Patents by Inventor John E. Bernhardt

John E. Bernhardt 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: 7201147
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine (30) has a fueling system comprising fuel injectors (36) that utilize oil under pressure to force fuel into engine combustion chambers. Oil is pumped to an oil rail (44) by an engine-driven pump (42) whose effective displacement can be varied. A control system (32) processes certain data, such as engine speed and load, for controlling the effective displacement of the pump. The pump has a larger stage (42B) and a smaller stage (42A). The control system selects and de-selects the stages to control pump displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: John E. Bernhardt, Christopher R. Ciesla
  • Publication number: 20040031467
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine (30) has a fueling system comprising fuel injectors (36) that utilize oil under pressure to force fuel into engine combustion chambers. Oil is pumped to an oil rail (44) by an engine-driven pump (42) whose effective displacement can be varied. A control system (32) processes certain data, such as engine speed and load, for controlling the effective displacement of the pump. The pump has a larger stage (42B) and a smaller stage (42A). The control system selects and de-selects the stages to control pump displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: John E. Bernhardt, Christopher R. Ciesla
  • Patent number: 6427445
    Abstract: A variable nozzle turbocharger (12) creates engine boost. Boost is controlled by controlling the position of vanes within turbocharger. A processor develops a control signal (29) for controlling vane position. The processor develops a value for desired boost and processes that value with a value. corresponding to the amount of boost being created by the turbocharger to generate error data (48A) defining error between the amount of boost being created by the turbocharger and the desired boost, and the processor develops a component of the control signal by P-LI-D processing (62) of the error data. Other components of the control signal are a feed-forward value from a look-up table (34) and a value from an overspeed protection function (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Emad S. Isaac, John E. Bernhardt, Michael J. McNulty
  • Publication number: 20020029772
    Abstract: A variable nozzle turbocharger (12) creates engine boost. Boost is controlled by controlling the position of vanes within turbocharger. A processor develops a control signal (29) for controlling vane position. The processor develops a value for desired boost and processes that value with a value corresponding to the amount of boost being created by the turbocharger to generate error data (48A) defining error between the amount of boost being created by the turbocharger and the desired boost, and the processor develops a component of the control signal by P-LI-D processing (62) of the error data. Other components of the control signal are a feed-forward value from a look-up table (34) and a value from an overspeed protection function (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Emad S. Isaac, John E. Bernhardt, Michael J. McNulty