| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 374144000 | With combustion engine | 16 |
| 20100118914 | EXTERNALLY ADJUSTABLE IMPINGEMENT COOLING MANIFOLD MOUNT AND THERMOCOUPLE HOUSING - A mount includes a mounting bolt attached to a casing; an internal bushing that engages the casing at a distal end of the internal bushing; and an external bushing that engages a manifold and engages the internal bushing. The internal bushing is adjustable with respect to the external bushing thereby allowing the manifold to be adjustable with respect to the casing. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20120294331 | SENSOR - A sensor including a tube having a small-diameter portion loosely inserted into a tube insertion hole of an annular mounting fixture and a large-diameter portion having a diameter larger than an inside diameter of the tube insertion hole. A flow path is formed, so that when the large-diameter portion of the tube is locked on the rear end of the tube insertion hole, a rear end of a gap, defined between an inner circumferential surface of the tube insertion hole and an outer circumferential surface of the small-diameter portion of the tube, remains open. Further, the inner circumferential surface of the tube insertion hole and the outer circumferential surface of the small-diameter tubular portion of the tube are brazed together with a brazing filler which flows into the gap. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20090141769 | Temperature maintenance system for a sensor - A sensing system is provided having a bypass configured to divert fluid from a main passageway. In addition, the sensing system has a fluid sensor situated within the bypass and configured to sense a concentration of an element contained within the fluid. The sensing system also has a first heater configured to convey thermal energy to the fluid sensor. Furthermore, the sensing system has a first temperature sensor configured to sense a parameter indicative of a temperature of the fluid sensor. The sensing system further has a controller configured to regulate the first heater in response to the sensed parameter indicative of the temperature of the fluid sensor. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090080492 | Temperature sensor for internal combustion engine - A misfire in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is detected by measuring a combustion chamber temperature with a temperature sensor element without using a pressure sensor having a low heat-resistive property. A temperature sensor includes an elongated probe portion extending from a housing. The housing is mounted on an engine so that the probe portion is exposed to the combustion chamber. A diaphragm is disposed on a tip of the probe portion, and a sensor element such as a thin film thermistor is mounted on the diaphragm, preferably on a rear surface of the diaphragm where the sensor element is not directly exposed to mixture gas in the combustion chamber. The sensor element may be embedded in the diaphragm. The probe portion of the temperature sensor may be integrally formed in a spark plug thereby to save a space for mounting the temperature sensor on the engine. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090141768 | ACCURATE GAS TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION AT TRANSIENT CONDITIONS BASED ON TEMPERATURE SENSOR READINGS - A method for accurate estimation of a gas temperature at transient conditions includes measuring temperature sensor readings in a gas flow and estimating the gas temperature by equating the specific heat properties of the temperature sensor to the sum of conductive heat, convective heat, and radiative heat acting upon the temperature sensor and solving for the gas temperature. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20080253429 | Method for Detecting Fault of Oil Temperature Sensor for Automatic Transmission - A method for detecting a fault of an oil temperature sensor of an automatic transmission by using a determining means for detecting the fault of the oil temperature sensor. The method includes any one or more of the steps of 1) determining the fault of the oil temperature sensor by comparing minimum and maximum output values of the oil temperature sensor in every driving mode, 2) determining the fault of the oil temperature sensor by detecting abnormal excessive increase and decrease of the oil temperature for a specific duration, 3) determining the fault the oil temperature sensor in the stuck state in the driving mode when transmission oil temperature increases, and 4) determining the fault of the oil temperature sensor by detecting the oil temperature exceeding a predetermined temperature based on the time when the engine is left at a stopped state. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20110134959 | METHOD FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE OF MOTOR FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The present invention provides a method for measuring the temperature of a motor for a hybrid electric vehicle. In preferred embodiments, the method of the present invention can preferably ensure the stability and reliability of motor control by extending the linearity of a temperature sensor attached to the motor within a required measurement range. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120307863 | ENGINE EXHAUST HEAT TEMPERATURE DETECTION DEVICE - An exhaust gas temperature detection sensor is arranged at a predetermined position outside a muffler, or at a predetermined position outside an exhaust pipe constituting an exhaust gas flow passage on a more downstream side than the muffler in an exhaust direction. The sensor detects that an atmosphere temperature at the predetermined position outside the muffler has reached a predetermined temperature based on an increase in a temperature inside the muffler, or detects that an atmosphere temperature at the predetermined position outside the exhaust pipe has reached a predetermined temperature based on an increase in a temperature of an exhaust gas inside the exhaust pipe. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20110134960 | Method and device for ascertaining a temperature of a sheathed-element glow plug in an internal combustion engine - In a method for ascertaining a temperature of a sheathed-element glow plug in an internal combustion engine, a temperature difference between the temperature of a glow plug heater inside the sheathed-element glow plug and a temperature at an arbitrary location on the sheathed-element glow plug is determined as a function of at least one operating parameter of the internal combustion engine and/or at least one operating parameter of the sheathed-element glow plug. The temperature of the sheathed-element glow plug is ascertained from a temperature value represented by a measured value, and from the determined temperature difference. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120044969 | ENGINE TURBINE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT - An assembly for sensing temperature in a gas turbine engine includes a first array of RTDs connected in parallel, a second array of RTDs connected in parallel, and a circuit electrically connected to the first and second arrays. The circuit determines an approximate temperature of a medium as a function of resistance of the first and second arrays. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120014410 | CATALYST OVERHEAT PREVENTION APPARATUS - A catalyst overheat prevention apparatus has a temperature obtaining portion that estimates a convergence temperature of a catalyst provided in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine and the present temperature of the catalyst. The catalyst overheat prevention apparatus also has a fuel increment calculation portion, a comparison portion, a correction portion, and a fuel increment setting portion, which are used to execute OT fuel increase control when the convergence temperature and present catalyst temperature obtained by the temperature obtaining portion are equal to or higher than an OT determination temperature. The catalyst overheat prevention apparatus also has a present temperature correction portion that corrects the present catalyst temperature to be equal to the OT determination temperature when the present catalyst temperature is equal to or higher than the OT determination temperature and the convergence temperature is equal to the OT determination temperature. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120020384 | FUEL TEMPERATURE DETERMINING APPARATUS - A fuel temperature determining apparatus for an internal combustion is provided which determines the temperature of fuel delivered to a fuel injector without use of a pressure sensor. The fuel temperature determining apparatus includes a pressure sensor that measures the pressure of fuel delivered to the fuel injector and works to analyze an output of the pressure sensor to determine a cycle of a pressure pulsation created in the fuel. The fuel temperature determining apparatus also calculates the temperature of the fuel delivered to the fuel injector based on the cycle of the pressure pulsation. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120163412 | MAGNETICALLY CODED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE DETECTION APPARATUS - An apparatus for measuring temperature comprises a housing and an actuator pressure sealed to the housing and having a shaft. The actuator is configured to be in pressure communication with a volume of gas or liquid. Upon a change in pressure, the actuator is displaced at least partially in the axial direction. A sensor detects axial displacement of a magnetically encoded target upon the change in pressure in the volume. A device for measuring pressure and temperature in an engine cylinder comprises a valve in pressure communication with an engine cylinder. The valve stem has a magnetic coding located adjacent a sensor. Axial displacement of the stem under cylinder pressure and temperature changes are detected. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120082181 | Temperature Sensor - A sensor configured to detect exhaust gas temperature of an exhaust, the sensor including a housing and a sensing element at least partially disposed within the housing. A filler material, including a first media and at least one additional media, is disposed within the housing and at least partially surrounds the sensing element. The first media is configured to be stable in reducing atmospheres up to 800° C. and in oxidizing atmospheres up to 850° C. and the second media is configured to provide oxygen storage capacity and enhance chemical stability and/or oxygen entrapment. | 04-05-2012 |
| 374145000 | Cooling system | 2 |
| 20100067560 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE COOLING SYSTEM - When the driving wind and the cooling wind are generated, based on the phenomenon in which the temperature difference is generated between the front surface and the rear surface of the radiator ( | 03-18-2010 |
| 374146000 | Radiator cap mounted thermometer | 1 |
| 20100098132 | RADIATOR COVER - A radiator cover includes a base seat with a mounting portion. A thermometer includes a temperature-indicating portion disposed within the mounting portion, an externally threaded portion extending downwardly from the temperature-indicating portion and having a bottom surface, and a sensor portion extending downwardly from the bottom surface. A threaded seat includes an internally threaded portion engaging the externally threaded portion, and an annular inner surface disposed below the internally threaded portion and confronting the bottom surface. An annular water seal is disposed between the bottom surface and the annular inner surface of the threaded seat to establish a water-tight seal therebetween. | 04-22-2010 |
