Patents by Inventor Goran Karlsson Lindhardt

Goran Karlsson Lindhardt 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).

  • Method for an internal combustion engine, and an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7765988
    Abstract: The description relates to an internal combustion engine, and a method for an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder, at each of which at least one spark providing device for ignition being provided. The engine is operated, in connection to a start procedure of the engine, in a controlled self-ignition mode comprising at least one controlled combustion without spark ignition. The controlled combustion without spark ignition can comprise homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lucien Koopmans, Göran Karlsson Lindhardt
  • Method For an Internal Combustion Engine, and an Internal Combustion Engine
    Publication number: 20070215120
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine, and a method for an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder, at each of which at least one spark providing device for ignition being provided. The engine is operated, in connection to a start procedure of the engine, in a controlled self-ignition mode comprising at least one controlled combustion without spark ignition. The controlled combustion without spark ignition can comprise homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI). The invention will significantly reduce the risk of engine knocking at a hot start of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Lucien Koopmans, Goran Karlsson Lindhardt