Liquid fuels having different boiling temperatures, volatilities, densities, viscosities, cetane or octane numbers

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F02D19/0649Liquid fuels having different boiling temperatures, volatilities, densities, viscosities, cetane or octane numbers

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Engine control apparatus
- Patent number 12,116,942
- Issue date Oct 15, 2024
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Katsuya Matsuura
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Work vehicle low cetane power system with external to cylinder comp...
- Patent number 12,044,187
- Issue date Jul 23, 2024
- Deere & Company
- Kevin B. DeVries
- B62 - LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
Information Patent Grant
Two stage mixed fuel sensing system
- Patent number 11,898,506
- Issue date Feb 13, 2024
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Michael David Gerstner
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Method of assigning an octane number to a fuel
- Patent number 11,821,381
- Issue date Nov 21, 2023
- ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Randall N. Hoy
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Dual fuel system having dual fuel injector and engine operating method
- Patent number 11,815,054
- Issue date Nov 14, 2023
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Eric Lee Schroeder
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Separating a fuel on-board a vehicle
- Patent number 11,719,200
- Issue date Aug 8, 2023
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Z. Hamad
- C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MON...
Information Patent Grant
Internal combustion engine having carbon dioxide capture and fuel a...
- Patent number 11,608,787
- Issue date Mar 21, 2023
- Southwest Research Institute
- Thomas E. Briggs
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Grant
Intake bypass for liquid fuel engine
- Patent number 11,549,451
- Issue date Jan 10, 2023
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Michael Bardell
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Dual fuel system having dual fuel injector and engine operating method
- Patent number 11,384,721
- Issue date Jul 12, 2022
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Eric Lee Schroeder
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Adjusting a fuel on-board a vehicle
- Patent number 11,293,386
- Issue date Apr 5, 2022
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Z. Hamad
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Method for operating an internal combustion piston engine
- Patent number 11,230,982
- Issue date Jan 25, 2022
- Volvo Truck Corporation
- Staffan Lundgren
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Ultra-compact system for characterization of physical, chemical and...
- Patent number 11,085,910
- Issue date Aug 10, 2021
- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Matthew J. Mcnenly
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method for operating an internal combustion engine with a fuel dete...
- Patent number 11,053,867
- Issue date Jul 6, 2021
- Vitesco Technologies GmbH
- Michael Wirkowski
- Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information Patent Grant
System and method for on-board catalytic upgrading of hydrocarbon f...
- Patent number 11,028,805
- Issue date Jun 8, 2021
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Zaki Hamad
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Injector arrangement for diesel engines using slurry or emulsion fuels
- Patent number 10,995,719
- Issue date May 4, 2021
- COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
- Louis James Wibberley
- F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS COMBUSTION PROCESSES
Information Patent Grant
Separating a fuel on-board a vehicle
- Patent number 10,927,799
- Issue date Feb 23, 2021
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Z. Hamad
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Adsorbent circulation for onboard octane on-demand and cetane on-de...
- Patent number 10,801,422
- Issue date Oct 13, 2020
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Zaki Hamad
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Fuel supply system, internal combustion engine system, and method f...
- Patent number 10,794,301
- Issue date Oct 6, 2020
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Oliver Berkemeier
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Engines using supercritical syngas
- Patent number 10,794,340
- Issue date Oct 6, 2020
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Sage Kokjohn
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Solvent-based adsorbent regeneration for onboard octane on-demand a...
- Patent number 10,760,507
- Issue date Sep 1, 2020
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Zaki Hamad
- C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MON...
Information Patent Grant
Multi-fuel internal combustion engines and methods for their operation
- Patent number 10,724,448
- Issue date Jul 28, 2020
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Yoann Viollet
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Onboard fuel separation for octane-on-demand using membrane distill...
- Patent number 10,697,412
- Issue date Jun 30, 2020
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Z. Hamad
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Adjusting a fuel on-board a vehicle
- Patent number 10,697,380
- Issue date Jun 30, 2020
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Z. Hamad
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Adjusting a fuel on-board a vehicle
- Patent number 10,611,238
- Issue date Apr 7, 2020
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Z. Hamad
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Heat exchanger configuration for adsorption-based onboard octane on...
- Patent number 10,598,100
- Issue date Mar 24, 2020
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Zaki Hamad
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Cold start of internal combustion engine
- Patent number 10,473,041
- Issue date Nov 12, 2019
- NORTHWEST ULD, INC.
- Chris B. Harris
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for determining knock control fluid composition
- Patent number 10,465,633
- Issue date Nov 5, 2019
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Mohannad Hakeem
- Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus for controlling gasoline-diesel complex combustion engine...
