Inventor
WILLI MARTIN L
US34 patents
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CATERPILLAR INC
31 patentsUS6101986AAug 15, 2000
Method for a controlled transition between operating modes of a dual fuel engine
CATERPILLAR INC95 citations98
US5947076ASep 7, 1999
Fuel combustion assembly for an internal combustion engine having an encapsulated spark plug for igniting lean gaseous fuel within a precombustion chamber
CATERPILLAR INC131 citations98
US6095102AAug 1, 2000
Dual fuel engine which creates a substantially homogeneous mixture of gaseous fuel, air, and pilot fuel during a compression stroke
CATERPILLAR INC64 citations96
US6032617AMar 7, 2000
Dual fuel engine which ignites a homogeneous mixture of gaseous fuel, air, and pilot fuel
CATERPILLAR INC68 citations96
US6000384ADec 14, 1999
Method for balancing the air/fuel ratio to each cylinder of an engine
CATERPILLAR INC66 citations96
US5771857AJun 30, 1998
Direct injected gas engine with variable gas pressure control apparatus and method of operation
CATERPILLAR INC62 citations96
US6739289B2May 25, 2004
Method and apparatus for providing a hydrogen enriched fuel to combustion prechamber
CATERPILLAR INC67 citations95
US5868121AFeb 9, 1999
Method and apparatus for relieving a differential pressure across a gaseous fuel admission valve of a dual fuel engine
CATERPILLAR INC59 citations94
US7654086B2Feb 2, 2010
Air induction system having bypass flow control
CATERPILLAR INC29 citations92
US7007669B1Mar 7, 2006
Distributed ignition method and apparatus for a combustion engine
CATERPILLAR INC32 citations92
US6666185B1Dec 23, 2003
Distributed ignition method and apparatus for a combustion engine
CATERPILLAR INC29 citations92
US6158418ADec 12, 2000
Method for balancing the air/fuel ratio to each cylinder of an engine
CATERPILLAR INC33 citations92
US6055963AMay 2, 2000
Method for determining the energy content of a fuel delivered to an engine
CATERPILLAR INC36 citations92
US6044806AApr 4, 2000
Method and apparatus for detecting gaseous fuel leakage through a gaseous fuel admission valve within an engine
CATERPILLAR INC28 citations92
US6009860AJan 4, 2000
Method for responding to detection of an open fault condition in a gaseous fuel admission valve of an engine
CATERPILLAR INC43 citations92
US5593607AJan 14, 1997
Combustion catalyst wire wrapped on corrosion resistive glow plugs
CATERPILLAR INC28 citations92
US6289871B1Sep 18, 2001
Method for achieving minimum liquid pilot fuel delivery to each cylinder of a dual fuel engine while operating in a dual fuel mode
CATERPILLAR INC53 citations91
US5870978AFeb 16, 1999
Dual fuel engine which utilizes valve lubricant as a pilot fuel
CATERPILLAR INC26 citations89
US8028679B2Oct 4, 2011
Engine control system having pressure-based timing
CATERPILLAR INC7 citations84
US7905206B2Mar 15, 2011
Engine control system having fuel-based adjustment
CATERPILLAR INC10 citations84
US7261097B2Aug 28, 2007
EGR system for spark-ignited gasoline engine
CATERPILLAR INC12 citations84
US5975050ANov 2, 1999
Method for determining the energy content of a fuel delivered to an engine
CATERPILLAR INC19 citations82
US9869255B2Jan 16, 2018
Feedback controlled system for charged ignition promoter droplet distribution
CATERPILLAR INC2 citations73
US7343905B2Mar 18, 2008
System and method for conditioning fuel
CATERPILLAR INC8 citations73
US5809957ASep 22, 1998
Method of prolonging the life of glow plugs
CATERPILLAR INC8 citations73
US5580476ADec 3, 1996
Combination catalyst wire wrapped a glow plug
CATERPILLAR INC14 citations73
US10260460B2Apr 16, 2019
Feedback control of fuel reformer-engine system
CATERPILLAR INC2 citations72
US5601061AFeb 11, 1997
Engine intake air deflector
CATERPILLAR INC14 citations72
US11002177B2May 11, 2021
System and method for staged pre-chamber purging
CATERPILLAR INC3 citations71
US9200560B2Dec 1, 2015
Gaseous common rail fuel system and high compression ratio engine using same
CATERPILLAR INC2 citations63
US9976518B2May 22, 2018
Feedback controlled system for ignition promoter droplet generation
CATERPILLAR INC0 citations52