41st week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200318498 | ATMOSPHERIC REGENERATIVE BRAYTON AND INVERSE BRAYTON COMBINED CYCLE - A regenerative heat engine may include a first compressor configured to compress an air stream, a regenerator configured to preheat a compressed air stream received from the first compressor, a combustion system configured to generate a combustion gas stream by igniting a mixture of the preheated compressed air stream from the regenerator and a pressurized fuel stream, a flow control mechanism configured to divide the combustion gas stream received from the combustion system into a first combustion gas stream and a second combustion gas stream, a first turbine configured to receive the first combustion gas stream and drive the first compressor, where a first exhaust stream from the first turbine fed into the regenerator, a second compressor, a second turbine configured to receive the second combustion gas stream and drive the second compressor, a heat exchanger configured to receive a second exhaust stream from the second turbine and cool the second exhaust stream, and an external load coupled with the second turbine. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318499 | REVOLUTION ENGINE - Engine for producing mechanical energy by internal combustion of a fuel includes a shaft and a crank arm attached to the shaft. The engine further includes a casing, where the interior of the casing forms a hollow cavity dimensioned to allow the crank arm to rotate within the hollow cavity and the crank arm is capable of making a seal with the interior surface of the casing to block fluid passage. The interior of the casing also includes a bypass area that allows fluid passage around the crank arm. A first valve is positioned adjacent to the bypass area and a second valve is positioned adjacent to the bypass area opposite from the first valve. The first valve and the second valve are configured to block fluid passage when closed. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318500 | ACTUATION APPARATUS - An actuation transmission apparatus for actuating a component of a switchable valve train device of an internal combustion engine includes: a shaft rotatable by an actuation source; a contacting element for contacting the component of the switchable valve train device; and a biasing device for biasing the contacting element rotationally with respect to the shaft; wherein, in use, the biasing device becomes biased by the shaft when the actuation source rotates the shaft when the actuation source attempts to actuate the component of the switchable valve train device, via the contacting element, when the component of the switchable valve train device is not able to be actuated, whereby the biasing device is configured to cause the contacting element to actuate the component of the switchable valve train device when the component of the switchable valve train device becomes actuatable again. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318501 | APPARATUS FOR ACTUATING A LATCHING ARRANGEMENT - An apparatus for actuating one or more latching arrangements of one or more respective rocker arms of a valve train assembly of an internal combustion engine, each rocker arm comprising a first body, a second body for pivotal motion with respect to the first body, and the latching arrangement, the latching arrangement latching and unlatching the first body and the second body, the includes: a shaft rotatable by an actuation source, from a rest orientation, in a first direction, and rotatable by the actuation source, from the rest orientation, in a second direction opposite the first direction; one or more selector cams rotatable by the shaft, each selector cam actuating the latching arrangement of a respective rocker arm so as to latch and/or unlatch the first body and the second body; and a return apparatus for returning the shaft to the rest orientation. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318502 | DEVICE FOR VARYING LOAD OF VALVE SYSTEM - A device for varying a load of a valve system can vary a load acting on a valve spring in accordance with driving conditions of a vehicle. In the device, in a low load mode, only a first valve spring is compressed, and a second valve spring is not compressed. Accordingly, the load acting on the valve spring is reduced, and as such, an enhancement in fuel economy is achieved. In a high load mode, both the first valve spring and the second valve spring are compressed. Accordingly, the load acting on the valve spring is increased, and as such, it is possible to prevent a danger of breakage occurring due to striking components of a valve train system. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318503 | VARIABLE CAM TIMING PHASER HAVING TWO CENTRAL CONTROL VALVES - A variable cam timing phaser arrangement is disclosed, comprising: a rotor having at least one vane; a stator co-axially surrounding the rotor, having a recess for receiving the vane of the rotor, wherein the vane divides the recess into a first chamber and a second chamber; and a control assembly for regulating hydraulic fluid flow from the first chamber to the second chamber or vice-versa. The control assembly comprises a central on/off piloted valve allowing or preventing fluid flow along a first unidirectional flow path between the first and second chambers, and a central solenoid valve allowing or preventing fluid flow along a second unidirectional flow path between the first and second chambers in the opposite direction to the first flow path. Also disclosed are an integrated valve unit for use in the variable cam timing phaser arrangement, and a method of controlling the timing of a camshaft. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318504 | VALVE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES HAVING A COATING - The present invention for coating a valve head ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200318505 | ACTUATOR WITH OPEN-LOOP CONTROL DIRECT DRIVE - Travel of a brushless rotary actuator is limited by two stops, including a wound stator and a magnetic cylindrical rotor rigidly attached to a shaft having a first end rigidly attached to a control member. A second end of the shaft is rigidly attached to a travel limiting part acting as stops, and the travel limiting part has bending, resilient beam shapes. The actuator is electrically controlled in an open-loop. A control system controls a lift value of valves of an internal combustion engine by a lever driven by such an actuator. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318506 | A FLUID CIRCUIT AND A PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING A FLOW OF FLUID SUPPLIED TO AT LEAST ONE EQUIPMENT - The invention relates to a fluid circuit ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200318507 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, a breather chamber can be formed without increasing the number of component parts. The internal combustion engine ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200318508 | OIL SEPARATOR - An oil separator is provided, which can accurately control an interval between an introduction hole of a gaseous body and a separation member, and can ensure a stable and high separation performance. An oil separator | 2020-10-08 |
20200318509 | EXHAUST DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF SADDLED VEHICLE - An exhaust device for an internal combustion engine of a saddled vehicle includes an exhaust muffler disposed on an outer side of a rear wheel so as to overlap the rear wheel when viewed from a side a muffler protector which covers the muffler. The muffler protector includes an inner protector half body covering the exhaust muffler from the rear wheel side and an outer protector half body covering the exhaust muffler from a vehicle outer side opposite to the rear wheel The inner protector half body is detachably mounted on the exhaust muffler or the outer protector half body while maintaining a state in which the outer protector half body is mounted on the exhaust muffler. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318510 | EXHAUST MUFFLER - An exhaust muffler includes first and second pipes which extend through a casing, and which are disposed so that a downstream end of the first pipe faces an upstream end of the second pipe, wherein the downstream end of the first pipe and the upstream end of the second pipe are disposed so as to be spaced from each other in an axial direction, one end part of a support member having a circular cross section that has a smaller diameter than those of the first and the second pipes is fixed to one of a first lid member covering an opening at the downstream end of the first pipe and a second lid member covering an opening at the upstream end of the second pipe, and the other end part of the support member is slidably fitted to the other of the first and the second lid members. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318511 | TUBE-PIN ASSEMBLY FOR HEAT EXCHANGER OF VEHICLE - A tube-pin assembly for a heat exchanger of a vehicle includes a housing having an inlet into which exhaust gas flows; a plurality of tubes arranged inside the housing to provide a passage through which the exhaust gas flows; and cooling pins provided between the tubes to provide a coolant passage through which coolant flows, where a foamed metal made of a porous material is provided inside at least one of the tubes. