Patents by Inventor Adam Fleischman

Adam Fleischman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10247116
    Abstract: An evaporative emissions (EVAP) control system for a vehicle includes a purge pump configured to pump fuel vapor to an engine of the vehicle via a vapor line and a purge valve. The system includes a hydrocarbon (HC) sensor disposed in the vapor line and configured to measure an amount of HC in the fuel vapor pumped by the purge pump to the engine via the vapor line. A controller is configured to: detect an imminent cold start of the engine and, in response to the detecting, perform the cold start of the engine by controlling at least one of the purge pump and the purge valve, based on the measured amount of HC, to deliver a desired amount of fuel vapor to the engine, which decreases HC emissions by the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Dekar, Roger C Sager, James J Daley, William B Blomquist, Jeffrey P Wuttke, Russell J Wakeman, Adam Fleischman, Ronald A Yannone, Jr., Luis Del Rio, Mark L Lott, Edward Baker, Michael T Vincent, Wei-Jun Yang, Aikaterini Tsahalou
  • Patent number: 9879623
    Abstract: An evaporative emissions (EVAP) control system for a vehicle includes a purge pump configured to pump fuel vapor trapped in a vapor canister to an engine of the vehicle via a vapor line when engine vacuum is less than an appropriate level for delivering fuel vapor to the engine, the fuel vapor resulting from evaporation of a liquid fuel stored in a fuel tank of the engine. The EVAP control system includes a hydrocarbon (HC) sensor disposed in the vapor line and configured to measure an amount of HC in the fuel vapor pumped by the purge pump to the engine via the vapor line. The EVAP control system also includes a controller configured to, based on the measured amount of MC, control at least one of the purge pump and a purge valve to deliver a desired amount of fuel vapor to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Dekar, Roger C Sager, James J Daley, William B Blomquist, Jeffrey P Wuttke, Russell J Wakeman, Adam Fleischman, Ronald A Yannone, Jr., Luis Del Rio, Mark L Lott, Edward Baker, Michael T Vincent, Wei-Jun Yang, Aikaterini Tsahalou
  • Publication number: 20170342919
    Abstract: An evaporative emissions (EVAP) control system for a vehicle includes a purge pump configured to pump fuel vapor trapped in a vapor canister to an engine of the vehicle via a vapor line when engine vacuum is less than an appropriate level for delivering fuel vapor to the engine, the fuel vapor resulting from evaporation of a liquid fuel stored in a fuel tank of the engine. The EVAP control system includes a hydrocarbon (HC) sensor disposed in the vapor line and configured to measure an amount of HC in the fuel vapor pumped by the purge pump to the engine via the vapor line. The EVAP control system also includes a controller configured to, based on the measured amount of HC, control at least one of the purge pump and a purge valve to deliver a desired amount of fuel vapor to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Dekar, Roger C. Sager, James J. Daley, William B. Blomquist, Jeffrey P. Wuttke, Russell J. Wakeman, Adam Fleischman, Ronald A. Yannone, JR., Luis Del Rio, Mark L. Lott, Edward Baker, Michael T. Vincent, Wei-Jun Yang, Aikaterini Tsahalou
  • Publication number: 20170342917
    Abstract: An evaporative emissions (EVAP) control system for a vehicle includes a purge pump configured to pump fuel vapor to an engine of the vehicle via a vapor line and a purge valve. The system includes a hydrocarbon (HC) sensor disposed in the vapor line and configured to measure an amount of HC in the fuel vapor pumped by the purge pump to the engine via the vapor line. A controller is configured to: detect an imminent cold start of the engine and, in response to the detecting, perform the cold start of the engine by controlling at least one of the purge pump and the purge valve, based on the measured amount of HC, to deliver a desired amount of fuel vapor to the engine, which decreases HC emissions by the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Dekar, Roger C Sager, James J Daley, William B Blomquist, Jeffrey P Wuttke, Russell J Wakeman, Adam Fleischman, Ronald A Yannone, Jr., Luis Del Rio, Mark L Lott, Edward Baker, Michael T Vincent, Wei-Jun Yang, Aikaterini Tsahalou
  • Publication number: 20150308368
    Abstract: An active fuel pressure pulsation cancellation technique includes receiving, at a controller of an engine having a camshaft-driven fuel pump, an unfiltered fuel pressure signal indicative of a measured pressure of fuel in a fuel rail. The technique includes detecting, at the controller, fuel pressure pulsations in the fuel rail based on the unfiltered fuel pressure signal. The technique includes generating, at the controller, a cancellation signal based on an opposite polarity of the fuel pressure pulsations. The technique also includes controlling, by the controller, an actuator associated with the fuel rail using the cancellation signal to cause the actuator to generate liquid-borne cancellation pulsations that cancel the fuel pressure pulsations in the fuel rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Russell J. Wakeman, Adam Fleischman