Eaton Corporation

G. T. Products, Inc.

Eaton Intelligent Power Limited

Kelsey-hayes Company

Robert Philip Benjey

Vaughn Kevin Mills

Rudolph Bergsma

Max Russell Franklin

Steven Lee Ambrose

Matthew Memmer

Vasilios Tsourapas

Daniel Lee Pifer

Paul Douglas Walkowski

Kenneth Brauning

James Edward McCarthy, Jr

Dale Arden Stretch

Austin Robert Zurface

Santosh Kumar Sharma

Anthony Leon Spoor

Kenneth M Spink

Brian Karl Vandeusen

William Nicholas Eybergen

Eric Yankovic

Michael J Campbell

Russell Carl Jahnke

Thomas Michael Tembreull

Petr Liskar

Curtis T Moy

Andrew W McIntosh

Jiri Cecrle

Nikhil Nahar

Pritam Bhurke

Nicholas Peter Gillette

Tomas Drabek

Steven H Verzyl

Mark Beaupre

Hrushikesh Arun Barve

Pk Haridass Krishnamoorthy

Russell Trapp

Atish Dinkar Gawale

Santosh Balasaheb Patil

Michael James Stanton

Martin Pryor

Charles Joseph Martin

Lindsey E Waldorf

Daniel Robert Ouwenga

Darryl C Weber

Maxim Vladimirovich Zorine

Paul C Weiner

Rosemary Bergsma, Legal Representative

Carl F Binder

Craig Harold Allman

Gill E Eisenstein

Sara Rose McClellan

Brian Thompson Smith

David Adam Deboskey

Steven A Verzyl

Matthew Joseph Glass

Pete Belanger

Matthew Villemure

Bryce Schwager

Roneesh Vashisht

Martin D Pryor

William N Eybergen

A fuel tank system constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure includes a fuel tank and an evaporative emissions control system. The evaporative emissions control system is configured to recapture and recycle emitted fuel vapor. The evaporative emissions control system includes a liquid trap, a first device, a second device, a control module and a G-sensor. The first device is configured to selectively open and close a first vent. The second device is configured to selectively open and close a second vent. The control module regulates operation of the first and second devices to provide over-pressure and vacuum relief for the fuel tank. The G-sensor provides a signal to the control module based on a measured acceleration.

Electrically controlled fuel system module

An evaporative emissions control system includes a first vent valve configured to selectively open and close a first vent, a second vent valve configured to selectively open and close a second vent, a fuel level sensor configured to sense a fuel level in the fuel tank, a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure in the fuel tank, an accelerometer configured to measure an acceleration of the vehicle, and a controller configured to regulate operation of the first and second vent valves to provide pressure relief for the fuel tank. The controller is programmed to determine if a refueling event is occurring based one signals indicating the fuel level is increasing, the pressure in the fuel tank is increasing, and the vehicle is not moving, and open at least one of the first and second vent valves based on determining the refueling event is occurring.

Fuel system control

An evaporative emissions control system configured to recapture and recycle emitted fuel vapor on a vehicle fuel tank is provided. The control system includes a first and second vent tube disposed in the fuel tank, a first and second vent valve, a vent shut-off assembly, a purge canister and a control module. The vent shut-off assembly selectively opens and closes the first and second valves to provide overpressure and vacuum relief for the fuel tank. The control module regulates operation of the vent shut-off assembly based on operating conditions to vent the first and second vent valves to the purge canister. The vehicle fuel tank comprises a saddle tank having first and second lobes and a raised portion arranged generally at a top portion of the fuel tank. The first vent valve is arranged generally in the first lobe and the second vent valve is arranged in the raised portion.

Electronic fuel tank system having cam actuated venting with canister line isolation

A valvetrain for an internal combustion engine of the type that has a combustion chamber, a moveable valve having a seat formed in the combustion chamber, and a camshaft includes a rocker arm assembly, a pivot providing a fulcrum for a rocker arm of the rocker arm assembly, and a latch assembly. An electrical device mounted to the rocker arm assembly receives power or communicates through a circuit that includes an electrical connection formed by abutment between surfaces of two distinct parts. The rocker arm assembly is operative to move one of the two abutting surfaces relative to the other in response to actuation of the cam follower. Forming an electrical connection through abutting surfaces that are free to undergo relative motion may reduce or eliminate the need to run wires to a mobile portion of the rocker arm assembly.

Sliding contact for electrically actuated rocker arm

A variable speed hybrid electric supercharger assembly is controlled to regulate an adaptive state of charge of an energy storage device and/or to boost an engine based on a performance mode selected by a driver. In one example, a reference state of charge is determined based upon driving characteristics of a vehicle and compared to an actual state of charge of the energy storage device. If the difference indicates a deficit, an operation mode is selected to regenerate the energy storage device. In another example, a planetary gearing arrangement between an engine and an electric motor is configured to increase or decrease power transferred to the supercharger by the engine based upon the performance mode selected by the driver.

Adaptive state of charge regulation and control of variable speed hybrid electric supercharger assembly for efficient vehicle operation

A fuel tank system constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure includes a fuel tank, a first vent tube, an evaporative emissions control system and a cam driven tank venting control assembly. The first vent tube is disposed in the fuel tank. The evaporative emissions control system is configured to recapture and recycle emitted fuel vapor. The evaporative emissions control system has a controller. The cam driven tank venting control assembly has a rotary actuator that rotates a cam assembly based on operating conditions. The cam assembly has at least a first cam having a first cam profile configured to selectively open and close the first vent tube based on operating conditions.

A boost system for providing boost pressure to an air intake manifold of an engine includes a supercharger having rotors and a supercharger input shaft, an electric motor/generator, and a planetary gear set. The planetary gear set operates to transfer torque between the supercharger input shaft, the electric motor/generator and a crankshaft of the engine. The boost system can have a compact configuration.

Boost system including hybrid drive supercharger with compact configuration

Hybrid electric supercharger assembly

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Dexter, MI, United States of America

Robert Philip Benjey