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318512 | CARBON CUTTER MACHINE - A device for reducing the emission of carbon particles from combustion of hydrocarbons, more particularly in exhaust emission of vehicles, includes a duality of electrically conducting rotating members with opposite polarities, charged with high voltage to create a corona discharge and agglomerate the ionized carbon particles. The carbon particles are cleaned using a plurality of wipers. The agglomerated carbon particles are then separated in a removable collection box or are optionally fed to a cyclone filter to be disposed. Various embodiments may be installed in existing vehicles as well as in open source pollution locations to helps control air pollution. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318513 | Method and Device for Monitoring a Nitrogen Oxide Trap - Various embodiments may include a method for monitoring a nitrogen oxide trap comprising: monitoring a storage capacity of the nitrogen oxide trap; deactivating nitrogen oxide trap regeneration based on the monitored storage capacity; and upon a predetermined event, reactivating nitrogen oxide trap regeneration. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318514 | Electrical Connection, In Particular For An Electrically Heatable Honeycomb Body - An electrical connection for an electrical component in an exhaust gas system. The exhaust gas system has a metal casing through which an electrical conductor is routed. The connection has the conductor, an electrical insulation surrounding the conductor, and a metal bushing surrounding the insulation and the conductor, all together extend along a center axis. The insulation extends along the center axis beyond the bushing by an insulation gap of at least 2 mm at least at a first end of the connection. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318515 | Method of Controlling Operation of an Exhaust Gas Treatment Apparatus - A method of controlling operation of an engine, the engine comprising: a combustion unit having an exhaust conduit and one or more combustion cylinders each having a piston, a fuel injector, an intake valve and an exhaust valve leading to the exhaust conduit; an exhaust gas treatment apparatus configured to receive fluid from the exhaust conduit and comprising a diesel oxidation catalyst module; and a controller configured to receive a temperature data value indicative of a temperature of gas within the diesel oxidation catalyst module. The method comprises: injecting fuel from the fuel injector into each of the one or more combustion cylinders in a main injection event to initiate via compression ignition a primary combustion event that drives the piston. The method further comprises using the controller to compare the temperature data value relative to a first temperature threshold value and a second temperature threshold value. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318516 | FLUID CONTAINER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a fluid container for a motor vehicle, having a container wall that bounds a storage volume for storing liquid with respect to an environment, a heating element that is arranged in the storage volume, and a housing, wherein the housing encloses the heating element in a liquid-tight manner with respect to the supply volume. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318517 | SADDLE RIDING VEHICLE - A saddle riding vehicle includes a unit swing engine swingably supported on a body frame through a link member, and an exhaust device provided with an exhaust pipe and a catalyst device. The link member is disposed on an upper side of a crankcase. Part of the catalyst device is disposed below a cylinder section and is located in a region between an imaginary line that connects a link member coupling section coupling the link member to the body frame and a front end of the crankcase and an imaginary line that connects an exhaust pipe connection section of the unit swing engine connected with an end of the exhaust pipe and the link member coupling section, in side view. An exhaust device coupling section that couples the crankcase and the exhaust device is provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318518 | AUTOMOTIVE EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM WITH FLASH-BOIL DOSER - An exhaust aftertreatment system for use with over-the-road vehicle is disclosed. The exhaust aftertreatment system includes a reducing agent mixer with a mixing can and a flash-boil doser configured to inject heated and pressurized reducing agent into the mixing can for distribution throughout exhaust gases passed through the mixing can. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318519 | DIFFUSER ASSEMBLIES AND CATALYTIC REACTORS COMPRISING THE SAME - Briefly, in one aspect, a catalytic assembly described herein comprises a module comprising at least one layer of structural catalyst bodies having an inlet face for receiving a gas stream. A diffuser assembly is arranged a distance of greater than 50 mm from the inlet face, the diffuser assembly including at least one diffuser element comprising a plurality of apertures, wherein a ratio of aperture length (L) in the gas stream flow direction to aperture hydraulic diameter (D | 2020-10-08 |
20200318520 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE INSTALLED IN A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine installed in a vehicle, in particular a diesel engine, in which the instantaneous concentration of a pollutant contained in the exhaust gas, in particular the NO | 2020-10-08 |
20200318521 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSING ACTIVE EXHAUST VALVES BASED ON TEMPERATURE AND THERMAL IMAGE DATA - Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing an active exhaust valve in an exhaust system based on thermal data. In one example, a method may include indicating degradation of a first active exhaust valve positioned in a first exhaust pipe of a first engine bank based on a difference between a first temperature of exhaust downstream of the first active exhaust valve and a second temperature of exhaust downstream of a second active exhaust valve positioned in a second exhaust pipe of a second engine bank. Degradation of the valve may be confirmed based on thermal image data acquired at outlets of the first and second exhaust pipes. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318522 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CATALYST ARRANGEMENT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CATALYST ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a method for operating a catalyst arrangement of an internal combustion engine and a catalyst arrangement. The catalyst arrangement includes an exhaust gas sensor having a sensor element and a sensor heating device heating the sensor element, and a catalyst having a catalyst heating device heating the catalyst. The method comprises determining a temperature of the catalyst heating device, activating the catalyst heating device for heating the catalyst, when the determined temperature of the catalyst is below a predetermined catalyst operating temperature threshold, and activating the sensor heating device for heating the sensor element, when the temperature of the catalyst exceeds the predetermined catalyst operating temperature threshold. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318523 | EXHAUST FLUID COLLISION TYPE MUFFLER - A muffler may include a thin plate mesh provided in an internal space of an inlet chamber formed at a side opposite to an outlet chamber of a muffler housing such that gas contained in exhaust fluid passes through the thin plate mesh by collision of the exhaust fluid against the thin plate mesh and water contained in the exhaust fluid is separated from the gas; a water movement guide fluidically-connected to the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber for allowing the water gathered at the front side of the thin plate mesh in the internal space of the inlet chamber to flow therein and move to the outlet chamber; and a muffler pipe connected to the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber for allowing the gas gathered at the rear side of the thin plate mesh in the internal space of the inlet chamber to move to the outlet chamber. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318524 | EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is an exhaust system for a vehicle having an exhaust passageway through which products of combustion from the engine pass through and out to atmosphere, which exhaust system has a bead portion formed in the exhaust passageway with one more holes in the lower portion thereof through which at least a portion of the rain which has entered the interior of the exhaust passageway may flow out from the interior of the exhaust passageway prior to flowing downward to a lower portion of the exhaust passageway at which the rain is undesirable. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318525 | LIQUID-COOLED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention relates to a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine comprising an engine block, which includes a plurality of cylinders, and cylinder heads closing the cylinders, wherein each cylinder is surrounded by a respective cooling liner and each cylinder head has provided therein at least one separate cooling chamber connected to the cooling liner of the associated cylinder via at least one transition channel, wherein the transition channels of at least two cylinders are interconnected via a pressure compensation chamber. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318526 | MARINE OUTBOARD MOTOR WITH PISTON COOLING GALLERY - A piston for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston includes a piston body including an upper combustion surface, an annular side wall with a ring belt region, and a cooling gallery located within the piston body having a fluid inlet. A piston ring is located in a ring groove around the ring belt region and an alignment pin is secured in a hole in the piston side wall to restrict circumferential displacement of the piston ring. The piston body further includes a boss within the cooling gallery into which the hole and the alignment pin extend. The boss projects into the cooling gallery opposite the fluid inlet and is shaped to provide a flow splitter surface configured to divide cooling fluid flowing through the fluid inlet during use into first and second fluid flows and to direct the first and second fluid flows in opposite directions around the cooling gallery. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318527 | WATER PUMP FOR VEHICLE - A water pump for a vehicle includes a shaft for receiving rotational power from the engine; an impeller mounted on the shaft to pump the coolant discharged from the engine; and a housing where the shaft and the impeller are embedded, disposed in a direction opposite to the direction to which the shaft is connected with respect to the impeller to have a coolant inflow passage, into which the coolant discharged from the engine flows, formed therein, disposed along the edge of the impeller to have a coolant discharge passage for discharging the coolant pumped by the impeller to the heat exchanging means formed therein, and disposed in the direction to which the shaft is connected to have a bypass passage for discharging the coolant to the engine formed therein, and the housing has a connecting passage for connecting the coolant inflow passage and the bypass passage formed therein. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318528 | WATER PUMP WITH TWIN RETURN PORTS - A water pump housing includes a top horizontal pad defining a top horizontal pad normal axis pointing vertically, and a first return port and a second return port extending down vertically from the top horizontal pad. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318529 | COOLING CIRCUIT AND OIL COOLER - A cooling circuit includes a first coolant passage in which a coolant flows, a second coolant passage in which the coolant flows, a thermostat, and an oil cooler configured to heat or cool oil. The thermostat interrupts a flow of the coolant flowing through the first coolant passage when a temperature of the coolant flowing into the thermostat is lower than a predetermined temperature, and allows the coolant to flow through the first coolant passage when the temperature of the coolant is at or above a predetermined temperature. The oil cooler includes a first coolant inflow port, a first coolant outflow port, a second coolant inflow port, and a second coolant outflow port. The oil cooler heats or cools the oil by heat exchange between the coolant flowing from the first coolant inflow port or/and the second coolant inflow port and the oil. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318530 | TURBINE FOR AN EXHAUST TURBOCHARGER HAVING A TWO-CHANNEL TURBINE HOUSING AND A VALVE FOR CHANNEL CONNECTION - A turbine for an exhaust-gas turbocharger has a turbine housing formed with two exhaust-gas volutes through which an exhaust gas can flow. A separating wall is provided between the exhaust-gas volutes. The exhaust-gas volutes have a wastegate opening which is closable by a wastegate valve. A further valve element provided for controlling the volute connection has a displacement shaft and a closing body. The displacement shaft is guided through a bore that is formed in the separating wall between the two volutes, and the closing body is arranged in a volute connection, formed as a passage recess, of the separating wall in order to open and close the volute connection. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318531 | TURBINE FOR AN EXHAUST TURBOCHARGER HAVING A TWO-VOLUTE TURBINE HOUSING AND A LINEAR VALVE FOR VOLUTE CONNECTION AND WASTEGATE CONTROL - A turbine for an exhaust-gas turbocharger has a turbine housing formed with two volutes through which an exhaust gas can flow and which are separated by a separating wall. Only a single wastegate valve is provided for both volutes. The wastegate valve is a linear valve with a linear valve element. The linear valve element is received in the separating wall and is movably guided in its axial direction in the separating wall. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318532 | Engine - An engine including an exhaust bypass valve and an intake bypass valve. The exhaust bypass valve is disposed in an exhaust bypass channel connecting an outlet of an exhaust manifold and an exhaust outlet of a turbocharger to each other. The intake bypass valve is disposed in an intake bypass channel connecting an inlet of an intake manifold and an inlet of the turbocharger. An intake pressure sensor detects a pressure of the intake manifold. If an instruction value indicating an upper limit or a lower limit of the valve opening degree of the intake bypass valve is continuously output for a predetermined time or more, an engine control device determines that an abnormality occurs in at least one of the exhaust bypass valve and the intake bypass valve. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318533 | MARINE OUTBOARD MOTOR WITH IMPROVED FLOW SENSING - A marine outboard motor is provided with an internal combustion engine comprising an engine block defining at least one cylinder, an air intake configured to deliver a flow of air to the at least one cylinder; and an air intake duct forming part of an air intake path for delivering the flow of air to the air intake. The engine further includes a flow sensing arrangement located in the air intake duct and comprising a flow meter configured to generate a signal indicative of a flow rate of the flow of air through the air intake duct, and a bluff body located in the air intake duct upstream of the flow meter, wherein the flow meter is a vortex shedding flow meter. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318534 | BEARING GUIDE DEVICE OF A COMBUSTION PISTON FOR A VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO ENGINE - A bearing guide device of a combustion piston for a variable compression ratio engine. The movement of the combustion piston from a top dead center to a bottom dead center drives the movement of a synchronized roller made up of a cylindrical body and a pinion from a first position to a second position relative to first and second racks. According to the disclosure, the first and/or second racks have a different circular pitch than the pinion so that the flanks of the teeth of the pinion engage with the flanks of the teeth of the first and second racks only when the pinion is in the first or second position. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318535 | ECCENTRIC SHAFT SPEED CHANGE MECHANISM - A crankshaft is rotatably supported by an engine block and rotatable about a crank axis. An eccentric shaft is rotatably supported within the engine and rotatable about an eccentric shaft axis, wherein the eccentric shaft axis is parallel to and distal from the crank axis. A speed change mechanism interlinks movement of the eccentric shaft and the crankshaft. The speed change mechanism selectively varies a ratio of a rotational speed of the eccentric shaft relative to a rotational speed of the crankshaft from 1:1 to one of: −8:1, −6:1, 4:1 −2:1, −1:1, −0.5:1, 0:1, 0.5:1, 1:1, 2:1, 4:1, 6:1, and 8:1, thereby causing the eccentric shaft to rotate at a speed different from the crankshaft and varying a rotational position of the eccentric shaft relative to the crankshaft. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318536 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes a crankcase that defines a crank chamber, a crankshaft that has a crank housed in the crank chamber and is rotatably supported on the crankcase, a cylinder block that is joined to the crankcase and defines a plurality of cylinders in a horizontally-opposed arrangement, a to-be-detected body that rotates integrally with the crankshaft, and a detection sensor that extends through the crankcase from an upper face of the crankcase, is made to face a trajectory of the to-be-detected body, and generates a pulse signal in response to movement of the to-be-detected body. Thus, in a so-called horizontally-opposed internal combustion engine, a structure for disposing a detection sensor that can detect the angular velocity of a crankshaft with high precision is provided. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318537 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE OPERATION TO SUPPORT EXTERNAL ELECTRIC LOADS - Methods and systems are provided for controlling operation of an engine of a vehicle to supply power to a power box that in turn supplies power to loads external to the vehicle. In one example, a method comprises, responsive to a request by an operator to operate an engine to power one or more loads external to the vehicle, monitoring an engine temperature and issuing an alert requesting the operator to take mitigating action to reduce the engine temperature when the engine temperature reaches a threshold temperature, and controlling a cooling fan as a function of whether or not the mitigating action is taken. In this way, fuel economy may be improved and power supply to power external loads may be optimized. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318538 | Hydrogen Hybrid Cycle System - A hydrogen hybrid cycle system configured to convert heat into mechanical work by burning a H2 and an O2. The hydrogen hybrid cycle system comprises a H2 source, an O2 source, a combustion chamber, a first steam injected gas turbine, a load, a heat recovery steam generator and a water pump. The H2 source provides the H2 to the combustion chamber. The O2 source provides the O2 to the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber burns portions of the H2 and the O2. The hydrogen hybrid cycle system burns the H2 and the O2 at or near stoichiometry in the combustion chamber. The hydrogen hybrid cycle system cools the combustion chamber with at least one of a cooling steam and a water. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318539 | Pump Mixer Separator Unit - A pump mixer separator unit is provided in communication with a stripping gas line that provides an inlet stripping gas flow and a fuel line that provides an inlet fuel flow. The pump mixer separator unit includes a first pump in fluid communication with the stripping gas line and the fuel line to form a fuel/gas mixture flow and generate a first pressure rise from the inlet fuel flow to the fuel/gas mixture flow; and a second pump in fluid communication with the first pump, wherein the second pump receives the fuel/gas mixture flow from the first pump, wherein the second pump separates the fuel/gas mixture flow into an outlet stripping gas flow and an outlet fuel flow and generates a second pressure rise from the fuel/gas mixture flow to the outlet fuel flow, wherein the first pump includes a supplemental pump feature for drawing an inlet fuel flow through the fuel line during operation. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318540 | ACOUSTIC PANEL WITH REINFORCED LIP - Systems and methods are presented for dampening noise in a rotating machine having a rotatable shaft defining an axis of rotation. An acoustic panel assembly may comprise an annular casing, a hook, and an acoustic panel carried by the hook. The acoustic panel comprises a radially inner skin, a radially outer skin, and an acoustic treatment member having a plurality of walls extending between the radially inner skin and the radially outer skin thereby defining a plurality of radially oriented cells. A portion of the cells adjacent a first axial edge of the acoustic panel are filled with a reinforcement material and shaped to form a lip having sufficient strength to support a portion of the acoustic panel. The panel is positioned so that the lip is axially and radially retained by the hook. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318542 | ENGINE INLET WITH DEPLOYABLE PARTICLE SEPARATOR - A system that filters airborne particles when the aircraft is in a dusty environment and is disengaged when the aircraft is flying up and away from the dusty environment. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318543 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING REPLACEMENT TIME OF CARTRIDGE OF AIR PROCESSING UNIT - A method and system of predicting a replacement time of a cartridge for an air processing unit (APU) of a vehicle, include: checking an internal pressure of an air tank by a controller when an engine of the vehicle is started; calculating and accumulating a passing flow amount through the cartridge of the APU using a pressure change due to filling the air tank with air; and determining that the replacement time of the cartridge has been reached when an accumulated total passing flow amount exceeds a predetermined value. Therefore, it is possible to predict the replacement time of the cartridge by calculating an air flow amount based on the pressure change of the air tank. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318544 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWER PRODUCTION WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that provide power generation using predominantly CO | 2020-10-08 |
20200318545 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH TRAILING EDGE HEAT EXCHANGER - A gas turbine engine includes a fan assembly, a compressor assembly, a combustion chamber, a turbine assembly, a bypass duct conveying rearward a bypass airstream driven by the fan assembly when the gas turbine engine is in use, a fairing extending across at least a portion of the bypass duct downstream of the fan assembly, and a heat exchanger having an inlet fluidly connected to the compressor assembly and an outlet fluidly connected to a pneumatic actuator of the gas turbine engine. The fairing has a leading edge and a trailing edge. The heat exchanger is disposed adjacent the trailing edge of the fairing. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318546 | SURFACE HEAT-EXCHANGER FOR A COOLING SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT TURBOJET ENGINE - A surface heat-exchanger for a turbojet engine nacelle between a fluid (C) to be cooled down and air (F) includes a circulation duct of the fluid (C) to be cooled down disposed in contact with air. The circulation duct includes a plurality of channels extending substantially in the same direction with a distance (D) between two adjacent channels between two and five times the width (L) of the channels, each channel having a wall with an area intended to be in contact with air and an area opposite to the area intended to be in contact with air. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318547 | AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WITH INTERCOOLER - An auxiliary power unit for an aircraft, having a compressor, an intercooler including first conduit(s) having an inlet in fluid communication with the compressor outlet and second conduit(s) configured for circulation of a coolant therethrough, an engine core having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the first conduit(s), and a bleed conduit in fluid communication with the outlet of the first conduit(s) through a bleed air valve. The auxiliary power unit may include a generator in driving engagement with the shaft of the engine core to provide electrical power for the aircraft. A method of providing compressed air and electrical power to an aircraft is also discussed. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318548 | HEAT EXCHANGER THERMAL SHOCK REDUCER - A heat exchanging arrangement includes a first flow circuit for a first fluid to be cooled, which has a first inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The heat exchanging arrangement includes a second flow circuit for a second fluid, which is in thermal communication with the first flow circuit. The heat exchanging arrangement includes a third flow circuit configured to port a portion of the first fluid from a first location of the first flow circuit to a second location of the first flow circuit, the first location being downstream of the second location. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318549 | NON-AXISYMMETRIC COMBUSTOR FOR IMPROVED DURABILITY - A combustor for use in a gas turbine engine including: a radially inward heat shield panel; and a radially outward heat shield panel located radially outward of the radially inward heat shield panel, the radially inward heat shield panel and the radially outward heat shield panel being in a facing spaced relationship defining a combustion chamber therebetween, wherein at least one of the radially inward heat shield panel and the radially outward heat shield panel has a non-axisymmetric shape. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318550 | COMBUSTOR AND GAS TURBINE HAVING THE SAME - A combustor and a gas turbine having the same which can improve a degree of mixing of fuel and air and achieve a reduction in combustion vibration are provided. The combustor may include a fuel nozzle disposed on a nozzle tube, a center body disposed at a center of the fuel nozzle and connected to a fuel nozzle base, a plurality of swirlers circumferentially spaced apart from each other between the center body and the fuel nozzle, and a plurality of fuel pegs spaced apart from each other around the center body to inject fuel into air flowing in the fuel nozzle, wherein the plurality of fuel pegs are disposed behind the swirlers on the center body based on a combustion chamber of the combustor. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318551 | PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THERMAL BARRIER COATING INTEGRITY BY LITHOGRAPHY - A method for protecting a coating on a surface of a component is provided. The method includes a coating step for coating at least a portion of the component with a ceramic slurry. A projecting step is used for projecting a pattern of light onto the component with a lithographic process to expose and solidify a ceramic layer. A removing step is used for removing unexposed portions of the ceramic slurry from the component. A heating step heats the component to sinter the ceramic layer. The ceramic layer comprises multiple ridges with each of the ridges having a curvilinear pattern. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318552 | BRACKET ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING TERMINAL LEADS IN AUXILIARY GENERATOR FOR AIRCRAFT - A bracket assembly for supporting terminal leads in an auxiliary generator of an aircraft, which includes a first bracket adapted and configured to be fastened to a stator housing of the generator to retain a main stator within the stator housing, and a second bracket adapted and configured to be fastened to a top surface of the first bracket to support a plurality of terminal leads in such a manner so that they are not susceptible to damage from resonance and vibration. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318553 | MULTI-FUNCTION ENGINE CONTROL AND INPUT SYSTEM - An engine control and input system for a device having a tool driven by an engine, includes an input and control module having one or more inputs and a controller responsive to actuation of the inputs to permit user control of at least one engine operating parameter by user actuation of the inputs. The system may include a touch screen display that displays icons to the user relating to the inputs and the at least one engine operating parameter, and wherein the touch screen display is responsive to the user selecting one of the inputs by touching an associated one of the icons provided by the display. At least one of the inputs may relate to one or more of changing engine speed, starting the engine, causing the engine to drive the tool, turning on a light, actuating a heater or warmer or stopping engine operation. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318554 | VALVE ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY, VARIABLE AIR DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM AND ENGINE - A valve rocker arm assembly, a variable air distribution mechanism, and an engine are provided according to the present disclosure. The valve rocker arm assembly includes: an oil inlet hose; a rocker arm shaft, an oil drain channel, an oil return groove, and a first oil path being provided in the rocker arm shaft, the oil drain channel being communicated with the oil return groove by means of the first oil path; a first rocker arm and a second rocker arm rotatably connected onto the rocker arm shaft, a piston cavity, an oil inlet path, an oil drain path and a piston being provided on the second rocker arm; a one-way opening device provided in the oil inlet path and/or the oil inlet hose; and a control valve connected to the oil drain channel | 2020-10-08 |
20200318555 | COMBUSTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE - A combustion control device for an engine includes a plurality of cylinders, a surge tank disposed in an intake path to the cylinders, an independent intake passage connecting the surge tank and an intake port of each of the cylinders, a fuel injection valve that is disposed for each of the cylinders and that supplies fuel into each of the cylinders, and a control unit that controls a fuel injection amount of each of the fuel injection valves according to an engine operating state. The control unit corrects a target fuel injection amount of each of the cylinders, the target fuel injection amount being determined according to the engine operating state, based on a re-intake correction amount set in each of the cylinders according to a re-intake amount of intake air from the intake port in internal EGR in each of the cylinders. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318556 | DUAL FUEL GENERATOR - A control circuit for a dual fuel generator includes a primary fuel valve to control the supply of a primary fuel, a secondary fuel valve to control the supply of a secondary fuel, a primary fuel pressure switch to detect the primary fuel, a secondary fuel pressure switch to detect the secondary fuel, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a primary signal for availability of the primary fuel from the primary fuel pressure switch and a secondary signal for availability of the secondary fuel from the secondary and operate the primary fuel valve and the secondary fuel valve in response to the primary signal and the secondary signal. When the secondary fuel valve is open so that the secondary fuel is provided to the dual fuel generator, the control circuit is configured to ground the primary signal by connecting the primary fuel pressure switch to ground. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318557 | FUEL SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-FUEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A multi-fuel engine includes an engine operable on a liquid fuel and first and second gaseous fuels. The multi-fuel engine also includes a liquid cutoff solenoid selectively operable between open and closed positions to allow and inhibit a flow of the liquid fuel to the engine and at least one gaseous cutoff valve selectively operable between open and closed positions to allow and inhibit a flow of the first and second gaseous fuels to the engine. A jet block couples the first gaseous fuel source and the second gaseous fuel source to a carburetor connected to an intake of the engine, with the jet block being located downstream from the at least one gaseous cutoff valve. The jet block includes a first gaseous fuel jet to meter the first gaseous fuel to the carburetor and a second gaseous fuel jet to meter the second gaseous fuel to the carburetor. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318558 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an engine, includes: an air intake controller controlling a quantity of intake air to be supplied to a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage by controlling an open degree of a throttle valve provided in an intake passage; a fuel controller controlling fuel supply to the engine, wherein the fuel controller stops the fuel supply and the air intake controller performs a first control supplying intake air to the catalyst by opening the throttle valve, for a predetermined period of time after an end of the first control, the fuel controller stops the fuel supply, and the air intake controller performs a second control decreasing the open degree of the throttle valve to an open degree smaller than that during the first control, and after the predetermined period of time passes, the fuel controller starts a third control supplying the fuel to the engine. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318559 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM - An internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine and a control device. A difference of an intake valve closing timing with respect to a compression top dead center is referred to as a first crank angle difference; a difference of an exhaust valve closing timing with respect to an exhaust top dead center is referred to as a second crank angle difference; and a difference between the first crank angle difference and the second crank angle difference is referred to as an intake/exhaust closing timing difference. The control device is configured to execute: a fuel cut processing; and a valve driving processing to control at least one of the intake valve closing timing and the exhaust valve closing timing such that the intake/exhaust closing timing difference becomes smaller during a fuel cut operation than during a non-fuel cut operation. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318560 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EXHAUST GAS EMISSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for controlling exhaust gas emission of a motor vehicle may include determining when the motor vehicle drives into a low-emission zone, wherein the low-emission zone dictates a maximum emission level for the motor vehicle; reducing actual accelerator actuation signals of the motor vehicle to effective accelerator actuation signals within the low-emission zone; and trimming an actual intake temperature of the motor vehicle, being measured with an intake temperature sensor of the motor vehicle, to an effective intake temperature when the actual intake temperature falls outside a predetermined temperature range within the low-emission zone; wherein at least one of the effective accelerator signals and the effective intake temperature are used as inputs for controlling an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) subsystem of the motor vehicle. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318561 | FULL WORKING CONDITION PASSAGE-SEPARATED AND TIME-SEPARATED SUPERCHARGED INTAKE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO TECHNOLOGY - Passage-separated intake of the present invention refers to that a separate supercharged intake passage and a separate supercharged intake supply apparatus are provided such that natural intake is separated from supercharged intake to implement respective intake without mutual interference. Time-separated intake refers to that in order to avoid a cylinder C from becoming a passage between natural intake and supercharged intake, natural intake is performed first in an intake stroke, and supercharged intake is performed after a bottom dead center of the intake stroke at the end of the natural intake. The efficiency of supercharged intake in this case is <100%. The supercharged intake is that an ECU controls the timing of intake performed by a supercharged electromagnetic gas valve V according to a signal from a crankshaft position sensor SQ. As data about a supercharged intake amount at different rotational speeds of an internal combustion engine has been input to the ECU, the ECU controls, according to a signal from a crankshaft speed sensor SR, the supercharged electromagnetic gas valve V to inject a corresponding amount of air into the cylinder C, so as to change a compression ratio by changing the supercharged intake amount. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318562 | FUEL TYPE PREDICTION FROM MASS FLOW MEASUREMENTS AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR - The present disclosure provides a method for predicting a fluid type, comprising sensing, by a first sensor, mass flow data of a fluid in an engine, wherein the first sensor operates based on a first fluid property; sensing, by a second sensor, mass flow data of the fluid, wherein the second sensor operates based on a second fluid property; and detecting, by a logic circuit of a controller, a percent difference in the mass flow data provided by the first and second sensors, the percent difference indicating that the fluid is comprised of at least a first fluid type. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318563 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSING FAULT OF DUAL PURGE SYSTEM - A method for diagnosing a fault situation of a negative-pressure generation line using a fuel tank pressure sensor that detects the pressure of a fuel tank is provided. The method detects pressure in a fuel tank measured by a fuel tank pressure sensor when a turbocharger is operated for boosting and a purge valve is operated and diagnoses a current situation as a fault situation in which an engine negative-pressure generation line remains open when a pressure change value calculated based on the pressure difference of the fuel tank exceeds a reference value. A warning of a fault situation is then output when a fault is determined. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318564 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING FUEL ECONOMY IN DEDICATED EGR ENGINES - One embodiment is a system comprising an engine including a dedicated EGR cylinder configured to provide EGR to the engine via an EGR loop, a non-dedicated cylinder, a plurality of injectors structured to inject fuel into the dedicated EGR cylinder and the non-dedicated EGR cylinder, and an electronic control system operatively coupled with the fueling system and the ignition system. The electronic control system is configured to evaluate engine operating parameters including an engine load and an engine speed. The electronic control system is responsive to variation of the engine operating parameters to control operation of the fueling system to vary combustion in the at least one dedicated cylinder between rich of stoichiometric and stoichiometric. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318565 | ADAPTATION OF SKIP FIRE CALIBRATION TO VEHICLE WEIGHT - A skip fire controlled internal combustion engine supplies motive power to move to a platform. The skip fire engine controller includes a skip fire module arranged to determine an operational firing fraction and associated cylinder load for delivering a desired engine output. The operational firing fraction is based in part on the platform weight. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318566 | SKIP CYLINDER COMPRESSION BRAKING - An internal combustion engine operates so that it delivers zero or negative torque. The engine operates in either a deceleration cylinder cut off (DCCO) mode or skip cylinder compression braking mode. In the skip cylinder compression braking mode, selected working cycles of selected working chambers are operated in a compression release braking mode. Accordingly, individual working chambers are sometimes not fired and sometimes operated in the compression release braking mode while the engine is operating in the skip cylinder compression braking mode. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318567 | ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM - An engine cooling system for increasing and controlling a wall temperature of a cylinder head is provided. The cooling system includes a radiator passage that passes through a radiator, a radiator-bypass passage that bypasses the radiator, a first fluid temperature sensor that acquires a fluid temperature of an engine coolant flowing through a bore passage for cooling a cylinder, a second fluid temperature sensor that acquires the fluid temperature of the engine coolant flowing through a head passage for cooling a cylinder head, a thermostat valve arranged in the radiator passage, a flow rate regulator valve arranged in the radiator-bypass passage, and an electronic control unit (ECU). While controlling the thermostat valve on the basis of a detection result of the first fluid temperature sensor, the ECU controls the flow rate regulator valve on the basis of a detection result of the second fluid temperature sensor. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318568 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE KNOCK DETECTION - Methods and systems are disclosed for operating an engine that includes a knock control system. The method and system may increase opportunities to learn one or more engine knock background noise levels via changing poppet valve timing and/or fuel injection timing. The method and system may also improve knock detection if knock sensor degradation is suspected. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318569 | MACHINE SYSTEM AND OPERATING STRATEGY USING AUTO-POPULATION OF TRIM FILES - Operating a machine system includes triggering, based on activation of an on-board electronic control system, interrogation of electronically controlled components installed in a machine to read a plurality of electronic trim files each resident on a different one of the electronically controlled components. A data structure on an electronic storage medium in the control system is populated with the electronic trim files each time the control system is activated, such as by turning on an ignition switch. Operating the machine system also includes outputting control signals based on the electronic trim files to run the machine system based on operation of the electronically controlled components responsive to the outputted control signals. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318570 | AUTO-IGNITION CONTROL IN A COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method of controlling combustion in an internal combustion engine includes measuring parameters of combustion in a cylinder of the engine during a combustion phase of the cylinder, after igniting an air/fuel charge in the cylinder, and calculating the heat release of combustion in the cylinder based on the measured parameters. An auto-ignition event of the air/fuel charge is identified based on the calculated heat release, and, based at least in part on the identified auto-ignition event, at least one of ignition timing in the cylinder for the next combustion phase of the cylinder or an amount of exhaust gas supplied to the cylinder for the next combustion phase of the cylinder is controlled to cause an auto-ignition event of the air/fuel charge in the next combustion phase to shift toward a specified crank angle. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318571 | FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL USING NOISE SIGNAL - A fuel injector includes a noise sensor fixed to the body fixed on the injector body to record knocks relevant to the end travel of a control valve and of a needle. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318572 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMPRESSION IGNITION TYPE ENGINE - The control apparatus for a compression ignition type engine includes a plurality of cylinder inner pressure sensors that detect pressure in each cylinder, and a combustion control unit. The combustion control unit corrects a target fuel injection amount of each cylinder by an injector based on a deviation between a predicted combustion period that is a period from an ignition timing by an ignition plug to a predetermined mass combustion timing and that is obtained based on a preset combustion model, and an actual combustion period that is a period from the ignition timing by the ignition plug to an actual combustion timing and that is obtained based on cylinder inner pressure, such that the period from the ignition timing by the ignition plug to the predetermined mass combustion timing, which is the timing when fuel having a predetermined mass ratio combusts, is equalized in each cylinder. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318573 | DIRECT-INJECTION, APPLIED-IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH INJECTION DEVICE ARRANGED IN THE CYLINDER LINER, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF SAID TYPE - A method for operating a fuel injection system is provided. The method includes injecting fuel from a first direct fuel injection device arranged in a cylinder liner in a cylinder block into a combustion chamber and injecting fuel from a second direct fuel injection device arranged in a cylinder head into the combustion chamber, the first and second direct fuel injection devices arranged at an obtuse angle with regard to an intersection of central axes of the first and second direct fuel injection devices. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318574 | TURBOFAN COMPRISING A NACELLE EQUIPPED WITH A REVERSER SYSTEM AND A MOBILE CASCADE GRILL - A turbofan with a secondary duct and including a fixed structure and a mobile assembly including a frame with openwork regions. The mobile assembly is translatable between advanced and retracted positions. The openwork regions are positioned across the window in the retracted position. A plurality of blocking doors is provided, each being mobile between stowed and deployed positions. An array of rams move the mobile assembly. A cascade grille mounts on the frame across the openwork region. The grille slides on the frame parallel to the translational direction. For each grille, a rear stop limits rearward movement, and a compression spring pushes the grille to the rear for abutment against a rear stop. For each grille, the fixed structure comprises a stop element against which the grille abuts upon movement from the advanced position to the retracted position. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318575 | INNER COATING LAYER FOR SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES - An inner coating layer for solid-propellant rocket engines, constituted by a material comprising from 45% to 55% wt. of a a cross-linkable, unsaturated-chain polymer base, from 11% to 13% wt. of silica, from 15% to 25% wt. of vulcanizing agents and plasticizers, from 5% to 7% wt. of aramid fiber and from 10% to 15% wt. of microspheres made of a material selected among glass, quartz and nano clay, having diameter lower than 200 gm, density comprised between 0.30 and 0.34 g/cc and resistance to hydrostatic pressure greater than, or equal to, 4500 psi. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318576 | COPPER COMBUSTION CHAMBER ATTACHED TO INJECTOR BY NON-COPPER WELD TRANSITION RING - A rocket engine includes a copper alloy combustion chamber, a non-copper weld transition ring welded to the copper alloy combustion chamber, and an injector assembly welded to the non-copper weld transition ring. The engine can be manufactured by forming the copper alloy combustion chamber using additive manufacturing, welding the non-copper weld transition ring to the copper alloy combustion chamber, and welding the injector assembly to the non-copper weld transition ring. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318577 | Rollover Shutoff Valve Assembly for Carburetor - A rollover shutoff valve assembly used with a carburetor inhibits leaking of fuel from the carburetor in circumstances where the vehicle has rolled over so that the carburetor is inverted from the normal operating position. The rollover shutoff valve assembly includes a fluid passage, a race and a plug received in the race. The plug is movable in the race to inhibit liquid flow through the passage when the shutoff valve assembly rotates from an upright position to an inverted position. The races are closed except at the passage. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318578 | BATTERYLESS DUAL FUEL ENGINE WITH LIQUID FUEL CUT-OFF - A dual fuel engine includes an engine operable on a gaseous fuel and a liquid fuel and a switch to change operation of the engine between gaseous fuel and liquid fuel. The dual fuel engine also includes a carburetor attached to an intake of the engine to mix air and fuel and connect to a gaseous fuel source and a liquid fuel source. A liquid fuel cut-off attaches to the carburetor to interrupt liquid fuel upon actuation of the switch from liquid fuel to gaseous fuel. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318579 | Evaporated Fuel Processing Apparatus - A canister includes a vapor port leading to a fuel tank, an atmospheric port leading to the atmosphere, a first purge port leading to a first purge passage, and a second purge port leading to a second purge passage. The vapor port is located farther from the second purge port than the first purge port. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318580 | BACKFLOW PREVENTER AND ENGINE EGR SYSTEM - A backflow preventer, including one or multiple reducing rings that are disposed in a pipeline, the outer edges of the reducing rings are connected to the inner wall of the pipeline; the multiple reducing rings are arranged along the axis of the pipeline, and the actual internal area of the reducing rings are gradually decreased in the axial direction of the reducing rings. Further disclosed is an engine EGR system including the backflow preventer. The backflow preventer can generate, according to different flowing directions in a pipeline, throttling losses of different degrees, when an air flows in a direction (forward direction) in which the actual internal area of the reducing rings decreases, the throttling loss is small; and when then air flows in a direction (reverse direction) in which the actual internal area of the reducing rings increases, the throttling loss is large. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318581 | Internal Combustion Engines, Systems, Devices, and Methods for Propulsion and Power Applications - Engines, systems, devices, software, and methods of the present invention provide increased fuel efficiency and emission performance. The engine may include a magnesium alloy cast engine block cast as a mono-block with or without a ceramic inner core and including one or more cylinders designed to provide compression ratio of 10:1 to 14:1. Each cylinder may include one or more laser igniters, one or more supercritical fuel injectors configured to inject the fuel near or in a supercritical state, and carbon dioxide, which may be in the form of engine exhaust gas. The fuel may be diesel, gasoline, or other suitable hydrocarbons that may be cracked into smaller molecules prior to be injected into the cylinder. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318582 | FUEL PREHEATING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention provides an apparatus for preheating fuel and cooling liquid in an internal combustion engine system. The fuel preheating apparatus comprising a generally rectangular shape fluid-tight container body with a hollow interior. A top wall of the apparatus being provided with a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, a coolant inlet, and a coolant outlet. A fuel coiled tubing is provided within the hollow interior and has a first end and a second end where the first end is coupled to the fuel inlet. A coolant coiled tubing is adjacent the fuel coiled tubing and have a first end and a second end where the first end is coupled to the coolant inlet. A degassing tank is coupled to the fuel outlet and the fuel coiled tubing. A buffer tank is coupled to the coolant outlet and the coolant coiled tubing. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318583 | CHARGE AIR COOLER (CAC) CONDENSATE DISPERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPERSING CONDENSATE FROM A CAC - A charge air cooler (CAC) condensation dispersion system including a compressor for generating a hot compressed air flow; a CAC having an inlet tank for receiving the hot compressed air flow and an outlet tank for discharging a cooled compressed air flow; a condensate pickup tube having an inlet disposed in a lower volume of space within the outlet tank and an opposite outlet; and a condensate conveyance tube having a first end connected to the outlet of the pickup tube and an opposite second in in fluid connection with the inlet of the compressor. A solenoid actuated control valve is disposed in-line with the condensate conveyance tube. A controller configured to send a signal to the solenoid valve to selectively cycle the control valve between an open state and a closed state. An in-line orifice plate is disposed adjacent the second end of the condensate conveyance tube. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318584 | AIR INTAKE SCREEN DEBRIS SENSING - An air intake screen debris cleaning system may include an intake screen through which air is drawn in a first direction for cooling, a reverse airflow generation system to create a reverse airflow in a second direction opposite the first direction to clear debris from the intake screen, a sensor to sense debris that is collected on the intake screen and a controller to activate the reverse airflow generation system based upon signals from the sensor. In one implementation, the sensor comprises an emitter to emit a sensor beam that extends along a face of the air intake screen and which does not intersect or pass through the air intake screen prior to being sensed. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318585 | INERTIAL PRECLEANER WITH VARIABLE ASPIRATION FLOWRATE CONTROL VIA AMBIENT DUST CONCENTRATION SENSOR INPUT - An air intake system having an air filter and a cyclonic pre-cleaner is described. The cyclonic pre-cleaner includes a plurality of fins that cause the air flowing through the pre-cleaner to go from a substantially axial flow to a substantially swirling flow. As the air flow through the pre-cleaner increases, the air is swirled at a faster rate, and some contaminant particles in the air will be forced out of the flow of air before reaching the air filter. The air intake system includes a blower unit having a motor, an impeller, and a controller. The blower unit structured to selectively draw more air through the air intake system to increase the flow of air through the pre-cleaner thereby increasing the efficiency of the pre-cleaner. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318586 | MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE INTAKE STRUCTURE - This multi-cylinder engine intake structure is provided with a fresh air distribution chamber | 2020-10-08 |
