22nd week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170152689 | ADJUSTABLE DOOR HINGE - A door hinge has a first hinge part, a hinge bracket connected to the first hinge part to be pivotable about a rotational axis and a second hinge part connected to the hinge bracket The hinge bracket has an angled mounting section that is forcibly guided on a receiving block a first direction x and is lockable in place. The receiving block is adjustable in a second direction y in the second hinge part | 2017-06-01 |
20170152690 | DOOR OR WINDOW HINGE - A door or window hinge has a housing having a back wall facing in a predetermined direction and a side wall extending in the direction from the back wall. A rack fixed to the side wall and extending in the direction meshes with a sector gear fixed to an inner end of a hinge body and formed as a partial ellipse having a semimajor axis. The inner body end can rotate in the housing about an axis perpendicular to the direction and slides in the guide in the direction between a closed position with a stop face of the inner end bearing on the back wall and an open position with the inner end spaced in the direction from the back wall. The sector gear is oriented on the inner end such that in the closed position the semimajor axis extends substantially perpendicular to the direction. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152691 | SAFETY GATE HINGE - A hinge apparatus that includes a stationary hinge portion, which includes a first bracket configured to be attached to a fixed surface, a first arm extending from the first bracket, and a second arm extending from the first bracket. The first and second brackets include axial holes with a hinge pin arranged therethrough. The hinge pin defines a rotation axis. The stationary hinge portion also includes a stop plate extending away from the first bracket and connected to the first arm. The hinge apparatus also includes a rotatable hinge portion, which includes a body arranged around the hinge pin between the first and second arms and a stop body extending from the body along the rotation axis. Ends of the stop body contact the stop plate to limit rotation of the body about the rotation axis. A second bracket configured to be attached to a movable body. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152692 | ADJUSTABLE SLIDING DOOR SYSTEM - An adjustable sliding door system for building a sliding door for use in delimiting a part of a room in an opening and extending from the floor to the ceiling of the room is adapted to run in a track positioned opposite it on, respectively, the ceiling and the floor of the room. The adjustable sliding door system has two profiles constituting the sides of said sliding door and surface elements mounted between the profiles and constituting the surface of the sliding door. The adjustable sliding door system has a plurality of surface elements adapted to be mounted overlapping and in continuation of each other in a length corresponding to the height of the opening. This embodiment has the advantage that, based on few standard elements, a very flexible solution is obtained for building a sliding door of any height and where colors/decors may be varied according to personal desires. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152693 | HINGE AND DAMPING DEVICE THEREOF - A damping device is applicable to a hinge. The damping device includes a housing, a damper, an abutting member and an adjusting member. The damper is arranged on the housing. The damper includes a first movable member and a second movable member movable relative to each other. The abutting member is configured to abut against the second movable member of the damper. The adjusting member is movable relative to the housing. When the adjusting member is moved to a first position relative to the housing, the adjusting member abuts against the first movable member of the damper. When the adjusting member is moved to a second position relative to the housing, the adjusting member does not abut against the first movable member of the damper. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152694 | HINGE AND DAMPING DEVICE - A damping device is applicable to a hinge. The damping device includes a damper and a blocking member. The damper includes a first movable member and a second movable member movable relative to each other. The first movable member has a first abutting part and a second abutting part. The first abutting part and the second abutting part are located at different longitudinal positions on the first movable member. The blocking member is movable relative to the damper and configured to abut against one of the first abutting part and the second abutting part of the first movable member. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152695 | A DEVICE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING AN OUTWARDLY OPENING PIVOTING WING - A device for opening and closing an outwardly opening pivoting wing, comprising: an actuating device including a support, a crank rotatable relative to the support and a control mechanism operated by the crank, and an arm having a toothed portion which cooperates with said control mechanism, wherein the control mechanism cooperates with the toothed portion of the arm for the translational motion of the arm along a rectilinear direction between a locked wing position and an unlocked wing position, and vice versa, a first and a second slider intended to engage a groove of the wing in a movable manner in a rectilinear direction, wherein the first slider is articulated at a distal end of the arm and wherein the second slider is connected to a locking device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152696 | DOOR MONITORING SYSTEM - A door assembly includes a first door skin and a second door skin spaced apart from the first door skin. The assembly also includes an energy sensor generating an energy signature signal and a memory storing a door component operating signature. A controller is coupled to the accelerometer and forms a comparison of the energy signature signal to the door component operating signature and generates a door component operation status signal in response to the comparison. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152697 | METHOD FOR OPENING A MOVABLE PANEL OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING OPENING CONTROL DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for opening a movable panel of a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps of: —projection of at least one light spot ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170152698 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING VEHICLE DOOR - A method for opening a vehicle door may include capturing a first image when a first condition is met and capturing a second image when a second condition is met. The first condition is one of the vehicle is parked, or the door is locked. The second condition is one of the vehicle is deactivated, or the door is unlocked. The method may further include detecting an object outside based on the first and second images, determining whether the detected object is within a projected path of the door moving from a first position to a second position, and controlling operation of an actuator configured to move the door, such that if the detected object is determined to be within the projected path of the door, the actuator does not move the door according to the projected path. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152699 | Quick Release Cladding System for Fenestration Frames - Disclosed is quick-release removable cladding for interior fenestration frames, such as the interior frames of doors, window, skylights, or curtain walls. The cladding is held flush against the frame by a pair of brackets or alternatively by a bracket attached to frame and a shaped cavity within the cladding. In one aspect, the pair of brackets can be shaped and arranged so that when engaged, a downward force on the cladding causes the cladding to move flush against the frame. In another aspect, the cladding can be held securely in place to the frame by a keeper bar. The keeper bar can be configured to prevent upward movement of the cladding against the frame. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152700 | FIXED GLAZING - The invention relates to fixed glazing for a building, comprising at least one glass pane, for example triple glazing. According to the invention, the glass pane is directly inserted in the adjacent building structure without interposing a frame that consists of a rigid material, and/or it is inserted in the laterally adjacent insulation of the building structure. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152701 | INSULATED GLAZING COMPRISING A SPACER, AND PRODUCTION METHOD - An insulating glazing unit having a first pane, a second pane, a third pane arranged between the first pane and the second pane, an outer pane interspace, an inner pane interspace, and a spacer is described. The spacer having a plastic profile with a first glazing interior surface and a second glazing interior surface, a first pane contact surface, a second pane contact surface, a primary sealing means, and a main member containing a sealing material and a drying material. The plastic profile includes a groove, into which the third pane is inserted and which runs parallel to the first pane contact surface and to the second pane contact surface. The plastic profile separates the outer pane interspace from the inner pane interspace. The main member is arranged in the outer pane interspace between the plastic profile and the primary sealing means, the main member being adjacent the plastic profile and the primary sealing means. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152702 | SMART WINDOW - The invention provides a smart window. The smart window comprises at least one composite layer comprising: a first soft resin sheet, a first transparent conductive layer, a second soft resin sheet, a second transparent conductive layer and a first PDLC layer. The first and second transparent conductive layers are etched to form circuit regions with different patterns, and first leads and second leads on the circuit regions are electrically connected with an external electrically driving device. The first PDLC layer is driven to present different patterns by an electric field controlled by a signal instruction of the external electrically driving device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152703 | SHAKER DOORS WITH SOLID CORE AND METHODS FOR MAKING THEREOF - The present invention relates to shaker doors with solid cores and methods for making the same. The shaker doors contain different core materials at the recessed panel than the raise peripheral region to provide dimensional stability and reduced distortion when the doors are exposed to high humidity. The devices and methods also provide for easy assembly of solid core shaker doors, including fire rated doors. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152704 | WINDOW HAVING A RAINWATER GUIDE DEVICE ATTACHED THERETO - A rainwater guide device is coupled to an outer side of the rail portion to be adjacent to the rainwater drainage hole, wherein the rainwater guide device includes a rainwater receiving portion defined at one closed side end thereof to receive the rainwater from the drainage hole and having an open top, and a rainwater outlet defined at the other open side end thereof, wherein the bottom plate includes a tilted plate tilted downwards from the rainwater receiving portion to the rainwater outlet in a longitudinal direction thereof, and two rainwater guide plates, each guide plate having a first side coupled to the tilted plate and a second side coupled to a corresponding longitudinal side plate, wherein each of the rainwater guide plates is tilted downwardly from the second side to the first side. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152705 | SEALING DEVICE FOR SEALING A GAP BETWEEN A LINTEL AND A ROLLER SHUTTER AND A ROLLER SHUTTER WITH SUCH A SEALING DEVICE - The invention relates to a sealing device ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170152706 | FABRIC SHEET FORMING LOOP - The present invention relates to a fabric sheet forming a loop and the fabric sheet is configured to include: a loop fabric sheet | 2017-06-01 |
20170152707 | Expandable Ladder Assembly - A ladder assembly for accommodating a variety of spaces is provided. The ladder assembly comprises a first rail having a top end and a bottom end and a second rail having a top end and a bottom end. The second rail is spaced from the first rail. A plurality of spaced rungs are mounted between the first rail and the second rail with each rung having a first rung portion and a second rung portion. Each first rung portion is slidably receivable within the corresponding second rung portion allowing the first rail and the second rail to be moved in a general direction toward and away from each other and a distance between the first rail and the second rail to be adjusted to accommodate the desired space. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152708 | SWIMMING POOL LADDER WITH SAFETY GATE - The present disclosure provides a pool ladder with an active protection mechanism. The ladder provides a switch positioned at a significant height from the ground such that children cannot easily reach the switch. When actuated, the switch unlocks a protective door for the ladder and the ladder can be moved to access the steps. As such, the ladder can effectively prevent children from unlocking the protective door and accessing the pool. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152709 | CAN CADDIE - A can caddie for securing a platform to either of two different hollow rung sizes is provided. The can caddie provides a collar portion coupled between a shaft and a platform portion. The shaft has a stirrup shape dimensioned and adapted to snugly fit in the hollow rung of a smaller home use ladder, preventing rotation therein. The collar portion is dimensioned and adapted to snugly fit a larger hollow rung of a commercial ladder, preventing rotation therein. Also, the collar portion may be adapted so as to prevent pivoting of the shaft within the smaller hollow rung by engaging the opening thereof. The platform portion includes a can opening and a plurality of can notches to receive a paint can and its handle, respectively, so as to be secured by gravity. The platform portion is also designed to retain tools and other items. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152710 | Ladder Stabilization Apparatus with Adjustable Bracing Members for Use On Inside and Outside Corners of a Structure - A ladder stabilization apparatus features a ladder engagement unit, and first and second bracing members attached to the engagement unit at a side thereof that faces outwardly from the ladder and each having a respective contact side for abutting against a structure during. The bracing members are securable to the ladder engagement unit in a first position in which the contact sides diverge away from the ladder, and a second position in which the contact sides converge away from the ladder. Placement of the braces in the first position accommodates diverging walls of an outside corner of the structure, while placement of the braces in the second orientation accommodates converging walls of an inside corner of the structure against the contact sides of the bracing members. A slot between the bracing members in the second position accommodates a wall stud or other dimensional frame unit. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152711 | Down The Hole Hammer and Systems and Components Thereof - A down the hole hammer ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170152712 | DUAL PRECISION UNDER REAMER - A under reamer that has two arms and is piston activated. The under reamer arms are supported on both side walls by a pin assembly. The under reamer arms are extended outward by a piston assembly which is spring biased to retract the arms. A surface of the under reamer arms adjacent the pivot point is protected via a holder assembly with a surface that matches the surface of the arms adjacent the pivot assembly. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152713 | Dual Operation Rig - A dual tower rig includes a hull supported by one or more legs and includes a cantilever assembly coupled to the hull. Dual towers are supported by a skidding system that is coupled to the cantilever assembly. The towers are configured to conduct independent operations and are movable relative to each other and to the hull by the skidding system and the cantilever assembly. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152714 | CORING TOOLS EXHIBITING REDUCED ROTATIONAL ECCENTRICITY AND RELATED METHODS - Coring tools configured to procure core samples of earth formations may include a coring bit comprising a cutting structure configured to cut a core sample and an outer barrel connected to the coring bit. The outer barrel may be configured to apply axial and rotational force to the coring bit. An inner barrel may be located within the outer barrel and may be configured to receive a core sample within the inner barrel. A sponge material may line an inner surface of the inner barrel and may be configured to absorb a fluid from the core sample. A stabilizer may be connected to the outer barrel. A distance between the stabilizer and an upper extent of the coring bit may be less than 30 feet. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152715 | STORAGE AND DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM FOR A COMPOSITE SLICKLINE - A slickline for use in a wellbore comprising: the slickline, wherein the slickline: comprises a composite material comprising a plurality of carbon fiber strands, and is housed on the inside of a receptacle, wherein the receptacle is hollow and cone-shaped. The slickline can also be made from an anisotropic material; and wherein a first test section of the slickline has a stiffness greater than a second test section having the same dimensions as the first test section but made of steel. A method of deploying the slickline into a wellbore comprising: positioning a portion of the slickline into a controlled deployment device, wherein the controlled deployment device comprises a housing; and causing at least a portion of the slickline to enter the wellbore, wherein the slickline moves from the receptacle through the housing and into the wellbore during the step of causing. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152716 | DRILLING VESSEL - The invention relates to a drilling vessel comprising a drilling tower and a tubular string support structure for supporting a tubular string in the firing line of the drilling tower. The tubular string support structure has two parallel rails and two carts supported by those rails. Both carts have a hanger body with a central passage for supporting a tubular, and each cart can be moved between a central support position for supporting a tubular in the firing line, and a secondary position adjacent the central support position. When both carts are located in their secondary position, the carts are located on opposite sides of the firing line, such that between the carts there is a passage for passing through large objects along the firing line. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152717 | DISPOSITIVO PARA SUJETAR Y ATRAPAR UN CABLE EN UN POZO DE EXPLOTACION PETROLERA - A security device placed at a wellhead over a blowout preventer valve, which can be activated to catch a cable and/or a string of pipes upon a cut event or accident, preventing the fall of the same into the well, which includes: an upper horizontal plate and lower horizontal plate, vertically aligned, each having a circular central orifice for the passing of a string of pipes and/or a cable, and a cutout on the front part thereof, located between its front edge and the circular orifice; lateral support device, located between the upper and lower plates, that connect the plates together, delimiting an aperture at the front part of the device that together with the cutouts on the upper and lower plates form a front passage toward the inside of the device; at least two clamps driven by corresponding hydraulic cylinders, which are arranged at an acute angle with the vertical axis of the device; and a movable vertical plate arranged on the front part of the device between the lateral support means, pivotally connected by one of its sides to the upper and lower plates. The movable vertical plate, in a first position, allows for the horizontal passing of a string of pipes and/or cables through the front passage to a location at the center of the device, and in a second position, the movable vertical plate blocks the front passage. In a first position the clamps allow for vertical movement of the string of pipes and or cables and in a second position the clamps block the movement of the same. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152718 | CASING WINDOWING METHOD AND TOOL USING COILED TUBING - The present disclosure provides a casing windowing method and tool using coiled tubing; the windowing method comprises the steps of: a) preparing a borehole, including drifting a casing, and scraping an inner wall of the casing; b) hanging a positioning assembly in the casing, including seating the positioning assembly at a wellhead of the borehole, and after the positioning assembly is put down to a predetermined position in the casing, hanging a hanger of the positioning assembly at the inner wall of the casing; c) fixing a whipstock at a down-hole of the borehole, including seating the whipstock at the wellhead, and inserting a guiding assembly of the whipstock into the hanger so that an orientation of a window inclined plane of the guiding assembly meets a requirement of window orientation; and d) windowing the casing, including seating a tapered windowing mill at the wellhead, and after the tapered windowing mill is put down to the window inclined plane of the guiding assembly, starting the tapered windowing mill to perform a window sidetracking of the inner wall of the casing. The casing windowing method and tool using coiled tubing of the present disclosure can accurately adjust the orientation of the inclined plane of the whipstock, and the operation is simpler, safer and more reliable. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152719 | UNDERWATER DRILLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCURING AND ANALYZING GROUND SAMPLES OF A BED OF A BODY OF WATER - The invention relates to underwater drilling for procuring and analyzing ground samples of a bed of a body of water. An underwater drilling device placed onto a bed of the body of water. By a drill drive a drill rod composed of at least one tubular drill rod element is drilled into the bed of the body of water in a first drilling step, wherein a drill core is received in a receiving part in the tubular drill rod element. The receiving part with the drill core is deposited in a storage place of a storage area on the base frame. Subsequently, one further drilling step is carried out with a further drill rod element. By means of sensor means at least one physical and/or chemical property of the drill core is determined. data on the storage place of the drill core in the second storage area. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152720 | MECHANICAL FORCE GENERATOR - Disclosed is a mechanical force generator for use in a drillstring that provides a sinusoidal or near sinusoidal oscillating output, comprising: a rotatable cam plate connected to a mass, the cam plate having two opposed oblique bearing surfaces rotatable through a bearing, wherein upon rotation, the two opposed oblique bearing surfaces cam against the bearing to oscillate the mass longitudinally, wherein the bearing comprises opposing bearings for bearing against the opposed oblique bearing surfaces and wherein at least one bearing adjusts to follow the respective opposed bearing surface and maintain engagement. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152721 | HANGER RUNNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system includes a hanger locking assembly configured to lock a hanger within a housing of a wellhead. The hanger locking assembly includes an energizing ring having one or more axially-extending passageways configured to receive and to support one or more control lines. An anti-rotation element extends between the energizing ring and the hanger to block rotational movement of the energizing ring relative to the hanger. A locking ring is in contact with the energizing ring, and axial movement of the energizing ring relative to the hanger drives the locking ring radially to engaged position in which the locking ring extends into a corresponding recess of the housing of the wellhead to block axial movement of the hanger relative to the wellhead. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152722 | WELLHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH INTERNAL CASING HANGER PACK-OFF - Various wellhead assemblies are provided. In one embodiment, the wellhead assemble includes a seal assembly that seals against an inner surface of a wellhead hanger and against an inner surface of a wellhead body. The wellhead hanger can be sized such that the upper portion of the hanger has an outer surface that abuts an inner surface of the wellhead. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152723 | LANDING STRING - A landing string includes a valve having a valve member mounted within a flow path extending through the landing string, and a valve control system for use in operating the valve to move the valve member between open and closed positions to control flow along the flow path. The valve control system is reconfigurable between a first configuration in which the valve is operated or controlled under a fail-as-is (FAI) mode of operation, and a second configuration in which the valve is operated or controlled under a fail-close (FC) mode of operation. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152724 | UPSTREAM SHUTTLE VALVE FOR USE WITH PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMP - An artificial lift system is provided for use for pumping fluid from a downhole wellbore to surface. The system comprises a progressive cavity pump, said progressive cavity pump comprising a stator run on a tubing string and a rotor run on a rod string into the stator and a shuttle valve positioned upstream of the progressive cavity pump, wherein said shuttle valve comprises a non-weighted shuttle and wherein said non-weighted shuttle is moveable axially within said shuttle valve from force of fluid alone. An upstream shuttle valve is further provided for use upstream of a progressive cavity pump, wherein said shuttle valve comprises a non-weighted shuttle that is moveable axially within said shuttle valve from a force of fluid alone, to open and close the shuttle valve. A method is further still provided for pumping fluid from a wellbore in an artificial lifts system. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152725 | FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM - A downhole flow control apparatus comprising: at least one tubular body locatable at a zone of a well, the tubular body having a longitudinal through bore and one or more transverse ports and a port covering device which, in use, is movable from a lower position in which the or each port is covered to an upper position in which the or each port is open; and at least one plugging device which is operable to travel downhole from the surface to locate within and seal the through bore of the tubular body, the plugging device including moving means to cause the port covering device to move from the lower position to the upper position thus allowing fluid communication between the through bore and the or each port. