Patents by Inventor Hans-Jochen Blohm

Hans-Jochen Blohm 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 operating an internal-combustion engine
    Patent number: 6698402
    Abstract: In a method for operating an internal-combustion engine, a fuel/air mixture is fed to a combustion chamber of the internal-combustion engine and is ignited therein. At least for a defined period during the starting and/or warm-up of the internal-combustion engine, at least some of the liquid fuel is replaced with fuel which is in vapor form and is ignited in the at least one combustion chamber of the internal-combustion engine. The fuel which is in vapor form is taken from at least one fuel tank, which is connected to the internal-combustion engine, above a liquid-fuel level and/or from a charcoal canister which is connected to the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Herwig Biesinger, Hans-Jochen Blohm, Markus Schütz, Hans-Karl Weining
  • Method for operating an internal-combustion engine
    Publication number: 20020046740
    Abstract: In a method for operating an internal-combustion engine, a fuel/air mixture is fed to a combustion chamber of the internal-combustion engine and is ignited therein. At least for a defined period during the starting and/or warm-up of the internal-combustion engine, at least some of the liquid fuel is replaced with fuel which is in vapor form and is ignited in the at least one combustion chamber of the internal-combustion engine. The fuel which is in vapor form is taken from at least one fuel tank, which is connected to the internal-combustion engine, above a liquid-fuel level and/or from a charcoal canister which is connected to the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Herwig Biesinger, Hans-Jochen Blohm, Markus Schutz, Hans-Karl Weining