Inventor · Commerce, MI, US

Christopher E. Whitney

110Patents

19h-index

159Co-inventors

89Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 27, 2001 → Aug 3, 2020

Most-cited inventions

Patent	Title	Area	Cited by	Status
US7614384B2	Engine torque control with desired state estimation	Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating	76	Active
US8473179B2	Increased fuel economy mode control systems and methods	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	63	Active
US8157035B2	Hybrid vehicle auto start systems and methods	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	51	Active
US7885756B2	Multi-pulse spark ignition direct injection torque based system	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	40	Active
US8116954B2	RPM to torque transition control	Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating	39	Active
US9175628B2	Coordinated engine torque control	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	38	Active
US8041487B2	Commanded and estimated engine torque adjustment	Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating	37	Active
US8483935B2	Method for controlling internal combustion engines in hybrid powertrains	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	36	Active
US9399959B2	System and method for adjusting a torque capacity of an engine using model predictive control	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	28	Active
US8560204B2	Method and apparatus for arbitrating torque reserves and loads in torque-based system	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	28	Active
US7698048B2	Power enrichment scheduling for coordinated torque control system	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	27	Active
US8255139B2	Method to include fast torque actuators in the driver pedal scaling for conventional powertrains	Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating	27	Active
US9534547B2	Airflow control systems and methods	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	26	Active
US9243524B2	Engine control systems and methods for transmission upshifts	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	26	Active
US8833345B2	Engine control apparatus and a method for transitioning between an all cylinder operation mode and a deactivated cylinder operation mode of a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	24	Active
US9429085B2	Airflow control systems and methods using model predictive control	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	24	Active
US7463970B2	Torque based engine speed control	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	20	Active
US9328671B2	Airflow control systems and methods using model predictive control	Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating	20	Active
US7980221B2	Inverse torque model solution and bounding	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	19	Active
US9435274B2	System and method for managing the period of a control loop for controlling an engine using model predictive control	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	18	Active
US8744716B2	Speed control systems and methods for internal combustion engines	Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating	18	Active
US7748362B2	Managing lean air/fuel transients in coordinated torque control	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	16	Active
US7698049B2	Speed control in a torque-based system	Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating	16	Active
US8086390B2	Pumping loss reduction systems and methods	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	16	Active
US8311721B2	Reserve torque for lean equivalence ratio requests	Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies	16	Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.