Patents by Inventor Daniel Thomas KOCH

Daniel Thomas KOCH 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, in particular a gas engine
    Patent number: 11649778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine comprising: determining a first set point value of a volume of air to be taken into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine within one working cycle thereof by retrieving the first set point value from a first characteristic map stored in a memory device of an electronic computing device as a function of a current engine speed of the internal combustion engine and as a function of a torque to be provided by the internal combustion engine; and determining a second set point value by retrieving the second set point value from a second characteristic map stored in the memory device of the electronic computing device as a function of a current engine speed of the internal combustion engine and as a function of a current volume of air supplied to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KEYOU GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Werner Prümm, Daniel Thomas Koch
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, IN PARTICULAR A GAS ENGINE
    Publication number: 20220049668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine comprising: determining a first set point value of a volume of air to be taken into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine within one working cycle thereof by retrieving the first set point value from a first characteristic map stored in a memory device of an electronic computing device as a function of a current engine speed of the internal combustion engine and as a function of a torque to be provided by the internal combustion engine; and determining a second set point value by retrieving the second set point value from a second characteristic map stored in the memory device of the electronic computing device as a function of a current engine speed of the internal combustion engine and as a function of a current volume of air supplied to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Franz Werner PRÜMM, Daniel Thomas KOCH