Patents Examined by Heu T Vo
  • Patent number: 8265853
    Abstract: An engine control system includes a piston movement modeling module, a cylinder volume determination module, and a cylinder pressure estimation module. The piston movement modeling module models movement of a piston within a corresponding cylinder based on angular change of an engine crankshaft. The cylinder volume determination module determines a volume of the cylinder based on an angular position of the engine crankshaft and the modeled movement of the piston. The cylinder pressure estimation module estimates pressure in the cylinder based on the determined volume, an intake manifold absolute pressure (MAP), an intake valve timing, an exhaust valve timing, and an exhaust back pressure (EBP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Buslepp, Daniel G. Brennan
  • Patent number: 8060290
    Abstract: An engine control unit having a one-time integration of a model predictive control template via a potentially long software process. Changes to the control structure may subsequently be made via a calibration dataset connected to the engine control unit without incurring the potentially long and laborious software process of implementing the template of other approaches in the related art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Stewart, Francesco Borrelli, Jaroslav Pekar
  • Patent number: 5778867
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the performance of purifying an exhaust gas by suppressing the variation of the air-fuel ratio of an engine occurring when the rotation cycle of the engine is substantially synchronous with the drive cycle of a purging control valve, and to prevent misfiring caused by a lean air-fuel mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akinori Osanai