Martin L. Willi
48Patents
15h-index
38Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 21, 1995 → Nov 15, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6101986A | Method for a controlled transition between operating modes of a dual fuel engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 68 | Expired |
| US5947076A | Fuel combustion assembly for an internal combustion engine having an encapsulated spark plug for igniting lean gaseous fuel within a precombustion chamber | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 57 | Expired |
| US6739289B2 | Method and apparatus for providing a hydrogen enriched fuel to combustion prechamber | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 47 | Expired |
| US6032617A | Dual fuel engine which ignites a homogeneous mixture of gaseous fuel, air, and pilot fuel | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 43 | Expired |
| US6000384A | Method for balancing the air/fuel ratio to each cylinder of an engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
| US5868121A | Method and apparatus for relieving a differential pressure across a gaseous fuel admission valve of a dual fuel engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 31 | Expired |
| US6095102A | Dual fuel engine which creates a substantially homogeneous mixture of gaseous fuel, air, and pilot fuel during a compression stroke | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US5771857A | Direct injected gas engine with variable gas pressure control apparatus and method of operation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US6009860A | Method for responding to detection of an open fault condition in a gaseous fuel admission valve of an engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US7007669B1 | Distributed ignition method and apparatus for a combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US6289871A | Method for achieving minimum liquid pilot fuel delivery to each cylinder of a dual fuel engine while operating in a dual fuel mode | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US7654086B2 | Air induction system having bypass flow control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US6055963A | Method for determining the energy content of a fuel delivered to an engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US5593607A | Combustion catalyst wire wrapped on corrosion resistive glow plugs | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 20 | Expired |
| US6158418A | Method for balancing the air/fuel ratio to each cylinder of an engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US6044806A | Method and apparatus for detecting gaseous fuel leakage through a gaseous fuel admission valve within an engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US6666185B1 | Distributed ignition method and apparatus for a combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US7467621B2 | Engine and method for operating an engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Active |
| US9739192B2 | Fuel combustion system, nozzle for prechamber assembly with curved orifices, and method of making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Active |
| US5580476A | Combination catalyst wire wrapped a glow plug | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Expired |
| US5975050A | Method for determining the energy content of a fuel delivered to an engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US5870978A | Dual fuel engine which utilizes valve lubricant as a pilot fuel | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US5601061A | Engine intake air deflector | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US7261097B2 | EGR system for spark-ignited gasoline engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US6386149B1 | Method of operating an engine with a mixture of gaseous fuel and emulsified pilot fuel to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.