Patents by Inventor Martin Oakes

Martin Oakes 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: 6257050
    Abstract: An evaporative fuel leak diagnosing apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which can detect a pressure of concern with high accuracy with a structure implemented inexpensively while ensuring high accuracy for the detection of fuel vapor. The apparatus includes a computer unit (50A) for fetching directly non-linear outputs of a pressure sensor (6A), determining a pressure detection value within a furl tank (1) on the basis of the non-linear output value of the pressure sensor (6A) and data registered previously on the basis of the non-linear output value of the pressure sensor (6A) as fetched from the computer unit for use in evaluating the actual pressure corresponding to a noted pressure sensor value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Honey Well, Inc.
    Inventors: Susumu Nagano, Martin Oakes
  • Patent number: 5279155
    Abstract: A mass airflow sensor is provided with a system of conduits and ports which connect the mass airflow sensor to a main fluid flow channel. Pairs of ports connect the plurality of fluid interconnection conduits with the main fluid flow conduit being monitored. The mass airflow sensing apparatus is adapted to receive a mass airflow sensor in fluid communication with its system of conduits. First and second pairs of ports are disposed upstream from a third and fourth pair of ports. The first and second pairs of ports are connected to each other in a way which provides an average flow from each of the pairs to an inlet of the mass airflow sensor. In a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention, the outlet of the mass airflow sensor is connected to an arrangement of conduits and ports that is a mirror image of the upstream arrangement of conduits and ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Honeywell, Inc.
    Inventors: Stewart D. Johnson, Martin Oakes, Michael J. Taylor