Patents by Inventor Fernando Guillen Castillo

Fernando Guillen Castillo 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: 9404455
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine is disclosed, in which method test injections are carried out in order to adapt, during the operation of the internal combustion engine, the injection parameters used for the control of the injection processes. For this purpose, during the test injections, an electric machine which is coupled to the internal combustion engine generates negative torque impulses in a manner synchronized with the positive torque impulses generated by the test injections, which negative torque impulses counteract the torque impulses generated by the test injections. In this way, rotational speed oscillations generated by the test injections are eliminated. Also described is an internal combustion engine of said type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Fernando Guillen Castillo, Martin Jehle, Holger Lang, Frank Weiss
  • Patent number: 9067590
    Abstract: A method for operating a hybrid vehicle and a hybrid vehicle are disclosed. The hybrid vehicle includes a supercharged internal combustion engine having an overboost function and at least one electric drive. An overboost phase of the supercharger of the internal combustion engine is followed by a regeneration phase of the supercharger and a corresponding drop in torque, wherein the at least one electric drive is used to at least partially compensate for the drop in torque of the internal combustion engine during the overboost regeneration phase of the supercharger. Thus, an improved driving behavior with an extended overboost phase can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Jehle, Holger Lang, Fernando Guillen Castillo
  • Publication number: 20140080662
    Abstract: A method for operating a hybrid vehicle and a hybrid vehicle are disclosed. The hybrid vehicle includes a supercharged internal combustion engine having an overboost function and at least one electric drive. An overboost phase of the supercharger of the internal combustion engine is followed by a regeneration phase of the supercharger and a corresponding drop in torque, wherein the at least one electric drive is used to at least partially compensate for the drop in torque of the internal combustion engine during the overboost regeneration phase of the supercharger. Thus, an improved driving behavior with an extended overboost phase can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Martin Jehle, Holger Lang, Fernando Guillen Castillo
  • Publication number: 20130255639
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine is disclosed, in which method test injections are carried out in order to adapt, during the operation of the internal combustion engine, the injection parameters used for the control of the injection processes. For this purpose, during the test injections, an electric machine which is coupled to the internal combustion engine generates negative torque impulses in a manner synchronized with the positive torque impulses generated by the test injections, which negative torque impulses counteract the torque impulses generated by the test injections. In this way, rotational speed oscillations generated by the test injections are eliminated. Also described is an internal combustion engine of said type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Fernando Guillen Castillo, Martin Jehle, Holger Lang, Frank Weiss
  • Patent number: 7684920
    Abstract: In a method for parameter-related driver input gauging in motor vehicles, with the position of a moveable control element being determined, a theoretical maximum value of at least a parameter relevant for the drive system is defined and an actually recallable value of this parameter is determined. A change from a static to a dynamic driver input gauging is carried out below the actually recallable value of the parameter relevant for the drive system. A static gauging is carried out in a lower value range of this parameter such that the maximum displacement of the movable control element is assigned to the theoretical maximum value of the parameter, and if a threshold of the driver input is exceeded in an upper value range, a dynamic gauging is carried out such that the maximum displacement of the moveable control element is assigned to an actually recallable value of the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Feder, Fernando Guillen Castillo