Inventor · Echterdingen, DE

Gunther Plapp

27Patents
11h-index
50Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 4, 1980 → Apr 22, 1993

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4660524A Fuel supply line Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 52 Expired
US4441471A Apparatus for regulating the idling rpm of internal combustion engines Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 30 Expired
US5197444A Fuel-supply system and tank assembly for an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US5079691A Control process and apparatus, in particular lambda control Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 28 Expired
US5072712A Method and apparatus for setting a tank venting valve Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 25 Expired
US5224345A Method and arrangement for lambda control Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Expired
US5388558A Method and arrangement for checking the operability of a fluid-flow conducting conduit system of an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Expired
US4705007A Method of controlling tank venting in an internal combustion engine and apparatus therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US4344322A Device for air flow rate measurement in the air intake tube of an internal combustion engine Physics 15 Expired
US4718272A Adaptation method for a position detection member, particularly in a motor vehicle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US5031595A Malfunction test procedure and apparatus for idling control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US4721281A Actuating device for throttle valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5243853A Method and arrangement for diagnosing the open-loop control of the tank-venting valve in combination with the open-loop control of an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US4373383A Device for burnoff of a measuring resistor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5203165A Method for the lambda control of an internal combustion engine having a catalyzer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US4343183A Apparatus for measuring air flow in the air intake manifold of an internal combustion engine Physics 8 Expired
US4579098A Method of and device for controlling the burn-off of a measuring resistor Physics 8 Expired
US5020495A Fuel-metering system for internal combustion engines Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Expired
US4341114A Apparatus for burnoff of a resistor, in particular of a hot wire in an air flow rate meter of an internal combustion engine Physics 8 Expired
US4781163A Fuel injection system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US4770135A Starting control for fuel injection systems Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US4722313A Method for detecting an extreme value position of a movable part Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US4962737A Device for controlling at least one throttle cross-section at a control opening Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US5036819A Control system for the air/fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Expired
US5046467A System for setting the throttle flap angle for an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Expired

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