23rd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160160719 | MULTI-LEG AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM - An apparatus is disclosed, including an exhaust conditions module structured to interpret a diesel particulate filter (DPF) delta pressure value, a flow balance correlation, a NO | 2016-06-09 |
20160160720 | PARTICULATE FILTER - This particulate filter | 2016-06-09 |
20160160721 | EXHAUST SOOT CONTROL SYSTEM - Systems and methods are described for sensing soot (particulate matter) in an exhaust system of a vehicle. An example system comprises a sensor housing an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, and a soot filter affixed across the exhaust outlet, and a piston with the housing, affixed to a spring via a conductive surface, the spring fluidly separated from the exhaust chamber by a piston seal. The system may further comprise a detection circuit including the conductive surface of a piston and a plurality of resistive elements and a separate regeneration circuit configured to supply electric heat across the soot filter to regenerate the sensor. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160722 | Exhaust gas aftertreatment system for a vehicle operated by means of a combustion engine, in particular for a watercraft - An exhaust gas aftertreatment system for a vehicle operated by a combustion engine, in particular for a watercraft, includes a turbine of an exhaust turbocharger in an exhaust line, and at least one storage device, by which at least some of the sulphur pollutants contained in the exhaust gas can be stored and/or put into intermediate storage, at least for a defined period of time. According to the invention, particularly for storing the sulphur pollutants in the high-pressure region, the at least one storage device is arranged in the exhaust line upstream of the at least one turbine in a high pressure region of the exhaust line. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160723 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVING ASH WITHIN A PARTICULATE FILTER - Methods and systems are provided for injecting water to reduce an ash load on a PF. In one example, a method may include injecting water from a reservoir to between a PF and a three-way catalyst in order to reduce an ash load. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160724 | EXHAUST GAS AFTER-TREATMENT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE ENGINE - An exhaust gas after-treatment device for an engine comprises a first catalyst configured to decrease an amount of a hydrocarbon contained in an exhaust gas; and a second catalyst disposed in sequence with the first catalyst, the second catalyst configured to reduce an amount of a nitrogen oxide contained in the exhaust gas, wherein the exhaust gas after-treatment device is disposed on an exhaust passage of the engine and the second catalyst is prepared by engine bench aging. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160725 | Diesel Exhaust Fluid Dosing System for Diesel Engine Aftertreatment Module - A dosing system for dosing diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) into an inlet of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) aftertreatment module of a diesel engine is described. The dosing system may comprise a DEF supply line configured to deliver the DEF from a pump to a first injector and a second injector at the inlet. The DEF supply line may include a tri-axis connector configured to split the DEF from the pump into two portions each exiting one of a first outlet port and a second outlet port, a first delivery conduit configured to deliver the DEF exiting the first outlet port to the first injector, and a second delivery conduit configured to deliver the DEF exiting the second outlet port to the second injector. The first injector and the second injector may dose the same quantity of the DEF into the inlet of the aftertreatment module. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160726 | Machine Body and Working Machine - An injector injects urea water as a liquid reducing agent; a NOx sensor detects concentration of nitrogen oxide in exhaust gas; and an air duct including an inlet side opening and outlet side opening cools at least either one of urea water in urea water hose, NOx sensor or injector with cooling air introduced from outside of the machine room. A ventilation opening at the outside of the machine room communicates with the inlet side opening of the air duct using negative pressure formed in a circumference of exhaust gas flow by an ejector arranged in an exhaust pipe passage. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160727 | AFTERTREATMENT MODULE HAVING REPLACEABLE CATALYST HOUSING - An aftertreatment module is disclosed for use with an engine. The aftertreatment module may have an inlet housing at least partially defining an inlet passage for exhaust, and at least one mixer disposed in the inlet passage. The aftertreatment module may also have an outlet housing at least partially defining an outlet passage for exhaust, and a catalyst housing removably connected between the inlet housing and the outlet housing. The aftertreatment module may further have a plurality of catalyst substrates configured to be mounted in the catalyst housing, to receive exhaust from the inlet passage in parallel, and to discharge exhaust to the outlet housing in parallel. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160728 | COMPACT RADIAL EXTERIOR EXHAUST ASSISTED DECOMPOSITION REACTOR PIPE - Various embodiments provide for apparatuses and systems involving a reactor pipe configured to receive reductant from an injector into a flow of exhaust exiting an engine. The reactor pipe comprises an inlet portion, a plurality of louvers, an outlet portion, and a radial loop. The inlet portion is structured to receive the flow exiting the engine into the reactor pipe. The louvers are structured to alter a direction of the flow. Further, the radial loop is configured to extend between the inlet portion and the outlet portion and receives the flow of exhaust through the inlet portion. The radial loop also directs the flow of the exhaust toward the outlet portion and reduces the velocity of the flow of the exhaust such that the reductant has an increased amount of time to react with the exhaust. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160729 | FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD OF SCR SYSTEM AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - A fault diagnosis method of an exhaust gas post-processing system may include a detection step detecting any one or more of an operating state of a lean NOx trap or a state of an urea tank, a determination step determining whether the state of the lean NOx trap or the urea tank detected at the detection step satisfies a corresponding condition to block monitoring of a purification efficiency of the exhaust gas post-processing system, and a blocking step blocking the monitoring of the purification efficiency of the exhaust gas post-processing system when the state of the lean NOx trap or the urea tank at the determination step satisfies the corresponding condition to block the monitoring of the purification efficiency of the exhaust gas post-processing system. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160730 | CATALYST DETERIORATION DIAGNOSIS METHOD - A method for diagnosing the degree of deterioration of a catalyst disposed in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine and oxidizes or adsorbs a target gas, including at least one of a hydrocarbon gas and a carbon monoxide gas in an exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, is adapted to determine whether deterioration exceeding an acceptable level of a catalyst occurs or not by comparing the concentration of a target gas detected downstream from the catalyst in the exhaust path when a diagnosis-gas atmosphere containing a target gas higher in concentration than a target gas during a steady-operation state of the internal combustion engine is intentionally produced and introduced into the catalyst with a threshold value corresponding to the temperature of a catalyst at the timing which the diagnosis-gas atmosphere is introduced. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160731 | AUXILIARY DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID SYSTEMS - Generator assembly systems and methods of manufacturing and operating generator assembly systems. The generator assembly system includes a generator enclosure, a diesel engine, an aftertreatment exhaust system, a primary diesel exhaust fluid system, and an auxiliary diesel exhaust fluid system. The primary diesel exhaust fluid system includes a primary diesel exhaust fluid storage tank fluidly coupled to the aftertreatment exhaust system. The auxiliary diesel exhaust fluid system includes an auxiliary diesel exhaust fluid storage tank and a transfer pump fluidly coupled to the auxiliary diesel exhaust fluid storage tank. The auxiliary diesel exhaust fluid system is housed in an auxiliary enclosure positioned outside of the generator enclosure. At least one fluid conduit fluidly couples the transfer pump to the primary diesel exhaust fluid storage tank. