Inventor · Graz, AT

Franz Chmela

13Patents
8h-index
18Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 15, 1978 → Apr 16, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6213086A Combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US6619254B2 Method for operating an internal combustion engine operated with a self-ignitable fuel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US4284049A Fuel injector valve needle lift control arrangement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US5170758A Valve-controlled internal combustion engine with air compression Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4771748A Spark-ignition, air-compressing, internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US5351665A Internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US4492194A Spark-ignition air-compressing internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7207311B2 Method for operating a direct injection diesel engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US4294206A Combustion method and device for practicing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US4278057A Method of burning applied-ignition fuels in an air-compressing direct-injection internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7415963B2 Method for operating an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6668790B2 Method of operating an internal combustion engine operated on gasoline type fuels Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US6779498B2 Internal combustion engine operating on spark-ignitable fuel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

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