Patents by Inventor Fabio Ramundo

Fabio Ramundo 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: 9523324
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling fuel injection in an internal combustion engine is disclosed which controls a fuel injection pressure and a fuel injection energizing time, by using as input parameter an estimated corrected injector fuel quantity (Qcrtd). In particular, an injector fuel quantity deviation (?QCB) corresponding to a current engine operating point is estimated and stored in a corresponding point of a map, representing engine operating points defined in terms of injection pressure and injector fuel quantity values. The stored injector fuel quantity deviation (?Qstored) are spread or propagated to each map point. For each engine operating point, the corrected injector fuel quantity (Qcrtd) is calculated by blending estimated values of the injector fuel quantity deviation (?QCB) with corresponding spread values of the stored injector fuel quantity deviation (?Qstored) and summing this result to corresponding target values of the injector fuel quantity (Qtarget).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Fabio Ramundo, Valerio Nuzzo, Fabrizio Abrate
  • Publication number: 20150051813
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling fuel injection in an internal combustion engine is disclosed which controls a fuel injection pressure and a fuel injection energizing time, by using as input parameter an estimated corrected injector fuel quantity (Qertd). In particular, an injector fuel quantity deviation (?QCB) corresponding to a current engine operating point is estimated and stored in a corresponding point of a map, representing engine operating points defined in terms of injection pressure and injector fuel quantity values. The stored injector fuel quantity deviation (?Qstored) are spread or propagated to each map point. For each engine operating point, the corrected injector fuel quantity (Qertd) is calculated by blending estimated values of the injector fuel quantity deviation (?QCB) with corresponding spread values of the stored injector fuel quantity deviation (?Qstored) and summing this result to corresponding target values of the injector fuel quantity (Qtarget).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Fabio Ramundo, Valerio Nuzzo, Fabrizio Abrate