Patents by Inventor Patrick Thum

Patrick Thum 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).

  • Method for ascertaining a variable characterizing a flow rate of a fuel injector
    Patent number: 11506165
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining a variable characterizing a flow rate of a fuel injector during an operation of an internal combustion engine, to which the fuel injector is assigned. At least two input values for a data-based model are ascertained, and at least one output value is determined with the aid of the data-based model, on the basis of which a value for the variable characterizing the flow rate of the fuel injector is ascertained. The data-based model combines at least two methods differing from one another for ascertaining a variable characterizing a flow rate of a fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Bollinger, Stefan Nonnenmacher, Daniel Heitz, Gabriel Iran, Kilian Bucher, Michael Kutter, Patrick Thum
  • METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING A VARIABLE CHARACTERIZING A FLOW RATE OF A FUEL INJECTOR
    Publication number: 20220145840
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining a variable characterizing a flow rate of a fuel injector during an operation of an internal combustion engine, to which the fuel injector is assigned. At least two input values for a data-based model are ascertained, and at least one output value is determined with the aid of the data-based model, on the basis of which a value for the variable characterizing the flow rate of the fuel injector is ascertained. The data-based model combines at least two methods differing from one another for ascertaining a variable characterizing a flow rate of a fuel injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Bollinger, Stefan Nonnenmacher, Daniel Heitz, Gabriel Iran, Kilian Bucher, Michael Kutter, Patrick Thum