Oxygen depletion sensing for a remote starting vehicle
    1.
    发明授权
    Oxygen depletion sensing for a remote starting vehicle 有权
    远程起动车辆的氧耗损检测

    公开(公告)号:US07167791B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-23

    申请号:US10951198

    申请日:2004-09-27

    IPC分类号: G06F7/70 G06F19/00 F02D41/14

    摘要: Automotive vehicles are increasingly being equipped with remote starting devices. If the vehicle is within a space which is very well sealed, it is possible that the concentration of the exhaust gases may exceed desirable levels. A method and system are disclosed in which a mass-based determination of air/fuel ratio is compared with the air/fuel ratio being maintained by the exhaust gas oxygen sensor. When the air/fuel ratio based on a mass measurement deviates from the air/fuel ratio based on the exhaust gas oxygen sensor by more than a threshold difference, the remotely started vehicle is turned off.

    摘要翻译: 汽车越来越多地配备有远程起动装置。 如果车辆处于非常良好密封的空间内,那么废气的浓度可能会超过理想水平。 公开了一种方法和系统,其中将空气/燃料比的基于质量的确定与由排气氧传感器维持的空气/燃料比进行比较。 当基于质量测量的空燃比基于排气氧传感器偏离空燃比超过阈值差时,远程启动车辆被关闭。

    Viscous fan clutch actuated by a heating element and ambient air
    2.
    发明授权
    Viscous fan clutch actuated by a heating element and ambient air 有权
    由加热元件和环境空气驱动的粘性风扇离合器

    公开(公告)号:US06942083B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-13

    申请号:US10636096

    申请日:2003-08-07

    IPC分类号: F16D35/02

    CPC分类号: F16D35/022

    摘要: A fan apparatus is disclosed which includes a fan coupled to a drive mechanism via a viscous clutch. The viscous clutch includes a drive chamber containing a hydraulic fluid with an amount of hydraulic fluid in the drive chamber being related to a torque transmitted from said drive mechanism to the fan; a valve coupled to the drive chamber controlling flow of hydraulic fluid into the drive chamber; a bimetallic strip coupled to the valve; and a heating element coupled to the viscous clutch close to the bimetallic strip. The bimetallic strip is located in a position open to ambient air.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种风扇装置,其包括通过粘性离合器联接到驱动机构的风扇。 粘性离合器包括驱动室,该驱动室包含液压流体,驱动室中的液压流体量与从所述驱动机构传递到风扇的扭矩有关; 联接到所述驱动室的阀,其控制液压流体进入所述驱动室的流动; 耦合到所述阀的双金属条; 以及耦合到靠近双金属条的粘性离合器的加热元件。 双金属条位于对环境空气开放的位置。

    Method for estimating compressor output temperature for a two-stage turbocharger
    5.
    发明申请
    Method for estimating compressor output temperature for a two-stage turbocharger 有权
    估计两级涡轮增压器的压缩机输出温度的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090071148A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-19

    申请号:US11856733

    申请日:2007-09-18

    摘要: A method for estimating output compressor output temperature for a two-stage turbocharger. The method includes: storing a composite relationship relating temperature ratio across a pair of compressors of the two-stage turbocharger as a function of mass flow through such pair of compressors and pressure drop across the pair of the compressors; calculating the pressure ratio equal to the pressure at an input to the first one of the pair of compressors to the pressure at the output of the second one of the pair compressor; using the composite relationship and an output of a mass flow at the input to the first one of the pair of compressors and the calculated pressure ratio to determine the temperature ratio across the pair of compressors; and calculating the estimated output temperature of the second one of the pair of compressors by multiplying the determined temperature ratio across the pair of compressors by a temperature at the input of the first one of the pair of compressors.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于估计两级涡轮增压器的输出压缩机输出温度的方法。 该方法包括:将两级涡轮增压器的一对压缩机之间的温度比的复合关系存储为通过这样的一对压缩机的质量流量和跨越该对压缩机的压降的函数; 计算所述压缩比等于所述一对压缩机中的第一压缩机的输入处的压力与所述对压缩机中的第二压缩机的输出处的压力; 使用所述复合关系和在所述一对压缩机中的所述一对压缩机的输入处的质量流的输出和所计算的压力比来确定所述一对压缩机的温度比; 以及通过将所述一对压缩机中确定的温度比乘以所述一对压缩机中的第一压缩机的输入端的温度来计算所述一对压缩机中的第二压缩机的所述估计输出温度。

    Method to control electromechanical valves
    6.
    发明授权
    Method to control electromechanical valves 有权
    控制机电阀门的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06805079B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-10-19

    申请号:US09682959

    申请日:2001-11-02

    IPC分类号: F01L904

    摘要: A system for controlling electromechanical of an internal combustion has a valve-closing electromagnet for attracting the armature coupled to the valve to close the valve, a valve-opening electromagnet for attracting the armature to open the valve, a valve-opening spring for biasing the valve open, and a valve-closing spring for biasing the valve closed. The method includes de-energizing the valve-closing electromagnet for a predetermined time, enabling the valve to oscillate by the valve springs, and then energizing the valve-closing electromagnet to close the valve. Consequently, only the valve-closing electromagnet is energized to open and close the valve. The valve biasing springs force the valve to a location at which the valve-closing electromagnet can close the valve. This provides an electrical energy over prior methods in which both the valve-opening and valve-closing electromagnets are energized to actuate the valve.

