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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185059 | Testing of automobile mounted antennas A method and device provides for the testing and validation of a control module for receiving wireless data and communications utilizes a transmission line coupler mounted proximate the control module generates a signal that couples to an antenna of the control modu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170265 | Front facing electronic slave speaker An example vehicle instrument panel includes a speaker for producing alert and warning sounds. A membrane prevents water from intruding into the speaker assembly and instrument panel. The membrane is spaced apart from the speaker and over an open end of the speaker ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8155831 | Flat panel touch interface for vehicle climate control system A vehicle control panel includes knobs and a touch sensitive interface in the place of conventional mechanically activated buttons. The substitution is implemented without modification to the bezel or console assembly and with many components common to consoles util... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8125218 | Sensor assembly for detecting positioning of a moveable component A method of designing a sensor assembly having a housing, a first magnet and a second magnet includes forming each of the first magnet and the second magnet into a wedge shape. The method further includes tilting each of the first magnet and the second magnet at an ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118062 | Pleated washer spring for fuel pressure regulator A spring-actuator assembly (10) is provided for a fuel pressure regulator. The assembly includes a housing (30) and a washer spring (10) received in the housing. The washer spring has a body (12) with a top surface (13) and a botto... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8087239 | Fluid supply connection for reductant delivery unit for selective catalytic reduction systems A reductant delivery unit (16) is provided unit for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) after-treatment for vehicles. The unit includes a solenoid fluid injector (18) associated with an exhaust gas flow path (13). The injector has a fluid inlet ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087158 | Method of manufacturing a laminated armature for a fuel injector A method of producing a laminated armature for a fuel injector provides providing a plurality of laminations (10) in plate-shaped strip stock material (12). Each lamination has a base (11) and a plurality of tabs (20, 22) extending from t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8027652 | Radio front end A radio front end utilizes at least one band pass filter to pass only the appropriate frequency band. Once the desired frequency band has been isolated it is converted to a digital format in an analog to digital converter and a digital signal processing device inter... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024922 | Reductant delivery unit for selective catalytic reduction A reductant delivery unit (10) is provided for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) after-treatment for vehicles. The unit includes a solenoid fluid injector (10) constructed and arranged to be associated with an exhaust gas flow path (14) upstre... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7984728 | Fuel pressure regulator valve assembly A flow through pressure regulator apparatus and method for directing a flow of fuel and reducing valve seat wear within a fuel system. Present invention includes a lower housing having fuel inlet where fuel flows through the fuel inlet and communicates with a valve ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984706 | Control method for closed loop operation with adaptive wave form of an engine fuel injector oil or fuel control valve A method and system controls motion of an armature 112 of a fuel injector 100. The armature moves between an open coil 118 and a close coil 116 of the injector. Acceleration current of a certain polarity is applied to the open coil 118... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980485 | Injection valve with single disc turbulence generation A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The fuel injector includes a housing, a valve seat, a metering orifice disc, and a needle. The housing has an inlet, an outlet, and a longitudinal axis extending therethrough. The valve seat is disposed... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975719 | Auxiliary side hose connection for dual chamber fuel tank A hose connection (51) includes mounting structure (32) and suction structure (46) having an axis (B). The suction structure is mounted to the mounting structure such that the suction structure can rotate with respect to the mounting structure a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973387 | Insulated gate bipolar transistor An insulated gate bipolar transistor includes bump pad connectors to provide thermal contact with a heat spreader for dissipating heat away form the insulated gate bipolar transistor. ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971853 | Friction spring for leak detection poppet A pressure management apparatus including a housing (30) defining a fluid communication passage between first and second fluid ports (46, 48). A poppet (40) is disposed in the housing and is movable between first and second positions. The first ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7942130 | Regulator flow noise prevention for fuel system of a vehicle Vapor reducing structure (25) is constructed and arranged to be associated with a fuel pressure regulator (18) of a fuel system (10′) of a vehicle. The pressure regulator has an outlet (28) for fuel that is in excess of fuel required by... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7930825 | Blowout resistant weld method for laser welds for press-fit parts A method for reducing “blow-out” of annular welds for attaching press-fit components in a fuel injector assembly is disclosed. The method employs a multi-step welding procedure whereby a first annular weld bead that corresponds to less than 360° of rotation of ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930154 | Fluid solid interaction included in impact simulation of fuel delivery module A method is provided for simulating a vehicle crash on a fuel delivery module of a vehicle. The fuel delivery module (11) has a flange (10) constructed and arranged to be coupled to a fuel tank, a fuel pump (12) for delivering fuel from the tank... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914319 | Interconnector system engagement sensor An electrical connector assembly includes a housing supporting a plurality of terminals for a primary circuit and at least two terminals for a sensor circuit. A mating header includes terminals corresponding to the primary circuit and to the sensor circuit. A conduc... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913929 | Modular outward opening piezo direct fuel injector A module, direct fuel injector (10) includes a fuel side sub-assembly (78) having valve body structure (12, 14) defining a main flow passage (16) there-through, an outlet opening (26) and a seating surface (24). A needle ( | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913670 | Venturi jet structure for fuel delivery module of a fuel tank A fuel delivery system includes a fuel tank having at least a main chamber. A reservoir is disposed in the main chamber. A fuel pump and venturi jet structure are provided in the reservoir. The venturi jet structure includes a jet inlet having a nozzle for receiving... