Patents by Inventor Thomas William Hartford

Thomas William Hartford 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: 3964443
    Abstract: A first pair of DDAs for interpolating along a predetermined MAP-RPM-Fuel schedule for an internal combustion engine and a second pair for iterpolating along a predetermined MAP-TEMP-ENRICH schedule. Each DDA interpolates along a predetermind specific schedule for a number of iterations directly proportional to the magnitude of one of the engine dependent parameters comprising the schedule without necessitating any intervening conversion into or out of a binary number. The first DDA of each pair using slope and intersection data from a small memory interpolates linearly along at least two contiguous segments and feeds the second DDA which by feeding different register stages to different adders interpolates nonlinearly to effect a predetermined logarithmic relationship. The outputs of the two pairs are summed and then suitably clocked to selectively gate different fuel injectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1973
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: The Bendix Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas William Hartford