Patents by Inventor William E. Kirkpatrick

William E. Kirkpatrick 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: 9410496
    Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine that utilizes an oxygen sensor signal to control at least one fuel injector while generating a false oxygen sensor signal for input to an engine control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Inventors: William E. Kirkpatrick, Jacob Fraser
  • Patent number: 8684676
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan that includes an impeller having fan blades with notched tabs extending through slots in a pair of disc shaped base elements with the notches engaging the ends of the slots to secure the fan blades upon the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventor: William E. Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 8478509
    Abstract: A voltage spike generated by the collapse of the magnetic field in a fuel injector coil is stored in a capacitor and sent to an engine control unit at a correct time regardless of when the magnetic field in the injector coil actually collapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventors: William E. Kirkpatrick, Harley Leach
  • Patent number: 8418541
    Abstract: A dynamometer includes a roller that is rotabably mounted upon a shaft with the shaft being rotatably mounted upon a support that carries the weight of the roller, the dynamometer also having a shear beam load cell disposed within the roller with a first end secured adjacent to an inner surface of the roller and a second end attached to the shaft to provide the sole structural connection between the roller and the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: William E. Kirkpatrick
  • Publication number: 20100251832
    Abstract: A dynamometer includes a roller that is rotabably mounted upon a shaft with the shaft being rotatably mounted upon a support that carries the weight of the roller, the dynamometer also having a shear beam load cell disposed within the roller with a first end secured adjacent to an inner surface of the roller and a second end attached to the shaft to provide the sole structural connection between the roller and the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: William E. Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 7124742
    Abstract: A Supplemental Fuel Injector Control Circuit includes a resistor adapted to connected between a voltage output port and an injector control port of an Engine Control Unit. The circuit also includes a diode having a cathode adapted to be connected to the injector control port and an anode adapted to be connected to both an end of a fuel injector coil and to an Auxiliary Fuel Injector Controller. The circuit is operable to allow modification of fuel injector cycle duration while preventing generation of an error code by the Engine Control Unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Techlusion Corporation
    Inventor: William E. Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 7000599
    Abstract: A Supplemental Fuel Injector Control Circuit includes a resistor adapted to connected between a voltage output port and an injector control port of an Engine Control Unit. The circuit also includes a diode having a cathode adapted to be connected to the injector control port and an anode adapted to be connected to both an end of a fuel injector coil and to an Auxiliary Fuel Injector Controller. The circuit is operable to allow modification of fuel injector cycle duration while preventing generation of an error code by the Engine Control Unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Techlusion Corporation
    Inventor: William E. Kirkpatrick