Patents by Inventor Stephen F. De Nagel

Stephen F. De Nagel 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: 5353991
    Abstract: A solenoid actuated valve assembly has first and second valve members, first and second valve seats, a solenoid coil, a first armature effective when the coil is energized with a positive current to permit displacement of the first valve member from the first valve seat, and a second armature effective when the coil is energized with a negative current to displace the second valve member from the second valve seat. The first valve member engages the first valve seat when the coil is energized with a negative current, and the second valve member engages the second valve seat when the coil is energized with a positive current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen F. De Nagel, Edward D. Klomp, Andrzej M. Pawlak
  • Patent number: 4903669
    Abstract: In an engine having direct fuel injection or injection at individual intake ports, the fuel injectors are of the positive displacement type and are equipped with plunger displacement sensors to yield a displacement signal representing the quantity of fuel injected. This signal is used as feedback to a closed loop PID control which compares the injected quantity to a demand quantity to determine an error and calculates a control pulsewidth which reduces the error eventually to zero. An open loop injector calibration of pulsewidth versus approximate fuel quantity is used as a base pulsewidth to which the closed loop adds a correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Edward G. Groff, Arun S. P. Solomon, Stephen F. De Nagel