Patents Examined by Sizo B Vilakazi
  • Patent number: 12286946
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a gas mixer for an internal combustion engine for mixing air with at least one admix gas, comprising a first duct segment having a first tube section and a first cone section, and a second duct segment having a second tube section and a second cone section. The first and second duct segments are stackable such that in a stacked state, a main gas conduit is formed by the first and second tube sections and an admix gas conduit is formed between the first cone section and the second duct segment. The present disclosure also pertains to a method for producing a gas mixer, comprising the steps of: for a predetermined mass flow of a gas to be admixed to air, calculating a flow cross section; machining at least one inner surface of an admix gas conduit such that at any position, the admix gas conduit comprises at least the calculated flow cross section; stacking two duct segments to provide the gas mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Enrico Drehobl, Thomas Wilstermann, Ute Goerdes
  • Patent number: 12286951
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, an apparatus is provided that includes a database configured to store one or more vehicle status parameters of a vehicle and one or more secured space status parameters of a secured space. The apparatus further includes a server-based processor operatively coupled or connected to the database and configured to receive one or more of the one or more vehicle status parameters and one or more of the one or more secured space status parameters. The server-based processor is further configured to determine, based on at least one of the one or more vehicle status parameters and at least one of the one or more secured space status parameters whether to change a state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC.
    Inventors: Laura Crawford, Garth Wesley Hopkins, Oddy Khamharn, Edward James Lukas, Erich Struckmeyer, James Trainor
  • Patent number: 12286113
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control apparatus for a stopped state holding apparatus which can be switched between a holding state for holding a vehicle in a stopped state and a cancelled state in which the holding state is cancelled. The control apparatus includes a detection section for detecting a manipulation state of an operation section manipulated by an operator to switch the stopped state holding apparatus to the holding state or the cancelled state, and a control section for controlling operation of the stopped state holding apparatus on the basis of the detected manipulation state. In the case where the detection section detects a particular manipulation state in which a manipulation of the operation section for switching the stopped state holding apparatus continues for a predetermined period of time or longer, the control section controls the operation of the stopped state holding apparatus irrespective of the particular manipulation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuma Ito
  • Patent number: 12286114
    Abstract: A motion manager is configured to request at least one of a plurality of actuators provided in a vehicle to move the vehicle in accordance with a kinematic plan. The actuators includes a second holding device having the holding function and being configured to execute backup control. The motion manager includes one or more processors configured to: receive information indicating the kinematic plan from a setting device; distribute, to at least one of the actuators, a motion request for the vehicle calculated by using the kinematic plan; and transmit, to the setting device, predetermined information including information indicating whether an abnormality has occurred in the holding function of the second holding device and information indicating a control status of the second holding device, and not including information for identifying a category of the second holding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Miyake, Wataru Kanda
  • Patent number: 12286938
    Abstract: A gaseous fuel supply for an engine at a wellbore can be regulated using a control system. The control system can include a processing device communicatively coupled to one or more sensors to receive a fuel property measurement from the one or more sensors. The fuel property measurement can correspond to a first fuel source of the engine that can be used as the fuel supply for the engine to power an equipment to perform a wellsite operation. Additionally, the processing device can identify a predefined range of the fuel supply that corresponds to a target performance level of the engine. Based on the fuel property measurement, the processing device can determine that the first fuel source is outside of the predefined range. In response, the processing device can provide a second fuel source as the fuel supply. The second fuel source can enable the engine to operate at the target performance level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Silas Clyburn, Adam Lynn Marks
  • Patent number: 12269450
    Abstract: A park brake controller with multiple communication channels and failsafe methods for use therewith are provided. In one embodiment, a park brake controller is provided comprising a plurality of transceivers. In response to at least one of the plurality of transceivers not being able to receive, from a communication network in a vehicle, a park brake request and vehicle sensor data, the park brake request and vehicle sensor data are sent in a different, more-robust form to be received by another one of the plurality of transceivers. Other embodiments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Amit Babalal Nahar, Akshay Mishra, Jeswanth Samayamantula, Thomas J. Hayes
