Patents by Inventor Troy Bradley Epskamp

Troy Bradley Epskamp 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).

  • Sequence scheduling control for a fuel injected engine
    Patent number: 7027907
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for an internal combustion engine having a fuel injection system and an ignition system including: timing determination means (2) for determining timing sequences for injection events of the fuel injection system and ignition events of the ignition system and to provide update timing sequence data (10) to a schedule sequencing means (3) adapted to control at least one driver circuit (4) wherein the at least one driver circuit (4) is adapted to provide drive pulses (11) to the fuel injection system and ignition system; wherein the schedule sequencing means (3) is adapted to select between update sequence data to at least one of an injection of ignition event, such that the update timing sequence data is selected when there is no current injection occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Orbital Engine Company (Australia) Pty Limited
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Rene Le Gall, Luke Newman Andersen, Wayne Andrew Hawken, Craig Bowman, Troy Bradley Epskamp, Peter Truong, Phillip Leo O'Neill, Koon Chul Yang
  • Engine airflow measurement
    Patent number: 6889664
    Abstract: A method of measuring the airflow in an engine, the engine having an intake manifold, including: sampling the manifold absolute pressure in said intake manifold at a predetermined crank angle of the engine; and determining the airflow as a function of the pressure differential between atmospheric pressure and the manifold absolute pressure at said crank angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Orbital Engine Company (Australia) PTY Limited
    Inventors: David Richard Worth, Richard Albert Woolford, Troy Bradley Epskamp, Andrrew Michael Tilmouth
  • Engine speed control system
    Patent number: 6688281
    Abstract: A method of controlling the engine speed of an internal combustion engine, the method providing the steps of determining the speed of the engine at a given time, determining the change in the speed of the engine from a previous determination of the engine speed, and using the values for engine speed and change in engine speed to determine whether a future event should be a combustion event or a non-combustion event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Orbital Engine Company (Australia) Pty., Limited
    Inventors: Richard Albert Woolford, Troy Bradley Epskamp
  • Engine airflow measurement
    Publication number: 20030154777
    Abstract: A method of measuring the airflow in an engine, the engine having an intake manifold, including:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: David Richard Worth, Richard Albert Woolford, Troy Bradley Epskamp, Andrew Michael Tilmouth
  • Sequence scheduling control for a fuel injected engine
    Publication number: 20030144789
    Abstract: An electronic control unit for an internal combustion engine having a fuel injection system and an ignition system including: timing determination means (2) for determining timing sequences for injection events of the fuel injection system and ignition events of the ignition system and to provide update timing sequence data (10) to a schedule sequencing means (3) adapted to control at least one driver circuit (4) wherein the at least one driver circuit (4) is adapted to provide drive pulses (11) to the fuel injection system and ignition system; wherein the schedule sequencing means (3) is adapted to select between update sequence data to at least one of an injection of ignition event, such that the update timing sequence data is selected when there is no current injection occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Rene Le Gall, Luke Newman Andersen, Wayne Andrew Hawken, Craig Bowman, Troy Bradley Epskamp, Peter Truong, Phillip Leo O'Neill, Koon Chul Yang