Patents by Inventor Gunther Kossler

Gunther Kossler 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 of detecting combustion misfires
    Patent number: 5861553
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for detecting combustion misfires in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of: determining the rough-running values for the engine individual to the cylinders; determining a quantity for the level of a subset of the rough-running values; forming a reference value by logically coupling the quantity with an offset; and, comparing the rough-running values to the reference value and evaluating a passthrough of the reference value as a misfire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Janetzke, Gunther Kossler, Peter Stoss