Patents by Inventor Daniel Pearce
Daniel Pearce 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).
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Patent number: 12467423Abstract: A controller for determining an injection strategy for a fuel injector within a hydrogen fuel injection system within an engine, the controller comprising: an input arranged to receive an engine operating parameter and a pressure signal associated with the pressure of hydrogen fuel available for injection from the injector in the fuel injection system; a processor arranged to determine an injection strategy for the injector in dependence on the received pressure signal and engine control parameter, the determined injection strategy comprising one or more injector control signals to control operation of the fuel injector; an output arranged to output the one or more control signals to the fuel injector.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: November 11, 2025Assignee: PHINIA DELPHI LUXEMBOURG SARLInventors: Anthony John Williams, Nicholas More, Daniel Pearce
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Patent number: 12460605Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine comprising an injection nozzle comprising a nozzle body with a nozzle bore; a valve needle assembly received within the nozzle bore and including a valve needle engageable with a seat region to control fuel delivery through an outlet of the injection nozzle; and a first actuator arrangement operable to apply an opening force to an engagement region of the valve needle assembly to cause an opening movement thereof. The first actuator arrangement comprises a first conductive coil mounted concentrically on a first body and a first armature configured to apply the opening force to the valve needle assembly. The first body comprises a first, radially inner region having a relatively high magnetic permeability and a second region having a relatively low magnetic permeability, the second region being disposed radially between the first coil and the first, radially inner region.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: PHINIA DELPHI LUXEMBOURG SARLInventors: Anthony John Williams, Kris Sullivan, Nicholas More, Daniel Pearce
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Publication number: 20250146455Abstract: A controller for determining an injection strategy for a fuel injector within a hydrogen fuel injection system within an engine, the controller comprising: an input arranged to receive an engine operating parameter and a pressure signal associated with the pressure of hydrogen fuel available for injection from the injector in the fuel injection system; a processor arranged to determine an injection strategy for the injector in dependence on the received pressure signal and engine control parameter, the determined injection strategy comprising one or more injector control signals to control operation of the fuel injector; an output arranged to output the one or more control signals to the fuel injector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Anthony John WILLIAMS, Nicholas MORE, Daniel PEARCE
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Publication number: 20250146456Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine comprising an injection nozzle comprising a nozzle body with a nozzle bore; a valve needle assembly received within the nozzle bore and including a valve needle engageable with a seat region to control fuel delivery through an outlet of the injection nozzle; and a first actuator arrangement operable to apply an opening force to an engagement region of the valve needle assembly to cause an opening movement thereof. The first actuator arrangement comprises a first conductive coil mounted concentrically on a first body and a first armature configured to apply the opening force to the valve needle assembly. The first body comprises a first, radially inner region having a relatively high magnetic permeability and a second region having a relatively low magnetic permeability, the second region being disposed radially between the first coil and the first, radially inner region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Anthony John WILLIAMS, Kris SULLIVAN, Nicholas MORE, Daniel PEARCE
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Patent number: 11851205Abstract: In some examples, a computing device is configured to monitor an air quality of a vehicle cabin by at least receiving, from a plurality of remote sensors distributed throughout the cabin, signals indicative of one or more air quality parameters for air in the cabin. Based on the received signals, the computing device can determine if values for the one or more air quality parameters are indicative of an air quality event and generate an output in response to such a determination. The output may include, for example, an audio or visual indication of the air quality event or a signal to control another system of the aircraft to take action to remedy the air quality event.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Daniel Pearce, Timothy Lippold, Spiros Sideris, Jan Ludvik, Giorgio C. Isella
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Patent number: 11733157Abstract: A method of measuring a gas concentration is described. The method comprises illuminating, with a light source, a volume of space that includes a gas and measuring, with a detector, a first illumination level of the volume of space. The method further comprises determining, via a processor, a gas concentration in the volume of space based on the measured first illumination level, where the volume of space is configured to be in fluid communication with a gas recirculation flow path including a catalyst, the catalyst configured to substantially remove the gas from the volume of space.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Daniel Pearce, Richard B. Fox, Jan Ludvik, Ian Kerr, John Rogers
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Patent number: 11635312Abstract: This disclosure is directed to methods, computer program products, and systems for calibrating one or more remote sensing devices in an environment. The disclosed technology relates to a calibration device configured to determine measurement data within an environment. The calibration device may transmit the measurement values, or other calibration data items, to a remote sensing device via a wireless link while the remote sensing device stays with a structure in which the remote sensing device is commissioned to operate. In response to receiving the calibration data items, the remote sensing device may adjust one or more settings of the remote sensing device in order to satisfy a calibration threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Richard B. Fox, John Rogers, Ian Kerr, Daniel Pearce
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Publication number: 20220176313Abstract: In some examples, an air treatment system includes a filter, an ozone sensor, and a separator configured to separate air into a nitrogen-enriched gas and an oxygen-enriched gas. The filter is configured to remove ozone from an air stream and supply filtered air to the separator. The ozone sensor is configured to sense an ozone level of the filtered air issuing from the filter prior to encountering the separator. The air treatment system may include processing circuitry configured to monitor the ozone level sensed. The air treatment system may be part of an inerting system configured to supply the nitrogen-enriched gas to an ullage space of a fuel tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Daniel Pearce, Ian Kerr
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Publication number: 20220001999Abstract: In some examples, a computing device is configured to monitor an air quality of a vehicle cabin by at least receiving, from a plurality of remote sensors distributed throughout the cabin, signals indicative of one or more air quality parameters for air in the cabin. Based on the received signals, the computing device can determine if values for the one or more air quality parameters are indicative of an air quality event and generate an output in response to such a determination. The output may include, for example, an audio or visual indication of the air quality event or a signal to control another system of the aircraft to take action to remedy the air quality event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Daniel Pearce, Timothy Lippold, Spiros Sideris, Jan Ludvik, Giorgio C. Isella
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Publication number: 20220003581Abstract: This disclosure is directed to methods, computer program products, and systems for calibrating one or more remote sensing devices in an environment. The disclosed technology relates to a calibration device configured to determine measurement data within an environment. The calibration device may transmit the measurement values, or other calibration data items, to a remote sensing device via a wireless link while the remote sensing device stays with a structure in which the remote sensing device is commissioned to operate. In response to receiving the calibration data items, the remote sensing device may adjust one or more settings of the remote sensing device in order to satisfy a calibration threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Richard B. Fox, John Rogers, Ian Kerr, Daniel Pearce
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Publication number: 20220003664Abstract: A method of measuring a gas concentration is described. The method comprises illuminating, with a light source, a volume of space that includes a gas and measuring, with a detector, a first illumination level of the volume of space. The method further comprises determining, via a processor, a gas concentration in the volume of space based on the measured first illumination level, where the volume of space is configured to be in fluid communication with a gas recirculation flow path including a catalyst, the catalyst configured to substantially remove the gas from the volume of space.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Daniel Pearce, Richard B. Fox, Jan Ludvik, Ian Kerr, John Rogers