Patents by Inventor Emily A. Blakemore

Emily A. Blakemore 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).

  • Spark suppression for a genset
    Patent number: 8186331
    Abstract: A method for operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine including a crankshaft coupled to a piston, which includes moving the piston in accordance with a sequence of four different strokes; mechanically driving an electric power generator with the crankshaft during the operating of the engine; generating a first sensor signal indicative of each revolution of the crankshaft with the crankshaft rotating twice during the sequence of four different strokes; providing a second sensor signal corresponding to a working fluid characteristic of the engine, the working fluid characteristic changing during the sequence of four different strokes of the piston; and timing ignition of the engine as a function of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Cummins Power Generation IP, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Falkowski, Jeffrey D Peterson, Emily A. Blakemore, Kristopher G. Knight, Matthew J. Ethen
  • Spark suppression for a genset
    Publication number: 20110074156
    Abstract: A method for operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine including a crankshaft coupled to a piston, which includes moving the piston in accordance with a sequence of four different strokes; mechanically driving an electric power generator with the crankshaft during the operating of the engine; generating a first sensor signal indicative of each revolution of the crankshaft with the crankshaft rotating twice during the sequence of four different strokes; providing a second sensor signal corresponding to a working fluid characteristic of the engine, the working fluid characteristic changing during the sequence of four different strokes of the piston; and timing ignition of the engine as a function of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: David T. Falkowski, Jeffrey D. Peterson, Emily A. Blakemore, Kristopher G. Knight, Matthew J. Ethen