  • Patent number: 12272188
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for expanding a scope of coverage of test scenarios for training an autonomous vehicle (AV). An example method can include identifying a maneuver of an AV; receiving, from a test repository, a plurality of tests that includes the maneuver; identifying one or more segments on a map of an operational design domain (ODD) that include a driving environment for the maneuver; determining a similarity between a driving scene of each of the plurality of tests and the one or more segments on the map of the ODD; and determining a degree of test coverage for each of the one or more segments for the maneuver based on the determined similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Priti Maheswari
  • Patent number: 12263708
    Abstract: One or more example vehicle adaptive ride height (ARH) systems to provide semi-active damping and ARH functionality. Each example ARH system is operable to dynamically control the vehicle, in response to dynamic detection of one or more operational parameters, between a raised vehicle state or position (e.g., ride height) and a lowered vehicle state or position. Such dynamic control facilitates greater reach-to-ground when in the lowered vehicle state and automatically controls vehicle ride height when in the raised vehicle state for dynamic loading conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Robert Brzeski, Mark Gene Hutchison
  • Patent number: 12263853
    Abstract: A processing server detects an incident of a vehicle by analyzing one of position information about the vehicle, image information about the periphery of the vehicle, and traveling data about the vehicle, which are acquired from the vehicle, and selects a new function corresponding to the detected incident. Then, the processing server gives notice of the proposal for the new function to the vehicle, as an estimated timing when a user having encountered the incident has cooled down while the user's memory about the incident is clear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamada, Hideo Suganuma, Tetsuo Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 12246946
    Abstract: A system for detecting an out-of-operation state of an elevator system includes a monitoring unit and a sensor unit. The sensor unit is configured to: detect at least one event indicating a generation of an elevator call and provide a message indicating the generation of an elevator call to the monitoring unit. The monitoring unit is configured to: initiate a time measuring function in response to receiving the message from the sensor unit, monitor a response of the elevator system to the generated elevator call. A method for detecting an out-of-operation state of an elevator system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jouko Kinnari
  • Patent number: 12246690
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating brake judder of a vehicle and a method thereof includes a communication device that receives sensor data from a plurality of vehicles, and a controller that extracts learning data by pre-processing the sensor data, trains a clustering model to group characteristic data corresponding to the learning data into a preset number of clusters, and estimates brake judder of a target vehicle based on the learned clustering model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho Hyun Cha, Sung Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 12240430
    Abstract: A method for operating a braking system for a motor vehicle, including a service brake unit and the service brake unit is activated to generate a brake force on a wheel axle of the motor vehicle at least temporarily as a function of a setting of an operating element. The generation of the brake force is performed using a calibration data set stored in a control unit of the braking system. An identifier stored in the operating element is transmitted to the control unit and used for a compatibility check. If the compatibility check is successful, a configuration of the operating element takes place and a generic data set stored in the control unit is used as the calibration data set and an operating element-specific data set stored in the operating element is transmitted to the control unit and used as a calibration data set after the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Kilian Förster, Frank Müller
  • Patent number: 12233923
    Abstract: A measurement method includes: generating second measurement data by performing filter processing on first measurement data; calculating a first deflection amount based on an approximate equation of deflection of a structure; calculating a second deflection amount by performing filter processing on the first deflection amount; calculating a third deflection amount based on the second deflection amount and a first-order coefficient and a zero-order coefficient which are calculated based on the second measurement data and the second deflection amount; calculating an offset based on the zero-order coefficient, the second deflection amount, and the third deflection amount; calculating a static response by adding the offset and a product of the first-order coefficient and the first deflection amount; calculating a first dynamic response by subtracting the static response from the first measurement data; calculating a second dynamic response by attenuating an unnecessary signal from the first dynamic response; and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12229836
