Patents by Inventor Matthew Markowski

Matthew Markowski 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: 11193468
    Abstract: An electric starting system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The starting system includes a battery, a starter motor, and a blower housing. The starter motor is configured to start the internal combustion engine. The battery is integrated with the blower housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Publication number: 20200124013
    Abstract: An electric starting system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The starting system includes a battery, a starter motor, and a blower housing. The starter motor is configured to start the internal combustion engine. The battery is integrated with the blower housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Patent number: 10514013
    Abstract: An electric starting system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The starting system includes a rechargeable battery, a battery receiver, and a starter motor. The rechargeable battery including a battery housing, internal circuitry housed within the battery housing, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. The battery receiver includes a battery receptacle configured to receive the rechargeable battery, two voltage output terminals, and the enable terminal. The starter motor is configured to start the internal combustion engine. The internal circuitry is coupled to the enable terminal and configured to enable and disable an internal switch to provide power to one of the two voltage output terminals, the internal circuitry monitoring at least one internal condition of the rechargeable battery for a fault condition. The internal circuitry disables the internal switch upon detection of the fault condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Publication number: 20180298868
    Abstract: An electric starting system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The starting system includes a rechargeable battery, a battery receiver, and a starter motor. The rechargeable battery including a battery housing, internal circuitry housed within the battery housing, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. The battery receiver includes a battery receptacle configured to receive the rechargeable battery, two voltage output terminals, and the enable terminal. The starter motor is configured to start the internal combustion engine. The internal circuitry is coupled to the enable terminal and configured to enable and disable an internal switch to provide power to one of the two voltage output terminals, the internal circuitry monitoring at least one internal condition of the rechargeable battery for a fault condition. The internal circuitry disables the internal switch upon detection of the fault condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Patent number: 10024292
    Abstract: An electric starting system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The starting system includes a rechargeable battery including two voltage output terminals and an enable terminal, a battery receiver including a battery receptacle configured to receive the rechargeable battery, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal, a starter motor configured to start the internal combustion engine, and a continuous duty electrical load. The voltage output terminals of the lithium-ion battery and the battery receiver are configured to connect to complete a circuit between the rechargeable battery and the continuous duty electrical load when the rechargeable battery is attached to the battery receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Publication number: 20180119664
    Abstract: An electric starting system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The starting system includes a rechargeable battery including two voltage output terminals and an enable terminal, a battery receiver including a battery receptacle configured to receive the rechargeable battery, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal, a starter motor configured to start the internal combustion engine, and a continuous duty electrical load. The voltage output terminals of the lithium-ion battery and the battery receiver are configured to connect to complete a circuit between the rechargeable battery and the continuous duty electrical load when the rechargeable battery is attached to the battery receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Patent number: 9890755
    Abstract: An electric starting system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The starting system includes a rechargeable battery including two voltage output terminals and an enable terminal, a battery receiver including a battery receptacle configured to receive the rechargeable battery, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. Each of the enable terminals is positioned remote from the related voltage output terminals. The voltage output terminals of the rechargeable battery and the battery receiver are configured to connect to complete a circuit between the rechargeable battery cell and the starter motor when the rechargeable battery is attached to the battery receptacle. The enable terminal of the rechargeable battery must be connected with the enable terminal of the battery receiver for the rechargeable battery to receive an enable signal to allow the rechargeable battery to provide power to the starter motor to start the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Publication number: 20170298892
    Abstract: An electric starting system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The starting system includes a rechargeable battery including two voltage output terminals and an enable terminal, a battery receiver including a battery receptacle configured to receive the rechargeable battery, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. Each of the enable terminals is positioned remote from the related voltage output terminals. The voltage output terminals of the rechargeable battery and the battery receiver are configured to connect to complete a circuit between the rechargeable battery cell and the starter motor when the rechargeable battery is attached to the battery receptacle. The enable terminal of the rechargeable battery must be connected with the enable terminal of the battery receiver for the rechargeable battery to receive an enable signal to allow the rechargeable battery to provide power to the starter motor to start the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Patent number: 9644595
