Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph Hornby

Michael Joseph Hornby 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).

  • Using resistance equivalent to estimate temperature of a fuel-injector heater
    Patent number: 9334843
    Abstract: A temperature of a heated component is determined for control and monitoring. The heater driver, upon receipt of a turn-on signal, generates a current within a component of a heated fuel injector, wherein the current through the component generates an appropriate loss to generate heat for a variable spray fuel injection system. The heater driver regulates the energy to the heated component based on the electrical resistance of that component as a function of temperature and a predetermined reference value for that temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, INC.
    Inventors: Perry Robert Czimmek, Michael Joseph Hornby, Douglas Edward Cosby
  • Using resistance equivalent to estimate heater temperature of an exhaust gas after-treatment component
    Patent number: 9212591
    Abstract: A temperature of a heated component is determined for control and monitoring. The heater driver, upon receipt of a turn-on signal, generates a current within a component of an electronic catalyst or exhaust after-treatment component, wherein the current through the component generates an appropriate loss to generate heat for facilitation of an exhaust after-treatment process. The heater driver regulates the energy to the heated component based on the electrical resistance of that component as a function of temperature and a predetermined reference value for that temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry Robert Czimmek, Michael Joseph Hornby, Douglas Edward Cosby
  • USING RESISTANCE EQUIVALENT TO ESTIMATE HEATER TEMPERATURE OF AN EXHAUST GAS AFTER-TREATMENT COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20140182272
    Abstract: A temperature of a heated component is determined for control and monitoring. The heater driver, upon receipt of a turn-on signal, generates a current within a component of an electronic catalyst or exhaust after-treatment component, wherein the current through the component generates an appropriate loss to generate heat for facilitation of an exhaust after-treatment process. The heater driver regulates the energy to the heated component based on the electrical resistance of that component as a function of temperature and a predetermined reference value for that temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Perry Robert Czimmek, Michael Joseph Hornby, Douglas Edward Cosby
  • USING RESISTANCE EQUIVALENT TO ESTIMATE TEMPERATURE OF A FUEL-INJECTOR HEATER
    Publication number: 20140182366
    Abstract: A temperature of a heated component is determined for control and monitoring. The heater driver, upon receipt of a turn-on signal, generates a current within a component of a heated fuel injector, wherein the current through the component generates an appropriate loss to generate heat for a variable spray fuel injection system. The heater driver regulates the energy to the heated component based on the electrical resistance of that component as a function of temperature and a predetermined reference value for that temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Perry Robert Czimmek, Michael Joseph Hornby, Douglas Edward Cosby