Patents by Inventor Jacob Pedder

Jacob Pedder 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 engine control
    Patent number: 11092094
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for adjusting fueling to groups of cylinders of an engine based on individual cylinder knock sensor outputs. As one example, a system for an engine includes: a controller with computer readable instructions stored on non-transitory memory that when executed during operation of the engine cause the controller to: deliver natural gas and diesel fuel to a first group of cylinders at amounts that produce a common, first substitution ratio of natural gas; deliver natural gas and diesel fuel to a second group of cylinders at amounts that produce a common, second substitution ratio of natural gas; and change a makeup of each of the first group of cylinders and the second group of cylinders based on individual knock sensor outputs of each cylinder of the first group of cylinders and the second group of cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Pedder, Daniel Yerace
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENGINE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20190345886
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for adjusting fueling to groups of cylinders of an engine based on individual cylinder knock sensor outputs. As one example, a system for an engine includes: a controller with computer readable instructions stored on non-transitory memory that when executed during operation of the engine cause the controller to: deliver natural gas and diesel fuel to a first group of cylinders at amounts that produce a common, first substitution ratio of natural gas; deliver natural gas and diesel fuel to a second group of cylinders at amounts that produce a common, second substitution ratio of natural gas; and change a makeup of each of the first group of cylinders and the second group of cylinders based on individual knock sensor outputs of each cylinder of the first group of cylinders and the second group of cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jacob Pedder, Daniel Yerace