Patents by Inventor Victor H. Miranda

Victor H. Miranda 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 and apparatus for delivering fuel to an engine
    Patent number: 6827066
    Abstract: Immediately following the cranking of an engine, a fuel step is provided (309). The fuel step (305) is an amount of fuel that is less than the cranking fuel amount for an engine, and is provided for a fixed time period (219) once a transition from crank to run in the engine is detected (301). Engine start-up is improved by maintaining engine speed to prevent the engine from stalling, thereby reducing the necessity to restart the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Victor H. Miranda, David V. Rodgers, James T. Beaucaire
  • Cold start compensation for P-I-D engine governor
    Patent number: 6786198
    Abstract: An electronic engine control system includes a P-I-D governor (10) that provides a data output having a proportional component (P), an integral component (I), and a derivative component (D), each of which is derived from closed-loop processing of engine speed error data (NERR). A Cold Adder function (16) provides a further component to the data output, that further component having a data value that is based on engine temperature (EOT) and on elapsed engine running time since the engine was last started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Victor H. Miranda, James T. Beaucaire
  • Method and apparatus for delivering fuel to an engine
    Publication number: 20040099251
    Abstract: Immediately following the cranking of an engine, a fuel step is provided (309). The fuel step (305) is an amount of fuel that is less than the cranking fuel amount for an engine, and is provided for a fixed time period (219) once a transition from crank to run in the engine is detected (301). Engine start-up is improved by maintaining engine speed to prevent the engine from stalling, thereby reducing the necessity to restart the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Victor H. Miranda, David V. Rodgers, James T. Beaucaire