Patents by Inventor Alexander Konrad Fuhrman

Alexander Konrad Fuhrman 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).

  • Publication number: 20240084774
    Abstract: Embodiments describe a method of controlling a two-stroke internal combustion engine. A method of controlling a two-stroke internal combustion engine includes determining a base nominal exhaust gas temperature, determining a base barometric pressure correction to base nominal exhaust gas temperature, determining exhaust gas temperature differential, determining exhaust gas temperature injection correction, and utilizing the exhaust gas temperature injection correction to make a final short-term fuel or ignition correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Konrad Fuhrman, Michael Kevin Schley
  • Patent number: 11852115
    Abstract: Embodiments describe a method of controlling a two-stroke internal combustion engine. A method of controlling a two-stroke internal combustion engine includes determining a base nominal exhaust gas temperature, determining a base barometric pressure correction to base nominal exhaust gas temperature, determining exhaust gas temperature differential, determining exhaust gas temperature injection correction, and utilizing the exhaust gas temperature injection correction to make a final short-term fuel or ignition correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ARCTIC CAT INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Konrad Fuhrman, Micheal Kevin Schley
  • Publication number: 20230323799
    Abstract: A two-stroke engine comprises a first oiling system and a second oiling system. The first oiling system includes a low-pressure pump that distributes oil from a first oil tank to the two-stroke engine. The second oiling system includes a pump mechanically coupled to a crankshaft of the two-stroke engine, wherein the pump distributes oil from a second oil tank to an accessory at a pressure greater than the first oil pressure, wherein oil distributed to the accessory is returned to the second oil tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Konrad Fuhrman, Ryan Douglas Hayes, Andrew Jon Ellsworth, Cord Miller Christensen, David Mark Sabo, Derek Robert Kvenvold
  • Publication number: 20230265776
    Abstract: A snowmobile includes a frame, at least one ski, handbars operatively coupled to the at least one ski, and an engine assembly comprising an engine and an exhaust manifold. The exhaust manifold includes at least a first inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The first inlet is configured to connect to a first exhaust port. The first outlet is connected to provide exhaust received from the first inlet to a first exhaust path and the second outlet is connected to provide exhaust received from the first inlet to a second exhaust path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Cord Miller Christensen, Alexander Konrad Fuhrman
  • Patent number: 11702965
    Abstract: A two-stroke engine comprises a first oiling system and a second oiling system. The first oiling system includes a low-pressure pump that distributes oil from a first oil tank to the two-stroke engine. The second oiling system includes a pump mechanically coupled to a crankshaft of the two-stroke engine, wherein the pump distributes oil from a second oil tank to an accessory at a pressure greater than the first oil pressure, wherein oil distributed to the accessory is returned to the second oil tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ARCTIC CAT INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Konrad Fuhrman, Ryan Douglas Hayes, Andrew Jon Ellsworth, Cord Miller Christensen, David Mark Sabo, Derek Robert Kvenvold
  • Patent number: 11668226
    Abstract: A snowmobile includes a frame, at least one ski, handbars operatively coupled to the at least one ski, and an engine assembly comprising an engine and an exhaust manifold. The exhaust manifold includes at least a first inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The first inlet is configured to connect to a first exhaust port. The first outlet is connected to provide exhaust received from the first inlet to a first exhaust path and the second outlet is connected to provide exhaust received from the first inlet to a second exhaust path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ARCTIC CAT INC.
