Delphi Technologies, Inc.

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Enerdel, Inc.

Harry L Husted

John G Noetzel

Clinton W Erickson

Karl Jacob Haltiner, Jr

Kaushik Rajashekara

Kevin Richard Keegan

Haskell Simpkins

Subhasish Mukerjee

Mark C Sellnau

Gregory Thomas Roth

Gerald Thomas Fattic

Michael Thomas Faville

Stephen W Moore

John F O'Brien

John Alan MacBain

Donald J Armstrong

David R Schumann

Gordon D Cheever, Jr

Christopher M DeMinco

M James Grieve

Gerald A Kilgour

Karl A Schten

James D Ward

James Michael Haller

Catherine Vavonese

Steven R Shaffer

Juergen T Kammerer

Ashish D Punater

Michael P Conyers

Mario D'Onofrio

Jean-François Preuhs

A wire retention clip includes a first compartment for allowing at least a first wire to pass through the compartment uninterrupted and for retaining the at least one wire to the wire retention clip. The wire retention clip also includes a second compartment that is distinct from the first compartment and contains and electronic device.

Wire retention clip

A system for a multi-cylinder compression ignition engine includes a plurality of nozzles, at least one nozzle per cylinder, with each nozzle configured to spray oil onto the bottom side of a piston of the engine to cool that piston. Independent control of the oil spray from the nozzles is provided on a cylinder-by-cylinder basis. A combustion parameter is determined for combustion in each cylinder of the engine, and control of the oil spray onto the piston in that cylinder is based on the value of the combustion parameter for combustion in that cylinder. A method for influencing combustion in a multi-cylinder engine, including determining a combustion parameter for combustion taking place in in a cylinder of the engine and controlling an oil spray targeted onto the bottom of a piston disposed in that cylinder is also presented.

Adaptive individual-cylinder thermal state control using piston cooling for a GDCI engine

An engine data acquisition and control system measures cylinder pressure at a high degree of resolution and then processes it for portions of the combustion cycle of interest for performing combustion calculations. The data are utilized to calculate combustion parameters, and the combustion parameters may be utilized to control the engine's fuel and/or spark timing/duration, and other variables affecting the combustion process. The system architecture provides for acquisition of very large amounts of data without unduly loading the CPU.

Cylinder-pressure-based electronic engine controller and method

A method for compensating fuel injection timing when a torque signal or throttle command indicates that a transient operation is about to transpire. The control adjusts the fuel injection timing in advance of the transient operation to prevent loss of torque due to change in combustion phase position. During engine operation in pre-mix mode of combustion, rapid changes in fueling quantity can affect the combustion angle as well as the temperature in the combustion chamber, causing late or early combustion phasing. The present invention anticipates a change in combustion phasing by sensing a change in demanded fueling rate. The Engine Control Module (ECM) then applies a nest of algorithms to advance fuel injection timing during acceleration or to shorten ignition delay for deceleration by retarding fuel injection timing. As the engine returns to steady state operation, the compensation in injection timing is progressively reduced to zero.

Method for compensating injection timing during transient response of pre-mixed combustion

A fuel cell system in accordance with the invention includes a single, central electronic controller (CPU) for controlling at least the Air Handling sub-system, the Reformer sub-system, the Power Electronics sub-system, and the Customer Interface sub-system. The central controller provides a central location for easier serviceability; increases data transport efficiency by eliminating lengthy links between distributed controllers; eliminates the need for multiple mechanical enclosures; allows for controller thermo conditioning in one mechanical enclosure; and reduces parasitic power losses by employing a single power supply.

Fuel cell system having integrated central control function

An improved method and apparatus for providing reformate into an engine exhaust stream including aftertreatment devices such as a particulate trap and an NOx filter regenerable by hydrogen-rich reformate injected into the engine exhaust ahead of the aftertreatment devices. A pump pressurizes a hydrocarbon catalytic reformer, and a three-way valve for dividing the reformate injected into the engine exhaust. The reformer draws oxygen from the engine exhaust rather than ambient air as in the prior art. Thus, the only pressure drop that the pump/reformer system must overcome is within the reformate supply system between the reformer take-off point and the reformate entry points. In a configuration wherein the exhaust is taken off ahead of the inline particulate trap, a separate particulate filter is preferably incorporated into the reformer supply line.

Method and apparatus for regeneration of engine exhaust aftertreatment devices

A charging strategy for a rechargeable battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack is used in an application that includes a dynamoelectric machine that may operate as a motor, drawing power from the battery pack, or as a generator, delivering regenerative energy to the battery pack. The strategy monitors the nature, intensity, duration and frequency, among other things, associated with encountered episodes of regenerative energy from the dynamoelectric machine, and adjusts subsequent recharging processes to allow a calculated amount of headroom to accommodate regenerative energy inputs in the future, which may be assumed to be equal in nature, intensity, duration and frequency to what has already been observed. Overcharging is reduced or eliminated, while maximizing the amount of charge on the battery pack, and thus duration of use.

Rechargeable battery pack with adaptive regenerative energy control and method thereof

A control system for an electric heater, e.g., an electric catalyst heater (ECH), includes a current sensor, a voltage sensor, a switching element, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the current sensor, the voltage sensor and a control terminal of the switching element and varies a control signal on the control terminal to maintain the temperature of the heating element within a predetermined temperature range.

Control system for an electric heater

A method of starting a solid oxide fuel cell system is disclosed. The method comprises pressurizing a main plenum to a first pressure. The main plenum comprises a first supply of fuel, blowers, and air control valves. The first supply of fuel and a first supply of air are directed to a preheated micro-reformer. A heated pre-reformate is created in the micro-reformer and discharged from the micro-reformer to a main reformer. The main reformer is preheated with the heated pre-reformate. A second supply of fuel and a second supply of air are introduced to the main reformer. A heated main reformate is created in the main reformer and directed to a waste energy recovery assembly. A cathode supply is heated in the waste energy recovery system and then directed to a solid oxide fuel cell stack in order to heat the solid oxide fuel cell stack. Methods of transitioning, operating, shutting down, and maintaining in standby mode are also disclosed. A solid oxide fuel cell mechanization for a transportation vehicle is also disclosed.

Integrated solid oxide fuel cell mechanization and method of using for transportation industry applications

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Kokomo, IN, United States of America

Harry L Husted