Patents by Inventor Eudell G. Jacobsen

Eudell G. Jacobsen 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling fuel to an engine during coolant failure
    Patent number: 4473045
    Abstract: A fuel control system for an internal combustion engine senses a failure in the coolant system and supplies fuel alternately to each of the two cylinder banks for predetermined periods of time so that one of the cylinder banks is supplied with an air and fuel mixture to power the engine and the other one of the cylinder banks is supplied with air only to be cooled thereby to extend the safe operating time of the engine. The air/fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to the bank provided with a combustible mixture is adjusted to limit the speed of the vehicle to further extend the safe operating time of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Bolander, Max A. Freeman, Eudell G. Jacobsen