    Inventors: Cord Miller Christensen, Alexander Konrad Fuhrman
  • Publication number: 20220170407
    Abstract: A snowmobile includes a frame, at least one ski, handbars operatively coupled to the at least one ski, and an engine assembly comprising an engine and an exhaust manifold. The exhaust manifold includes at least a first inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The first inlet is configured to connect to a first exhaust port. The first outlet is connected to provide exhaust received from the first inlet to a first exhaust path and the second outlet is connected to provide exhaust received from the first inlet to a second exhaust path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Cord Miller Christensen, Alexander Konrad Fuhrman
  • Publication number: 20220162969
    Abstract: A two-stroke engine comprises a first oiling system and a second oiling system. The first oiling system includes a low-pressure pump that distributes oil from a first oil tank to the two-stroke engine. The second oiling system includes a pump mechanically coupled to a crankshaft of the two-stroke engine, wherein the pump distributes oil from a second oil tank to an accessory at a pressure greater than the first oil pressure, wherein oil distributed to the accessory is returned to the second oil tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Konrad Fuhrman, Ryan Douglas Hayes, Andrew Jon Ellsworth, Cord Miller Christensen, David Mark Sabo, Derek Robert Kvenvold
  • Patent number: 11255231
    Abstract: A two-stroke engine comprises a first oiling system and a second oiling system. The first oiling system includes a low-pressure pump that distributes oil from a first oil tank to the two-stroke engine. The second oiling system includes a pump mechanically coupled to a crankshaft of the two-stroke engine, wherein the pump distributes oil from a second oil tank to an accessory at a pressure greater than the first oil pressure, wherein oil distributed to the accessory is returned to the second oil tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Arctic Cat, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Konrad Fuhrman, Ryan Douglas Hayes, Andrew Jon Ellsworth, Cord Miller Christensen, David Mark Sabo, Derek Robert Kvenvold
  • Patent number: 11255248
    Abstract: A snowmobile includes a frame, at least one ski, handbars operatively coupled to the at least one ski, and an engine assembly comprising an engine and an exhaust manifold. The exhaust manifold includes at least a first inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The first inlet is configured to connect to a first exhaust port. The first outlet is connected to provide exhaust received from the first inlet to a first exhaust path and the second outlet is connected to provide exhaust received from the first inlet to a second exhaust path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ARCTIC CAT INC.
    Inventors: Cord Miller Christensen, Alexander Konrad Fuhrman
  • Publication number: 20210324827
    Abstract: Embodiments describe a method of controlling a two-stroke internal combustion engine. A method of controlling a two-stroke internal combustion engine includes determining a base nominal exhaust gas temperature, determining a base barometric pressure correction to base nominal exhaust gas temperature, determining exhaust gas temperature differential, determining exhaust gas temperature injection correction, and utilizing the exhaust gas temperature injection correction to make a final short-term fuel or ignition correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Konrad Fuhrman, Micheal Kevin Schley
  • Publication number: 20210040907
    Abstract: Embodiments describe a method of controlling a two-stroke internal combustion engine is shown. The method includes selecting one set of two or more sets of engine parameter inputs or a weighted value of two or more sets of engine parameter inputs, determining an engine output parameter from the selection, and utilizing the determined engine output parameter to control one or more engine operations; re-selecting one set of two or more sets of engine parameter inputs or a weighted value of two or more sets of engine parameter inputs during engine operation, utilizing the reselected output parameters to adjust one or more engine operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Cord Miller Christensen, Alexander Konrad Fuhrman
  • Publication number: 20190107031
    Abstract: A snowmobile includes a frame, at least one ski, handbars operatively coupled to the at least one ski, and an engine assembly comprising an engine and an exhaust manifold. The exhaust manifold includes at least a first inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The first inlet is configured to connect to a first exhaust port. The first outlet is connected to provide exhaust received from the first inlet to a first exhaust path and the second outlet is connected to provide exhaust received from the first inlet to a second exhaust path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Cord Miller Christensen, Alexander Konrad Fuhrman
  • Publication number: 20190055862
    Abstract: A two-stroke engine comprises a first oiling system and a second oiling system. The first oiling system includes a low-pressure pump that distributes oil from a first oil tank to the two-stroke engine. The second oiling system includes a pump mechanically coupled to a crankshaft of the two-stroke engine, wherein the pump distributes oil from a second oil tank to an accessory at a pressure greater than the first oil pressure, wherein oil distributed to the accessory is returned to the second oil tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Konrad Fuhrman, Ryan Douglas Hayes, Andrew Jon Ellsworth, Cord Miller Christensen, David Mark Sabo, Derek Robert Kvenvold