Oskar Torno
36Patents
12h-index
40Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 4, 1989 → May 6, 2009
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.