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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051661 | Supercharging control system of an internal combustion engine The purpose of the present invention is providing a supercharging system which uses both of a mechanism such as VN or the like and an electric motor generating an assist force while making the supercharger operate smoothly when the assist by the electric motor is st... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8006495 | Supercharging system for internal combustion engine An object of the invention is to provide a technique for excellently controlling a supercharger equipped with an electric motor. A supercharging system for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention is provided with a supercharger equipped with... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001781 | Motor-driven supercharger A motor-driven supercharger is provided with a thrust bearing (30) rotatably supporting a thrust force applied to a turbine shaft (12). The thrust bearing (30) is constituted by a small-diameter disc-shaped thrust collar (32) rotating tog... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992389 | Method and apparatus for actively turbocharging an engine A system and method for monitoring at least one operating parameter indicative of an operating condition of an engine and controlling a turbocharger assist device to maintain desired operating conditions of the engine equipped with a turbocharger. In one embodiment,... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7891185 | Turbo-generator control with variable valve actuation An internal combustion engine incorporating a turbo-generator and one or more variably activated exhaust valves. The exhaust valves are adapted to variably release exhaust gases from a combustion cylinder during a combustion cycle to an exhaust system. The turbo-gen... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7765806 | Atkinson cycle powertrain A powertrain includes an Atkinson cycle engine having at least one cylinder, a crankshaft, and an air intake system that provides selective fluid communication between the at least one cylinder and the atmosphere. A motor is in hybrid combination with the engine, an... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765805 | Enhanced supercharging system and an internal combustion engine having such a system The invention refers to a supercharging system for an internal combustion engine incorporating in combination, a turbine, a compressor and an electrical driven system that is connected by any power transmission system to the crankshaft or any other vehicle drive sha... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762068 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine with supercharger An air flow amount passing through a centrifugal compressor is acquired on the basis of outputs of an air flow meter. A surge limit compressor rotation speed is acquired on the basis of the obtained air flow amount passing through the compressor. A current compresso... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7703283 | Automotive air blowers An automotive air blower, in particular a supercharger, comprises an air pump, such as an air impeller (2) connected to the output shaft (4) of a transmission system, the input shaft of which is connected, in use, to the engine of a motor vehicle. The ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7677041 | Bearing systems for high-speed rotating machinery Bearing systems for high speed rotating shafts, such as turbocharger shafts, include a first ball bearing in one end of an elongated cylinder capable of carrying axial thrust in both directions and a second ball bearing in the opposite end of the elongated cylinder ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7673452 | Motor-driven supercharger A motor-driven supercharger of the invention is provided with a cooling fluid flow rate adjusting device (a flow rate adjuster (37) and a controller (40)) capable of adjusting a flow rate of a cooling fluid. On the basis of the flow rate adjuster (3... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7530230 | Supercharger with electric motor In a supercharger (10) with an electric motor in accordance with the invention, an inner side of the center housing (10) is provided with an air introduction path (38) introducing a part of a compressed air within the compressor housing (8 | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530229 | Control device for supercharger with electric motor An object of the present invention is to provide a control apparatus for an electrically assisted supercharger capable of effectively compensating for an output drop even with decrease in the atmospheric pressure. A control apparatus for an electrically assisted sup... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7478533 | Engine system with a supercharger An engine system includes a compressor system which is at least partially driven by an electric motor, and a turbine system. The system includes a detector for detecting an actual supercharging pressure. A target supercharging pressure is determined based on operati... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7458214 | Electric motor cartridge for an electrically assisted turbocharger An electric motor cartridge comprises a first cartridge housing portion (2) and a second cartridge housing portion (3). The cartridge housing portions (2, 3) are coupled together so as to assembly the electric motor cartridge (1) by radia... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7434399 | Supercharging pressure controller for engine A supercharging pressure controller of an internal combustion engine estimates time to execute a process of bringing power supplied to an assist motor to zero based on delay characteristics of actual emission energy immediately before actual supercharging pressure r... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425119 | Electrical charge air compressor provided with an integrated air cooling system The invention relates to a device to compress combustion air, in particular a device to compress combustion air for a combustion engine of a motor vehicle, with a housing (12), with at least one compressor impeller (30) arranged in a compression area (... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7382061 | Supercharger coupled to a motor/generator unit A device for handling and recovering of kinetic energy in a fluid is presented which basically features a bladed impeller (11). The impeller is operated by an electric engine (12) and acts as a centrifugal blower yielding energy to the air when the mai... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372175 | Two-spool bypass turbojet with a rear electricity generator, and an air flow connection device and system A two-spool bypass turbojet includes a low-pressure spool having a rear portion carrying a low-pressure turbine provided with a low-pressure rotor. The turbojet includes a support structure connected to a casing and to a rear bearing in which the rotor is mounted. T... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372253 | Magnetic field sensor for measuring the rotational speed of a turboshaft A sensor for measuring the rotational speed of a turboshaft of a turbocharger includes a sensor housing and a sensor element which is positioned in the sensor housing and which senses a variation of a magnetic field caused by the rotation of the turboshaft. In order... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367190 | Supercharger with electric motor In a supercharger (10) with an electric motor in accordance with the present invention, the electric motor (20) is arranged at a position adjacent to a compressor impeller (6), a center housing (14) has a cooling fluid flow path (34 | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367189 | Supercharging assist control system As the integral value of power obtained by integrating supply power to the three-phase stator coil of an assist motor with respect to time becomes larger, a motor temperature becomes higher. Then, the integral value of power obtained by integrating supply power to t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360361 | Turbocharger An electrically controlled turbocharger having a substantially vertically oriented shaft interconnecting a turbine and a compressor. The vertical orientation serves to eliminate the effects of gravity on the rotating components. Placing the turbine vertically above ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357109 | Internal combustion engine and control method thereof Embodiments are disclosed to reliably carry out engine starting without cranking. Using an internal combustion engine 1, when an idle stop condition is established, a third path switching valve 28 that is provided at the connection of the compressed ai... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352077 | Motor-driven supercharger There are provided with a motor rotor (22) fixed to a turbine shaft (12) and rotating together with the turbine shaft, a motor stator (24) surrounding the motor rotor and fixed within a bearing housing (16), an inverted (26) conver... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339283 | Electronic load regulator An electronic load regulation system for a locomotive may comprise a solid state replacement for existing electro-mechanical load regulators that are used to adjust the excitation current in the field windings of the locomotive's generator. A pressure sensor may inc... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336000 | Electrical power regulation for a turbogenerator and generator associated with an internal combustion engine A speed monitor for establishing a lower threshold and an upper threshold for a speed of a rotor or shaft of a turbogenerator. A speed detector detects speed data or a speed signal for a rotor or shaft associated with a turbogenerator. A turbogenerator controller co... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328577 | Multivariable control for an engine A multivariable controller that models the interaction between groups of sensors and groups of actuators during the operation of an engine. By accounting for the interactive effects that a group of actuators has on a sensor or group of sensors, improved system perfo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7296409 | Electric motor assisted turbocharger A turbocharger comprises a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel mounted to a turbocharger shaft. An electric induction motor is provided for assisting rotation of the compressor wheel in predetermined circumstances. The motor comprises a fixed stator having motor fi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292009 | Hybrid type working machine Simplifying the controller of hybrid type drive unit. The output of a generator driven by engine is connected directly to a motor 7 through a converter or switching circuit 10 without being charged on any battery. The output of each phase of the genera... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281901 | Free-form welded power system component The present disclosure is directed to a power system component for a work machine. The power system component may include a wheel having one or more free-form welded members. The wheel may include a front end, a back end, and a central, axial spine member extending ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280950 | Locomotive diesel engine turbocharger and turbine stage constructed with turbine blade vibration suppression methodology A method for fabrication of a locomotive diesel engine turbocharger turbine stage so as to avoid harmonic vibration in the turbine blades when the engine is operated at pre-selected throttle settings. Upon determining throttle settings for the engine and modeling of... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275374 | Coordinated multivariable control of fuel and air in engines Methods and systems for controlling a diesel engine using a combined fuel and air-side controller are disclosed. An illustrative method may include the steps of providing a combined fuel and air-side controller adapted to coordinate both the fuel and air-side contro... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269992 | Magnet orientation and calibration for small package turbocharger speed sensor A method and system for orienting and calibrating a magnet for use with a speed sensor. A magnet can be mapped two or more planes thereof in order to locate the magnet accurately relative to one or more magnetoresistive elements maintained within a speed sensor hous... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263832 | Method and arrangement for controlling an electrically operated charger The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement (10) for controlling an electrically operated charger (1), which essentially prevent a sudden drop in voltage with the run-up of the electric charger. A drive signal (AS) is formed, which drives ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260952 | Fluid machine A fluid machine has a compressor device for compressing refrigerant of a refrigerating cycle for an automotive vehicle, an electric rotating device operating as an electric motor for generating a rotational driving force to drive the compressor device or operating a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258086 | Four-cylinder, four-cycle, free piston, premixed charge compression ignition, internal combustion reciprocating piston engine with a variable piston stroke A four-cycle, four-cylinder, premixed charge compression ignition internal combustion reciprocating free piston engine with a variable piston stroke and a compression ratio that varies as needed to provide charge ignition, to offer the potential of higher efficiency... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250690 | Distributed power generation system using a fuel cell and a method of controlling the same Provided is a distributed-power-generation system capable of maintaining an operation point and a method of controlling the same. The distributed-power-generation system comprises: a fuel cell producing current and high-temperature gas through an electric chemical r... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237381 | Control of exhaust temperature for after-treatment process in an e-turbo system A method for operating a turbocharged internal combustion engine having an after-treatment device for treating exhaust gas discharged from the turbocharger, wherein exhaust gas from the engine is passed through a variable-geometry mechanism for regulating power prod... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234435 | Electrically actuated valve deactivation in response to vehicle electrical system conditions A method for controlling at least an electrically actuated valve to operate in at least a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising deactivating an electrically actuated valve in response to an operating condition of a vehicle electrical syste... | 06/26/2007 |
