Patents by Inventor Mark Vincent Howarth

Mark Vincent Howarth 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).

  • Publication number: 20110088461
    Abstract: A degrader and a diagnostic kit for an electronically-controlled fuel-injected internal combustion engine includes means adapted to interrupt a control signal from an engine management computer or powertrain control module (PCM) (15) to a fuel injector (11). It comprises a current sensor (17), adapted to measure the duration of a pulsed supply of fuel to the injector, a switching block (18) to interrupt the supply if required, and a microprocessor (22) to actuate the switching block and to produce a signal which may be used to control injection of fuel into the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Howarth, Edward Christopher Zyla
  • Patent number: 6425384
    Abstract: A diagnostic/control device for fuel injected internal combustion engines comprising a control system (14) connectable via leads (16) to the fuel injectors (10) after disconnection therefrom of an engine management computer (11), the latter being connected directly (at 18) to the control system (14). An oxygen sensor (13) is connected (at 17) to the control system (14) whereby the latter is connected between the engine management computer (11) and the fuel injectors (10) and can be operated in closed circuit or open circuit mode to control the injectors directly when required independently of the engine management computer (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Factor 1 Limited
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Howarth, Edward Christopher Zyla