478 patents
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Utility
Engine variable camshaft timing phaser with planetary gear set
10 Oct 23
An engine variable camshaft timing (VCT) phaser assembly is equipped in an internal combustion engine (ICE) to adjust the rotation of the engine's camshaft relative to the engine's crankshaft.
Douglas W. Perry, Chad McCloy
Filed: 3 Mar 20
Utility
Electric drive unit with integrated, variable flow, low-pressure oil cooling system
3 Oct 23
An electric drive unit with an electric motor, a differential assembly, a transmission that transmits rotary power from the electric motor to the differential assembly, and a pair of output shafts that are rotatably coupled to respective differential output members of the differential assembly.
Matthew Vanderlip, Michael Bradfield, Steven Hayslett
Filed: 28 Mar 22
Utility
Electric machine and electrically-assisted turbocharger including the same
3 Oct 23
An electrically-assisted turbocharger includes a shaft extending along an axis, a compressor wheel, a turbine wheel, a housing, and an electric machine.
Christopher Joel Maurus, Jeffrey Carter, Tyler Ransom Garrard
Filed: 25 Oct 21
Utility
Smooth transition control between overmodulation and six step pulse width modulation
3 Oct 23
A method is provided for producing a smooth transition between overmodulation and six-step operation of a SVPWM-controlled 3-phase electric machine.
Yang Sun, Caleb Secrest
Filed: 17 May 22
Utility
Hydraulically-actuated VCT system including a spool valve
12 Sep 23
A hydraulically-actuated variable camshaft timing (VCT) system comprises a spool valve including a sleeve and a spool, having a plurality of radially-outwardly extending lands, received within a sleeve; a sleeve fluid pathway, extending axially along the sleeve and formed within the sleeve, configured to receive fluid from a fluid supply; an advancing port in the sleeve in fluid communication with an advancing chamber of a hydraulically-actuated camshaft phaser; a retarding port in the sleeve in fluid communication with a retarding chamber of the hydraulically-actuated camshaft phaser; a first fluid supply port formed in the sleeve; a second fluid supply port formed in the sleeve; and an exhaust port axially positioned in the sleeve in between the first fluid supply port and the second fluid supply port or in between the advancing port and the retarding port, wherein the exhaust port is configured to selectively receive fluid from either the advancing chamber or the retarding chamber depending on an axial position of the spool relative to the sleeve.
Brian T. Kenyon
Filed: 3 Sep 21
Utility
Clutch system and vehicle transmission system including the same
5 Sep 23
A clutch system includes a first clutch member and a second clutch member for transmitting torque from a vehicle power generator.
Benjamin A. Siegel, Steven J. Kowal, Richard W. Pridgen, Jr., David T. Vierk
Filed: 31 Dec 20
Utility
Variable turbine geometry assembly
22 Aug 23
A variable turbine geometry assembly includes an adjustment ring extending along and rotatable about an axis, at least one vane lever coupled to the adjustment ring, and at least one vane coupled to the at least one vane lever.
Augustine Cavagnaro, Elias Morgan, Greg Williams
Filed: 6 Dec 21
Utility
Assembly for use in an electric vehicle
22 Aug 23
An assembly for an electric vehicle includes an input shaft extending along a first axis and an electric motor rotatably coupled to the input shaft and co-axially aligned with the first axis.
Chengyun Guo, Keith Van Maanen
Filed: 30 Aug 21
Utility
Hybrid phaser with hydraulic lock in an intermediate position
15 Aug 23
A phaser which has an offset or remote pilot valve added to the hydraulic circuit to manage a hydraulic detent switching function, in order to provide a mid-position lock for cold starts of the engine, either during cranking or prior to complete engine shutdown.
Brian Kenyon
Filed: 13 Sep 19
Utility
Power transfer component with clutch having components with geometry for increased strength and/or reduced mass
25 Jul 23
A friction clutch with a clutch plate having a hub member, a rim portion and a plurality of rib members.
