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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185274 | Environment customization with extensible environment-settings data Environment customization includes downloading extensible environment-settings data from a data-storage device and adjusting one or more environmental parameters defined by the extensible environment-settings data. The extensible environment-settings data is amended... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184101 | Detecting touch on a surface via a scanning laser The detection of touch on an optical touch-sensitive device is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises a touch-sensitive device including a display screen, a laser, and a scanning mirror configured to scan light from the laser across the screen. T... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181629 | Engine and exhaust heating for hybrid vehicle A method for controlling a vehicle engine having a plurality of cylinders and an electric motor configured to rotate the engine is provided. The method includes, during engine idling, advancing spark timing of at least one cylinder to substantially before a peak tor... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181452 | Particulate filter regeneration during engine shutdown Various systems and method are described for controlling an engine having an exhaust system which includes a particulate filter. One example method comprises, after shutting down the engine and spinning down the engine to rest, operating a vacuum pump to draw fresh ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181117 | Display of predicted storage state of target computing device during media file synchronization A system and method for synchronizing media files stored on a plurality of computing devices. The system includes a source computing device configured to execute a synchronization engine configured to synchronize media files on the source computing device with copie... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180553 | Controlling cylinder mixture and turbocharger operation A method for controlling differences in exhaust gas residual amount for a two cylinder bank engine having at least one turbocharger is presented. In one example, the description includes a method for adjusting valve timing to reduce cylinder exhaust gas residual var... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180550 | Slip suppression control system for vehicle A slip suppression control system for a vehicle comprises a monitored value detecting device for detecting a monitored value corresponding to a difference between a rotational speed of a front wheel of the vehicle and a rotational speed of a rear wheel of the vehicl... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179366 | Systems and methods for using a movable object to control a computer A system and method for controlling operation of a computer based on movements and/or position of a movable object. The system includes a sensing apparatus configured to obtain positional data based on movements of a sensed object. Engine software may process the po... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179084 | Variable-speed-drive system for a grid blower A drive system for a grid blower of a vehicle is provided. The system includes: an electrical bus, a grid of resistive elements connected to the electrical bus, the grid of resistive elements configured to thermally dissipate electrical power generated from braking ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177592 | Personal watercraft A personal watercraft comprises a water jet pump configured to be driven by an engine to generate a rearward water jet, a reverse bucket mounted at a periphery of the water jet pump and movable between a forward driving position and a reverse driving position, a dri... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177498 | Inlet swirl control for turbochargers An inlet duct, an induction system, and a system are disclosed for directing an inlet flow into an inlet compressor for use in an internal combustion engine. An example inlet duct may include one or more relief features disposed on an inner surface of the inlet duct... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177017 | Traveling working machine The present invention relates to a traveling working machine, in particular an excavator, with an undercarriage on which the traveling gear is arranged, and an uppercarriage rotatably arranged on the undercarriage about a vertical axis of rotation. In accordance wit... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177006 | Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle A vehicle propulsion system and a method of its operation are described. As one example, the vehicle propulsion system includes a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The method may include starting the engine responsive to different criteria, including criteria related... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176903 | System and method for improving exhaust gas recirculation for a turbocharged engine A system and method for delivering EGR to an internal combustion engine is presented. The system can reduce system cost and lower system complexity. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176894 | Vacuum system for an engine Systems and methods for generating a vacuum in an engine are provided. The system includes a first throttle upstream from a plurality of cylinders and a second throttle upstream from one of the cylinders. The system further includes a vacuum reservoir in fluidic com... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176888 | Method for starting a mixed fuel engine A method for improving starting of an engine that may be operated with fuels having varying alcohol concentrations is presented. In one embodiment, the method adjusts a compression ratio of an engine in response to a number of combustion events after an engine stop ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172629 | Personal watercraft A personal watercraft comprises an oil cooler including an oil cooling passage through which oil circulating inside an engine flows and a coolant passage through which coolant for cooling the oil in the oil cooling passage flows; a first oil passage through which th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171912 | Method and system for pre-ignition control Methods and systems are provided for addressing cylinder pre-ignition by adjusting a spray angle of fuel injected into a cylinder responsive to an indication of pre-ignition. A spray pattern of fuel injected in the cylinder is varied based on a cylinder pre-ignition... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171724 | Vehicle-based strategy for removing urea deposits from an SCR catalyst A method is provided for controlling regeneration of an SCR catalyst. The method includes coordinating the regeneration duration and temperature (e.g., longer/shorter regenerations and/or lower/higher temperatures) to the urea deposit loading. In this way, improved ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170753 | Vehicle and method of determining whether or not to stop engine mounted in vehicle A vehicle including an engine, a tilting sensor configured to detect that a vehicle body of the vehicle has been tilted a predetermined angle or larger, a driving state sensor configured to detect a driving state of the vehicle using a component other than the tilti... