Patents by Inventor Timo FINK

Timo FINK 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).

  • Glowplug temperature control method and device for the reduction of emissions from a diesel engine
    Patent number: 8626421
    Abstract: A method is provided for reducing emissions behind a catalytic converter in an exhaust gas stream of the engine. The method includes, but is not limited to controlling a power supply to a glowplug of a compression-ignition engine. The glowplug is activated if a set of at least two input values remains in a first characteristic region of an input parameter space for at least a predetermined activation time. The first characteristic region consists of one ore more contiguous regions of the input parameter space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Timo Fink, Andrei Kanev, Stefano Cassani, Simone Barbero
  • GLOWPLUG TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS FROM A DIESEL ENGINE
    Publication number: 20110118952
    Abstract: A method is provided for reducing emissions behind a catalytic converter in an exhaust gas stream of the engine. The method includes, but is not limited to controlling a power supply to a glowplug of a compression-ignition engine. The glowplug is activated if a set of at least two input values remains in a first characteristic region of an input parameter space for at least a predetermined activation time. The first characteristic region consists of one ore more contiguous regions of the input parameter space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Timo FINK, Andrei KANEV, Stefano CASSANI, Simone BARBERO