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DETROIT DIESEL CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    842
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DETROIT DIESEL CORP has a total of 842 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1987. It filed its patents most often in United States, Germany and Canada. Its main competitors in its focus markets engines, pumps and turbines, environmental technology and transport are ULREY JOSEPH NORMAN, PURSIFULL ROSS DYKSTRA and CATERPILLAR MOTOREN GMBH & CO.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing DETROIT DIESEL CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Thomas Eric D 67
#2 Sisken Kevin Dean 34
#3 Hawkins Jeffery Scott 33
#4 Jiang He 31
#5 Letang Dennis M 30
#6 Avery Richard M Jr 30
#7 Sun Min 28
#8 Babcock Douglas J 24
#9 Weisman S Miller Ii 24
#10 Mckenzie Ian Daniel 24

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2011239627A1 Apparatus and method for monitoring oxidation catalyst functionality
US2011106505A1 Method for estimating ambient air temperature prior to combustion in an internal combustion engine
DE102009033293A1 Process for a three-zone diesel oxidation catalyst control system
US2010206060A1 On-board aftertreatment device tail pipe hydrocarbon slip calculation
US2010058847A1 Method of engine oil consumption
US2010050757A1 Method and system to determine the efficiency of a diesel oxidation catalyst
US7631626B1 Method to protect starter from overheating
DE102008022785A1 A method of operating an internal combustion engine to heat a selective catalyst reductor
US2009151351A1 Method for determining necessity of multiple vane cleaning procedures
DE102008014621A1 Soot deposit cleaning method for variable geometry turbocharger of internal combustion driven system, involves determining turbocharger motor effort for predetermined calibrated maximum number of cycles according to specific formula
US7533654B1 Adaptive gains for electronic air intake throttle control
US2009199537A1 Methods to protect selective catalyst reducer aftertreatment devices during uncontrolled diesel particulate filter regeneration
US2009188481A1 Squish-induced mixing-intensified low emissions combustion piston for internal combustion engines
DE102008006518A1 Method for restoring a diesel injection valve seat
DE102007063054A1 Fault logging method for use in electronic controlled internal combustion engine, involves filtering data signals from sensor through debounce logic, logging faults in fault control module, and activating alerts indicating faults
DE102007062769A1 Diagnosis performing method for e.g. tractor-trailer, involves comparing minimum delta of inlet and outlet pressure in memory with minimum period of time to determine whether sensor is accurate
US2009164085A1 Method to operate vehicle with internal combustion engine and exhaust aftertreatment system according to detected drive cycles
US2009164081A1 Method for optimizing cruise control fuel economy in heavy duty diesel engines
US2009164108A1 Thermal management for an internal combustion engine to optimize diesel particulate filter regeneration events
US2009164092A1 Method for diagnosing air intake throttle actuators for internal combustion engines