478 patents
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Utility
Wastegate assembly
21 Dec 21
A wastegate assembly for controlling flow of exhaust gas includes a valve element having a valve body and a valve shaft.
Dominic William DePaoli, Aaron Date, Michael Daniel Cola, Georg Scholz, Marc Werner, Christian Cossmann, Jakob Penth, Christoph Müller, Ravi Patil
Filed: 20 Sep 19
Utility
Friction matertial
14 Dec 21
A friction material comprises a base and a friction generating layer penetrating into and integral with the base.
Feng Dong, Robert C. Lam
Filed: 23 Nov 16
Utility
Solenoid having inverse tapered armature for solenoid-actuated valve
14 Dec 21
A solenoid (54) for a solenoid-actuated valve (30) includes a sintered powder metal one-piece core (64) of at least one soft magnetic material and at least one non-magnetic material integrally connected together and a movable armature (88) disposed in the core (64) and having a tapered tip to achieve a required force vs position and current characteristics.
Daniel L. Deland
Filed: 28 Jun 16
Utility
Variable camshaft timing assembly
7 Dec 21
A variable camshaft timing (VCT) assembly for controlling angular positions of concentric camshafts.
Robert Keefover, Brian Thomas Kenyon
Filed: 27 Nov 19
Utility
Ignition coil
7 Dec 21
An inventive ignition coil has a transformer that includes a primary coil, a secondary coil and a core formed from stacked metal sheets.
Sven Schumm, Manfred Adolf, Timo Stifel, Dirk Wüstenhagen, Manuel Bauer, Alexander Stark
Filed: 15 Nov 19
Utility
Heating rod having a nickel plated contact sheet
7 Dec 21
Disclosed is a heating rod comprising a ceramic heating element, a strip shaped contact sheet, and a housing in which the heating element and the contact sheet are arranged.
Anthony Maher, Thomas O'Carroll, Kevin Dukes
Filed: 13 Apr 17
Utility
Twin system electric all-wheel drive supplementary drive axle
30 Nov 21
A number of variations may include a product comprising a first electrical machine and a second electrical machine operatively connected to a gearbox; at least one axle assembly operably attached to the gearbox; wherein the first electrical machine and the second electrical machine are constructed and arranged to drive the gearbox; and wherein the gearbox is constructed and arranged to drive the axle assembly.
Michael Schwekutsch, Robert F. Keller
Filed: 13 Mar 17
Utility
Bearing heat shield
30 Nov 21
A bearing heat shield, a turbomachine having a bearing heat shield and method for assembling such is disclosed.
Dominic William DePaoli, Aaron Burke Date, Tanner Leigh Brookshire, Daniel Thomas Pruitt
Filed: 23 May 19
Utility
Hybrid-vehicle system
23 Nov 21
A hybrid-vehicle system includes an internal combustion engine configured to deliver a first rotational torque to a crankshaft.
Michael W. Campbell, Calahan B. Campton
Filed: 12 Feb 20
Utility
Method for the detection of a glow plug replacement
23 Nov 21
A method for detecting glow plug replacement or an aging glow plug.
Karen Gonzalez, Karsten Volland, Jörg Stöckle, Andreas Klingebiel
Filed: 3 Mar 20
Utility
Frictional part for a frictionally acting device
16 Nov 21
The present invention relates to a frictional part (2) for a frictionally acting device comprising an annular friction surface (26), which has an inner edge (34) and an outer edge (36), wherein a circumferential groove (42) which extends in a zig-zag or undulating fashion between radially interior and radially exterior deflection points (44, 46), a plurality of outer grooves (64, 70) which each have an outer opening (66, 72) at the outer edge (36) and open into the circumferential groove (42) at opening points (68, 74) between the deflection points (44, 46), and a plurality of inner grooves (56, 60) which each have an inner opening (58, 62) at the inner edge (34) and open into the circumferential groove (42) between the opening points (68, 74), are provided in the friction surface (26).
