RICHARD D ANDERSON
Medical Practice in Ann Arbor, MI

6397813, Jun 4, 2002

Apr 28, 2000

09/561460

Zhiyu Han - Plymouth MI
Jialin Yang - Canton MI
Richard Walter Anderson - Ann Arbor MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

F02B 3100

123308, 123 9015

Swirl motion of gases in a combustion chamber of an engine is affected by changing the timing of opening and closing one of two intake and/or exhaust valves. By retarding the opening of one intake valve relative to a second intake valve, swirl motion can be enhanced for the intake gases in the engine cylinder. Similarly, by retarding the opening of one of two exhaust valves, swirl motion can be induced for the residual gases. The system may include electric or hydraulic actuators or mechanically controlled valves. A variable valve lift system can also be used to control swirl motion in a combustion chamber.

6513484, Feb 4, 2003

Mar 3, 2000

09/518304

Julia Helen Buckland - Dearborn MI
Rodney John Tabaczynski - Northville MI
Ilya Vladimir Kolmanovsky - Ypsilanti MI
Jing Sun - Bloomfield MI
Richard Walter Anderson - Ann Arbor MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

F02B 1700

123295, 123305, 12356812, 606052

An arrangement of a four cycle internal combustion engine is provided. In the preferred embodiment the engine has a plurality of combustion chambers having reciprocating pistons mounted therein. A fuel injector is provided for each combustion chamber. The fuel injector injects a stratified charge into the combustion chamber upon a compression stroke of the piston. An intake manifold is provided to provide air to each combustion chamber. A charging device is provided to pressurize the air within the intake manifold. Preferably the charging device is a variable geometry turbocharger. The pressurizing of the air within the intake manifold allows the engine to extend the stratified charge operation of the engine and facilitates in increased gas mileage by allowing the engine to stay in a stratified mode of operation longer than prior stratified charged internal combustion engines.

5785028, Jul 28, 1998

Jun 19, 1996

8/667999

Richard Walter Anderson - Ann Arbor MI
Diana Dawn Brehob - Dearborn MI
James Kirkland Vallance - Northville MI
Robert M. Whiteaker - Canton MI
Jialin Yang - Canton MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

F02D 500

1231933

A piston-type, multicylinder internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head mounted thereto, with a combustion chamber defined by the cylinder head and the top of the piston, with the engine being fueled by an an in-cylinder gasoline injection system which is centrally located with a spark plug such that the spark plug is closer to exhaust valves than is the injector, and with the injector being closer to the intake valves than the spark plug.

5941211, Aug 24, 1999

Feb 17, 1998

9/024153

Diana Dawn Brehob - Dearborn MI
Todd Arthur Kappauf - Dearborn MI
Richard Walter Anderson - Ann Arbor MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

F02D 906

123325

A method of controlling fuel supply during a deceleration fuel shutoff mode includes determining the amount of oxygen stored in the catalyst or the temperature thereof and intermittently supplying fuel to the engine such that the fuel reacts in the catalyst to reduce excess oxygen therein.

5699760, Dec 23, 1997

Mar 21, 1997

8/829031

Jialin Yang - Canton MI
George Fredric Leydorf - Birmingham MI
Richard Walter Anderson - Ann Arbor MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

F02B 7518

123 4174

A cooling system for a reciprocating multicylinder internal combustion engine includes discharge passages for conducting coolant from the cylinder block to specific regions of the cylinder head so as to increase the localized heat transfer coefficient between coolant and the cylinder head. Flow through the cylinder head is separated into an intake side flow and a central and exhaust side flow so as to promote better heat transfer and to allow the engine to be operated with a higher compression ratio and greater spark advance.

5482017, Jan 9, 1996

Feb 3, 1995

8/383132

Diana D. Brehob - Dearborn MI
Richard W. Anderson - Ann Arbor MI
Jialin Yang - Canton MI
Robert M. Whiteaker - Canton MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

F02B 304, F02D 4300

123299

An internal combustion engine employs fuel injectors positioned to inject fuel directly into combustion chambers of the engine, and an electronic engine controller (EEC) to control operation of the engine. The EEC implements a cold start routine which controls the amount of fuel injected, the time at which the fuel is injected and spark timing to achieve a rapid increase in temperature of the engine and the exhaust system components, thereby decreasing tailpipe hydrocarbon emissions during cold start.

4487192, Dec 11, 1984

Apr 18, 1983

6/485985

Richard W. Anderson - Ann Arbor MI
Joseph R. Asik - Bloomfield Hills MI

F02P 100

123654

An ignition system for an internal combustion engine having a capacitive plasma jet plug including a capacitor in parallel with the series combination of an auxiliary gap and a plasma cavity. The auxiliary gap increases the required breakdown voltage before the plasma cavity generates a spark and obtains supplemental energy from the energy stored in the capacitor.

4631451, Dec 23, 1986

Jun 24, 1985

6/748137

Richard W. Anderson - Ann Arbor MI
Joseph R. Asik - Bloomfield Hills MI
Richard C. Ronzi - Birmingham MI
Aladar O. Simko - Dearborn Heights MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

H05B 3702, H05B 3904, H05B 4136

315209R

A spark plug for an ignition system has a ring gap between two electrodes. A first electrode has a ring shape defining a central opening. A second electrode is positioned within the central opening of the first electrode. An insulating material is positioned between the first and second electrodes so as to provide a surface for a spark path between the first and second electrodes. The insulating material is spaced from the electrode so as to provide therebetween an air gap for increased sparking.

5713328, Feb 3, 1998

Mar 31, 1997

8/829292

Richard Walter Anderson - Ann Arbor MI
Paul D. Sleeman - South Lyon MI
Robert Michael Whiteaker - Canton MI
Jialin Yang - Canton MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

F02B 1902

123299

A spark ignited, reciprocating internal combustion engine, including a piston housed within a cylinder closed by a cylinder head has a fuel system for injecting fuel directly into the engine cylinder so as to achieve a homogeneous mixture with the fuel injection system injecting a first fraction of fuel during a first injection event and a second fraction of fuel during a second injection event.

5941207, Aug 24, 1999

Sep 8, 1997

8/925131

Richard Walter Anderson - Ann Arbor MI
Jianwen Yi - Canton MI
Jialin Yang - Canton MI

Ford Global Technologies, Inc. - Dearborn MI

F02B 1700

123295

A stratified charge is formed in a direct injection engine by injecting fuel at a predetermined velocity, a predetermined droplet size, and forming the injected fuel with a hollow cone having a predetermined initial cone angle. The injected fuel thereby shallowly penetrates the combustion chamber so as to float therein to reduce wall-wetting and subsequent soot formation. A substantially flat top piston forms the injected fuel into a ball-shaped kernel during a compression stroke of the engine. The ball-shaped kernel remains substantially unmixed with the inducted air, thereby producing the stratified charge. The continued motion of the piston causes the ball-shaped kernel to move toward the spark plug for ignition.