Christopher Sullivan, Ujval K. Taunk, Thad S. Morton, Gregory Beyerlein
Filed: 26 Jan 22
Utility
Park system integration with chain drive
25 Jul 23
A parking mechanism located on a final drive or primary drive of a vehicle to engage or disengage an output shaft connected to wheels of the vehicle.
Matthew E Junker, Joseph P. Goodsell
Filed: 20 Oct 22
Utility
Flow sensor for vehicle liquid heater which protects against overheating
25 Jul 23
A flow heater for new forms of vehicles.
Fei Zhang, Xiaoyong Ding, Yanyan Guo
Filed: 4 Sep 20
Utility
Bearing element with a smooth continuous profile
18 Jul 23
A bearing element includes an inner surface (54) configured to receive a cylindrical shaft (18).
Kenneth Bischof, Zachary Ashton
Filed: 28 Jun 18
Utility
Turbocharger including a sealing assembly
23 May 23
A turbocharger includes a shaft extending between first and second shaft ends.
Augustine Cavagnaro, Donald Michael Kennedy, Erwin Perry Ellwood, III
Filed: 29 Oct 20
Utility
Method for controlling camshaft orientation for improved engine re-starting of an engine having start-stop capability
9 May 23
A method includes determining a value of an operational motor current limit and setting a value of a startup current limit equal to a predetermined value in excess of the value of the operational motor current limit if a set of predetermined conditions is satisfied.
Andrew Morris, Jiju Alexander, Daniel Brown
Filed: 13 May 21
Utility
Clutch device and drivetrain having a clutch device of this kind
2 May 23
The present invention relates to a clutch device (6) having a clutch (46) and an actuating mechanism (48) for actuating the clutch (46), wherein the actuating mechanism (48) has a first adjusting element (84) and a second adjusting element (86) which interacts with an impinging element (68) acting on the clutch (46).
Oliver Groneberg, Friedrich Philipp Brezger, Yun Kai Lim
Filed: 28 Apr 22
Utility
Wastegate assembly for use in a turbocharger and system including the same
25 Apr 23
A turbocharger includes a turbine housing including an interior surface defining a turbine housing interior.
Matthew Brian Cooley, Alexander George Milburn, Kai Tanaka
Filed: 4 Oct 19
Utility
System for feeding operating gas to a drive of a motor vehicle
18 Apr 23
A system for feeding operating gas to a drive (1) of a motor vehicle, including an atmosphere-side suction inlet (2a) for air under atmospheric pressure, and a feed line (2) for the operating gas to the drive (1) under an operating pressure, the operating gas which is conducted to the drive comprising at least part of the air which is sucked in, at least part of the operating gas being conducted through a turbomachine (3) upstream of the drive (1) in a first operating type, the turbomachine (3) comprising an electric generator (4), and the turbomachine (3) being operated in a second operating type as a compressor for the operating gas, an actuable valve arrangement (5) being provided, at least part of the air which is sucked in being conducted in a turbine direction (T) through the turbomachine (3) in a first position of the valve arrangement (5), and at least part of the air which is sucked in being conducted in a reversed compressor direction (V) through the turbomachine (3) in a second position of the valve arrangement (5).
Ahmet Coksen, Mathias Kosch
Filed: 22 Apr 21
Utility
Valve assembly for multi-channel turbine
11 Apr 23
The disclosure relates to a valve assembly 10 for controlling a volute connecting opening 324 of a multi-channel turbine 500.
Jason Robert Walkingshaw, Ondrej Cempirek, Ivan Injac
Filed: 30 Nov 20
Utility
Method of reducing turbine wheel high cycle fatigue in sector-divided dual volute turbochargers
11 Apr 23
High cycle fatigue (HCF) in a turbine wheel of a sector-divided dual volute turbocharger, particularly a turbocharger where the tongue-to-blade gap is as small as from 1-3% of the wheel diameter, is reduced, and energy extraction is optimized, using a turbine wheel with (blade stiffness/backwall stiffness×100) between 41 and 44.
Matthew Carson Colley, Craig Andrew Colont, Dominic William DePaoli, Sean Hastings
Filed: 27 Aug 19