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7832661 | Injector seat that includes a coined seal band with radius A fuel injector apparatus and method is provided for use in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine that includes a body, a valve seat, closure member, and an orifice plate. The valve seat comprises the intersection of two angled surfaces with a rad... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7832660 | Injector seat that includes a coined seal band A fuel injector apparatus and method for use in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine that includes a body, a valve seat, closure member, and an orifice plate. The valve seat comprises the intersection of two angled surfaces before assembly of the... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7819132 | Pressure regulator with ceramic valve element A flow through pressure regulator apparatus and method for directing a flow of fuel within a fuel system. Present invention includes a lower housing having a fuel inlet where fuel flows through the fuel inlet and communicates with a valve biasing member through a fu... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810846 | Electrostatic dissipation solution for angled fuel port of a fuel supply unit A flange structure (10′) for a fuel supply unit of a vehicle includes at least one non-electrically conductive plastic fuel port (16′) having first and second ends. A non-electrically conductive plastic flange (20′) is integral with the fu... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7800921 | DC/DC converter Power converter system topologies comprise a DC/DC converter. The DC/DC converter includes a transformer coupling a high side to a low side. The high side may include an inverter bridge in the form of an inverter module and an inductor. The low side may include a re... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7798131 | Automotive modular inductive heated injector and system A fuel injection system (60) is provided for an internal combustion engine (62). The engine has a plurality of cylinders (70). The system includes a plurality of fuel injectors (10′) constructed and arranged to receive fuel. One fuel in... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7762477 | Polymeric bodied fuel injector with a seat and elastomeric seal molded to a polymeric support member A fuel injector is described that includes a polymeric housing, pole piece, filter assembly, coil assembly, spring member, armature assembly and metering assembly. The polymeric housing has a passageway extending between an inlet and an outlet along a longitudinal a... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7762235 | Acoustic noise reduction of a gaseous fuel injector A fuel system for supplying CNG to an internal combustion engine. The system includes a fuel rail, a CNG fuel injector, and an engine manifold. The CNG fuel injector includes a fuel inlet in fluid communication with the fuel rail, and a fuel outlet disposed along a ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7750501 | System and method of over voltage control for a power system A system and method for preventing over voltages in a power system coupled to an electric machine are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising detecting an operating voltage on a high voltage direct current (HVDC) bus, determining if at le... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7721533 | Diesel dosing system relief of trapped volume fluid pressure at shutdown A diesel dosing system for a vehicle includes a control valve (31) controlling fluid flow to a dosing valve (32) for supplying fuel directly into an exhaust passage of the vehicle. A system pressure source (55) feeds the control valve. A shutoff... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7702038 | Radio frequency (RF) receiver with amplitude-shifted keying/frequency-shifted keying (ASK/FSK) duty cycle optimization algorithm A radio frequency (RF) receiver for receiving transmissions of different modulations includes cycling between a first mode for receiving transmissions of a first modulation that occurs frequently and a second mode for receiving transmission of a second modulation th... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7696717 | Battery energy management system for measuring a minimum battery voltage A method of monitoring a battery energy management system includes discharging a detector circuit to a minimum battery voltage, measuring an elapsed time that the minimum battery voltage is detected, resetting a timer circuit, and sampling the minimum battery voltag... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7694557 | Tire pressure monitoring sensor and mounting method A tire pressure monitoring sensor includes resilient spring members to support and resist movement during rotation of the wheel. ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7623021 | Combined tire pressure monitoring and keyless entry receiver A system for monitoring conditions within a tire (12) including a sensor assembly (14) including a pressure sensor (36), an accelerometer (34), a temperature sensor (32), and a transmitter (40) to transmit signals indicative... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7622918 | Solenoid magentometer A magnetometer assembly (22) for a torque transducer (10) includes inner and outer coils (34,38,36,40) wrapped and supported on a bobbin assembly (22). The bobbin assembly (22) includes upper and lower axial portions (21,23)... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7590478 | Method for controlling the quantity of air in a self-contained air supply system for a chassis In order to simplify air flow control in a self-contained air supply system, an average control speed is calculated on the basis of a defined movement of the air springs (3, 4) and compared with an optimum control speed. The result of the comparison of the co... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7565229 | Method and system for detecting malfunctioning sensors A method of operating a sensor system includes the steps of determining whether any of a plurality of sensors are malfunctioning in response to a physical stimulus on a vehicle, determining whether an outcome of the first step is plausible based upon expected physic... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7564344 | Tire pressure monitoring system plant learning A method and system of teaching identification codes for a tire pressure monitoring system includes the steps of transmitting a prompt signal that includes a location identifier. This prompt signal instructs the tire pressure monitoring sensor to transmit an initial... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7563982 | Bus bar assembly A bus bar assembly includes a first bus bar having at least first and second mounting arms and a second bus bar having at least third and fourth mounting arms. The first and third mounting arms are adapted to alternately interleave with one another such that the pos... | 07/21/2009 |
