Patents by Inventor Franz-Joseph Foltz

Franz-Joseph Foltz 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).

  • Methods and systems for exhaust gas recirculation cooler regeneration
    Patent number: 8903632
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for regenerating an exhaust gas recirculation cooler. One example method includes, initiating an EGR cooler regeneration mode, wherein the EGR cooler regeneration mode comprises changing a fuel distribution of a donor cylinder group relative to a non-donor cylinder group of an engine, and increasing at least one of engine speed or load of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric David Peters, Roy Primus, Paul Lloyd Flynn, John Stephen Roth, Franz-Joseph Foltz, James Robert Mischler, Luke Henry, Roshan Shekhar Kotian, Michael Easter, Stephen Mark Geyer
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION COOLER REGENERATION
    Publication number: 20120323465
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for regenerating an exhaust gas recirculation cooler. One example method includes, initiating an EGR cooler regeneration mode, wherein the EGR cooler regeneration mode comprises changing a fuel distribution of a donor cylinder group relative to a non-donor cylinder group of an engine, and increasing at least one of engine speed or load of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Eric David Peters, Roy Primus, Paul Lloyd Flynn, John Stephen Roth, Franz-Joseph Foltz, James Robert Mischler, Luke Henry, Roshan Shekhar Kotian, Michael Easter, Stephen Mark Geyer