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160732 | APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING EXHAUST GAS OF VEHICLE - An apparatus for discharging exhaust gas of a vehicle may include an exhaust port forming a first confluence part at which at least two runners among runners of an exhaust manifold connected with a cylinder are joined, and a second confluence part at which the remaining runners are joined, and a connector member having an inlet port through which exhaust gas discharged through the exhaust port is introduced, and having a partition which is formed toward the exhaust port in the inlet port so as to partition the first confluence part and the second confluence part. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160733 | DECOUPLER FOR FLEXIBLE CONNECTION OF EXHAUST PIPES - A decoupler includes a short bellows of ten or fewer convolutions, an internal liner spaced from the bellows internally and a cover spaced radially outward from the bellows providing an air gap both internally and externally of the bellows. The liner has a free-standing downstream end proximate a damper which is captured by a cover, inner damper ring and slide ring. Two decouplers are mounted in series to accommodate angular, axial and lateral displacement when operably connecting two end pipes and one central pipe. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160734 | GAS LEAKAGE PREVENTION COVER AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAVING THE SAME - A gas leakage prevention cover includes an inlet having a cross section area corresponding to a cross section area of a duct into which the cover is inserted, an outlet having a smaller cross section area than the cross section area of the inlet, and a step formed at a predetermined angle in a direction toward the outlet on a predetermined position of the cover. The cover has a ring shape and is configured to enable fluid to flow through an interior space of the cover from the inlet to the outlet. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160735 | EXHAUST ELBOW COMPONENT WITH INTEGRATED MOUNT - An exhaust elbow component may be located upstream of a decomposition reactor pipe and/or may be integrated with decomposition reactor pipe. The exhaust elbow component includes a mounting area for mounting a dosing module to the exhaust elbow component. The mounting area may be configured to limit the heat transfer from the elbow component to the dosing module via the mounting area. The mounting area may include a boss and one or more mounting legs. The one or more legs and/or the boss may have a surface area for convective cooling of the mounting area. The boss may include an opening through an exterior wall of the exhaust elbow component through which an injection tip of the dosing module may dose reductant into an interior chamber of the exhaust elbow. A central axis of the opening may be substantially coaxial with a central axis of the exhaust gas outlet. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160736 | WATER-COOLING INTERCOOLER APPARATUS - A water-cooling intercooler apparatus, may include a low-temperature radiator in which coolant flows to cool supercharged air supplied to an engine, wherein the low-temperature radiator is provided with an inlet into which the coolant flows, an outlet from which the coolant discharges, a body portion which is made of a plurality of connecting pipes for the coolant to flow therein, a first coolant tank configured to distribute the coolant to the plurality of connecting pipes, and a second coolant tank configured to collect the coolant; and at least one actuated-valves provided at the first or second coolant tank to open or close an inside of the first or second coolant tank for the coolant to flow in a portion of the plurality of connecting pipes. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160737 | ENGINE SYSTEM HAVING COOLANT CONTROL VALVE - An engine system having a coolant control valve may include a cylindrical valve having a pipe structure with one side opened and including coolant passages formed in preset positions from one inner circumferential surface to an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical valve to allow a coolant to pass therethrough, a valve housing configured for the cylindrical valve to be rotatably disposed therein and having connection pipes connected thereto to correspond to the coolant passages, a valve driving device, a pump housing disposed in one end portion of the cylindrical valve to correspond to the opened side of the cylindrical valve, having a pump impeller disposed therein, and coupled to the valve housing, a pump driving device disposed to rotate the pump impeller, and a pump discharge line connected to the pump housing to transmit a coolant pumped by the pump impeller to a cylinder block. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160738 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE - A temperature control device for the engine may include an air heater configured to heat air introduced into a throttle valve by a flow of engine cooling water, and a valve apparatus configured to cut off the flow of the engine cooling water passing through the air heater at a set temperature range or more, without being supplied with a separate control signal. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160739 | COOLING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND COOLING METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control unit stores a correlation between a temperature difference ΔT between an inlet temperature and an outlet temperature of a heat exchanger for cooling of cooling water, and the amount of thermal deformation occurring in the heat exchanger. At the time when the cooling water is supplied to the heat-exchanging flow path having the heat exchanger, the control unit refers to the temperature difference ΔT and the correlation to obtain the volume of flow of the cooling water supplied to the heat-exchanging flow path so that the amount of thermal deformation is less than or equal to a threshold amount of thermal deformation set in advance. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160740 | Dual Chamber Coolant Reservoir - A dual chamber coolant reservoir having a single vent neck. The coolant reservoir is for an internal combustion engine cooling system wherein the reservoir housing includes a first chamber and a second chamber formed integral thereto. A vent neck includes an aperture for accessing the first chamber with either a two or three o-ring cap to maintain pressure within the first chamber. Means for venting the second chamber when coolant exceeds a predetermined pressure level and a means for venting the first and second chamber when said cap is moved from a closed position to an open position. An inline pressure relief valve and check valve providing pressure relief and air displacement. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160741 | DUAL FUEL ENGINE WITH MICRO-PILOT FUEL INJECTOR - A dual fuel engine is provided. The dual fuel engine includes an engine cylinder that is adapted to house a piston. A cylinder head is coupled with the engine cylinder. An inlet valve is adapted to inject a second fuel into the engine cylinder. A pre-combustion chamber is adapted to be coupled within the cylinder head to receive a first fuel via a micro-pilot fuel injector. As piston moves towards a top dead center pushing a portion of the second fuel into the pre-combustion chamber via a communication channel, the piston compresses the portion of the second fuel and the first fuel in the pre-combustion chamber for igniting the first fuel and combusting the second fuel. This generates a combustion flame. The pre-combustion chamber is adapted to allow the combustion flame to propagate from the pre-combustion chamber to the engine cylinder via the communication channel. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160742 | ENGINE SYSTEM HAVING ENRICHED PRE-CHAMBER SPARK PLUG - A spark plug arrangement is disclosed for use in an engine system. The spark plug arrangement may include a body, and a cap fixedly connected to the body to form an integral pre-chamber. The cap may have at least one orifice. The spark plug arrangement may also include an electrode extending through the body and at least partially into the pre-chamber. The electrode may be configured to create a spark in the pre-chamber. The spark plug arrangement may further include a capillary tube disposed within the body and configured to inject gaseous fuel into the pre-chamber to form an air and fuel mixture to be ignited by the spark in the pre-chamber. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160743 | WATER TO AIR INTERCOOLER HAVING PARALLEL COOLANT PATH - A water to air intercooler includes a coolant path unit through which a coolant flows and having an inlet, an outlet, and a body. The coolant cools supercharged air supplied to an engine. An intercooler core discharges heat of the coolant flowing in the body of the coolant path unit. The body of the coolant path unit has two or more coolant paths formed in parallel. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160744 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENGINE AIR PATH CONDENSATION MANAGEMENT - A system and methods for routing condensate collected in a heat exchanger reservoir to either an air intake system or a position in the engine exhaust based on the type of contaminate in the condensate and operating parameters of the engine or the catalyst are described. In one particular example, condensate is routed to a first position along the engine air intake system in a first mode of operation, and a second position upstream of the catalyst along the engine exhaust in a second mode of operation, and a third position downstream of the catalyst along the engine exhaust in a third mode of operation. When substantially no contaminates are detected, the condensate may be routed into the engine exhaust upstream of the catalyst in order to cool the catalyst. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160745 | SPLIT-CYCLE ENGINES WITH DIRECT INJECTION - In some embodiments, split-cycle engines are disclosed that are capable of operating in a normal firing mode in which a firing stroke is performed in the expansion cylinder only on every other rotation of the crankshaft. Fuel can be injected directly into the expansion cylinder during the non-firing rotation of the crankshaft over a period of time greater than what is possible with traditional split-cycle engines. A number of other advantages are associated with such engines. In some embodiments, two expansion cylinders can be provided such that a firing stroke is performed on every rotation of the crankshaft, even though each individual expansion cylinder only performs a firing stroke on every other rotation of the crankshaft. Air hybridized and/or Millerized variations of these engines, as well as various cylinder arrangements, are also disclosed herein. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160746 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR A COMPRESSOR RECIRCULATION VALVE - Methods are provided for identifying degradation in components of a compressor recirculation valve (CRV). One method includes differentiating between degradation of a throttle of the CRV and a position sensor of the CRV based on each of a throttle inlet pressure and commanded position of the throttle of the CRV. The method also includes utilizing output from the position sensor of the CRV in response to the commanded position of the throttle of the CRV. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160747 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR A COMPRESSOR RECIRCULATION VALVE - Methods are provided for identifying degradation in components of a compressor bypass valve (CBV). One method comprises commanding a periodic signal to the CBV and indicating degradation of a throttle of the CBV based on changes in pressure at an inlet of an intake throttle in response to the periodic signal. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160748 | BYPASS VALVE DEVICE OF MULTISTAGE TURBOCHARGER - A bypass valve device of a multistage turbocharger may include a guide arm adjacently disposed at an inlet of a bypass passage and having a first end rotatably mounted through a rotating shaft, and an opening and closing valve freely rotatably coupled to a second end of the guide arm, having a valve surface which covers a cross section of the inlet, and configured to rotate at the guide arm at a time of contacting the inlet so that the valve surface face-contacts the cross section of the inlet. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160749 | COMPRESSOR SYSTEM FOR A COMBUSTION ENGINE AND COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention is related to a compressor system ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160160750 | SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING WASTE HEAT FROM AN EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM - A waste heat device for an exhaust gas system may include a hermetically sealed separation sealing off an area against fluid loss. A drive coupling may drivingly connect in a contactless manner a drive to a device configured to receive the drive work. The drive coupling may include a magnetic clutch arrangement having an inlet side arranged within the separation and an outlet side arranged outside the separation. The outlet side may include an outer rotor and the inlet side may include an inner rotor. The outer rotor and the inner rotor may be separated from one another via a sealing cap having an intermediate wall disposed concentric to the rotors. The intermediate wall may form part of the hermetic separation. A plurality of pole bars of a magnetisable material may be arranged on the intermediate wall and be spaced apart in a circumferential direction. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160751 | Rotary Internal Combustion Engine - A rotary internal combustion engine includes an arcuate compression chamber, an arcuate expansion chamber, an output shaft, and a piston coupled to the output shaft for movement through the arcuate compression chamber and the arcuate expansion chamber. The piston has a leading end, a trailing end, an inlet valve that is located at the leading end of the piston for receiving a compressible fluid from the compression chamber and an outlet valve that is located at the trailing end of the piston for expelling a combustion gas into the arcuate expansion chamber. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160752 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT, POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY, AND WATER VEHICLE HAVING A POWER SUPPLY UNIT OR HAVING A POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to transportable and compact power supply unit for supplying a water vehicle, in particular an electrical power supply system of the water vehicle, with electrical energy and in particular for arrangement on the water vehicle, containing in a transport container or a plurality of transport containers that can be connected together, wherein the transport container or the plurality of transport containers can be transported as a single, coherent unit: at least one internal combustion engine that can be operated on gas, in particular a natural gas, at least one generator for generating power, which can be driven by the at least one internal combustion engine, at least one control device for the at least one internal combustion engine and/or at least one control device for the at least one generator, at least one fuel treatment device for the at least one internal combustion engine and/or at least one exhaust gas cleaning device for the at least one internal combustion engine, and at least one fuel storage device, wherein the fuel of the fuel storage device is a gas, in particular a natural gas, which is present preferably as liquefied gas, especially preferably as LNG. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160753 | Auxiliary Fuel Tank For A Portable Generator - A portable generator system is disclosed which includes a portable generator and an auxiliary fuel tank. The auxiliary fuel tank may be mounted to and removed from the portable generator without tools. A fuel connector between the auxiliary fuel tank and the portable generator includes a male fitting and a female fitting. The male fitting engages the female fitting without tools and aids in aligning the auxiliary fuel tank with the portable generator. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160754 | Controller for Free Piston Generator - A controller for a free piston generator that is capable of more accurately controlling the behavior of a piston than conventional controllers is provided. During power generation of a free piston generator | 2016-06-09 |
20160160755 | FLUID DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS - The invention is directed to a fluid distributing apparatus comprising a fixed part and a rotating part. The fixed part is provided with at least one inlet channel and at least one outlet channel and wherein each inlet and outlet channel has a facing opening facing the rotating part. The rotating part is rotatably positioned relative to the fixed part such that the rotating part can have multiple rotational positions relative to the fixed part, wherein the rotating part is provided with at least a connecting channel having an inlet and outlet opening in the rotating part. The inlet and outlet opening of at least one connecting channel in the rotating part aligns with the facing openings of at least one inlet and outlet channel in the fixed part in at least one rotational position and not align in another position. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160756 | TURBOCHARGER COMBINING AXIAL FLOW TURBINE WITH A COMPRESSOR STAGE UTILIZING ACTIVE CASING TREATMENT - A turbocharger ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160160757 | AIR INTAKE ARRANGEMENT - An intake for channeling air flowing past a propeller to an inlet of an aircraft engine driving the propeller through a drive shaft comprising: a static cowling extending about an axis and which flares from an upstream end, an intake slot formed in the flared portion which bounds a passage to the inlet of the aircraft engine, the intake slot opening over an arc that extends less than 360 degrees of the circumference of the cowling and having an axially rearward edge that blends into the cowling through a curve having a vertex, wherein the vertex is radially inside a projected extension of the flared portion from an upstream portion of the flared cowling across the intake slot. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160758 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE NACELLE ANTI-ICING SYSTEM - A gas turbine engine de-icing system includes a heat exchanger. A coolant loop is in fluid communication with the heat exchanger and is configured to circulate a coolant. An engine oil loop is in fluid communication with the heat exchanger and is configured to transfer heat to the coolant. A gas turbine engine inlet structure includes a cavity. A manifold is arranged in the cavity and is in fluid communication with the coolant loop. The manifold is configured to spray the coolant onto the gas turbine engine inlet structure to de-ice the gas turbine engine inlet structure. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160759 | ANTIFREEZE SYSTEM FOR A PIPEWORK - An antifreeze system for a pipework, the antifreeze system comprising a framework configured to be fixed to the pipework, and at least one thermally insulating sleeve maintained around the pipework by the framework. Each sleeve is configured so that a space is produced between the sleeve and the pipework. The framework has an inlet and an outlet which are configured to produce a fluid communication between the outer side of the antifreeze system and the space. The inlet is fluidly connected to a source of hot air. Such an antifreeze system thus enables a flow of hot air around the pipework which thus prevents the liquid which flows therein from freezing | 2016-06-09 |
20160160760 | SELF-OPENING COOLING PASSAGES FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A turbine component for a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of self-opening cooling passages each of which defines a self-opening cooling passage axis that extends through a gas path surface. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160761 | Gas Turbine Engine With Single Turbine Driving Two Compressors - A gas turbine engine comprises a lower pressure compressor and a higher pressure compressor. A single turbine drives both the lower pressure compressor and the higher pressure compressor through a gear reduction. The gear reduction includes an actuator and at least two available speeds, such that the lower pressure compressor can selectively be operated at either of at least two speeds relative to the higher pressure compressor. A method of operating a gas turbine engine is also disclosed. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160762 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING AND MANAGING LIFE CONSUMPTION OF GAS TURBINE PARTS - A method for estimating and managing life of a gas turbine is provided. The method includes estimating a remaining useful life of a component of a gas turbine, obtaining parameters of the gas turbine, at least one of which comprises the estimate of the remaining useful life of a component of the gas turbine, assigning operating weightages to the gas turbine parameters based a plant objective, generating a set point for operating the gas turbine based on the weighted gas turbine parameters, and adjusting an operating characteristic of the gas turbine to meet the set point. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160763 | Vehicle, Straddle-Type Vehicle, and Method of Driving Throttle Valve - A vehicle comprises an engine including a plurality of combustion chambers; a plurality of throttle valves provided in the plurality of combustion chambers corresponding to the plurality of combustion chambers, respectively, to independently adjust flow rates of intake air flowing into the combustion chambers, respectively; two or more driving mechanisms for electrically driving the plurality of throttle valves divided into two or more groups in such a manner that each of the driving mechanisms drives the throttle valve in a corresponding group of the groups; and a throttle control device for controlling the driving mechanisms based on an amount of throttle operation information input by a rider and a predetermined vehicle state, wherein the throttle control device provides throttle opening rate commands which are made different between the groups, to the driving mechanisms, respectively, when a predetermined output adjustment condition is met. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160764 | THROTTLE VALVE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING SUCH A THROTTLE VALVE - The present invention relates to a throttle valve adapted to equip an air intake system in an internal combustion engine, in particular an explosion engine. The throttle valve comprises: a body delimiting an air intake pipe; a valve member mounted rotatably in the pipe about an axis of rotation and comprising a spherical portion shutting off the pipe in the closed configuration; means for moving the valve member in rotation about the axis of rotation between different configurations of the throttle valve; and a bearing ring which receives a spherical outer surface of the valve member in sliding bearing contact. The throttle valve is characterized in that it also comprises a seal which is elastically deformable, which is arranged between the body and the bearing ring and which is adapted to take up forces to which the valve member and the bearing ring are subjected during a back-fire through the pipe. The invention also relates to an internal combustion engine, in particular an explosion engine, comprising such a throttle valve. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160765 | EXHAUST SYSTEM AND ENGINE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An exhaust system comprises a first exhaust manifold connected to a first exhaust port of a cylinder; a second exhaust manifold connected to a second exhaust port of the cylinder; a variable valve lift apparatus controlling a valve that closes and opens the first exhaust port; an after-treatment apparatus connected to the first exhaust manifold and the second exhaust manifold; an exhaust temperature sensor; and a controller controlling the variable valve lift apparatus based on an output signal of the exhaust temperature sensor. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160766 | KIT FOR THE REALIZATION OF A DUAL LPG/PETROL FUEL SYSTEM FOR OUTBOARD ENGINES FOR MOTORBOATS - The present invention relates to a kit for an LPG fuel for petrol run engines and in particular, a kit of electronic and hydraulic components for the realization of a dual fuelling LPG/petrol system ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160160767 | FUEL CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A fuel control system and method for providing fuel to an internal combustion engine are provided. The fuel control system generally includes at least one valve device structured to deliver a fuel supply to the engine, a first fuel source structured to provide a primary fuel to the valve device, a second fuel source structured to provide an alternate fuel to the valve device, and an electronic controller structured to control the valve device. The electronic controller controls the valve device as a function of various data to selectively deliver the primary fuel and the alternate fuel to generate a fuel supply, e.g. as a mixture of the two fuels. The data used to control the fuel supply may include GPS data, engine data, environmental data, and/or other operational data. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160768 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING ENGINE STALL USING VIRTUAL CRANK SIGNAL - A method for preventing an engine stall by a virtual crank signal includes determining stability of the engine by measuring an operating time of the engine, storing a crank signal, with a virtual crank signal storing step, using a crank position sensor while a crank shaft makes one turn if it is determined that the stability of the engine is maintained, determining whether the crank position sensor is out of order, and controlling an engine RPM by the crank signal stored in the virtual crank signal storing step to perform idle driving of a vehicle at the time of a breakdown of the crank position sensor. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160769 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A WATERCRAFT - A method is provided for operating a vehicle, in particular a watercraft, with at least one combustion engine that emits pollutants contained in an exhaust gas or wastewater. The current position of the vehicle is determined by a location determination. A closed-loop and/or open-loop control device is provided which sets or adjusts the quantity of at least one pollutant emitted by the combustion engine in a self-acting manner or automatically, in accordance with the determined position of the vehicle and with information on local pollutant regulations, in particular exhaust and/or water regulations. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160770 | Identifying a Fuel Type - Aspects of the disclosure are directed to estimating the type fuel used by a vehicle. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, a type of fuel burned by an engine in a vehicle is estimated by obtaining output parameters of an on board diagnostic (OBD) system of the vehicle. Respective estimates of the fuel type are generated based on the output parameters, using a different fuel type identifying method for each respective estimate, and the fuel type is determined based on the respective estimates. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160771 | ENERGY BALANCE BASED BOOST CONTROL USING FEEDBACK LINEARIZATION - An internal combustion engine includes an air charging system with a boost air system. A method to control the boost air in the air charging system, decoupled from the air and EGR system controls, includes monitoring a reference boost pressure and operating parameters of the air charging system; creating a turbocharger energy balance model of the air charging system; applying feedback linearization control to the turbocharger energy balance model to create an approximately linearized feedback system; and determining a boost control command for the air charging system using the approximately linearized feedback system based on the monitored reference boost pressure and the monitored operating parameters of the air charging system. The boost air in the air charging system is controlled based upon the boost control command. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160772 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EMPLOYING A DEDICATED-CYLINDER EGR SYSTEM - A multi-cylinder spark-ignition internal combustion engine (engine) that includes a dedicated-cylinder exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system is described. The dedicated-cylinder EGR system includes a controllable exhaust gas diverter valve that selectively diverts all exhaust gas produced by one of the cylinders to an air intake system of the engine. A method for controlling the engine includes monitoring a parameter associated with operation of the dedicated-cylinder EGR system. Upon detecting a change in the parameter that indicates a change in operation of the dedicated-cylinder EGR system, a controller controls operation of the internal combustion engine to reduce an effective cylinder compression ratio. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160773 | Engine Aftertreatment System with Exhaust Lambda Control - An aftertreatment device for reducing NOx, PM, HC, and CO generated by a compression-ignition engine. In this device, lean exhaust air generated in the engine is enriched using a reactor together with an oxygen sorption device according to a target deNOx efficiency value, and heat energy is recovered. The enriched exhaust gas then passes through an oxidation catalyst, where NOx is reduced with CO and HC. PM in the exhaust gas is further trapped in a DPF. To lower energy cost, an heat exchanger is used for more effectively heating the DPF during regeneration, and an exhaust gas compressor positioned upstream from the DPF is employed to control engine back pressure. When exhaust gas temperature is low, to regenerate the DPF with minimum energy consumption, an electrical heater is used to heat dosing fuel before it is mixed with exhaust gas, and a regeneration heating process is then jump-started. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160774 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine having a motor and an exhaust gas aftertreatment system having an exhaust gas aftertreatment component, wherein exhaust gas formed in the motor during combustion of fuel is guided via the exhaust gas aftertreatment system for cleaning, includes: determining an exhaust gas actual value that depends upon an actual value of a nitrogen dioxide fraction in the exhaust gas upstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment component; and changing at least one operating parameter for the motor such that the actual value of the nitrogen dioxide fraction is brought closer to a corresponding reference value for the nitrogen dioxide fraction. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160775 | AUTOMOBILE - When a conversion catalyst in a catalytic converter is warmed up, a required efficiency ηtag is set such as to be within a range of less than 1 that is a value when the conversion catalyst is not warmed up and to increase with an increase in delay of an open-close timing VT of an intake valve (steps S | 2016-06-09 |
20160160776 | Engine System and Method - A pressure sensor disposed to sense an engine cylinder pressure provides a pressure signal, and an engine timing sensor provides an engine timing signal to an electronic controller, which is programmed to receive and analyze the pressure and engine timing signals to determine a misfire signal, a peak pressure signal, a pressure rise rate, an actual ignition signal, and a center of combustion signal. The electronic controller is further programmed to activate a fault flag when at least one of the misfire signal, the peak pressure signal, the pressure rise rate, the actual ignition signal, and the center of combustion signal, indicates that an abnormal combustion is present in the cylinder. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160777 | SENSOR OUTPUT VALUE ESTIMATION DEVICE - A sensor output value estimation device that effectively estimates sensor output values reflecting a response delay of a temperature sensor. The device includes an estimated gas temperature calculation unit for calculating an estimated gas temperature of an engine on a basis of at least a running condition of the engine and a state quantity of the gas in the engine. The device also includes an estimated sensor output value calculation unit for calculating an estimated sensor output value reflecting the response delay of the temperature sensor on a basis of the calculated estimated gas temperature and a pre-stored first model formula specifying a relation among the temperature change time constant of the temperature sensor, the gas flow rate, and the gas temperature. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160778 | DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst and an air-fuel ratio sensor arranged at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst, stops or decreases a feed of fuel as fuel cut control, and controls an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas to a rich air-fuel ratio after the end of the fuel cut control as post reset rich control. The diagnosis system calculates a first characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio at the time when the output air-fuel ratio first passes a first air-fuel ratio region leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio and a second characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio at the time when the output air-fuel ratio first passes a second air-fuel ratio region including a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. The diagnosis system diagnoses the abnormality of the air-fuel ratio sensor based on the first characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio and the second characteristic of change of air-fuel ratio. As a result, it is possible to suppress the effects of the change of state of the exhaust purification catalyst while accurately diagnosing the abnormality of deterioration of response of a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160779 | Prognostic Engine System and Method - An electronic controller for an engine is programmed to operate in a prognostic mode, in which a baseline record of combustion parameters is created and stored in non-volatile memory, and in a diagnostic mode, in which an operating set of combustion parameters is compiled. During operation, the electronic controller retrieves the baseline record and compares it with the operating set to determine, in real time during engine operation, whether an abnormal combustion is present in the cylinder. The electronic controller activates at least one failure flag when the abnormal combustion is determined to be present. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160780 | A CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CONTROL SYSTEM - An electronic control unit suitable for a motorcycle provides diagnostic support, tachometer drive and warning lamp drive all multiplexed onto one pin and driven by a single driver circuit. In a diagnostics mode, the pin is connected to diagnostic equipment. When a diagnostic test has been completed, a tachometer drive signal is output on the pin, the drive signal having a duty cycle set high enough to illuminate the warning lamp if a fault condition is detected by on-board sensors. By combining multiple functions onto a single pin with a single driver circuit, the cost of implementing an engine control unit may be reduced compared with existing arrangements which require separate pins and drivers for each function. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160781 | On-Board Diagnostics For An Opposed-Piston Engine Equipped With A Supercharger - On-board diagnostic monitoring of a two-stroke cycle, opposed-piston engine includes diagnostic monitoring of an air handling system equipped with a supercharger to determine whether the supercharger is functioning properly. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160782 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING ELECTRONIC WATER PUMP OF ENGINE - A method for diagnosing an electronic water pump of an engine in a vehicle includes determining whether a stall occurs while a sensorless 3-phase motor used for the electronic water pump of the engine is driven, based on a peak value of a torque of the motor. The method further includes determining whether the stall occurs while the motor is stopped, based on the torque of the motor. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160783 | INJECTOR DRIVING APPARATUS - In an injector driving apparatus, a driving circuit supplies a current individually to each coil of multiple injectors, a current detection element detects the current flowing in a common current flow path, which is common to the coils, a current supply period guard part forcibly stops the current supplied from the driving circuit to the coil upon determination that a measured period reached a predetermined set period based on a detection result of the current detection element, and a diagnosis part operates in a period of no fuel injection to check whether the current supply period guard part normally stops the current supplied to the coil, by continuously supplying the current to the coil for only a short period, which disables the injector to open a valve, and sequentially switches over the coils. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160784 | Determination of The Point in Time of a Predetermined Open State of a Fuel Injector - A method is provided for determining the point in time of a predetermined open state (e.g., start or stop time of an opening or closing process) of a fuel injector having a coil drive for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The method includes applying a first voltage pulse to the magnetic coil drive of the fuel injector, detecting a first temporal progression of the current intensity of a current flowing through the coil drive, applying a second voltage pulse to the magnetic coil drive of the fuel injector, detecting a second temporal progression of the current intensity of the current flowing through the coil drive, determining a differential progression based on the first and second temporal progressions of the current intensity, and determining a point in time at which the differential progression exhibits an extremum, which corresponds with the point in time of the predetermined open state. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160785 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN ENGINE - A method of operating an engine is provided. The method includes determining a temperature and a pressure of intake air, and a temperature and a pressure of exhaust generated by the engine. The method includes determining a work performed by the engine based at least on an engine speed of the engine, and determining heating losses of the engine. The method includes determining an enthalpy of the intake air based at least on the work, the heating losses, a heating value of a fuel used for combustion within the engine, and the temperature and the pressure of the exhaust. The method includes determining a humidity value of the intake air based on the enthalpy, temperature and pressure of the intake air and determining an amount of NOx based on the humidity value. The method further includes controlling an operation of the engine based on the determined amount of NOx. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160786 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENGINE OF VEHICLE - A method of improving fuel efficiency and an apparatus for operating a vehicle that performs the method are provided. The apparatus includes a storing unit that stores control plans for a fuel injection system and an intake/exhaust system that optimize responsiveness of an engine for a plurality of driving modes. A catalyst temperature obtaining unit obtains a catalyst temperature and an operation period determining unit determines an operation period of an engine based on rpm of the engine and an amount of fuel consumption. A driving mode determining unit determines any one of the driving modes as a current driving mode based on the catalyst temperature, the operation period, and present time. Additionally, a controller is configured to access a control plan that corresponds to the current driving mode and operate the fuel injection system and the intake/exhaust system based on the control plan corresponding to the current driving mode. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160787 | CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE - A controller for controlling an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is disclosed. The controller includes at least one real-time dynamic computational model of at least a part of the internal combustion engine, at least one offline optimized set-point as a first input to the computational model, at least one physical engine sensor input as a second input to the computational model, and a real-time optimizer configured to adjust at least one engine control signal on the basis of at least one output of the computational model in such a way that a deviation from a set-point is at least decreased. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160788 | Method, a computer program, an electronic storage medium, and an electronic control unit for controlling an internal combustion engine - A method for controlling an internal combustion engine provides that the internal combustion engine is operated based on a first injection pattern in a first operating state, and based on a second injection pattern in a second operating state. At least one parameter of the injection patterns in the transition from the first to the second operating state is selected in such a way that the noise emission remains constant. In the transition to the injection pattern having greater noise, first the at least one parameter of the first injection pattern is varied, whereupon the switchover takes place. In the transition to the injection pattern having the lower noise, first the switchover is implemented, whereupon the at least one parameter of the second injection pattern is varied. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160789 | CONTROL METHOD FOR HEATED INJECTOR SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - A control method of the heated injector system for a vehicle including an injector, injecting fuel into an engine of the vehicle, and a fuel pump supplying the fuel to the injector, includes activating a heater to preheat the injector, stopping fuel supply by stopping driving of the fuel pump, and upon stopping the fuel supply, re-activating the heater to heat the injector. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160790 | DIRECT INJECTION PUMP CONTROL - Methods are provided for controlling a solenoid spill valve of a direct injection fuel pump, wherein the solenoid spill valve is energized and de-energized according to certain conditions. An example control strategy is provided for operating the direct injection fuel pump when fuel vapor is detected at an inlet of the direct injection fuel pump. To ensure pump effectiveness during the presence of fuel vapor, the solenoid spill valve may be maintained energized for a minimum angular duration past a top-dead-center position of a piston in the direct injection fuel pump. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160791 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING INJECTION OF FUEL IN ENGINE - System for controlling an injection of fuel in an engine is disclosed. The engine includes a cylinder and a first fuel injector to inject a first fuel in the cylinder. The system includes a sensor disposed on or proximate to the first fuel injector and configured to generate an electrical signal indicative of at least one of a start of the injection and an end of the injection of the first fuel. The system further includes a controller configured to adjust at least one of a mass and the start of injection of the first fuel to be injected by the first fuel injector based on the electrical signal. A dual-fuel engine employing the system for controlling an injection of fuel in an engine is also disclosed. Moreover, method and non-transitory computer readable media for controlling an injection of the fuel are also disclosed. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160792 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING VACUUM GENERATION - Methods and systems for improving vacuum generation for a diesel powered vehicle that includes a mechanically engine driven vacuum pump are presented. In one non-limiting example, engine idle speed may be increased in response to a number of braking events and/or a request for vacuum based on an amount of stored vacuum. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160793 | ENGINE FOR VEHICLES - An engine for vehicles may include a piston provided to be moved up and down within a cylinder, and a cylinder head disposed over an upper portion of the piston to form a combustion chamber together with the piston. An upper surface of a head of the piston and an inner side wall of the cylinder head may be provided with a coating film made of a material having a higher thermal conductivity at a lower temperature and a lower thermal conductivity at a higher temperature. The coating film increases heat transfer at an intake or compression stroke when temperature in the combustion chamber decreases and reduces heat transfer at an explosion or exhaust stroke when the temperature in the combustion chamber increases. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160794 | CYLINDER HEAD GASKET - A cylinder head gasket including a stack of layers that includes a first functional layer having an embossed first sealing full bead and a first stopper, a second functional layer having an embossed second sealing full bead, and a carrier layer having an embossed carrier layer full bead. The first sealing full bead and the second sealing full bead are mutually superimposed. The carrier layer full bead and the first stopper are mutually superimposed. The carrier layer full bead when it is fully compressed has a maximum line load range included between 75 and 125 N/mm and assumes a flat configuration. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160795 | STIRLING ENGINE AND METHODS OF OPERATION AND USE - A double acting, miller cycle, reciprocating piston with dual rotary displacer, stirling engine is provided. Configurable as a heat pump, a heat engine, or as a combination with one side driving the other, the engine is completely closed, sealed and pressurized with the piston ring as the only internal seal. A miller cycle is created by allowing transfer of the working fluid (typically hydrogen gas) past the piston to balance working fluid pressure only at the extremes of the piston stroke. Two coordinated rotating displacers service opposite sides of one piston. Each displacer manages heat flow, according it its length and shape, through one side of the length of its encasing tube into and out of the working fluid through the other side of the length of its encasing tube. The dead space between the piston and the displacer holds regenerator material. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160796 | Thrust reverser for an aircraft engine, pod assembly and corresponding powerplant - A thrust reverser for an aircraft engine assembly, comprising two sub-assemblies configured to surround an engine, each of the sub-assemblies comprising an inner fixed structure, a translating cowl, a torque box, a substantially vertical 12 o'clock bifurcation, and a substantially vertical 6 o'clock bifurcation. At least one of the sub-assemblies comprises at least one separating partition extending between the inner fixed structure, the translating cowl and the torque box of the sub-assembly, the separating partition being rigidly fixed to the inner fixed structure and the torque box, and connected to the translating cowl via a sliding connection. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160797 | NOZZLE OF A TURBOMACHINE PROVIDED WITH CHEVRONS WITH A NON-AXISYMMETRIC INNER FACE - A nozzle of a turbomachine is provided with chevrons with a non-axisymmetric inner face. A cover for the nozzle of longitudinal axis L-L includes an internal wall having a section with a predetermined abscissa on the L-L axis defining, on the wall, a neck line. The cover has, downstream from the abscissa, indentations in the trailing edge of the cover delimiting chevrons distributed in the circumferential direction, in which, on the cover, from the abscissa the internal wall moves away radially towards the outside of the upstream tangent, to the top of an indentation, the outer wall of the cover moves towards the upstream tangent to the top of an indentation, and the internal wall moves away radially towards the inside of the upstream tangent, to the tip of a chevron. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160798 | INTEGRATED THRUST REVERSER DEVICE AND AIRCRAFT ENGINE NACELLE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - The present disclosure provides a thrust reverser device that is integrated in an aircraft nacelle. Blocking flaps are stored inside a mobile cowl disposed in a downstream section of the nacelle, under deflection cascade assemblies during direct-jet operation of the nacelle. Various devices are provided for executing the passage from direct-jet operation to reverse-jet operation in two stages: the mobile cowl moves in translation towards the downstream end of the nacelle; and each flap is then deployed in the main air flow path. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160799 | SPLIT SLEEVE HIDDEN DOOR THRUST REVERSER - A system for a thrust reverser of an aircraft includes a primary sleeve and a secondary sleeve having cascades. The secondary sleeve is coupled to a set of blocker doors. The sliding motions of the primary sleeve and the secondary sleeve are not directly coupled when each moves between its stowed and deployed positions. The sliding motion of the primary sleeve may begin at a different time and continue at a different rate from the sliding motion of the secondary sleeve. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160800 | COMBINED FAN BYPASS COMPONENTS WITH REMOVABLE FRONT FRAME STRUCTURE FOR USE IN A TURBOFAN ENGINE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A system and method is provided that combines fan bypass components and minimizes assembly interfaces in a turbofan engine. The system and method provide a front frame structure of reduced weight that slidably installs/removes from within the combined fan bypass components. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160801 | PREMIXED LIQUID PROPELLANT PROPULSION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH ANTI-FLASHBACK QUENCHING LIQUID INJECTOR - A liquid injector system for a combustion engine, having a single feed inlet configured to receive a premixed liquid propellant under pressure or a purge gas under pressure, and having a liquid injector assembly. The assembly has a liquid injector having a hollow dome and injector holes configured to receive and inject the premixed liquid propellant or the purge gas through the liquid injector and into a combustion chamber. The liquid injector system has a liquid-to-gas zone between an injector outlet side and a flame front. A pressure gradient decrease between the liquid injector and the combustion chamber causes the premixed liquid propellant to expand from liquid to gas phases, which causes a temperature decrease at the liquid-to-gas zone, wherein the pressure gradient decrease and the temperature decrease prevent or mitigate the flame front from propagating upstream of the combustion chamber, which achieves an anti-flashback quenching liquid injector design. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160802 | BLOW-BY GAS TREATMENT DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A resonator ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160160803 | TWO-PASS AIR-TO-AIR AFTERCOOLER - An air-to-air aftercooler including a first core assembly configured to receive intake air and cool the intake air. The first core assembly can include a first heat exchange portion configured to cool the intake air, a first inlet configured to receive the intake air, a second heat exchange portion configured to cool the intake air, a second inlet configured to receive the intake air, and a first common tank joining the first heat exchange portion and the second heat exchange portion and configured to output the intake air. The air-to-air aftercooler can also include a second core assembly configured to receive the intake air from the first common tank, and further cool the intake air. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160804 | EGR DEVICE HAVING DIFFUSING DEVICE AND EGR MIXER FOR EGR DEVICE - A housing has an housing body. An inner pipe is accommodated in the housing body. The inner pipe defines an inner passage internally. The inner pipe defines an annular passage externally with the housing body. The inner pipe has through holes | 2016-06-09 |
20160160805 | EGR DEVICE HAVING ROTARY VALVE - An EGR device includes a housing having an outer pipe and an inner pipe. The inner pipe is accommodated in the outer pipe to define an annular passage externally with the outer pipe. The inner pipe defines an inner passage internally. The inner pipe has pipe through holes. A rotary valve is accommodated in the inner pipe. The rotary valve has valve through holes. The rotary valve is rotatable to communicate the annular passage with the inner passage through the valve through holes and the pipe through holes. The rotary valve is rotatable to block the inner passage from the annular passage. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160806 | SLUDGE DETECTION AND COMPENSATION FOR THE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE COMPRESSOR RECIRCULATION VALVE - Methods and systems are provided for improving boost pressure control by adjusting a variable compressor recirculation valve. In one example, a method may include adjusting a position of a continuously variable compressor recirculation valve based on amount of sludge accumulation on the valve. The amount of sludge accumulation may be estimated based on a difference between total intake flow downstream of a compressor recirculation passage outlet but upstream of the passage, and total engine flow entering engine cylinders. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160807 | EGR DEVICE HAVING SLIDABLE VALVE - An EGR device includes a housing and a valve. The housing has an outer pipe and an inner structure. The inner structure is located inside the outer pipe to define an annular passage externally with the outer pipe. The inner structure defines an inner passage internally. The inner structure has apertures. The valve is in a tubular shape and is located inside the inner structure. The valve is slidable in an axial direction to communicate the annular passage with the inner passage through the apertures and to block the inner passage from the annular passage. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160808 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CANISTER PURGE VALVE DEGRADATION - A method is provided, comprising: during a first condition, opening a fuel tank isolation valve while maintaining a canister purge valve closed; and indicating degradation of the canister purge valve based on an output of a universal exhaust gas oxygen (UEGO) sensor. The UEGO sensor output will indicate whether any fuel vapor vented from the fuel tank reaches intake through the commanded closed canister purge valve. In this way, canister purge valve degradation may be diagnosed in vehicles that do not include a functional fuel tank pressure sensor or canister vent valve. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160809 | VANE PUMP AND LEAKAGE DETECTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - The vane pump has a pump chamber, in which a first inner plate and a second inner plate are movably accommodated at each of axial ends of a rotor. In a case that an electric motor is arranged at a lower side of the vane pump, the first inner plate is moved in a direction to the second inner plate by a force of gravity, so that the first inner plate is brought into contact with a first axial end of the rotor. As a result, an upper side axial open end of each pumping room, which is respectively defined by multiple vanes, is closed by the first inner plate. An amount of air leaking from one of the pumping rooms to the other pumping rooms can be reduced. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160810 | CONTROL METHOD FOR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM - A method for controlling an EGR system includes determining whether diagnosis conditions for an EGR cooler are satisfied while the EGR system operates. The EGR system is turned off when the diagnosis conditions for the EGR cooler are satisfied and a retard amount of ignition timing is larger than a first reference value. The EGR cooler is diagnosed base on a comparison result of the retard amount of the ignition timing and a second reference value while the EGR system is off. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160811 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR EXHAUST GAS CONTROL - Systems and methods are provided for controlling exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). In one example, an engine system includes a first EGR valve coupling an exhaust manifold to an engine exhaust system, a second EGR valve coupling the exhaust manifold to an engine intake system, and a control unit. The control unit selectively adjusts a position of the first EGR valve based on a target amount, and adjusts a position of the second EGR valve based on the target amount and a position of the first EGR valve. Responsive to a first degradation condition of the first EGR valve, the control unit adjusts the position of the second EGR valve based on the target amount and based on a pressure of the first exhaust manifold, and responsive to a second degradation condition of the first EGR valve, adjusts the position of the second EGR valve based on the target amount. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160812 | INTEGRATED EGR VALVE HOUSING - An integrated exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve housing includes: a temperature control passage configured to include a first cooling channel which connects a water jacket formed in an engine to a radiator and a second cooling channel which is branched from the first cooling channel and extends to an EGR cooler cooling re-circulated exhaust gas; and an auxiliary cooling passage configured to guide cooling water introduced into the second cooling channel to the EGR valve housing, whereby it is possible to easily dispose the EGR valve housing in the engine compartment by integrating the parts through which the cooling water is discharged from the engine with the cooling water channel connected to the EGR valve housing. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160813 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR THE FEEDING OF FUEL IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The heat exchanger (HE) has a first stage and a second stage (E | 2016-06-09 |
20160160814 | FUEL COOLING APPARATUS - A fuel cooling apparatus includes a fuel cooling pipe having an inner circumferential surface and a hermetically sealed space formed therein and a heat pipe allowing a working medium to flow therein. The heat pipe includes an evaporation region inserted into the hermetically sealed space of the fuel cooling pipe so that a fuel passage is formed between the evaporation region and the inner circumferential surface of the fuel cooling pipe. The evaporation region evaporates the working medium by heat exchange with a fuel flowing through the fuel passage. The heat pipe also includes a condensation region for condensing the working medium evaporated at the evaporation region and an adiabatic region adiabatically connecting the evaporation region and the condensation region to each other. The condensation region is arranged outside of the fuel cooling pipe. The fuel cooling apparatus also has a fuel inlet port configured to introduce the fuel into the fuel passage of the fuel cooling pipe from the fuel pipe and a fuel outlet port configured to return the fuel that has flowed through the fuel passage in the fuel cooling pipe to the fuel pipe. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160815 | Filter Media - A filter media includes flutes, forward plugs, and aft plugs. Each of the flutes has a forward flute face, an aft flute face, and a flute body defining a flute conduit to convey the fluid. The forward plugs are disposed in alternating ones of the flutes. Each forward plug includes a plug base and an aerodynamic plug nose. The aerodynamic plug nose has a center axis and a nose surface tapering outwardly from the center axis towards the plug base. The plug nose is configured to aerodynamically redirect a flow of the fluid away from the center axis. The flutes that have forward plugs include a flute outlet disposed at the aft flute face. The aft plugs are disposed in the flutes adjacent to the flutes that have corresponding forward plugs. The flutes that have aft plugs include a flute inlet disposed at the forward flute face. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160816 | Extended Gasket Profile - The invention relates to a filter element unit for an air filter of a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, including: a filter element, a filter medium; and a one-piece gasket. The gasket includes: a first part circumferentially surrounding the filter element and adapted to seal the filter element against a first channel of a filter housing of the air filter and a second part formed unitary with the first part and spaced away from the first part and spaced away from the filter medium, the second part is adapted to seal a second channel of the filter housing; wherein the first part and the second part are connected with each other via at least two bridges. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160817 | INTAKE SYSTEM - An intake system may include an intercooler to cool air supplied to an engine, an intake manifold to supply the air that is introduced from the intercooler into at least one cylinder and having a first runner and a second runner, an air control valve disposed between the intercooler and intake manifold and configured to control a flow rate or a path of the cooled air supplied to the intake manifold, and an air line to supply the air to the air control valve and feed the air that is introduced from the air control valve to the intake manifold, in which the air that is introduced from the intercooler is supplied to at least one of the first runner and the second runner, and at least one cylinder which is communicated with the first runner is separated from at least one cylinder which is communicated with the second runner. | 2016-06-09 |
20160160818 | AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM HAVING AN ACOUSTIC RESONATOR - An air induction system for attenuating sound produced by an engine, a housing defining a working chamber for attenuating sound produced by the engine. The air induction system further includes a tube having a first end extending into the working chamber and a second end to be in fluid communication with the engine. The air induction system further includes a first flange radially extending from the tube and disposed in the working chamber. The tube, the housing and the first flange cooperate to define a resonator operable to attenuate sound produced by the engine. | 2016-06-09 |