Patents by Inventor Sebastiaan ELLING

Sebastiaan ELLING 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).

  • System and method for detecting and counteracting diesel engine runaway
    Patent number: 10590877
    Abstract: A method, device and system for detecting and counteracting a runaway condition in a diesel engine system. The diesel engine system includes an inlet for supplying combustion air to a diesel engine, and an exhaust for relieving the diesel engine from exhaust gas. The diesel engine system further includes an exhaust gas recirculation system for selectively allowing exhaust gas from the exhaust to enter the inlet. A first gas flow path actuator is included in the exhaust gas recirculation system, and a second gas flow path actuator is included in the exhaust. The method, as performed by the system, comprises detection of an actual or potential runaway condition, and in response thereto deprives the diesel engine of oxygen. Depriving of oxygen is performed by opening the first gas flow path actuator and closing the second gas flow path actuator to cause stalling of the diesel engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Vijlbrief, Sebastiaan Elling
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND COUNTERACTING DIESEL ENGINE RUNAWAY
    Publication number: 20180245533
    Abstract: A method, device and system for detecting and counteracting a runaway condition in a diesel engine system. The diesel engine system includes an inlet for supplying combustion air to a diesel engine, and an exhaust for relieving the diesel engine from exhaust gas. The diesel engine system further includes an exhaust gas recirculation system for selectively allowing exhaust gas from the exhaust to enter the inlet. A first gas flow path actuator is included in the exhaust gas recirculation system, and a second gas flow path actuator is included in the exhaust. The method, as performed by the system, comprises detection of an actual or potential runaway condition, and in response thereto deprives the diesel engine of oxygen. Depriving of oxygen is performed by opening the first gas flow path actuator and closing the second gas flow path actuator to cause stalling of the diesel engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas VIJLBRIEF, Sebastiaan ELLING