    Abstract: A starting battery for use with an internal combustion engine including an electric starting system with a starter motor is provided. The starting battery includes a battery cell and a control system including a timer and configured to operate a starter motor of an internal combustion engine. The control system is configured to actuate the starter motor to start the internal combustion engine in response to a user input and deactivate the motor after a predetermined amount of time measured by the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Publication number: 20160312755
    Abstract: A starting battery for use with an internal combustion engine including an electric starting system with a starter motor is provided. The starting battery includes a battery cell and a control system including a timer and configured to operate a starter motor of an internal combustion engine. The control system is configured to actuate the starter motor to start the internal combustion engine in response to a user input and deactivate the motor after a predetermined amount of time measured by the timer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Patent number: 9404465
    Abstract: A starting battery for use with an electric starting system includes a starter motor and a battery receiver. The starting battery includes a lithium-ion battery cell, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. The voltage output terminals of the starting battery are configured to connect to two voltage output terminals of the battery receiver to complete a circuit between the lithium-ion battery cell and the starter motor when the starting battery is attached to the battery receiver. The enable terminal of the starting battery is configured to connect to an enable terminal of the battery receiver to receive an enable signal to the starting battery to allow the starting battery to provide power to the starter motor to start an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Publication number: 20160115933
    Abstract: A starting battery for use with an electric starting system includes a starter motor and a battery receiver. The starting battery includes a lithium-ion battery cell, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. The voltage output terminals of the starting battery are configured to connect to two voltage output terminals of the battery receiver to complete a circuit between the lithium-ion battery cell and the starter motor when the starting battery is attached to the battery receiver. The enable terminal of the starting battery is configured to connect to an enable terminal of the battery receiver to receive an enable signal to the starting battery to allow the starting battery to provide power to the starter motor to start an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Patent number: 9228556
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an engine block including a cylinder, a piston positioned within the cylinder, a crankshaft configured to be driven by the piston, a fuel system for supplying an air-fuel mixture to the cylinder, a starter motor, and a lithium-ion battery mounted on the engine, the lithium-ion battery configured to power the starter motor to start the engine, wherein the piston is configured to reciprocate in the cylinder along a cylinder axis, wherein the lithium-ion battery includes at least one lithium-ion cell having a longitudinal cell axis, and wherein the cylinder axis and the longitudinal cell axis are not parallel to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Publication number: 20150345459
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an engine block including a cylinder, a piston positioned within the cylinder, a crankshaft configured to be driven by the piston, a fuel system for supplying an air-fuel mixture to the cylinder, a starter motor, and a lithium-ion battery mounted on the engine, the lithium-ion battery configured to power the starter motor to start the engine, wherein the piston is configured to reciprocate in the cylinder along a cylinder axis, wherein the lithium-ion battery includes at least one lithium-ion cell having a longitudinal cell axis, and wherein the cylinder axis and the longitudinal cell axis are not parallel to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Patent number: 9127658
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes an engine block including a cylinder, a piston positioned within the cylinder, a crankshaft configured to be driven by the piston, a fuel system for supplying an air-fuel mixture to the cylinder, and an electric starting system including a starter motor, a battery receiver, and a lithium-ion battery removably attached to the battery receiver, wherein the lithium-ion battery is configured to power the starter motor to start the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Koenen, Matthew Markowski, Michael Meyer, James Nommensen
  • Patent number: D776052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: James Nommensen, Paul D. Kluck, Matthew Markowski, Robert Koenen, Dale S. DiIulio, Bart Mayer, Brian D. Neeley
  • Patent number: D776610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: James Nommensen, Paul D. Kluck, Matthew Markowski, Robert Koenen, Dale S. DiIulio, Bart Mayer, Brian D. Neeley
  • Patent number: D811999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: James Nommensen, Paul D. Kluck, Matthew Markowski, Robert Koenen, Dale S. Dilulio, Bart Mayer, Brian D. Neeley
  • Patent number: D831566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: James Nommensen, Paul D. Kluck, Matthew Markowski, Robert Koenen, Dale S. Dilulio, Bart Mayer, Brian D. Neeley
  • Patent number: D853319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: James Nommensen, Paul D. Kluck, Matthew Markowski, Robert Koenen, Dale S. DiIulio, Bart Mayer, Brian D. Neeley