Patents by Inventor Richard John Gilbert

Richard John Gilbert 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 to reduce engine combustion and harmonic noise for misfire detection
    Patent number: 9523322
    Abstract: A method and system for determining combustion and harmonic noise correction factors for current operating conditions corresponding to the actual vehicle and applying the combustion and harmonic noise correction factors to a sensor signal, thereby removing engine combustion and harmonic noise from the sensor signal and leaving a misfire data signal in the sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ninsheng Qiao, Marvin L Lynch, Richard John Gilbert, Keith Gerlach
  • METHOD TO REDUCE ENGINE COMBUSTION AND HARMONIC NOISE FOR MISFIRE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20140172279
    Abstract: A method and system for determining combustion and harmonic noise correction factors for current operating conditions corresponding to the actual vehicle and applying the combustion and harmonic noise correction factors to a sensor signal, thereby removing engine combustion and harmonic noise from the sensor signal and leaving a misfire data signal in the sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Ninsheng Qiao, Marvin L. Lynch, Richard John Gilbert, Keith Gerlach
  • Method of controlling fuel during engine misfire
    Patent number: 5700954
    Abstract: A misfire correction factor is included in the calculation of the fuel pulse width so that upon detection of a misfire, the excess fuel that would normally have entered the engine is offset or canceled, thus reducing or desensitizing the effects of the reaction of the lean biased exhaust gas oxygen sensor signal. This compensation allows for normally firing cylinders to operate closer to stoichiometric air/fuel ratio when other cylinders are operating in a misfire condition. The fuel adjustment due to engine misfire not only protects against catalyst degradation, but also decreases unwanted emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Satyadeo Narain Sinha, Arthur Joseph Varady, Richard John Gilbert