Patents by Inventor Arthur T. Andrews

Arthur T. Andrews 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).

  • Method for improving fuel economy test precision in on-road vehicles
    Patent number: 10458830
    Abstract: A method for improving fuel efficiency testing precision in on-road vehicles. The method comprises: installing one or more dataloggers in one or more vehicles, each datalogger configured to receive fuel consumption data broadcast by an on-road vehicle's engine control unit (ECU); transmitting the fuel consumption data from the one or more dataloggers in the one or more on-road vehicles to a processor; and analyzing, using the processor, the fuel consumption data from the one or more dataloggers in the one or more on-road vehicles to determine fuel efficiency of the one or more on-road vehicles. The fuel consumption data comprises fuel rate data from the ECU which is transmitted through the one or more dataloggers, engine speed and other operating parameters from the ECU that are transmitted through the one or more dataloggers, torque sensor data which is transmitted through the one or more dataloggers, and traditional fuel log data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Zhisheng Gao, Steven M. Jetter, Riccardo Conti, Arthur T. Andrews, Aparna Subramanian, Leonard R. Koenig, Steven Kennedy
  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING FUEL ECONOMY TEST PRECISION IN ON-ROAD VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20180052025
    Abstract: A method for improving fuel efficiency testing precision in on-road vehicles. The method comprises: installing one or more dataloggers in one or more vehicles, each datalogger configured to receive fuel consumption data broadcast by an on-road vehicle's engine control unit (ECU); transmitting the fuel consumption data from the one or more dataloggers in the one or more on-road vehicles to a processor; and analyzing, using the processor, the fuel consumption data from the one or more dataloggers in the one or more on-road vehicles to determine fuel efficiency of the one or more on-road vehicles. The fuel consumption data comprises fuel rate data from the ECU which is transmitted through the one or more dataloggers, engine speed and other operating parameters from the ECU that are transmitted through the one or more dataloggers, torque sensor data which is transmitted through the one or more dataloggers, and traditional fuel log data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Zhisheng Gao, Steven M. Jetter, Riccardo Conti, Arthur T. Andrews, Aparna Subramanian, Leonard R. Koenig, Steven Kennedy