Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Atkinson

Christopher M. Atkinson 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).

  • MODEL-BASED OPTIMIZED ENGINE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20110264353
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine controller having at least one forward engine model, at least one inverse control model that employs at least one neural network, at least one physical engine sensor input, at least one predetermined control input and at least one output, wherein the inverse modeling determines and calculates the at least one control input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher M. Atkinson, Marc C. Allain, Alexander Kroop
  • Method and apparatus for reducing pollutants in engine exhaust
    Patent number: 7571600
    Abstract: A transmural catalysis device allows for conversion of NOx into N2 in internal combustion engine exhaust. A reducing gas is delivered into exhaust tubes through a plurality of pores or channels in the walls of the exhaust tubes either continuously or periodically. Also disclosed are methods using the device for reduction of NOx and automotive vehicles comprising the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: West Virginia University
    Inventors: Nigel N Clark, Christopher M. Atkinson