Manfred Birk
21Patents
11h-index
46Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 11, 1980 → Oct 10, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5131371A | Method and arrangement for controlling a self-igniting internal combustion engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 42 | Expired |
| US5070836A | Method and arrangement for controlling the injection of fuel in an internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Expired |
| US5121604A | Control of supercharged internal combustion engines | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US5339680A | System and method for sensing temperature | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 25 | Expired |
| US5293853A | System for controlling an internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Expired |
| US6715287B1 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine that is provided with an air system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US7260469B2 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 18 | Active |
| US6662562B2 | Method and device for regulating the boost pressure of an internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US4346504A | Yarn forwarding and drawing apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 13 | Expired |
| US5261378A | Device for producing a desired value of a control parameter of an internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US6253748A | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US5381775A | System for controlling an internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US5063903A | Method and arrangement for controlling the metering of fuel in an internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US8073638B2 | Method for determining the ignitability of fuel with an unknown fuel quality | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Active |
| US5315976A | Error-corrected closed-loop control system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 9 | Expired |
| US5085190A | Error-corrected automatic control system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 7 | Expired |
| US5188081A | Control system for a fuel pump | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US6785600B2 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US5235949A | Method and arrangement for controlling the fuel metered in a diesel engine | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Expired |
| US6250144A | Method and device for correcting tolerances in a transmitter wheel | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Expired |
| US7654132B2 | Method and apparatus for indirectly ascertaining the cylinder pressure in piston engines | Physics | 1 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.