    摘要翻译: 用于控制内燃机电的系统具有闭阀电磁体,用于吸引联接到阀的电枢以关闭阀,用于吸引电枢以打开阀的开阀电磁体,用于偏置阀的打开弹簧 阀打开,以及用于使阀关闭的阀关闭弹簧。 该方法包括使闭阀电磁体断电一段预定时间,使阀门能够通过阀弹簧振荡,然后给闭阀电磁阀通电以关闭阀门。 因此,只有闭阀电磁铁通电才能打开和关闭阀门。 阀偏压弹簧迫使阀门到关闭电磁铁可以关闭阀门的位置。 这提供了比现有方法中的电能,其中阀打开和关闭电磁体都被通电以致启动阀。

    Bi-fuel engine using hydrogen
    9.
    发明授权
    Bi-fuel engine using hydrogen 有权
    双燃料发动机采用氢气

    公开(公告)号:US08181636B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-22

    申请号:US12491827

    申请日:2009-06-25

    IPC分类号: F02B7/00 F02B13/00

    摘要: A method is disclosed for making a transition from fueling an engine with hydrogen to another fuel. That other fuel may be gasoline, a gasoline and alcohol mixture, or gaseous fuels, as examples. The other fuel has the capability of providing higher BMEP than the hydrogen because of better air utilization and because the other fuel occupies less volume of the combustion chamber. Because a desirable equivalence ratio to burn hydrogen is at 0.5 or less and a desirable equivalence ratio to burn other fuel is at 1.0, when a demand for BMEP that leads to a transition change from hydrogen fuel to the other fuel, the amount of air supplied to the engine is decreased to provide more torque and vice versa. During a transition in which liquid fuel supply is initiated, it may be desirable to continue to provide some hydrogen, not leaner than 0.1 hydrogen equivalence ratio.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于使从具有氢气的发动机加燃料到另一种燃料的过渡的方法。 例如,其他燃料可以是汽油,汽油和酒精混合物,或气体燃料。 另一种燃料具有比氢更高的BMEP能力,因为更好的空气利用率,并且因为其它燃料占据较少的燃烧室的体积。 因为燃烧氢气所需的等效比为0.5以下,燃烧其他燃料的期望当量比为1.0,当导致从氢燃料向另一燃料转变的BMEP的需求时,供给的空气量 到发动机减少以提供更多的扭矩,反之亦然。 在开始液体燃料供应的转变期间,可能需要继续提供一些氢,而不是0.1当量比。

    Method for estimating compressor output temperature for a two-stage turbocharger
    10.
    发明授权
    Method for estimating compressor output temperature for a two-stage turbocharger 有权
    估计两级涡轮增压器的压缩机输出温度的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07992388B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-09

    申请号:US11856733

    申请日:2007-09-18

    IPC分类号: F02B33/44 F02B33/00

    摘要: A method for estimating the output temperature of the output compressor of a two-stage turbocharger. The method includes: storing a composite relationship relating temperature ratio across a pair of compressors of the two-stage turbocharger as a function of mass flow through such pair of compressors and pressure drop across the pair of the compressors; calculating the pressure ratio equal to the pressure at an input to the first one of the pair of compressors to the pressure at the output of the second one of the pair compressor; using the composite relationship and an output of a mass flow at the input to the first one of the pair of compressors and the calculated pressure ratio to determine the temperature ratio across the pair of compressors; and calculating the estimated output temperature of the second one of the pair of compressors by multiplying the determined temperature ratio across the pair of compressors by a temperature at the input of the first one of the pair of compressors.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于估计两级涡轮增压器的输出压缩机的输出温度的方法。 该方法包括:将两级涡轮增压器的一对压缩机之间的温度比的复合关系存储为通过这样的一对压缩机的质量流量和跨越该对压缩机的压降的函数; 计算所述压缩比等于所述一对压缩机中的第一压缩机的输入处的压力与所述对压缩机中的第二压缩机的输出处的压力; 使用所述复合关系和在所述一对压缩机中的所述一对压缩机的输入处的质量流的输出和所计算的压力比来确定所述一对压缩机的温度比; 以及通过将所述一对压缩机中确定的温度比乘以所述一对压缩机中的第一压缩机的输入端的温度来计算所述一对压缩机中的第二压缩机的所述估计输出温度。