Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Raupp

Kenneth A. Raupp 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 reducing misfire in an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 8096282
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for reducing misfire in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The method includes detecting a misfire event frequency that is equal to or greater than a first predetermined value, determining a pulse-width signal for a fuel injector associated with the cylinder during the misfire event, increasing the pulse-width signal if the misfire event is frequency is below a second predetermined value, and reducing the increase in the pulse-width signal if the misfire event frequency is below the first predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Kerry D. Franks, William R. de Weever, Luis J. Del Rio, Kenneth A. Raupp
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING MISFIRE IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20090326789
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for reducing misfire in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The method includes detecting a misfire event frequency that is equal to or greater than a first predetermined value, determining a pulse-width signal for a fuel injector associated with the cylinder during the misfire event, increasing the pulse-width signal if the misfire event is frequency is below a second predetermined value, and reducing the increase in the pulse-width signal if the misfire event frequency is below the first predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Kerry D. Franks, William R. de Weever, Luis J. Del Rio, Kenneth A. Raupp
  • Trailer
    Patent number: D243753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Raupp, Ruth M. Raupp