Patents by Inventor Harold Hostettler

Harold Hostettler 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).

  • Methods and systems for common rail fuel system maintenance health diagnostic
    Patent number: 9512799
    Abstract: Dynamic health assessment systems and methods related to monitoring fuel flow control are provided. In one embodiment, a method for controlling a system having an engine is provided. The method includes during a no-load condition of the engine, stopping fuel injection by a plurality of fuel injectors of the engine, closing a valve that is operable to control fuel flow to a fuel pump that pumps fuel to a common fuel rail, and setting a degradation condition in response to a fuel rail pressure decay rate of a fuel pressure in the common fuel rail being greater than a decay threshold after a first designated duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Gerard Nistler, Harold Hostettler, Shawn Gallagher, Luke Henry
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMON RAIL FUEL SYSTEM MAINTENANCE HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC
    Publication number: 20130013174
    Abstract: Dynamic health assessment systems and methods related to monitoring fuel flow control are provided. In one embodiment, a method for controlling a system having an engine is provided. The method includes during a no-load condition of the engine, stopping fuel injection by a plurality of fuel injectors of the engine, closing a valve that is operable to control fuel flow to a fuel pump that pumps fuel to a common fuel rail, and setting a degradation condition in response to a fuel rail pressure decay rate of a fuel pressure in the common fuel rail being greater than a decay threshold after a first designated duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Gerard Nistler, Harold Hostettler, Shawn Gallagher, Luke Henry
  • Method and system for reporting and processing information relating to railroad assets
    Publication number: 20060195327
    Abstract: Method, system, and computer program product are provided for reporting and processing information relating to railroad assets to user entities that form part of a railroad transportation network. The entities may comprise a plurality of entity groups performing distinct functions relative to the railroad assets, such as forming, operating, maintaining and/or servicing the assets of the railroad transportation network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Ajith Kumar, Christopher McNally, Harold Hostettler, Patricia Lacy, Glenn Shaffer, Wolfgang Daum, Bradley Hendrickson, Daniel Ballesty