Patents by Inventor Greogry P. Meisner

Greogry P. Meisner 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).

  • Exhaust gas bypass valve control for thermoelectric generator
    Patent number: 8256220
    Abstract: A method of controlling engine exhaust flow through at least one of an exhaust bypass and a thermoelectric device via a bypass valve is provided. The method includes: determining a mass flow of exhaust exiting an engine; determining a desired exhaust pressure based on the mass flow of exhaust; comparing the desired exhaust pressure to a determined exhaust pressure; and determining a bypass valve control value based on the comparing, wherein the bypass valve control value is used to control the bypass valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignees: GM Global Technology Operations LLC, General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael G. Reynolds, Jihui Yang, Greogry P. Meisner, Francis R. Stabler, Hendrik Pieter (Peter) Jacobus De Bock, Todd Alan Anderson
  • EXHAUST GAS BYPASS VALVE CONTROL FOR THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR
    Publication number: 20100281866
    Abstract: A method of controlling engine exhaust flow through at least one of an exhaust bypass and a thermoelectric device via a bypass valve is provided. The method includes: determining a mass flow of exhaust exiting an engine; determining a desired exhaust pressure based on the mass flow of exhaust; comparing the desired exhaust pressure to a determined exhaust pressure; and determining a bypass valve control value based on the comparing, wherein the bypass valve control value is used to control the bypass valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicants: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael G. Reynolds, Jihui Yang, Greogry P. Meisner, Francis R. Stabler, Hendrik Pieter (Peter) Jacobus De Bock, Todd Alan Anderson