Patents by Inventor Kevin Mikulski

Kevin Mikulski 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: 11873770
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for an internal combustion engine with boosted operation. In an example, this includes operating the engine with boosted intake pressure via a supercharger and with supercharger flow regulated by a vacuum actuated bypass valve, and in response to a supercharger outlet temperature greater than a first threshold, increasing a blow through air passing from the engine intake to engine exhaust without combustion in a cylinder of the engine due to engine intake and exhaust valves having positive valve overlap; and then in response to the supercharger outlet temperature greater than a second, higher, threshold, limiting engine airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Mikulski, Michael Simon, Christopher Blanchet, David Bell