Patents by Inventor Christoph WEIGL

Christoph WEIGL 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 operating an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 10570874
    Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine with at least one piston-cylinder unit, and preferably a plurality of the piston-cylinder units, whereby, in a detection mode of the internal combustion engine one or more knock-promoting measures are taken until knocking has occurred in at least one piston-cylinder unit, and the measure(s) is/are intensified until a termination criterion is reached, whereby it is detected in which of the piston-cylinder units knocking has occurred, and whereby, in piston-cylinder units detected as knocking, the ignition time for a normal operating mode of the internal combustion engine is retarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: INNIO JENBACHER GMBH & CO OG
    Inventors: Jochen Fuchs, Christoph Weigl, Michael Roll
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20180209394
    Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine with at least one piston-cylinder unit, and preferably a plurality of the piston-cylinder units, whereby, in a detection mode of the internal combustion engine one or more knock-promoting measures are taken until knocking has occurred in at least one piston-cylinder unit, and the measure(s) is/are intensified until a termination criterion is reached, whereby it is detected in which of the piston-cylinder units knocking has occurred, and whereby, in piston-cylinder units detected as knocking, the ignition time for a normal operating mode of the internal combustion engine is retarded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: GE Jenbacher GmbH & Co. OG
    Inventors: Jochen FUCHS, Christoph WEIGL, Michael ROLL