    Abstract: A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations: receiving telematics data from a mobile device during one or more vehicle trips including a previous epoch for a driver and a current epoch for the driver; generating a previous epoch score for the driver based on the telematics data of the previous epoch for the driver; generating, using a trained machine learning model, a predicted epoch score for the driver based on the telematics data of the current epoch for the driver; generating a hybrid epoch score for the driver from at least portions of the previous epoch score for the driver and the predicted epoch score for the driver; and transmitting the hybrid epoch score for the driver. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: QUANATA, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Jason Sanchez
  • Patent number: 12228092
    Abstract: A lean-burn gasoline engine (110), comprising an air intake port having an air intake port inlet, an air intake port outlet, and an air channel (45) connecting the air intake port inlet to the air intake port outlet, a combustion chamber (50) having a combustion chamber inlet being connected to the air intake port outlet, the combustion chamber inlet having a throat where the air intake port outlet meets the combustion chamber inlet, a movable valve (51) comprising a valve head top surface (62) that faces the air intake port and a valve stem (63), the movable valve (51) being arranged to move between a closed state for closing off the combustion chamber inlet and an opened state wherein intake air can flow from the air intake port into the combustion chamber (50), a valve guide opening (69) in a wall of the air channel opposite the top surface (62) of the movable valve (51), and a valve guide passage (66) extending into the wall and away from the valve guide opening (69), the valve guide passage (66) housing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jack Johnson, Lyn McWilliam
  • Patent number: 12229835
    Abstract: Method and system for generating a hybrid epoch score for a user. In some examples, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving, from at least one of a mobile device associated with the user and a server, prior telematics data indicative of the operation of a vehicle by the user during one or more prior trips in a prior epoch; receiving, from the mobile device, recent telematics data indicative of the operation of the vehicle by the user during one or more recent trips in a current epoch; generating a prior epoch score based at least in part upon the prior telematics data; generating a partial current epoch score based at least in part upon the recent telematics data; and generating a hybrid current epoch score based at least in part upon the prior epoch score and the partial current epoch score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: QUANATA, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Jason Sanchez
  • Patent number: 12223410
    Abstract: To select a lane in a multi-lane road segment for a vehicle travelling on the road segment, a system identifies, in multiple lanes and in a region ahead of the vehicle, another vehicle defining a target; the system applies an optical flow technique to track the target during a period of time, to generate an estimate of how fast traffic moves; and the system applies the estimate to machine learning (ML) model to generate a recommendation which one of the plurality of lanes the vehicle is to choose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Deselaers, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 12221174
    Abstract: A method for piloting a motor of a power steering system of a vehicle, the power steering system having at least one steering wheel and one rack, the motor being piloted by a closed-loop proportional-derivative regulator (R?) receiving as input an angular position (?m) of the motor and a setpoint angle (?c), the regulator (R?) determining a setpoint motor torque (Cc). The method includes the steps of determining a stiffness compensation, and modifying the angular position (?m) of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: JTEKT EUROPE
    Inventors: André Michelis, Pierre Larminy
  • Patent number: 12221321
    Abstract: A method and a device for monitoring a state of a physical passenger transport system are described. The method includes monitoring the state of the passenger transport system using an actualized digital replica dataset (ADRD) which reproduces characterizing properties of components of the passenger transport system in an actual configuration in a machine-processable manner after assembly and installation thereof in a building. At least one detection device is arranged in the physical passenger transport system and detects changes in at least one characterizing property that occur due to wear. These changes are transmitted to the ADRD, wherein changes and change trends in the components are monitored and evaluated using calculations and/or using static and dynamic simulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Thomas Novacek, Alexander Pfeiler, Christoph Sander, Gerd Laglbauer, Hannes Dragsits
  • Patent number: 12214823
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: detect a mobile body located in a region that is not a host vehicle lane in which a host vehicle is traveling, out of regions that are adjacent to an adjacent lane that is adjacent to the host vehicle lane; detect entry operation of the mobile body to enter the adjacent lane; and when the processor detects the entry operation, perform steering control for the host vehicle such that a travel position of the host vehicle within the host vehicle lane in a width direction of the host vehicle lane is moved in a direction away from the adjacent lane before the entry operation is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Takahashi, Naoyuki Muramatsu