Patents by Inventor Bernard Acker

Bernard Acker 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: 11261821
    Abstract: An aircraft diesel engine may be operated at a minimal fuel rate. Shaft output power of the engine may be reduced by initiating combustion during the compression stroke. Combustion may be initiated during the compression stroke by advancing fuel injection, splitting fuel injection, and/or manipulating individual injection quantities. Initiating combustion during the compression stroke may slew torque generation to the compression stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: Science Application International Corporation, U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Rik Denis Meininger, Bernard Acker
  • Publication number: 20210017932
    Abstract: An aircraft diesel engine may be operated at a minimal fuel rate. Shaft output power of the engine may be reduced by initiating combustion during the compression stroke. Combustion may be initiated during the compression stroke by advancing fuel injection, splitting fuel injection, and/or manipulating individual injection quantities. Initiating combustion during the compression stroke may slew torque generation to the compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Rik Denis Meininger, Bernard Acker
  • Publication number: 20200362788
    Abstract: An aircraft diesel engine may be operated at a minimal fuel rate. Shaft output power of the engine may be reduced by initiating combustion during the compression stroke. Combustion may be initiated during the compression stroke by advancing fuel injection, splitting fuel injection, and/or manipulating individual injection quantities. Initiating combustion during the compression stroke may slew torque generation to the compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Rik Denis Meininger, Bernard Acker
  • Patent number: 10837396
    Abstract: An aircraft diesel engine may be operated at a minimal fuel rate. Shaft output power of the engine may be reduced by initiating combustion during the compression stroke. Combustion may be initiated during the compression stroke by advancing fuel injection, splitting fuel injection, and/or manipulating individual injection quantities. Initiating combustion during the compression stroke may slew torque generation to the compression stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: Science Applications International Corporation, U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Rik Denis Meininger, Bernard Acker
  • Publication number: 20050190924
    Abstract: A final agent of the message provides a first encryption key to a first agent, interposed between a message sender and the final agent. The first agent but not the final agent knows an identity of the sender. The final agent provides a second encryption key to a second agent, interposed between the sender and the final agent. The second agent knows an identity of the sender. The first agent generates a third encryption key and provides the first encryption key and the third encryption key to the sender. The second agent generates a fourth encryption key and provides the second encryption key and the fourth encryption key to the sender. The first agent receives from the sender a message encrypted with the first, second, third and fourth keys, and in response, decrypts the message based on the third key. Afterwards, the first agent provides the message decrypted based on the third key to the second agent. In response, the second agent decrypts, based on the fourth key, the message provided by the first agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anna Marino, Frank Seliger, Bernard Acker