Patents by Inventor Johannes KASTNER

Johannes KASTNER 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 diagnosing a fuel tank vent valve
    Patent number: 9945330
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a fuel tank vent valve of a motor vehicle. In the method it is inferred, from a curve of a pressure p over time in a sub-chamber of the motor vehicle after a start-up of an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle, as to whether the fuel tank vent valve is jammed open. The sub-chamber contains a fuel tank of the motor vehicle and is delimited by the fuel tank vent valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Meinken, Simon Bruestle, Thomas Wieczorek, Johannes Kastner, Bernhard Deibele
  • METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A FUEL TANK VENT VALVE
    Publication number: 20150328980
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a fuel tank vent valve of a motor vehicle. In the method it is inferred, from a curve of a pressure p over time in a sub-chamber of the motor vehicle after a start-up of an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle, as to whether the fuel tank vent valve is jammed open. The sub-chamber contains a fuel tank of the motor vehicle and is delimited by the fuel tank vent valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas MEINKEN, Simon BRUESTLE, Thomas WIECZOREK, Johannes KASTNER, Bernhard DEIBELE