20200318587 | HIGH PERFORMANCE AIR INTAKE SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for a heat shield with an integrated air filter assembly is disclosed. Wherein the air filter assembly comprising a filter material circumferentially extending such that the filter material surrounds at least a portion of an interior cavity of the air filter, a distal end cap affixed to a distal end of the filter material, and a wire support extending along at least a portion of an exterior surface of the filter material; and wherein the heat shield is configured to direct cooler air into an air intake conduit extending from an intake portion of an automobile engine for combustion. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318588 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD OF DIAGNOSING ABNORMAL CONDITION OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A vehicle includes an engine, a first motor generator coupled to the engine, and an HV-ECU that performs motoring control of rotating a crankshaft of the engine by the first motor generator. The engine includes an intake air passage, a forced induction device provided in the intake air passage, and an air flow meter that detects a flow rate of air (suctioned air amount) that passes through the intake air passage. The HV-ECU diagnoses air leakage as occurring in the intake air passage when the suctioned air amount is less than a reference amount during the motoring control. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318589 | GAS/LIQUID COALESCING FILTER AUTO DRAIN - Various example embodiments relate to an automatic drain system for use with a fluid water separator. The automatic drain system includes a liquid-in-fuel sensor. The liquid in-fuel sensor is configured to detect a liquid level in a water sump. The solenoid has an open state and a closed state. A control unit is configured to activate the solenoid in response to a signal from the liquid-in-fuel sensor. Activation of the solenoid causes the solenoid to go from the closed state to the open state. The automatic drain system is placed in a condition for allowing fluid flow through the automatic drain system from the water sump. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318590 | FUEL PUMP WITH INTEGRAL VAPOR TRAP SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - An in-tank fuel pump assembly and mounting system is disclosed which may be configured for mounting inside a fuel tank. The assembly includes a pump housing, pump mounted to the housing, and pressure relief valve. The housing may comprise upper and lower pump housing units coupled together. The upper housing unit is configured for mounting to a tank opening, which in one implementation may be the fuel fill opening. The lower housing unit extends into the tank to approximately the bottom of the tank. A fuel fill fluid pathway is created through the housing for adding fuel to the tank while the pump assembly remains in situ. The upper housing unit may include a removable fuel cap. The pump housing may include an integral vapor trap. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318591 | HERMETICALLY SEALED STATOR COIL - A stator coil assembly is provided comprising: a stator having a stator core;
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20200318592 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL SUPPLY PUMP, AND HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL SUPPLY PUMP - To reduce collision noise caused when an electromagnetic valve of a high-pressure fuel supply pump is opened. Therefore, in a control device for controlling a high-pressure fuel supply pump including: an anchor; a fixed core configured to attract the anchor with an electromagnetic force; a suction valve configured to be opened or closed when the anchor is sucked by the fixed core; and an electromagnetic force generation unit configured to generate the electromagnetic force when applied with a driving voltage, it can be achieved by providing a control unit configured to perform control to lower a driving current from a peak current before a timing at which the anchor is sucked by the fixed core and collides in an operation state where an engine is under no load and an engine rotation speed is equal to or less than a set rotation speed. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318593 | High-Pressure Fuel Supply Pump - There is provided a discharge valve mechanism provided at an outlet of a pressurizing chamber of a high-pressure fuel supply pump that aims to reduce a backflow amount of fuel from a discharge valve and to prevent cavitation erosion. There are provided a discharge valve disposed on a discharge side of a pressurizing chamber, a discharge valve seat that closes a discharge side flow passage of the pressurizing chamber by seating the discharge valve, and a discharge valve spring that presses the discharge valve toward the discharge valve seat. It is configured such that, in a case where a minimum seat diameter of a seat portion in which the discharge valve is seated on the discharge valve seat is set to D and a spring force of the discharge valve spring at a time of setting is set to F, a coefficient K obtained by dividing the spring force F by the minimum seat diameter D is set to be 0.2 or more. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318594 | FLUID INJECTOR NOZZLE WITH SWIRL CHAMBER | 2020-10-08 |
20200318595 | TWO STEP METERING SOLENOID FOR FLUID DISPENSER - A metering system for a fluid atomizer includes a housing, first and second metering members, and at least one solenoid. The housing includes a mixing chamber. The first metering member is operable to control flow of a first fluid to the mixing chamber. The second metering member is arranged coaxial with the first metering member and operable to control flow of a second fluid to the mixing chamber. The at least one solenoid is configured to operate at least one of the first and second metering members. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318596 | INJECTOR FOR INJECTING FUEL - The present invention relates to an injector for injecting fuel, comprising an injector housing for receiving at least one injector component, and an electromagnet for activating a valve for opening and closing the injector, wherein the electromagnet comprises a coil winding and a magnetic body, wherein the injector housing is formed in one piece with the magnetic body. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318597 | ENGINE STOP/START INHIBIT DURING VEHICLE SERVICE - Systems and methods for operating an engine that may be automatically stopped and started without a human driver providing input to a device that has a sole function of stopping and starting the engine are presented. In one example, automatic engine starting is inhibited responsive to output of vehicle sensors that may be indicative of service being performed on a vehicle. | 2020-10-08 |
20200318598 | Ignition Device for Internal Combustion Engine and Control Device for Internal Combustion Engine - Please substitute the new Abstract submitted herewith for the original Abstract: Energization abnormality of a switch element of an internal combustion engine ignition device is detected appropriately. To this end, in an internal combustion engine ignition device that includes an ignition coil and an ignition plug, the ignition coil includes a primary coil including a main primary coil and a sub primary coil and a secondary coil that generates secondary current in response to a voltage variation generated in the primary coil. The internal combustion engine ignition device includes a main switch element that performs energization/deenergization of the main primary coil in a first direction, a sub primary coil magnetic flux generation state switching unit capable of switching between a forward direction magnetic flux generation state in which energization of the sub primary coil in the first direction is performed and an opposite direction magnetic flux generation state in which energization of the sub primary coil in a second direction is performed, and an abnormality detection section that detects energization abnormality to the sub primary coil. The abnormality detection section is configured so as to detect energization abnormality on the basis of overlap between energization in the first direction and energization in the second direction of the sub primary coil. | 2020-10-08 |