Inventor · Schwieberdingen, DE

Oskar Torno

36Patents
12h-index
40Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 4, 1989 → May 6, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6513495B1 Device for suppressing engine knocking in an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US6727812B2 Method and device for error detection and diagnosis in a knock sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6814054B2 Method for operating an internal combustion engine, and a corresponding device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5680763A System for controlling a charging of an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5442918A Automatic supercharging control system for an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6662781B1 Method and device for electronic spark control in the event of the failure of the phase detector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6318085A Ambient air-pulsed valve control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5046470A Method of and device for monitoring combustion in a spark ignition internal combustion engine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Expired
US6912460B2 Method for detecting knock in an internal combustion engine Physics 19 Expired
US5402675A Method for recognizing the power stroke of a four-stroke engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5502966A Protection system for a pressure-charged internal combustion engine and method of operation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US5231830A Adaptive closed-loop knock control for a turbocharged engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6226576A Method for monitoring and error recognition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5743233A Method for detecting knocking Physics 11 Expired
US6012425A Device for detecting knocking and regulation of an internal combustion engine Physics 10 Expired
US6161523A Method for determining the advance ignition angle internal combustion engines ignition systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US5645034A Method for the adaptive knock control of an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US5517969A Device for detecting faults in an apparatus for detecting knocking Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6529817B2 Apparatus for knock detection with digital signal analysis and method of detecting knock using same Physics 7 Expired
US5771862A Knock control process for an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6267100A Device for suppressing engine knocking in internal combustion engines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6220232A Load control in an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6591660B1 Method for detecting knocking Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6446601B1 Ignition control method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6769402B2 Method for knock regulation in an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired

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