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152726 | DOWNHOLE WELL CONDITIONING TOOL - A downhole well conditioning tool for self-stimulating a well is provided. The down hole tool is a multi-stage stacked self-exciting tool that can alter a relatively steady flow of incoming fluid into pulsating fluid streams of rapidly cycling high and low pressure without the use of moving internal parts. The downhole tool can include a first stage operative to receive a steady flow of pressurized fluid though an inlet and discharge a pulsating fluid flow and a second stage connected to the first stage and operative to receive the pulsating fluid flow from the first stage and increase the pulsations of the fluid flow before the pulsating fluid flow is discharged out of the second stage. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152727 | LATERAL DRILLING SYSTEM - A drilling apparatus for drilling a lateral bore to main bore, comprises a casing in the main bore, having at least one window, at least one lateral tube, including a bit or other soil penetrator, the lateral tube which engages with an aperture in the casing, the outer diameter of lateral tube flush with aperture, such that the lateral tube is forced through the casing aperture into the formation when a sufficient pressure differential between the inside of the casing and the outside of the casing and a plurality of packers disposed at intervals along the outside of the casing, capable of sealing the annulus to the passage of fluids. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152728 | SLURRIFICATION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE BY PRESSURE PUMPING INTO A SUBSURFACE FORMATION - Presented is a computerized method, apparatus, and systems for management of a slurry injection well and the associated surface facility. A network is provided for connectivity of facility equipment, sensor equipment, and control software operated on a computer system. The method utilizes real time and historical data of injection and slurry parameters in conjunction with computer simulations performed on a computer-modelled reservoir to predict well behavior during an injection event. The system determines optimized injection operation schedules and can recommend and implement changes to an injection operation while it is in process, including through automated equipment control. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152729 | MONITORING HYDROCARBON RECOVERY OPERATIONS USING WEARABLE COMPUTER MACHINES - The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a wearable computer device positionable on a human body. The wearable computer device is configured to receive sensor information from a collection of sensors that includes a first sensor and a second sensor, the first sensor attached to the human wearable device and the second sensor connected to the human wearable device, the sensor information describing operational attributes of the oil and gas drilling or production operations that either implements a hydrocarbon recovery process or a hydrocarbon recovery machine at a time of obtaining the sensor information, identify baseline sensor information describing operational attributes during normal operation of either the hydrocarbon recovery process or the hydrocarbon recovery machine, compare the sensor information and the baseline sensor information, and provide a notification indicating an operational condition of the oil and gas drilling or production operation. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152730 | Method of Forming Directionally Controlled Wormholes In A Subterranean Formation - A method for forming extended wormholes in a subsurface formation comprising locating producer wells, injection wells, and guard wells in a field; determining a flux rate for a formation-dissolving fluid such as an acid, the flux rate being dependent upon different variables including the composition of the rock matrix making up the subsurface formation and the type of acid selected; injecting a guard fluid into the subsurface formation, through at least one guard well to form designed pressure boundaries and injecting the acid into the formation at a rate to reach the determined flux rate and thereby forming an extended network of wormholes through the subsurface formation in a defined direction or plane, with or without guard wells. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152731 | SAND SCREEN FOR SAND CONTROL IN LATERAL HOLES IN WELLS - A sand screen for installation in a well includes a flow-through element having a center line running in the longitudinal direction of the flow-through element; and a filtration device. The flow element has an internal cavity extending over at least parts of a length of the flow-through element. The flow element further has a plurality of openings over the length thereof. The openings, via the filtration device, provide communication between an outer surface of the flow element and the internal cavity. The sand screen is flexible in a radial direction and in an axial direction. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152732 | PRESSURE-RESTRICTOR PLATE FOR A PARTIALLY LOADED PERFORATING GUN - As assembly for a pressure-restrictor plate for a partially loaded perforating gun is provided. The assembly can include a charge tube positioned in a loaded-gun section of a partially loaded perforating gun. The assembly can also include a pressure-restrictor plate positioned in a blank-gun section of the partially loaded perforating gun and adjacent to the charge tube. The assembly can further include a rod for securing the pressure-restrictor plate in a position, the rod having a first end that is coupled to the pressure-restrictor plate and a second end that is coupled to an end plate positioned within the partially loaded perforating gun. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152733 | GAS LIFT VALVE WITH MIXED BELLOWS AND FLOATING CONSTANT VOLUME FLUID CHAMBER - A valve apparatus capable of withstanding high pressures and techniques for using this apparatus in various suitable applications are provided. The valve apparatus typically includes both an upper bellows comprising a standard, convoluted bellows and a lower bellows comprising an edge-welded bellows. The valve apparatus may also include a floating, constant volume fluid chamber that travels with the lower edge-welded bellows as the lower bellows compresses and expands in an effort to protect the lower bellows from very high internal volume fluid pressure. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152734 | METHOD FOR THERMAL-DISPLACEMENT-TYPE STRENGTHENED EXTRACTION IN DRILL HOLE - A method for thermal-displacement-type strengthened extraction in a drill hole, suitable for efficient gas extraction in a coal mine, the method comprising the following steps: arranging an extraction drill hole and a thermal displacement drill hole at intervals in a coal seam; continuously heating, by using a heat pipe ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170152735 | Thermal Management via Flowline Heat Dissipation - An apparatus that includes a housing, a flowline extending within the housing, and a member retained within the housing and substantially comprising thermally conductive material. The flowline is retained in a substantially cylindrical surface of the member. A heat-generating electrical component is mounted to the member. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152736 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING DOWNHOLE STRING VARIABLES - A method for estimating downhole speed and force variables at an arbitrary location of a moving drill string based on surface measurements of the same variables. The method includes a) using properties of said drill string to calculate transfer functions describing frequency-dependent amplitude and phase relations between cross combinations of said speed and force variables at the surface and downhole; b) selecting a base time period; c) measuring surface speed and force variables, conditioning the measured data by applying anti-aliasing and/or decimation filters, and storing the conditioned data, and d) calculating the downhole variables in the frequency domain by applying an integral transform, such as Fourier transform, of the surface variables, multiplying the results with said transfer functions, applying the inverse integral transform to sums of coherent terms and picking points in said base time periods to get time-delayed estimates of the dynamic speed and force variables. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152737 | Calculating Downhole Card in Deviated Wellbore Using Parameterized Segment Calculations - In a deviated wellbore, a pump system computes downhole data from surface data by solving a wave equation that takes both viscous damping and Coulomb friction into consideration. Mechanical friction between the rods, couplings, and tubing is considered in the calculation of downhole data in the deviated wellbore by modelling the wellbore's trajectory, parameterizing various deviated segments (build-ups, slants, drop-offs, etc.) in the trajectory, mapping the rod string to the segments, and incrementally evaluating position of the mapped string over time in order to compute drag forces and side loads experienced by the rod string during operation. These computed drag forces and side loads are then used in the solution of the wave equation to solve the surface load and position data and provide more accurate downhole position and load data. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152738 | SENSING UMBILICAL - An umbilical having a plurality of sensors (single, multi-component, or distributed) disposed in a sealed encapsulant, optionally with “accessories” or connectors at the ends, and the methods for manufacturing and deploying such an umbilical for seismic imaging in geological formations and other applications. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152739 | TVD CORRECTED GEOSTEER - A method for determining a total vertical depth (TVD) for a well plan involves measuring differences between a projected BHA position at a depth of a survey station and a calculated BHA position based upon a minimum curvature method at the depth of the survey station. The differences are accumulated at each survey station with respect to the BHA position. Real time TVD corrected gamma logs are generated responsive to the accumulated differences of the BHA position. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152740 | TEST TUBE WITH AN INLET FOR FILLING WITH FLUID AND EXPELLING AIR, AND WITH ENHANCED RESISTANCE AND SEALING FOR THE BOP TESTING STEP IN DRILLING SYSTEMS - Fluid tube for sealing test in the BOP chamber. The test tube ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170152741 | MEASURING MICRO STALLS AND STICK SLIPS IN MUD MOTORS USING FIBER OPTIC SENSORS - A fiber optic sensor is disposed in the elastomer of the stator of the mud motor in order to sense elastomer strain while drilling. The frequencies of micro stalls and stick slips are measured from the fiber optic sensor data by classification using thresholds or by converting time-domain measurements from the fiber optic sensor data to frequencies. For example, the frequencies are produced by accumulating a histogram over an interval of time or by computing a Discrete Fourier Transform over an interval of time. A plurality of fiber optic sensors also can sense angular position of the rotor of the mud motor for correlation of the micro stalls and stick slips with the angular position. The measurements of the micro stalls and stick slips are used to select remedial action such as changes in drilling parameters. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152742 | FIBER OPTIC SLICKLINE AND TOOLS - A fiber optic slickline. The slickline includes fiber optic communication means without full downhole power transmitting capability. Nevertheless, the slickline is configured to accommodate an axial load up to, and in excess of 2,000 lbs. Downhole tools and tool assemblies are configured with opto-electronic interfacing features so as to remain electronically compatible while also taking advantage of fiber optic communications afforded over the slickline. The slickline and tools may be employed in logging and other downhole operations in a manner that provides real time communication with substantially reduced surface equipment expense in terms of footprint and power requirements. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152743 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Flow Rate in a Focused Downhole Acquisition Tool - A method includes operating a downhole acquisition tool including a guard probe and a sample probe in a wellbore that contains a fluid that includes a native reservoir fluid and a contaminant. The method also includes receiving a first portion of fluid into the guard probe and a second portion of fluid into the sample probe, estimating a contamination level of the first or second portions based on a fluid property of the respective first and second portions, determining an initial guard flow rate of the first portion, determining an initial sample flow rate of the second portion, using a processor to adjust a guard flow rate of the second portion over pump time after the contamination level of the first portion is at or below a contamination level threshold, and adjust a sample flow rate of the first portion based on the adjusted guard flow rate and total flowrate. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152744 | METHOD OF MINING USING A LASER - A method for mining using a laser to cause spalling includes the steps of generating and delivering a laser beam to a work surface of a geological strata having a sought after mineral to be removed from the stratum; moving the laser beam about three perpendicular axes so that a focal point of the laser beam moves across the working surface and rapidly increases the surface temperature of the working surface; providing a source of a cooling media, and delivering the cooling media to the working surface so as to rapidly cool the working surface subsequent to the rapid surface temperature increase generated by the laser beam so as to effect a fracturing of the working surface and to generate a plurality of chips from the working surface; and removing the chips spalled from the working surface | 2017-06-01 |
20170152745 | TUNNEL SUPPORT INSTALLATION APPARATUS - An apparatus to install structural supports in a mine tunnel is conveniently mountable on a mining machine having a cutting head mounted at one end of a boom. An extendable and slewing manipulator arm of the apparatus is mounted on a support platform that is slidable in the axial forward and rearward direction and includes a grasping device to hold the structural supports in a plurality of different positions. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152746 | Advancing Ram Pin Retention Device - A pin retaining assembly for an advancing ram includes a retention plate and a retainer. The retention plate includes two oppositely facing surfaces and a channel with a notch between the two surfaces. The retainer includes a main body, a pin receiving slot, and at least two flanges. The main body is configured to slide into the notch of the channel and extend through a surface of the retention plate. The pin receiving slot has an open mouth through an end of the main body. A first flange extends from one end of the main body along a surface of retention plate and a second flange extends from another end of the main body along another surface of retention plate. The flanges retain the main body of the retainer in the first notch from moving in a direction defined by a longitudinal axis of the pin receiving slot. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152747 | DISK ASSEMBLY AND TURBINE INCLUDING THE SAME - A disk assembly includes a first disk, a second disk and a third disk. The first disk is engaged with a compressor section of a gas turbine. The second disk is engaged with a turbine section of the gas turbine. The third disk is disposed between the first and second disks and transfers a rotational torque applied to the second disk to the first disk. A through-hole is defined through the third disk along an axial direction of the gas turbine. A distance between the third disk and a tie rod is less than each of distances between the first and second disks and the tie rod, such that spaces are defined as surfaces of the third disk respectively in communication with the compressor section and the turbine section. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152748 | TURBINE BLADE WITH SECTIONED PINS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A turbine blade includes pressure and suction surfaces connected to define an interior through which coolant is passable. First and second pedestal arrays, each include pedestals respectively coupled to radially outboard portions of respective interior faces of one of the pressure and suction surfaces. The pedestals of the first pedestal array are separated from and directly opposed to pedestals of the second pedestal array by gaps respectively defined therebetween. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152749 | Thermal Management of CMC Articles Having Film Holes - Engine components are provided for a gas turbine engines that generate a hot combustion gas flow. The engine component can include a substrate constructed from a CMC material and having a hot surface facing the hot combustion gas flow and a cooling surface facing a cooling fluid flow. The substrate generally defines a film hole extending through the substrate and having an inlet provided on the cooling surface, an outlet provided on the hot surface, and a passage connecting the inlet and the outlet. The engine component can also include a coating on at least a portion of the hot surface and on at least a portion of an inner surface defined within the passage. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152750 | MULTIPLE DIFFUSING COOLING HOLE - A gas turbine engine component includes a wall having first and second wall surfaces and a cooling hole extending through the wall. The cooling hole includes an inlet located at the first wall surface, an outlet located at the second wall surface, a metering section extending downstream from the inlet, a first diffusing section extending downstream from the metering section, and a second diffusing section extending downstream from the first diffusing section to the outlet. The second diffusing section includes first and second lobes, each lobe diverging longitudinally and laterally relative to the metering section, and a trailing edge. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152751 | COOLING PASSAGES FOR A GAS PATH COMPONENT OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas path component for a gas turbine engine includes an element configured to be exposed to a gas path. The element includes a plurality of internal cooling passages. At least one of the internal cooling passages includes a cross section having a plurality of asymmetrical filleted corners. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152752 | TURBOMACHINE BLADE WITH GENERALLY RADIAL COOLING CONDUIT TO WHEEL SPACE - A turbomachine blade is disclosed including an airfoil including a cooling fluid plenum extending therein and a trailing edge cooling opening extending from the cooling fluid plenum through a trailing edge of the airfoil. A platform may couple the airfoil to a shank, the platform including a trailing edge root extending downstream relative to the shank. At least one cooling conduit delivers a cooling fluid radially inward from at least one of the cooling fluid plenum and the trailing edge cooling opening to a wheel space that is adjacent the shank and radially inward from the trailing edge root. A related turbomachine is also disclosed. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152753 | Thermal Barrier Coatings and Methods - In a method for coating an airfoil member, the airfoil member comprises: a platform having a surface; and an airfoil having an end at the platform surface. The method comprises applying, via suspension plasma spray or solution plasma spray, a ceramic coating: to the airfoil with a first average coating thickness; and to the platform surface with a second average thickness at least 90% of the first average thickness. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152754 | TURBOMACHINE ELEMENT COMPRISING AN AUXILIARY SEALING MEANS, AND METHOD FOR TESTING THIS ELEMENT - A turbomachine element includes a stator, a rotor, and a first sealing means for sealing between the rotor and the stator. The element is arranged to be active when the rotor is in the operating position of same around the axis of rotation thereof. The element includes an auxiliary pressure sealing means, sealing between the rotor and the stator and is arranged so that the two sealing means are active when the rotor is placed along the axis of rotation thereof during an assembly operation in a test position. In the test position, the rotor and the stator form an enclosure between said two sealing means. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152755 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TURBOMACHINE COMPLEX AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A turbomachine complex includes at least one motor-generator, at least one power source coupled to the at least one motor-generator, and at least one load dissipative device coupled to the at least one motor-generator. The turbomachine complex is configured to energize the at least one motor-generator through the at least one power source. The turbomachine complex is further configured to simultaneously energize the at least one at least one load dissipative device through the at least one motor-generator. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152756 | GEARED TURBOFAN WITH FOUR STAR/PLANETARY GEAR REDUCTION - A gas turbine engine has a fan rotor, a turbine rotor driving the fan rotor, and an epicyclic gear reduction positioned between the fan rotor and the turbine rotor. The epicyclic gear reduction includes a ring gear, a sun gear, and no more than four intermediate gears that engage the sun gear and the ring gear. The fan drive turbine is configured to drive the sun gear to, in turn, drive the ring gears to, in turn, drive the fan rotor. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152757 | INSTRUMENTED FLOW PASSAGE OF A TURBINE ENGINE - An annular air flow passage, particularly for a turbine engine, comprising two radially internal and external annular walls. A measuring element is elongated in a direction between the internal and external annular walls, and a first of the internal or external ends of the element is fixed rigidly to a first of the internal or external walls. The element includes at least one tubular cavity extending along the element and supplied with pressurized fluid. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152758 | Locking Element for a Borescope Opening of a Gas Turbine - A locking element for a borescope opening of a gas turbine is disclosed. The borescope opening includes a radially inner opening edge facing a gas-carrying annular channel of the gas turbine where the locking element includes a main section and a locking section connected to the main section. The locking section is configured at least partially in a rotationally-symmetric manner with regard to a longitudinal axis of the locking element. The locking element is dimensioned such that the locking section protrudes partially over the radially inner opening edge of the borescope opening in the inserted state into the borescope opening. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152759 | Hydraulic Control Device For An Emergency Stop Valve Of A Steam Turbine And Steam Turbine Arrangement - A hydraulic control device for an emergency stop valve of a steam turbine has a module for reducing a hydraulic pressure by rapid opening of an outflow valve and/or unloading or loading an actuator for actuating the emergency stop valve. In an operating medium supply and/or conducting system a control valve arrangement with at least three safety valves is provided, which are hydraulically interconnected such that they open the outflow valve or unload or load the actuator only when a safety circuit by way of at least two safety valves of the control valve arrangement has assumed an emergency stop position. A precontrol valve that is independent from the remaining safety valves is hydraulically connected upstream of each safety valve. A safety valve that is connected downstream of a respective precontrol valve can be hydraulically decoupled from the same during the operation. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152760 | CASING FOR USE IN A TURBOFAN ENGINE AND METHOD OF SCAVENGING FLUID THEREFROM - A casing for use in a turbofan engine is provided. The casing includes an inner hub, an intermediate casing positioned radially outward from the inner hub, an outer casing positioned radially outward from the intermediate casing, and a plurality of struts spaced circumferentially about the inner hub and extending between the inner hub and the outer casing. At least one strut of the plurality of struts includes a flow channel extending therethrough. The casing also includes a fluid scoop defined within the inner hub, and a collector that couples the fluid scoop in flow communication with the flow channel. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152761 | THERMALLY FREE HANGER WITH LENGTH ADJUSTMENT FEATURE - A system for connecting spaced components of a gas turbine engine includes connecting one end of a T-bar to each of the spaced components. One component is attached to the crossbar portion of the T-bar by trapping the crossbar between the component and a bracket. The second component is attached to the shaft portion using a hanger nut connected to the shaft portion of the T-bar and bolted to the second component. The system may be installed by attaching the crossbar portion, then advancing the first component towards the second component until the shaft portion passes through an aperture in the second component. The hanger nut is attached to the shaft portion and the second component. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152762 | COMBINED CYCLE PLANT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A first steam turbine and a second steam turbine of a combined cycle plant are connected by a reheat steam line via a reheat section of an exhaust heat recovery boiler. The reheat steam line and a condenser are connected by a second bypass line. A control device includes: a determination unit that determines whether or not the flow rate of first steam flowing into the first steam turbine has reached a stipulated flow rate; a command output unit that, upon determining that the flow rate of the first steam flowing into the first steam turbine has reached the stipulated flow rate, outputs a close command to close a ventilator valve that is provided in the second bypass line and is open; and a threshold alteration unit that alters the threshold with which the determination unit determines whether or not the stipulated flow rate has been reached, the threshold being positively correlated with a temperature of the first steam. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152763 | REACTOR - The present application provides a reactor for: converting feedstock material into gases; or disassociating or reforming a chemical compound; and/a mixture to its constituent elements; and/to other chemical forms, and; finally a heating device. The reactor comprises a heating device for discharging an ionized gas into the reactor, a feedstock feeder for injecting the feedstock material into the reactor, and a shell forming a chamber that encloses a portion of the heating device and a portion of the feedstock feeder. The application also provides a method for converting hydrocarbon material into synthetic gases. The method comprises: providing the hydrocarbon material to a burner inserted into a reactor, a second step of supplying ionized gases into the reactor, and a third step of subjecting the burner to a flame of the ionized gases such that molecules of the hydrocarbon material are dissociated to forming synthetic gas. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152764 | POWER SYSTEMS AND METHODS CONFIGURING AND USING SAME - Systems and methods based on the systems to convert a portion of thermal energy into to mechanical and/or electrical energy including a power generation subsystem (PGSS) comprising a vaporization and power generation subsystem (VPSS) including a heat recovery vapor generator (HRVG) and a turbine T | 2017-06-01 |