Florian Oliver Dannwolf, Volker Reiners, Tim Traeger
Filed: 10 May 19
Utility
Valve
16 Nov 21
A hot gas exhaust recirculation valve includes a housing containing a duct for conducting gases, a drive chamber, and a valve stem which is mounted in the housing.
Bernd Bareis, Jochen Wentz
Filed: 4 May 16
Utility
Variable camshaft timing (VCT) phaser assembly and control valve installed remotely
16 Nov 21
A variable camshaft timing (VCT) phaser assembly and control valve are employed for use in an internal combustion engine.
Augusto Fanzani, Davide Caldirola
Filed: 15 May 20
Utility
VCT valve with reed check
16 Nov 21
A variable camshaft timing (VCT) control valve assembly includes: a control valve having one or more lands and a valve cavity; one or more cavity vents in the control valve are configured to communicate fluid between an outer surface of the control valve and the valve cavity; a valve sleeve having a sleeve cavity that receives the control valve and a plurality of apertures, at least one of the apertures is configured to be in fluid communication with an advance fluid chamber of a VCT device and another of the apertures is configured to be in fluid communication with a retard fluid chamber; the control valve slides axially relative to the valve sleeve; and one or more reed valves, attached to an outer surface of the valve sleeve, configured to control the flow of fluid between one of the advance fluid chamber or the retard fluid chamber and the other of the advance fluid chamber or the retard fluid chamber.
Brian T. Kenyon, Matthew Minnig
Filed: 14 Aug 20
Utility
Hydraulically-actuated variable camshaft timing (VCT) phaser assembly with air venting
9 Nov 21
A hydraulically-actuated variable camshaft timing (VCT) phaser assembly is employed for use in an automotive internal combustion engine.
John C. Bulzacchelli, Michael L. Smart
Filed: 29 Jul 20
Utility
Coupling for an AWD vehicle
9 Nov 21
A coupling for an AWD vehicle comprises a disc package with alternate discs, which are connected for rotation with, but are axially movable in relation to an ingoing and an outgoing axle, respectively, of the coupling, and a hydraulic piston for pressing the disc package together under the action of hydraulic pressure, hereby establishing a connect mode, in which the ingoing axle is connected to the outgoing axle.
Johan Nilsson
Filed: 14 Nov 18
Utility
Sector clutch
9 Nov 21
A clutch (10) for selectively preventing rotatory movement of a cogged gear (12) about an axis may include an actuator (20) and a pivotally moveable pawl (40) that is interactive with the cogged gear (12).
Brett Peglowski, Calahan Campton, Michael W. Campbell
Filed: 8 Nov 17
Utility
Turbocharger and turbine housing therefor
2 Nov 21
A turbine housing for a turbocharger includes an inlet passage and an outlet passage connected to a turbine housing body.
Konstantin Dietrich
Filed: 4 Mar 20
Utility
Pawl clutch with pawl rejection feature
2 Nov 21
A pawl clutch may include a first member having at least one notch, and a second member.
Brett Peglowski, Calahan B. Campton, Michael W. Campbell
Filed: 8 Mar 18
Utility
Electrically actuated camshaft phaser fluid escapement channel
2 Nov 21
An electrically-actuated camshaft phaser used in an internal combustion engine including a camshaft sprocket, configured to receive rotational input from a crankshaft, that includes a sprocket ring gear having a plurality of radially-inwardly facing gear teeth and a radially extending sprocket side; a camshaft plate that includes a camshaft ring gear having a plurality of radially-inwardly facing gear teeth and a radially extending camshaft side; a plurality of planetary gears having radially-outwardly facing gear teeth, each gear with a first radial gear face and a second radial gear face, wherein the planetary gears engage the sprocket ring gear, the camshaft ring gear, or both the sprocket ring gear and the camshaft ring gear; and one or more fluid escapement channels formed in at least one of the camshaft sprocket, the camshaft plate, the first radial gear face, or the second radial gear face.
Shawn Blackmur
Filed: 3 May 18