Patents by Inventor Cedric Vedel

Cedric Vedel 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 determining the phasing of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7475682
    Abstract: Method for determining the timing of an indirect injection internal combustion engine, in which the following steps are performed: use is made of a first sensor (2) including a target (6) connected to the crankshaft and having a plurality of marks (8), use is made of a second sensor (12) including a target (16) connected to the camshaft and having: a plurality of teeth (D1, D2, D3), a plurality of gaps (C1, C2, C3), and a plurality of fronts (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6) separating the teeth (D1, D2, D3) and the gaps (C1, C2, C3), the engine is turned over from a starting position, the marks (8) on the target (6) of the first sensor (2)are counted, the fronts (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6) on the target of the second sensor are detected, this is used to deduce the engine timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Continental Automotive France
    Inventors: Frédéric Galtier, Bruno Nicolas, Cédric Vedel, Franz Dietl
  • Method For Determining The Phasing Of An Internal Combustion Engine
    Publication number: 20070292120
    Abstract: Method for determining the timing of an indirect injection internal combustion engine, in which the following steps are performed: use is made of a first sensor (2) including a target (6) connected to the crankshaft and having a plurality of marks (8), use is made of a second sensor (12) including a target (16) connected to the camshaft and having: a plurality of teeth (D1, D2, D3), a plurality of gaps (C1, C2, C3), and a plurality of fronts (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6) separating the teeth (D1, D2, D3) and the gaps (C1, C2, C3), the engine is turned over from a starting position, the marks (8) on the target (6) of the first sensor (2) are counted, the fronts (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6) on the target of the second sensor are detected, this is used to deduce the engine timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Frederic Galtier, Bruno Nicolas, Cedric Vedel, Franz Dietl