Patents by Inventor David James Steinert

David James Steinert 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).

  • Optically controlled IPCS circuitry
    Patent number: 6772733
    Abstract: An integrated control system comprising an integrated circuit that controls at least one component or subsystem of an engine and a first light source that generates a first light signal when triggered through the integrated circuit. The first light signal propagates from the first light source through an LCC that may also serve as a substrate, wherein the signal that actuates the component of the engine can be the first light signal or a signal generated after the first light signal is produced. The component or subsystem of the engine may be an ignition system or a fuel injection system. The present invention is also directed to a method of controlling a component or subsystem of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhong-You Shi, Bernard A. Meyer, Harvinder Singh, Jay DeAvis Baker, Lawrence Leroy Kneisel, Richard Keith McMillan, David James Steinert
  • Optically controlled IPCS circuitry
    Publication number: 20030089335
    Abstract: An integrated control system comprising an integrated circuit that controls at least one component or subsystem of an engine and a first light source that generates a first light signal when triggered through the integrated circuit. The first light signal propagates from the first light source through an LCC that may also serve as a substrate, wherein the signal that actuates the component of the engine can be the first light signal or a signal generated after the first light signal is produced. The component or subsystem of the engine may be an ignition system or a fuel injection system. The present invention is also directed to a method of controlling a component or subsystem of an engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Zhong-You Shi, Bernard A. Meyer, Harvinder Singh, Jay DeAvis Baker, Lawrence Leroy Kneisel, Richard Keith McMillan, David James Steinert