Inventor · Stuttgart, DE

Helmut Denz

93Patents
21h-index
102Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 5, 1981 → Nov 25, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6167755A Device for determining load in an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 198 Expired
US5193512A Tank-venting system for a motor vehicle and method for checking the operability thereof Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 88 Expired
US4856465A Multidependent valve timing overlap control for the cylinders of an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US4550704A Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having disconnectable groups of cylinders Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US5311138A Device for monitoring the functon of an electric load, its drive and the associated connections Physics 44 Expired
US5197442A Tank-venting arrangement and method of operating the same Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 40 Expired
US4794790A Diagnostic method and arrangement for quantitatively checking actuators in internal combustion engines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5669357A Cylinder-selective injection system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 36 Expired
US5398661A Method and arrangement for checking the operability of a tank-venting system Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US5537322A System and method for determining a gradient speed of a shaft driven by an internal combustion engine Physics 34 Expired
US5186153A Tank-venting arrangement for a motor vehicle and method for checking the operability thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US5205263A Tank-venting apparatus as well as a method and an arrangement for checking the same Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US5195498A Tank-venting apparatus as well as a method and arrangement for checking the tightness thereof Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 26 Expired
US5460141A Method and apparatus for checking the tightness of a tank-venting system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 25 Expired
US4389994A Internal combustion engine control system for use with turbo-charged engine, and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6691653B2 Electronic method and device for the control of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine having a variable opening function Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5144927A Method for detecting misfires in an internal combustion engine Physics 23 Expired
US5592922A Venting apparatus for a fuel system of an internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 23 Expired
US5460134A Transmitter arrangement for cylinder identification in an internal combustion engine having n cylinders Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5553577A Apparatus for checking the tightness of a tank venting system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US5450833A Breather for an internal combustion engine fuel tank Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US5245972A Sequential fuel injection method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5463998A Method and arrangement for checking the operability of a tank-venting system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 20 Expired
US5054452A Method and apparatus for detecting a fault condition of a lambda probe Physics 19 Expired
US5090387A Method and arrangement for checking the operational capability of an exhaust-gas probe heater and the supply system thereof Physics 18 Expired

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