SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING CRANKCASE COMBUSTIBLE GAS CONCENTRATIONSAn internal combustion engine system is described herein. The system uses a throttle valve at an inlet of a crankcase to control the flowrate of air into the crankcase. The air is used to purge one or…DRIVE·4d ago·2 min readFollowF02D41/0025Caterpillar Inc.
ASYMMETRIC FUEL INJECTION WINDOW AND FUEL METERING WINDOWA multi-fuel injection system and method for controlling a fuel injector to perform fuel injection using a fuel injection window and to perform fuel metering using a fuel metering window that is asymm…DRIVE·Jan 22·2 min readFollowF02D41/0025Caterpillar Inc.
CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINEA controller for an internal combustion engine is configured to execute a first injection process that causes a water injection valve to inject water when an intake valve is open and a second injectio…DRIVE·Jun 11·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]
CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINEA controller for an internal combustion engine is configured to calculate a water collection amount based on a temperature of intake air flowing through an intake passage, the water collection amount …DRIVE·Jun 11·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]
METHOD OF OPERATING A WATER INJECTION SYSTEMA method of operating a water injection system for a combustion engine, the system comprising an injector for injecting water at least indirectly into the combustion engine and a pump for pumping wate…DRIVE·Feb 20·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025PHINIA DELPHI LUXEMBOURG SARL
COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINE OPERATING STRATEGY USING EARLY PILOT SHOTS OF METHANOL FUELOperating an engine includes injecting one or more early pilot shots of a liquid fuel containing methanol (MeOH) into a cylinder in an engine, and moving a piston in the cylinder from a bottom-dead ce…DRIVE·Aug 15·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025Caterpillar Inc.
CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINEA controller for an internal combustion engine is configured to calculate a water collection amount based on a temperature of intake air flowing through an intake passage, the water collection amount …DRIVE·Oct 12·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ENGINEAn engine includes water injection valves that inject water to intake ports connected to a cylinder. A controller for the engine is configured to selectively execute, for each of the intake ports, a s…DRIVE·Sep 28·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
COMBUSTION CONTROL FOR AMMONIA FUELED ENGINEThe subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method performed in connection with an internal combustion engine, and the method including receiving a pressure sign…DRIVE·Mar 30·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025Woodward, Inc.
OPTIMIZED FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DIRECT INJECTION ETHANOL ENHANCEMENT OF GASOLINE ENGINESFuel management system for enhanced operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder. It is preferred that the direct inject…DRIVE·Dec 8·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Method to Control the Combustion of an Internal Combustion EngineA method to control the combustion of an internal combustion engine, which comprises determining a combustion model, which provides a spark advance depending on an objective value of the rate of water…DRIVE·Jun 23·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025MARELLI EUROPE S.P.A.
SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE SYSTEM TO ACCOUNT FOR VARYING FUEL QUALITYA system, apparatus, and method for controlling an engine system can provide fuel reactivity compensation control for an engine of the engine system. Pilot fuel quantity supplied to the engine can be …DRIVE·Jun 16·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025Caterpillar Inc.
FUEL QUALITY INDICATORSystems, devices, and methods of using fuel quality indicators for indicating presence of water within a fuel source such as gasoline. The fuel quality indicator comprises a first indicating member an…DRIVE·Apr 21·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025OHNOH20, LLC
OPTIMIZED FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DIRECT INJECTION ETHANOL ENHANCEMENT OF GASOLINE ENGINESFuel management system for enhanced operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder. It is preferred that the direct inject…DRIVE·Feb 3·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OPTIMIZED FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DIRECT INJECTION ETHANOL ENHANCEMENT OF GASOLINE ENGINESFuel management system for enhanced operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder. It is preferred that the direct inject…DRIVE·Aug 19·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING FUEL ECONOMY OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINESThe various embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and methods of improving fuel economy of internal combustion engines. In particular, the systems and methods relate to improving fuel economy…DRIVE·Jul 29·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025dynaCERT Inc.
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING THE ON-DEMAND ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN GAS FOR INJECTION INTO A COMBUSTION ENGINEA system and method of managing an on-demand electrolytic reactor for supplying hydrogen and oxygen gas to an internal combustion engine. The system minimizes reactor's power consumption and parasitic…DRIVE·Jul 1·2 min readFollowF02D41/0025DynaCERT Inc.
CONTROL OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IN TRANSIENT OPERATING MODEThe present invention provides a method for avoiding knocking in an internal combustions engine, preferably in a gasoline engine with a high compression ratio and a variable valve train which is able …DRIVE·Jun 10·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
OPTIMIZED FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DIRECT INJECTION ETHANOL ENHANCEMENT OF GASOLINE ENGINESFuel management system for enhanced operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder. It is preferred that the direct inject…DRIVE·May 6·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHODProvided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, which can control an injection amount of water injected into each cylinder of the internal combustion engine to a minimum injection amou…DRIVE·Apr 1·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
FUEL-CETANE-NUMBER ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUSAn object is to provide a method and an apparatus which can be implemented with a simplified and inexpensive configuration without causing a misfire in a combustion state. In a fuel-Cetane-number esti…DRIVE·Nov 4·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD [JP]
Method for ensuring a cold start of a spark ignition engine operated with ethanol fuelA method for ensuring cold start of an Otto engine operated with ethanol fuel, which has at least one injection valve (10) for metered injection of fuel into the combustion cylinder (12) with a valve …DRIVE·Apr 22·2 min readFollowF02D41/0025BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]
Method to Determine Bulk Modulus of a FuelA method for determining the bulk modulus of a fuel used in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, said fuel injection system including a fuel accumulator volume or common rail for …DRIVE·Feb 11·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025DELPHI INT OPERATIONS LUX SRL [LU]
ERROR DETECTION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINEAn object of the present invention is to enable accurate detection of abnormality in a fuel property sensor that is used to determine properties of a fuel employed in an internal combustion engine who…DRIVE·Nov 6·2 min readFollowF02D41/0025TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]
Fuel injection timing control for a large reciprocating piston combustion engineA method for controlling the operation of a large reciprocating piston combustion engine (1) of the diesel type includes injecting fuel into a combustion chamber (3) of the reciprocating piston combus…DRIVE·Mar 6·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025WAERTSILAE NSD SCHWEIZ AG [CH]
ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE FOR FUEL PROPERTY DETECTION DEVICEThe present invention aims at providing an apparatus for detecting abnormality capable of accurately detecting whether or not there is an abnormality in a fuel property detecting apparatus. An apparat…DRIVE·Dec 26·2 min readFollowF02D41/0025TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]
Electronic control unitThe present invention relates to an electronic control unit (2) comprising a first and a second computer (4, 6). The first computer (4) includes a first diagnostic means for diagnosing operation of th…DRIVE·Jun 8·2 min readFollowF02D41/0025DENSO CORP [JP]
Electronic control unitIn an electronic control unit (2) having two computers (4, 6), the first computer (4), which is an engine control microcomputer, performs multiple diagnoses (S100-S130, S140-S170) and sends data regar…DRIVE·Jul 28·1 min readFollowF02D41/0025DENSO CORP [JP]
Internal combustion engine and method for controlling an internal combustion engineAn internal combustion engine, comprising: a combustion condition switching section for switching a combustion condition of the engine into a stratified lean air-fuel m ixture ratio charge combustion,…DRIVE·Mar 10·2 min readFollowF02D41/0025NISSAN MOTOR [JP]
