Patents by Inventor Marianne Lambert Vykydal

Marianne Lambert Vykydal 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: 6651640
    Abstract: A system and method for adjusting fuel vapor delivery from a fuel vapor recovery system in an internal combustion engine. An engine controller calculates a purge fuel fraction that is indicative of an amount of fuel vapor passing through the vapor recovery system relative to a total amount of purge flow, including air, passing through the vapor recovery system. A purge percent fuel parameter indicative of an amount of fuel vapor delivered to the engine from the fuel vapor recovery system relative to a total amount of fuel delivered to the engine is calculated based on the purge fuel fraction. Finally, the controller adjusts an amount of fuel vapor released from the vapor recovery system based on the purge percent fuel parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brent Edward Sealy, Douglas Joseph Mancini, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Marianne Lambert Vykydal, Thomas Raymond Culbertson
  • Patent number: 6595190
    Abstract: A system and method for adjusting fuel vapor delivery from a fuel vapor recovery system in an internal combustion engine. A requested amount of fuel vapor delivery is determined based upon a desired fuel vapor delivery amount and various system constraints, which ensure continued optimal operation of the vehicle. Purge fuel ratios are calculated by comparing desired levels to actual levels of various operating parameters. The purge fuel ratios are compared to each other to determine the minimum value from among the various purge fuel ratios, which is indicative of the most limiting system constraint. The most limiting system constraint is used to calculate an amount of fuel vapor to be delivered from the vapor recovery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brent Edward Sealy, Douglas Joseph Mancini, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Marianne Lambert Vykydal, Thomas Raymond Culbertson