20170152765 | WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM, GAS TURBINE PLANT PROVIDED WITH SAME, WASTE HEAT RECOVERY METHOD, AND INSTALLATION METHOD FOR WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - A gas turbine including: a compressor that compresses air; a combustor that combusts fuel in the compressed air so as to generate combustion gas; and a turbine that is driven using the combustion gas. A plurality of cooling air coolers bleed the air from a plurality of places having different pressures in the compressor and cool the air bled from the respective places, thereby generating cooling air is provided. A waste heat recovery device that recovers waste heat from the at least two cooling air coolers among the plurality of cooling air coolers is provided. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152766 | A WASTE HEAT RECOVERY DEVICE - A device for recovery of waste heat generated during operation of an internal combustion engine includes a thermodynamic engine, which includes a working fluid circulation circuit and is configured for recovery of the waste heat a first arrangement for providing a first coolant from a first source for heat exchange with the working fluid in the working fluid circulation circuit, and at least one further arrangement for providing a further coolant from a further source for heat exchange with the working fluid in the working fluid circulation circuit, wherein the further source is at different heat level than the first source during operation of the internal combustion engine. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152767 | CAMSHAFT ADJUSTER HAVING A VARIABLE-LENGTH INSERT PART - A vane-type, hydraulic cam shaft adjuster ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170152768 | ENGINE VALVE - A valve for use in an internal combustion engine is provided. The valve includes a valve head. The valve head includes a combustion face configured to face a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The combustion face includes an angular side portion. The combustion face also includes a central recess portion defining an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The inner diameter and the outer diameter together define a depth of the central recess portion. The valve also includes a neck portion configured to connect the valve head with a valve stem of the valve. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152769 | VARIABLE VALVE DRIVE HAVING A ROCKER LEVER - A variable valve drive for a lifting valve, such as a charge-exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, that is periodically movable between closed and open positions indirectly by way of a cam via a rocker lever. The variable valve drive includes a switchable rocker lever arrangement for the actuation of the lifting valve, having a transmission rocker lever and a valve rocker lever which are mounted pivotably on different rocker lever axles parallel to the camshaft axis. The valve rocker lever, is in operative contact with the lifting valve at a first end, and has a roller, at a second end. The transmission rocker lever, is in engagement with a cam of the camshaft and, is operatively connected to the roller of the valve rocker lever. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152770 | MULTIPLE VARIABLE VALVE LIFT APPARATUS - A multiple variable valve lift apparatus may include a moving cam formed in a hollow cylindrical shape into which a camshaft is inserted. In particular, the moving cam rotates together with the camshaft, moves in an axial direction of the camshaft, and includes a cam guide protrusion and a plurality of cams realizing different valve lift with each other. Moreover, the apparatus includes: an operating unit selectively guiding the cam guide protrusion; a controller controlling the operating unit; a valve opening/closing unit contacting with any one cam of the cams; and at least two pins disposed at the operating unit so as to guide the cam guide protrusion. The cam guide protrusion includes an inserted portion being selectively inserted between the pins and a shift portion. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152771 | VALVE DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A first swing arm of each cylinder is swung by a fixed cam of an intake camshaft, so as to operate a first intake valve according to a profile thereof. A second swing arm is swung by a second cam and its swing range is changed by a variable mechanism. Hereby, a lift amount of a second intake valve changes continuously. The second cam is selected from a plurality of cams on a cam piece provided around the intake camshaft. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152772 | MULTIPLE VARIABLE VALVE LIFT APPARATUS - A multiple variable valve lift apparatus may include a first moving cam provided to rotate together with a camshaft and move in an axial direction of the camshaft, and configured to form a first cam guide protrusion and a plurality of cams realizing different valve lifts from each other, a second moving cam provided to rotate together with a second camshaft and move in an axial direction of the second camshaft, and configured to form a second cam guide protrusion and a plurality of cams realizing different valve lifts from each other, a first operating device operated to move the first moving cam in a first direction, a second operating device operated to move the second moving cam in a second direction, a controller configured to control operations of the first operating device and the second operating device, and a valve opening/closing device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152773 | MUTIPLE VARIABLE VALVE LIFT APPRATUS - A multiple variable valve lift apparatus includes a first moving cam, the first moving cam provided to rotate together with the camshaft and move in an axial direction of the camshaft, a plurality of cams realizing different valve lifts relative to each other, a second moving cam provided to rotate together with the camshaft and move in an axial direction of the camshaft, and forming a second cam guide protrusion and a plurality of cams realizing different valve lifts relative to each other, a first operating unit, a second operating unit, a controller, and a valve opening/closing unit, wherein at least two pins are respectively disposed at the first operating unit and the second operating unit so as to guide the first cam guide protrusion and the second cam guide protrusion, and an interference preventing pin formed to have a relatively large diameter in comparison with the other pin. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152774 | LUBRICATING SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, OIL PAN APPARATUS, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve system is disclosed herein. The valve system, in one arrangement, may comprise: a fluid pathway for transporting a fluid; a first valve operably coupled to the fluid pathway, the first valve comprising a first resilient element; a second valve operably coupled to the fluid pathway, the second valve comprising a second resilient element that is substantially identical to the first resilient element; wherein, when the first valve is in a closed state, the first resilient element is compressed to a first length so that the first valve opens at a first pressure; and wherein, when the second salve is in a closed state, the second resilient element is compressed to a second length so that the second valve opens at a second pressure, the first length is less than the second length such that the second pressure is less than the first pressure. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152775 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR MACHINE FLUID OPERATIONS - Various embodiments of valve assemblies are provided for use in connection with the fluid systems of machines such as engine-powered machines. The valve assemblies may be used for performing fluid refill operations, fluid evacuation operations, fluid purge operations, and other types of fluid operations in connection with machine maintenance. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152776 | Method of Real-Time Oil Consumption Detection - A method of real-time oil consumption is disclosed. A method of real-time oil consumption detection may comprise capturing a raw oil quantity, calculating a corrected oil quantity, calculating a predicted oil quantity, calculating a prediction error, and calculating an estimated oil consumption rate. Raw oil quantity may be captured from an oil quantity sensor in an engine. Corrected oil quantity may be calculated by taking raw oil quantity and applying environmental and engine operational conditions. Prediction error may be calculated by finding the difference between corrected oil quantity and predicted oil quantity. Oil consumption rate may be calculated by applying a regression algorithm to prediction error. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152777 | BLOW-BY GAS RECIRCULATING APPARATUS - A blow-by gas recirculating apparatus includes: an oil separator provided to a side surface of a cylinder block at one side of an engine; a communication part providing communication between a blow-by gas outlet port of the oil separator and an intake manifold; and a PCV valve. The PCV valve is provided to the intake manifold, and the communication part is connected to the PCV valve. The PCV valve provided to the intake manifold is positioned above the blow-by gas outlet port of the oil separator with the engine mounted on a vehicle. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152778 | REDUCTANT MIXING SYSTEM FOR AN EXHAUST GAS AFTER-TREATMENT DEVICE - An after-treatment (AT) system for a flow of exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes a first AT device and a second AT device in fluid communication with and positioned in the exhaust gas flow downstream of the first AT device. The AT system also includes an exhaust passage configured to carry the exhaust gas flow from the first AT device to the second AT device. The AT system additionally includes an injector configured to introduce a reductant into the exhaust passage. The second AT device includes an inlet cone having a volute defining a spiral primary path for the exhaust gas flow into the second AT device and configured to generate a swirling motion of and turbulence in the exhaust gas flow. A vehicle employing the AT system is also disclosed. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152779 | EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND EXHAUST GAS CLEANING METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas cleaning system for an internal combustion engine is provided with, in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and in order from an upstream side: a hydrocarbon supply unit; an upstream side catalyst unit of an oxidation catalyst, a NOx reduction catalyst, or the like; and a catalyst-equipped fine particle collection filter having a hydrocarbon adsorption function, wherein when a vehicle on which the engine is mounted accelerates after driving for a preset set time period at a temperature of exhaust gas equal to or less than a preset set exhaust gas temperature, the supply of hydrocarbon into the exhaust gas is started when an exhaust gas temperature becomes equal to or more than a preset first set temperature, and the supply of hydrocarbon is terminated when a preset termination condition is satisfied. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152780 | EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF AN EXHAUST STREAM - An exhaust treatment system comprising: a first dosage device, arranged to supply a first additive into said exhaust stream; a first reduction catalyst device, downstream of said first dosage device arranged for reduction of nitrogen oxides in said exhaust stream through the use of said first additive; a particulate filter, at least partly comprising a catalytically oxidizing coating, which is downstream of said first reduction catalyst device to catch soot particles, and to oxidize one or several of nitrogen oxide and incompletely oxidized carbon compounds in said exhaust stream; a second dosage device, downstream of said particulate filter to supply a second additive into said exhaust stream; and a second reduction catalyst device, downstream of said second dosage device for a reduction of nitrogen oxides in said exhaust stream, with the use of at least one of said first and said second additive. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPROVE AFTERTREATMENT IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A system and method are disclosed for improving the performance of an aftertreatment system by elevating its temperature above an activation temperature. According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, the method includes injecting a quantity of a fuel into certain fueled cylinders of a plurality of combustion cylinders of an internal combustion engine, the plurality of combustion cylinders further including non-fueled cylinders. Exhaust from the fueled cylinders is directed through the aftertreatment system while uncombusted gas from the non-fueled cylinders is directed away from the aftertreatment system. In certain embodiments, the uncombusted gas may be directed into an intake manifold in fluid communication with the plurality of combustion cylinders through an orifice. The system includes an engine having exhaust valves to control flow of the exhaust and uncombusted gas and a controller configured to perform the operations of the method. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152782 | Mixing Device of an Exhaust Gas Purification System of a Motor Vehicle Internal Combustion Engine - A mixing device of an exhaust gas purification system of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The mixing device includes swirl tube, a mixing tube arranged in the swirl tube, and an exhaust gas supply tube leading into the swirl tube such that exhaust gas can enter the swirl tube tangentially from the exhaust gas supply tube through a cut-out opening in the lateral surface of the swirl tube and forms a flow rotating around the mixing tube. The exhaust gas completely enters the mixing tube and leaves the interior of the swirl tube completely through the mixing tube. A metering device can spray urea solution into the swirl tube such that the urea solution enters the mixing tube and is entrained by the rotating flow of the exhaust gas and is discharged from the swirl tube through the mixing tube together with the exhaust gas. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152783 | EXHAUST PURIFIER - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an exhaust purifier ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170152784 | FAULT DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure may improve the accuracy of diagnosis in diagnosing whether an exhaust gas purification system having an SCR filter is faulty. It is determined that the exhaust gas purification system is faulty if the NOx removal rate with the SCR filter calculated using a measurement value of an NOx sensor is lower than or equal to a predetermined criterion removal rate. In the apparatus, a differential pressure change rate defined as the increase in a converted differential pressure value per unit increase in the filter PM deposition amount is calculated. The value of the criterion removal rate is set higher when the differential pressure change rate at the time when the measurement value of the NOx sensor is obtained is lower than a predetermined threshold than when the differential pressure change rate is higher than or equal to the predetermined threshold. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152785 | USE OF PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL IN SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods to determine the pressure differential for selective catalytic reduction systems includes a first sensor coupled to an inlet of a selective catalytic reduction system, a second sensor coupled to an outlet of the selective catalytic reduction system, and a controller communicatively coupled to the selective catalytic reduction system. The controller is configured to interpret a first parameter indicative of a first pressure amount of the selective catalytic reduction system measured by the first sensor, interpret a secondary parameter indicative of a secondary pressure amount of the selective catalytic reduction system measured by the second sensor, determine a plurality of operating parameters based, at least in part, on the interpretation of the first parameter and the secondary parameter, and generate a selective catalytic reduction command based, at least in part, on the determination of the plurality of operating parameters. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152786 | INTEGRATED SENSOR-CATALYST - An integrated sensor-catalyst is disclosed for an after-treatment (AT) system used to filter an exhaust gas flow emitted by an internal combustion engine. The integrated sensor-catalyst includes a sensor element configured to detect a parameter of the exhaust gas flow. The integrated sensor-catalyst also includes a micro-catalyst element configured to filter a pollutant from the exhaust gas flow. Additionally, the integrated sensor-catalyst includes a housing configured to hold the sensor element and the micro-catalyst element and fix the micro-catalyst element relative to the sensor element such that the micro-catalyst element is arranged and maintained in the exhaust gas flow upstream of the sensor element. A vehicle including such an AT system with the integrated sensor-catalyst is also disclosed. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152787 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes: a cylinder block in which a cylinder is formed; a cylinder head including an intake port and an exhaust port, the cylinder head being integrally formed with the cylinder block; a water jacket covering circumferences of the cylinder, the intake port, and the exhaust port; and a partition wall dividing the water jacket into a cylinder block side and a cylinder head side, the partition wall being inclined so that an exhaust port side is positioned nearer to a cylinder head side than an intake port side. | 2017-06-01 |
20170152788 | Internal Combustion Engine Coolant Apparatus - A vehicle coolant pump has an impeller and pump gearbox having one or two planetary gear sets each having a selectable gear ratio. The gear sets may be connected in series to provide a compact gearbox which can operate at a number of different selectable gear ratios. | 2017-06-01 |