Patents by Inventor Kaj Portin

Kaj Portin 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).

  • Patent number: 7971573
    Abstract: The invention relates to supplying pilot fuel to the cylinders of a combustion engine. The invention comprises cylinder-specific pressure sensors (1) that are installed in the cylinders of the combustion engine, as well as a control unit (2). The control unit determines each cylinder's crankshaft angle at maximum pressure and the cylinders' average crankshaft angle at maximum pressure, and verifies whether the average crankshaft angle at maximum pressure is within a certain range of crankshaft angle variation. If the average crankshaft angle at maximum pressure is outside the range of variation, the duration of total pilot fuel injection into the engine is controlled. Furthermore, the differences between each cylinder's crankshaft angle at maximum pressure and the average crankshaft angle at maximum pressure are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Wärtsilä Finland Oy
    Inventors: Kaj Portin, Jenny Hellén
  • Patent number: 7957889
    Abstract: The invention relates to balancing the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The invention comprises cylinder-specific pressure sensors (1) installed in the cylinders of an internal combustion engine for measuring the cylinder pressures as well as an adjustment unit (2). The adjustment unit is arranged to determine the maximum pressure and knock value of each cylinder as well as the mean maximum pressure of the cylinders as a response to the measurements of cylinder pressures and to determine the differences between the maximum pressure of each cylinder and the mean maximum pressure. The differences are compared to a certain deviation range of the mean maximum pressure and the knock value to a certain knock limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Wartsila Finland Oy
    Inventors: Kaj Portin, Jenny Hellén
  • Publication number: 20110023826
    Abstract: The invention relates to supplying pilot fuel to the cylinders of a combustion engine. The invention comprises cylinder-specific pressure sensors (1) that are installed in the cylinders of the combustion engine, as well as a control unit (2). The control unit determines each cylinder's crankshaft angle at maximum pressure and the cylinders' average crankshaft angle at maximum pressure, and verifies whether the average crankshaft angle at maximum pressure is within a certain range of crankshaft angle variation. If the average crankshaft angle at maximum pressure is outside the range of variation, the duration of total pilot fuel injection into the engine is controlled. Furthermore, the differences between each cylinder's crankshaft angle at maximum pressure and the average crankshaft angle at maximum pressure are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Kaj Portin, Jenny Hellén
  • Publication number: 20110017173
    Abstract: The invention relates to balancing the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The invention comprises cylinder-specific pressure sensors (1) installed in the cylinders of an internal combustion engine for measuring the cylinder pressures as well as an adjustment unit (2). The adjustment unit is arranged to determine the maximum pressure and knock value of each cylinder as well as the mean maximum pressure of the cylinders as a response to the measurements of cylinder pressures and to determine the differences between the maximum pressure of each cylinder and the mean maximum pressure. The differences are compared to a certain deviation range of the mean maximum pressure and the knock value to a certain knock limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Kaj Portin, Jenny Hellén
  • Patent number: 7421330
    Abstract: An an internal combustion engine has a plurality of cylinders for providing the necessary energy used for the work performed by the engine. Cylinder specific knock monitoring is used in order to distribute the load automatically among the cylinders of the engine. When an individual cylinder knocks continuously, the antiknock control system of the cylinder aims at reducing permanently the quantity of fuel supplied to the cylinder. The fall in the total output caused by the reduction of fuel supply is compensated by increasing the fuel supply to all cylinders. The new operating values of the engine provided by the adjustment are stored in the memory and used also as new reference values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Wartsila Finland Oy
    Inventors: Ari Saikkonen, Kaj Portin
  • Publication number: 20070150165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine, which has a plurality of cylinders for providing the necessary energy used for the work performed by the engine. According to the invention, cylinder specific knock monitoring is used in order to distribute the load automatically among the cylinders of the engine. When an individual cylinder knocks continuously, the antiknock control system of the cylinder aims at reducing permanently the quantity of fuel supplied to the cylinder. The fall in the total output caused by the reduction of fuel supply is compensated by increasing the fuel supply to the all cylinders. The new operating values of the engine provided by the adjustment are stored in the memory and used also as new reference values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Ari Saikkonen, Kaj Portin