of fuel injection timing for engine cylinders may be adjusted responsive to engine deceleration or combustion phase during engine cranking. The start of fuel injection timing may be retarded for higher cetane fuels and advanced for lower cetane fuels. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136792 | BIMETALLIC PISTON HEADS INCLUDING THERMAL INSULATION COATINGS - Pistons and engines incorporating the same are provided, and include a piston head defined by a top surface, a circumferential side surface, and a thermal insulation coating (TIC) applied to at least a portion of the top surface. A top portion defines the top surface and is made from an aluminum material, and a bottom portion is made from ferrous material. The TIC can be silica. The top surface of the piston head can be anodized to receive the TIC. The TIC can be 0.05 millimeters to about 0.15 millimeters thick. The piston head can includes a crown, having an annular surface defining the top surface, a crown bowl surface, and an inner circumferential surface. The TIC can be further applied to at least a portion of one or more of the crown bowl surface and the inner crown circumferential surface. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136793 | PISTON WITH AN OPEN COOLING CHAMBER HAVING A FLOW-EFFECTIVE OIL GUIDING SURFACE AND METHOD FOR COOLING SAID PISTON - An internal combustion engine piston having a cooling chamber open to in a direction toward of pin boss bores. The cooling chamber having at least one oil guiding surface having a slope. On directing a cooling oil spray stream onto the at least one sloped oil guiding surface, there is increased heat transfer from the piston to the cooling oil. In one example, the oil guiding surface slope has a concave or convex curvature. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136794 | PISTON WITH SOOT REDUCING PISTON BOWL - A piston includes a piston body having an outer cylindrical surface and defined along a longitudinal piston center axis. The piston further includes a piston bowl with a half section profile with a bowl entry extending radially from the longitudinal piston center axis; a bowl recess extending radially from the bowl entry; and a soot shelf extending from the bowl recess to define a soot shelf axial height (H) and a soot shelf radial width (W). The soot shelf includes an inner step being formed by an inner step base surface extending radially from the bowl recess; an outer step being formed by a step shoulder surface extending axially from the inner step base surface and an outer step base surface extending radially from the step shoulder surface; and a soot shelf shoulder surface extending axially from outer step base surface to the end perimeter surface. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136795 | VARIABLE NOZZLE APPARATUS - A variable nozzle apparatus may include a radially inward structure and a radially outward structure circumscribing the radially inward structure. An annular flow channel is defined between the radially inward structure and the radially outward structure. One of the radially inward structure and the radially outward structure includes a static portion and a moveable portion. The moveable portion may be to the static portion via helical threads and may thus configured to rotate circumferentially and translate axially relative to the static portion. Movement of the moveable portion relative to the static portion may change a radial dimension of the annular flow channel. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136796 | AXIAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRANSLATING COWL USING AN ECCENTRIC - Disclosed is a thrust reverser for a device receiving a propulsion element, such as a turbojet engine nacelle. The thrust reverser includes a stationary structure having a deflector deflecting at least a portion of the air flow that is to flow through the nacelle, a translatably movable cap that can be in a closed position in which the cap covers the deflector deflecting the air flow and an open position in which the cap opens the deflector deflecting the air flow, and at least one moving actuator configured to move the cap between the open and closed positions. The moving actuator includes a stationary portion designed to be attached to the stationary structure in a first securing position and a movable portion designed to be attached to the cap in a second securing position. An adjusting device adjusts the first securing position. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136797 | CARBURETOR WITH THROTTLE SHAFT RETAINER - A carburetor with throttle shaft retainer system. The throttle shaft retainer system employs a retainer member in the form of a retainer pin or retainer clip that is pressed into the body of the carburetor to engage a retainer groove formed about or partially about the circumference of the throttle shaft. The interaction between the retainer member and the retainer groove prevents movement in the axial direction of the throttle shaft. With certain drilling and machined cuts to the throttle shaft, the retaining pin acts as the wide-open-throttle (WOT) stop when the throttle is rotated to a WOT position. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136798 | CHECK VALVE - A check valve that can prevent sticking of a valve body and reliably perform an opening and closing action in a check vale having a simple structure and that does not use biasing means on the valve body. A check valve has support pieces of a valve body protruding in the valve body direction on a circular base seat forming an outflow window in the center inserted in a circular groove where a support member (retainer) is formed between an outflow opening and a valve seat and on an open edge of the outflow window formed in the center of the base seat, and the support pieces of the support member (retainer) that support the valve body have linear or planar support parts on the top portion for leveling at least in a radial direction of the base seat. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136799 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPROVING FUEL EFFICIENCY IN VEHICLES USING HHO - A system and method of providing HHO gas to an internal combustion engine in a vehicle involves providing a liquid electrolyte solution to at least one HHO generator including an HHO generating structure having a plurality of parallel plates suspended in a fluid compartment. Residual electrolyte solution is separated from the HHO gas output by the HHO generator, and a quantity of the HHO gas is stored in a pressure tank at a pressure level exceeding an ambient atmospheric pressure. The HHO gas is electively delivered to an intake side of the internal combustion engine by a valve structure coupled to the pressure tank, which is controlled at least in part by a throttle signal of the internal combustion engine. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136800 | ENGINE ARRANGEMENTS WITH EGR SYSTEMS - Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed that include a divided exhaust engine with at least one pair of primary EGR cylinders and a plurality of pairs of non-primary EGR cylinders. The pair of primary EGR cylinders can be connected to an intake with an EGR system that lacks an EGR cooler. In another embodiment, the cylinder pairs include exhaust flow paths that join in the cylinder head to form a common exhaust outlet for each cylinder pair in the cylinder head that is connected directly to the EGR system or to the exhaust system without an exhaust manifold. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136801 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING ONBOARD ENGINE CLEANING ROUTINES IN A VEHICLE - Methods and systems are provided for reducing carbon buildup in an exhaust gas recirculation system of an engine of a vehicle. In one example, a method comprises injecting a diesel exhaust fluid into an intake manifold of the engine, routing the diesel exhaust fluid into the exhaust gas recirculation system, and vaporizing the diesel exhaust fluid in the exhaust gas recirculation system. In this way, any carbon deposits associated with an exhaust gas recirculation valve and/or exhaust gas recirculation passage may be reduced, which may increase fuel economy and may reduce undesired emissions. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136802 | Method and Device for Adjusting the Mass Flow of an Exhaust Gas Recirculation Valve - Various embodiments include a method for adjusting a mass flow through an exhaust-gas recirculation valve mechanically coupled to a throttle flap of an internal combustion engine which has a turbocharger comprising: determining a first setpoint value corresponding to a setpoint opening position of the exhaust-gas recirculation valve; determining a second setpoint value corresponding to a setpoint opening position of the throttle flap; comparing the first setpoint value to the second setpoint value; adjusting the mass flow of the exhaust-gas recirculation valve by varying an opening position of the exhaust-gas recirculation valve if the first setpoint value is higher than the second setpoint value; and adjusting the mass flow of the exhaust-gas recirculation valve by varying an opening position of the throttle flap if the second setpoint value is higher than the first setpoint value. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136803 | EGR GAS DISTRIBUTOR - An EGR gas distributor for distributing EGR gas to each of a plurality of branch pipes of an intake manifold includes a gas chamber, a chamber case extending in a direction traversing the branch pipes, a gas inflow pipe provided in the chamber case and configured to introduce EGR gas to the gas chamber, a plurality of gas distribution pipes branched from the chamber case and arranged at intervals in a longitudinal direction of the chamber case to distribute EGR gas from the gas chamber to each of the branch pipes, and a condensed-water flow restraining unit for restraining condensed water generated in the gas chamber from flowing in the gas distribution pipes. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136804 | TURBOCHARGER - A turbocharger includes a gripping unit gripping a turbine-housing side flange portion and a bearing-housing side flange portion to couple a turbine housing and a bearing housing. In a state where the turbine housing and the bearing housing are coupled by the gripping unit, an elastic force in a direction to separate the turbine-housing side flange portion and the bearing-housing side flange portion from each other is applied to each of the turbine housing and the bearing housing. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136805 | AIR INTAKE APPARATUS OF MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE HAVING SECONDARY GAS INLET PASSAGE CONNECTED TO INTAKE AIR INLET PASSAGE - An air intake apparatus of a multi-cylinder engine includes an intake air inlet passage, an intake air distribution portion, a plurality of independent intake air passages, and a secondary gas inlet passage. The intake air inlet passage has one end portion attached to a throttle valve, and the other end connected to an intake air distribution portion. The intake air distribution portion has a space therein. The secondary gas inlet passage is connected at a part spaced apart, in the intake air inlet passage, from the throttle valve. The intake air distribution portion has a reflux passage which is a passage that connects the space and a part between the one end portion and the other end in the intake air inlet passage. The reflux passage is a passage which refluxes fresh air and secondary gas introduced from the intake air inlet passage to the intake air inlet passage. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136806 | INLET DUCT FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An inlet duct for an internal combustion engine includes a tubular body portion having an air-permeable side wall and a tubular suction portion that is arranged on an upstream side of the body portion in an intake airflow direction and has an inner peripheral surface that expands radially outward toward the upstream side. The body portion and the suction portion are formed integrally by a compression-molded fiber molding. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136807 | Tank Tube Bracket For A Tank With A Diverted Discharge Opening - A tank tube bracket for a tank comprises a receptacle extending along an axis and receiving a tank tube and a passage adapted to pass a fluid through the tank tube bracket. A distal end of the passage is directed toward the axis of the receptacle. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136808 | FUEL DELIVERY INJECTOR - A fuel delivery injector includes a housing, an end cap including an inlet port fluidly coupled to a cavity to direct fuel vapor and liquid fuel into the cavity and an outlet port fluidly coupled to the cavity to direct fuel vapor and liquid fuel out of the cavity, a magnetic assembly fixedly positioned within the cavity, and a pumping assembly including a bobbin and a piston. A return spring is coupled to the pumping assembly to bias the pumping assembly to a home position and a valve assembly including a biasing spring is positioned between an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber. The liquid fuel entering the housing through the inlet port flows from the inlet port to the cavity and fuel vapor entering the housing through the inlet port is directed through a conduit to the outlet port. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136809 | FUEL PUMP MODULE - A displacement amount of an apex of a small diameter part of a coupling shaft portion, which is required to displace the apex of the small diameter part placed in an engaging hole section of a complex hole to a limit point, is defined as a limit displacement amount while the limit point is an intersection between the engaging hole section and an insertion hole section of the complex hole. A projection is formed at a stopper piece as a displacement-amount limiting portion that limits the displacement amount of the apex to an amount, which is equal to or smaller than the limit displacement amount, through contact of the projection against an inner wall surface of the complex hole, which is opposed to the projection. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136810 | Fuel Supply Device - A fuel supply device includes a flange unit and a pump unit. The flange unit includes a flange main body for closing an opening formed in an upper wall of a fuel tank. The pump unit includes a joint member that is connected to the flange main body so that both components may be movable relative to each other in the vertical direction. The interval in the vertical direction between the flange main body and the joint member is restricted from going below a minimum vertical interval. The minimum interval occurs when a stand-off portion provided as part of the flange main body and a connecting plate portion provided as part of the joint member come into mutual contact with each other and abut each other in the vertical direction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136811 | INJECTION SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, HAVING A FLUID-CONVEYING COMPONENT, A METERING VALVE, AND A MOUNTING SYSTEM - A mounting system for injection systems serves to connect a fuel injection valve to a fluid-conveying component. In the installed state, a connector piece of the metering valve is inserted at least partly into a receiving space of a connector body of the component. A support part is disposed on the connector piece. The connector piece of the fuel injection valve is mounted on the connector body in the installed state via the support part, a decoupling element, and a fastening body. The abutment body is retained by the fastening body in such a way that the abutment body is movable radially with respect to the longitudinal axis at least in the context of installation relative to the fastening body. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136812 | INJECTION SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, HAVING A FLUID-CONVEYING COMPONENT, A METERING VALVE, AND A MOUNTING SYSTEM - A mounting system for fuel injection systems connects a fuel injection valve to a fluid-conveying component and includes a connector piece of the metering valve being inserted at least partly into a receiving space of a connector body of the component; a support part disposed on the connector piece; a decoupling element; a dished disk inserted into a receiving space of the connector body and immobilized along a longitudinal axis of the receiving space relative to the connector body. The support part has a spherical support surface that faces toward a dished surface of the dished disk. The decoupling element is disposed between the spherical support surface of the support part and the dished disk. The connector piece is mounted on the connector body via the support part, decoupling element, and dished disk. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136813 | METERING VALVE FOR METERING A FLUID WHICH SERVES IN PARTICULAR FOR FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS, MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR INJECTION SYSTEMS, AND INJECTION SYSTEM HAVING SUCH A METERING VALVE - A fuel injection valve of a fuel injection system includes a connector piece that is insertable at least partly into a receiving space of a connector body of a fluid-conveying component. In the installed state a support part is disposed on the connector piece, and the connector piece is mounted via the support part on the connector body. The support part has a spherical support surface with which the support part braces at least indirectly against the connector body in order to implement the mounting of the connector piece directly or indirectly on the connector body. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136814 | GAS VEHICLE INJECTOR HAVING IMPROVED LUBRICATION CHARACTERISTICS - Disclosed is a gas vehicle injector having improved lubrication characteristics. The injector is provided with a housing installed at a fuel supply pipe of an engine, a needle valve installed at a lower portion of the housing and having an injection nozzle, a coil installed inside the housing and generating a magnetomotive force by receiving electric power, a solenoid having a core generating an attractive force by the magnetomotive force, and a plunger reciprocating and installed below the solenoid, and the injector includes: a depression groove circumferentially formed on an inner circumferential surface of the housing; and a communication groove formed on the inner circumferential surface of the housing, and communicating with the depression groove. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136815 | VEHICLE DEVICE MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for managing mobile devices for connection with a vehicle are provided. A processor is configured to determine whether a mobile device is within a predetermined distance of the vehicle based on a comparison between the first geographical data of the mobile device and second geographical data of the vehicle. Responsive to determining that the mobile device is within the predetermined distances of the vehicle based on the comparison, the processor is configured to enable Bluetooth functionality on the mobile device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136816 | VEHICLE IGNITION ON A SCHEDULE - A motor vehicle includes an engine ignition system for starting an engine of the motor vehicle. A climate control system heats and/or cools a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the engine ignition system and to the climate control system. The electronic processor determines a time at which a user of the motor vehicle will enter a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, uses the engine ignition system to start the engine before the determined time, and uses the climate control system to achieve a desired temperature of the passenger compartment before the user enters the passenger compartment. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136817 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE STARTING OF A MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLE - A method for starting a vehicle having a start-stop system, a bake pedal for braking, a pressure controlled clutch, an accelerator for setting an engine speed, and a control unit for controlling engine operation. The method including detecting brake release after a start-stop process; determining the clutch pressure; determining a required torque from the determined pressure based on a stored pressure-torque characteristic; determining the necessary engine speed requirement from the determined required torque based on a stored characteristic engine torque curve; inquiring whether the necessary speed requirement exceeds the available torque at the current engine speed; if not, then the engine speed is not increased; if so, inquiring whether the necessary speed requirement exceeds the accelerator requested speed; if not, increasing the engine speed with the engine control unit to the determined speed requirement; and if so, increasing the engine speed to the maximum set at the accelerator. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136818 | Battery Key, Starter And Improved Crank - A system for starting an engine of a vehicle has a fuel injector injecting fuel into a closed intake port to form an air fuel mixture. The system also includes an actuator rotating a crankshaft in a first direction to open the intake port by moving a piston within a cylinder coupled to the crankshaft. A combustion chamber defines between the cylinder and the port receiving the air fuel mixture through the intake port. The actuator rotates the crankshaft in a second direction to close the intake port. A spark plug ignites the air fuel mixture to start the engine. The engine also includes many other disclosed features. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136819 | INTERNAL-COMBUSTION-ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - There is provided an internal-combustion-engine starting apparatus that eliminates the restriction that the portion of the output axle at the axial-direction anti-motor side needs to be narrower than the inner diameter of an inner ring portion and that eliminates the requirement that a member for restricting the output axle from traveling toward the axial-direction anti-motor side is added as an extra component. An internal-combustion-engine starting apparatus ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190136820 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN IGNITION SYSTEM - Various embodiments of the present technology comprise a method and apparatus for an ignition system. In various embodiments, the ignition system activates a soft shutdown of an ignition coil in the event of an over dwell condition. The apparatus comprises first and second voltage-to-current converters and utilizes a difference of the converter outputs to control the current through the ignition coil. During the soft shutdown, the current decreases non-linearly during a first period and decreases linearly during an immediately following second period. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136821 | CLOCKING ANGLE SETTING TOOL FOR A WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD - There is described a clocking angle setting tool | 2019-05-09 |
20190136822 | Pontoon System for Producing Useful Work - A water driven system for generating useful work has a floating support structure with a pair of spaced apart frame portions. A waterwheel is mounted between the two spaced apart frame portions in an upright manner. The waterwheel has a number of radially extending spokes for turning the waterwheel in response to a flow of water against the spokes when the floating support structure is mounted on a moving body of water. The waterwheel has outwardly extending axle shafts which are used to produce useful work as the wheel rotates. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136823 | MODULAR LATTICE WAVE MOTION ENERGY CONVERSION APPARATUS - An ocean wave energy collecting apparatus for extracting power comprises a plurality of modules in a lattice formation, moored as a group to the sea floor via tether(s), each module reacting to each adjacent module. Connecting members connecting the modules rotate about the points where the connecting members enter the modules in response to the orbital motion of water particles in ocean waves. A collection of modules is arranged and interconnected in crystal-like lattice layers, such that each module has rotation and/or linear motion in relation to an adjacent module as ocean wave energy passes, and is captured and converted to electricity, by the apparatus. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136824 | ANGLE-ADJUSTABLE TURBINE - There is provided a turbine with a turbine body, a support frame, and a generator. The turbine body has a plurality of turbine blades, a shaft defining a rotational axis, and a bottom apex. Each of the turbine blades has a lower edge, and the lower edges taper upward relative to the bottom apex such that the lower edges trace a convex surface as the turbine body rotates about the rotational axis. The support frame is connected to the shaft by an angularly adjustable connection that adjusts the angle of the shaft relative to the support frame. The angularly adjustable connection permits rotation of the shaft about the rotational axis, and the generator is powered by the rotation of the shaft. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136825 | TIDAL CURRENT GENERATOR - A tidal current generator relates to a tidal current generator that can efficiently generate power by separating an on-water power generation unit and an in-water power collection unit, that allows for easy management of facilities on the water because the facilities in the water can be easily pulled up on the water even if they break, that can maximally use the flow of tides using a connection rope and a groove formed on a rotary propeller, and that can maximize efficiency by controlling the number of power connections between a rotary unit and an on-water power generator in accordance with the states of the flow of tides to prevent waste or deficit of power transmission. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136826 | SPEED LIMITING TURBINE FOR A CONDUIT - A turbine ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190136827 | Radial Piston Motor - A radial piston motor includes a cam body and a working member. The cam body includes circumferentially arranged lobes. Each lobe includes a cam section for guiding a piston radially outwards. Each cam section includes a deceleration phase configured to radially decelerate an engaging piston in the case of constant rotational speed and an acceleration phase configured to radially accelerate an engaging piston in the case of constant rotational speed. The working member is rotatable relative to the cam body and has circumferentially arranged pistons. The number of pistons and the number of lobes have the number one as the only common factor and the numbers differ from each other. The deceleration phase is smaller than the acceleration phase. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136828 | WIND BLADE JOINTS WITH FLOATING CONNECTORS - A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed with a first blade segment having a female structural member defining an internal cavity, and a second blade segment connected to the first blade segment at a chord-wise extending joint. The second blade segment has a male structural member that is received within the internal cavity of the female structural member of the first blade segment. At least one floating connector, for joining the first and second blade segments, is positioned in at least one of a generally chord-wise direction and a generally span-wise direction. The floating connector has a biasing element configured to restrain bi-directional movement of a floating pin within the floating connector. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136829 | System for Generating Electric Energy by Exploiting Wind at Height | 2019-05-09 |
20190136830 | LIFT-DRIVEN WIND TURBINE WITH FORCE CANCELING BLADE CONFIGURATION - A lift-driven wind turbine has a turbine rotor with blades mounted to the turbine shaft by two struts hinged to the shaft and each blade to form a four-bar linkage. The blades' airfoil cross section generates lift that rotates the blades around the axis in the presence of a prevailing wind. The airfoil chord forms a geometric angle of attack α | 2019-05-09 |
20190136831 | BI-DIRECTIONAL CLUTCH FOR WIND TURBINE YAW LOCKING SYSTEM - A yaw system for a wind turbine can have a yaw bearing with an outer bearing ring, an inner bearing ring, and a plurality of yaw rollers rotationally disposed between the outer and inner bearing rings so as to allow relative motion between the outer and inner bearing rings. A bi-directional braking assembly having an outer clutch ring attached to the outer bearing ring, an inner clutch ring attached to the inner bearing ring, and a plurality of brake rollers rotationally and slidably disposed between the inner clutch ring and at least one locking ramp adjacent the outer clutch ring. A plurality of spring members can extend from either ring projections or activation projections to each brake roller. An activation ring can slidably position the plurality of brake rollers into one of a locked position or unlocked position to prevent yaw rotation in an undesired direction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136832 | ENERGY STORAGE AND RECOVERY - The gear box in conventional wind turbine systems is very complex, large, heavy and costly. In addition, large, heavy, complex and costly lube oil systems are required to remove heat generated by such gear boxes. Such complex systems require frequent maintenance and overhaul, requiring access even in offshore locations. A solution to these problems has been identified in the art by eliminating the requirement for a gear box and lube oil system by the invention of direct drive generators which generate at 50 Hz frequency at wind turbine speed, having a very large number of poles and being larger and heavier than the traditional four pole equivalents. The present invention includes a energy storage and recovery system whereby a wind turbine generates electricity at a predetermined frequency below 45 Hz which may then be used to compress air for subsequent expansion and generation of electricity at a grid frequency of 50 Hz. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136833 | METHOD OF JOINING BLADE SECTIONS USING THERMOPLASTICS - A segmented rotor blade for a wind turbine includes a first rotor blade segment, a second rotor blade segment, at least one thermoplastic material, and an internal pressure source. The first rotor blade segment includes a first joint end. The second rotor blade segment includes a second joint end. The first and second joint ends are arranged together in an end-to-end orientation so as to form at least one scarf joint. The at least one thermoplastic material is arranged at each of the first and second joint ends. The first and second joint ends of the first and second rotor blade segments are bonded together via thermoplastic welding of the at least one thermoplastic material. The internal pressure source provides pressure to the scarf joint during the thermoplastic welding. The internal pressure source remains within the rotor blade after thermoplastic welding is complete. | 2019-05-09 |
20190136834 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING A DRIED FIBER COMPOSITE FABRIC, USE OF A SEPARATING DEVICE FOR SEPARATING A DRIED FIBER COMPOSITE FABRIC, AND A WIND TURBINE - A method for separating a dry fiber composite fabric, to a use of a separating device for separating a dry fiber composite fabric and to a wind power installation. A method for separating a dry fiber composite fabric with a multiplicity of fabric layers arranged one on top of the other, comprising providing the dry fiber composite fabric and a separating device, separating the dry fiber composite fabric with the separating device, which comprises a separating element with a toothing, wherein the toothing has a wave profile with a plurality of teeth, wherein the separating is performed by a substantially translational movement of the toothing on and/or in the dry fiber composite fabric with a stroke that is greater than a tooth tip spacing of two adjacent teeth of the toothing. | 2019-05-09 |