Patents by Inventor David Andrew Ord

David Andrew Ord 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: 11530664
    Abstract: Systems and methods for starting and operating a direct injection engine are described. In one example, the air and fuel are injected into a pre-chamber of a cylinder of an engine while the engine is not rotating. The air and fuel are combusted in the pre-chamber to improve ignition of an air and fuel mixture in the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Paul Glugla, Garlan J. Huberts, Joseph Thomas, David Andrew Ord, Michael Damian Czekala
  • Patent number: 11421639
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for performing expansion combustion in an engine of a start-stop vehicle. In one example, a method may include, responsive to receiving an auto-start request to restart an engine from an auto-stop, determining a fuel mass to inject into a cylinder for an expansion combustion event based on a duration of the auto-stop, and actuating a spark plug of the cylinder after injecting the determined fuel mass to perform the expansion combustion event. In this way, an air-fuel ratio of the expansion combustion event may be more accurately controlled, resulting in more robust expansion combustion engine restarts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Doering, Imtiaz Ali, David Andrew Ord
  • Publication number: 20220003197
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for performing expansion combustion in an engine of a start-stop vehicle. In one example, a method may include, responsive to receiving an auto-start request to restart an engine from an auto-stop, determining a fuel mass to inject into a cylinder for an expansion combustion event based on a duration of the auto-stop, and actuating a spark plug of the cylinder after injecting the determined fuel mass to perform the expansion combustion event. In this way, an air-fuel ratio of the expansion combustion event may be more accurately controlled, resulting in more robust expansion combustion engine restarts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Doering, Imtiaz Ali, David Andrew Ord
  • Publication number: 20220003180
    Abstract: Systems and methods for starting and operating a direct injection engine are described. In one example, the air and fuel are injected into a pre-chamber of a cylinder of an engine while the engine is not rotating. The air and fuel are combusted in the pre-chamber to improve ignition of an air and fuel mixture in the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Chris Paul Glugla, Garlan J. Huberts, Joseph Thomas, David Andrew Ord, Michael Damian Czekala
  • Patent number: 11168657
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle that may be automatically stopped and started is described. In one example, the method includes supply electrical current to a starter motor independently from supplying electrical current to a starter solenoid. In addition, the method includes adjusting and amount of electrical current that is delivered to the starter motor in response to a level of urgency of an automatic engine start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Nathan Banker, Alexander Gibson, David Andrew Ord, Imtiaz Ali, Jeffrey Allen Doering
  • Publication number: 20210270223
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle that may be automatically stopped and started is described. In one example, the method includes supply electrical current to a starter motor independently from supplying electrical current to a starter solenoid. In addition, the method includes adjusting and amount of electrical current that is delivered to the starter motor in response to a level of urgency of an automatic engine start.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Adam Nathan Banker, Alexander Gibson, David Andrew Ord, Imtiaz Ali, Jeffrey Allen Doering
  • Patent number: 11073097
    Abstract: Systems and methods for starting and operating a direct injection engine are described. In one example, the air and fuel are injected into a pre-chamber of a cylinder of an engine while the engine is not rotating. The air and fuel are combusted in the pre-chamber to improve ignition of an air and fuel mixture in the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Paul Glugla, Garlan J. Huberts, Joseph Thomas, David Andrew Ord, Michael Damian Czekala
  • Patent number: 10920732
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for restarting an engine following an engine idle-stop. In one example, a method may include upon receiving an engine restart request during an engine idle-stop, initiating combustion in a selected cylinder and based on a predicted time of attainment of peak pressure in the cylinder, activating a starter motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Andrew Ord, Brad Alan VanDerWege, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Joseph Lyle Thomas