Patents by Inventor Patrick Haenel

Patrick Haenel 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).

  • System and process for predicting and preventing pre-ignition
    Patent number: 10208691
    Abstract: A process and a system for preventing pre-ignition in an internal combustion engine (ICE) includes detecting an ionization level of a combusted gas from a cylinder of the ICE during gas exchange and for a given combustion cycle i. When the ionization level is greater than a reference ionization level a pre-ignition countermeasure prior to and/or during an immediate subsequent combustion cycle i+1 is executed. The ionization sensor may be part of a spark initiating device of the ICE or be a separate ionization sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: FEV GmbH
    Inventor: Patrick Haenel
  • SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PREDICTING AND PREVENTING PRE-IGNITION
    Publication number: 20180187621
    Abstract: A process and a system for preventing pre-ignition in an internal combustion engine (ICE) includes detecting an ionization level of a combusted gas from a cylinder of the ICE during gas exchange and for a given combustion cycle i. When the ionization level is greater than a reference ionization level a pre-ignition countermeasure prior to and/or during an immediate subsequent combustion cycle i+1 is executed. The ionization sensor may be part of a spark initiating device of the ICE or be a separate ionization sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Patrick Haenel
  • System and process for predicting and preventing pre-ignition
    Patent number: 9869262
    Abstract: A process and a system for preventing pre-ignition in an internal combustion engine (ICE). The process includes providing an ICE that has a combustion chamber and an exhaust. Also provided is a total hydro-carbon (THC) sensor in communication with the combustion chamber. The THC sensor senses a THC level of the combusted gas for a given combustion cycle i (THCi) of the ICE. In the event that THCi is greater than a reference THC level (THCref), a pre-ignition countermeasure prior to an immediate subsequent combustion cycle i+1 is executed. Furthermore, the executed pre-ignition countermeasure prevents pre-ignition from occurring in the immediate subsequent combustion cycle i+1 of the ICE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: FEV North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Haenel, Henning Kleeberg, Dean Tomazic
  • SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PREDICTING AND PREVENTING PRE-IGNITION
    Publication number: 20160208723
    Abstract: A process and a system for preventing pre-ignition in an internal combustion engine (ICE). The process includes providing an ICE that has a combustion chamber and an exhaust. Also provided is a total hydro-carbon (THC) sensor in communication with the combustion chamber. The THC sensor senses a THC level of the combusted gas for a given combustion cycle i (THCi) of the ICE. In the event that THCi is greater than a reference THC level (THCref), a pre-ignition countermeasure prior to an immediate subsequent combustion cycle i+1 is executed. Furthermore, the executed pre-ignition countermeasure prevents pre-ignition from occurring in the immediate subsequent combustion cycle i+1 of the ICE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Patrick Haenel, Henning Kleeberg, Dean Tomazic