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169701 | Diffusing screen Various embodiments related to a rear projection display screen configured to reduce an intensity of light at a viewing angle at which the light is less likely to be viewed by a user are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a diffusing screen comprising a sh... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169625 | Handling unhandled raster operations in a document conversion The conversion of a document of a first format that supports a set of raster operations into a document of a second format that does not support one or more unhandled raster operations of the set of raster operations is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodime... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168344 | Air-cooled thermal management for a fuel cell stack The air-cooled thermal management of a fuel cell stack is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a cooling plate apparatus for an air-cooled fuel cell stack, where the cooling plate comprises a body configured to receive heat from one or more fuel cells in th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168339 | Reducing loss of liquid electrolyte from a high temperature polymer-electrolyte membrane fuel cell A method for controlling an amount of a liquid electrolyte in a polymer-electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell is provided. The method comprises enriching one or more of a fuel flow and an air flow with a vapor of the liquid electrolyte, the liquid electrolyte being un... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168060 | System and method for improving accuracy of a gas sensor A method is disclosed for operating an electrochemical gas sensor with a measuring electrode pair and a pumping electrode pair. The method includes obtaining a measurement of the interfering species at a location spatially adjacent to a measuring electrode of the me... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167009 | Adjustable refilling assembly A refilling system for a vehicle including a body panel having a fixed opening, an adjustable refilling assembly partially enclosed by the body panel, the adjustable refilling assembly including a first port and a second port, the adjustable refilling assembly movab... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166967 | Systems and methods for intubation An intubation device is provided. The intubation device comprises a movable guide having a guide extension, and a guide tip; at least one trachea condition sensor to detect a trachea condition wherein the at least one trachea condition sensor is disposed on the guid... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166959 | Approach for improved fuel vaporization in a directly injected internal combustion engine A system and a method of facilitating fuel vaporization in a directly injected internal combustion engine are provided. As one example, the method comprises: closing an exhaust valve of the cylinder; opening an intake valve after the exhaust valve has closed; moving... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166957 | Exhaust treatment system for internal combustion engine Systems and methods are provided for operating an engine exhaust system. In one example, a system comprises a first valve, and a second valve coupled to the first valve via a shaft. A first position of the shaft situates the first valve closed and the second valve o... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166956 | Engine with gaseous and/or liquid fuel injector In one example, a system for a vehicle travelling on a surface is described. The system includes an engine with a cylinder. The cylinder includes a fuel injector that is supplied with gaseous fuel and liquid fuel by a fuel delivery system. The fuel injector is mount... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166952 | Fuel injection control during start-up A method of operation of an internal combustion engine including an intake valve coupled to a combustion chamber, and a port fuel injector positioned upstream of the intake valve in an intake manifold including a throttle, the port fuel injector fluidly coupled to a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166943 | Fuel system control Methods and systems are provided for operating a fuel system in an engine, the fuel system including a supply pump for delivering fuel to the fuel system and pressurizing fuel received from a feed pump, a fuel tank, a fuel filter for filtering fuel, a fuel rail, and... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166928 | Pressurized air variable compression ratio engine system A system for controlling a variable compression ratio in an engine is provided. The system includes a cylinder, an outer piston located inside the cylinder, the cylinder and the outer piston collectively defining a combustion chamber, an inner piston, variably posit... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166900 | Deceleration device of a personal watercraft A personal watercraft configured to eject water rearward from a body thereof to generate a propulsive force, includes a pair of right and left resistive elements which are attached to the body and configured to be able to receive water resistance during travel of th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166775 | Noise attenuating device for a heating-ventilation-cooling system of a motor vehicle A system and method for reducing noise in an automotive heating, ventilation, and cooling system is described. A noise attenuation device using radial vanes upstream of a flow discontinuity, such as a bend in the ducting, and downstream of a blower fan is used to re... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165788 | Fuel-based injection control Systems and methods of operating an engine, the engine including an injector configured to directly inject fuel into an engine cylinder. One example method comprises, during an engine cold start, performing compression direct fuel injection, and retarding a timing o... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165787 | Method for adjusting engine air-fuel ratio A method for adjusting an air-fuel ratio of an engine is disclosed. In one example, the engine air-fuel ratio is adjusted in response to a duty cycle and frequency of a post catalyst oxygen sensor. The method may improve catalyst efficiency. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165780 | Boosted engine control responsive to driver selected performance Various systems and methods are described for operating an engine in a vehicle in response to a driver performance/economy mode. One example method comprises delivering a first fuel to a cylinder of the engine from a first injector, delivering a second, different, f... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165779 | Cascade control of HCCI phasing The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine that can be operated in a homogeneous charge combustion mode as well as a method and a computer readable storage device for controlling such an engine. The engine comprises at least one fuel injector, a ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164206 | Methods and systems for engine start control Methods and systems are provided for starting an engine in a vehicle. In one example, two or more energy storage devices are coupled in series to improve engine starting. The method and system may reduce engine starting time. ... | 04/24/2012 |
