Patents by Inventor Hans Hardam

Hans Hardam 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: 10227940
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a control device for an engine that enables precise control of the equivalence ratio. The system from the fuel injection amount to the output from a LAF sensor is modeled as an injection amount-sensor output model by means of a model equation containing model parameters and a lag coefficient. The system from the equivalence ratio to the LAF sensor output is modeled as a port equivalence ratio-sensor output model by means of a model equation containing the lag coefficient. The control device is equipped with: a feedback-use identifier that successively identifies values for the model parameters; a LAF lag compensation-use identifier that successively identifies values for the lag coefficient; and a stoichiometric driving mode controller that determines the value of a fuel injection amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., DELPHI INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Hideki Matsunaga, Hans Hardam, Toshiharu Takahashi, Masatoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Uike
  • Patent number: 9657673
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an exhaust purification system that is capable of purifying exhaust gas during both lean and stoichiometric driving. The exhaust purification system is equipped with: a feedback-use identifier, which identifies parameter values such that the error between the output value from a LAF sensor and the estimated value for the LAF sensor output as obtained from a model equation is minimized; and a stoichiometric driving mode controller. The controller performs feedback control and thereby determines the fuel injection amount such that in the stoichiometric driving mode the equivalence ratio value as calculated from the parameters reaches a target value which is set such that a three-way purification reaction occurs in an under-engine catalyst. The identifier identifies the model parameters before feedback control is initiated by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., DELPHI INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Hideki Matsunaga, Hans Hardam, Toshiharu Takahashi, Masatoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Uike
  • Publication number: 20150211427
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a control device for an engine that enables precise control of the equivalence ratio. The system from the fuel injection amount to the output from a LAF sensor is modeled as an injection amount-sensor output model by means of a model equation containing model parameters and a lag coefficient. The system from the equivalence ratio to the LAF sensor output is modeled as a port equivalence ratio-sensor output model by means of a model equation containing the lag coefficient. The control device is equipped with: a feedback-use identifier that successively identifies values for the model parameters; a LAF lag compensation-use identifier that successively identifies values for the lag coefficient; and a stoichiometric driving mode controller that determines the value of a fuel injection amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Hideki Matsunaga, Hans Hardam, Toshiharu Takahashi, Masatoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Uike
  • Publication number: 20150167570
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an exhaust purification system that is capable of purifying exhaust gas during both lean and stoichiometric driving. The exhaust purification system is equipped with: a feedback-use identifier, which identifies parameter values such that the error between the output value from a LAF sensor and the estimated value for the LAF sensor output as obtained from a model equation is minimized; and a stoichiometric driving mode controller. The controller performs feedback control and thereby determines the fuel injection amount such that in the stoichiometric driving mode the equivalence ratio value as calculated from the parameters reaches a target value which is set such that a three-way purification reaction occurs in an under-engine catalyst. The identifier identifies the model parameters before feedback control is initiated by the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Hideki Matsunaga, Hans Hardam, Toshiharu Takahashi, Masatoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Uike