- Patent number 10,458,345
- Issue date Oct 29, 2019
- Hyundai Motor Company
- Hyunsung Jung
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Method of estimating antiknock properties of multi-fuel injection i...
- Patent number 10,443,516
- Issue date Oct 15, 2019
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Tadashi Kurotani
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Adsorbent circulation for onboard octane on-demand and cetane on-de...
- Patent number 10,422,288
- Issue date Sep 24, 2019
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Zaki Hamad
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS
- Publication number 20240328367
- Publication date Oct 3, 2024
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Katsuya Matsuura
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS
- Publication number 20240328368
- Publication date Oct 3, 2024
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Katsuya Matsuura
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
QUICK START FUEL SYSTEM FOR GASEOUS FUEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE...
- Publication number 20240254933
- Publication date Aug 1, 2024
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Steven W. Meinhardt
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
WORK VEHICLE LOW CETANE POWER SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL TO CYLINDER COMP...
- Publication number 20240209806
- Publication date Jun 27, 2024
- Deere & Company
- Kevin B. DeVries
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
DUAL FUEL SYSTEM HAVING DUAL FUEL INJECTOR AND ENGINE OPERATING METHOD
- Publication number 20240044308
- Publication date Feb 8, 2024
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Eric Lee Schroeder
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF ASSIGNING AN OCTANE NUMBER TO A FUEL
- Publication number 20220220915
- Publication date Jul 14, 2022
- ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Randall N. Hoy
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND FUEL A...
- Publication number 20220074358
- Publication date Mar 10, 2022
- SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Thomas E. BRIGGS
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
SEPARATING A FUEL ON-BOARD A VEHICLE
- Publication number 20210172407
- Publication date Jun 10, 2021
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Z. Hamad
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
DIESEL METHANOL COMBINED COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number 20210156321
- Publication date May 27, 2021
- TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
- Chunde YAO
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-BOARD CATALYTIC UPGRADING OF HYDROCARBON F...
- Publication number 20200217280
- Publication date Jul 9, 2020
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Zaki Hamad
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE
- Publication number 20200182175
- Publication date Jun 11, 2020
- MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Mitsuo Hitomi
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMPRESSION IGNI...
- Publication number 20200158030
- Publication date May 21, 2020
- MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Mitsuo Hitomi
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
MULTI-FUEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES AND METHODS FOR THEIR OPERATION
- Publication number 20190390615
- Publication date Dec 26, 2019
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Yoann Viollet
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
ADSORBENT CIRCULATION FOR ONBOARD OCTANE ON-DEMAND AND CETANE ON-DE...
- Publication number 20190376457
- Publication date Dec 12, 2019
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Zaki Hamad
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SOLVENT-BASED ADSORBENT REGENERATION FOR ONBOARD OCTANE ON-DEMAND A...
- Publication number 20190368451
- Publication date Dec 5, 2019
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Zaki Hamad
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ENGINES USING SUPERCRITICAL SYNGAS
- Publication number 20190323459
- Publication date Oct 24, 2019
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Sage Kokjohn
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE FUEL GENERATOR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
- Publication number 20190323424
- Publication date Oct 24, 2019
- INI Power Systems, Inc.
- Larry J. Markoski
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
ADSORBENT CIRCULATION FOR ONBOARD OCTANE ON-DEMAND AND CETANE ON-DE...
- Publication number 20190301372
- Publication date Oct 3, 2019
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Zaki Hamad
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SOLVENT-BASED ADSORBENT REGENERATION FOR ONBOARD OCTANE ON-DEMAND A...
- Publication number 20190301373
- Publication date Oct 3, 2019
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Zaki Hamad
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING KNOCK CONTROL FLUID COMPOSITION
- Publication number 20190257271
- Publication date Aug 22, 2019
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Mohannad Hakeem
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
IMPROVED INJECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR DIESEL ENGINES USING SLURRY OR EM...
- Publication number 20190211790
- Publication date Jul 11, 2019
- COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
- Louis James WIBBERLEY
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINE
- Publication number 20190048812
- Publication date Feb 14, 2019
- VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
- Staffan LUNDGREN
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
ADJUSTING A FUEL ON-BOARD A VEHICLE
- Publication number 20180245524
- Publication date Aug 30, 2018
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Z. Hamad
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Dual Fumigation Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (DF-HCCI) E...
- Publication number 20180171890
- Publication date Jun 21, 2018
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Wittison KAMEI
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
MANAGING FUEL OIL MIXTURE IN ENGINES
- Publication number 20180094608
- Publication date Apr 5, 2018
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Sarah K. Czaplewski
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
MANAGING FUEL OIL MIXTURE IN ENGINES
- Publication number 20180094609
- Publication date Apr 5, 2018
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Sarah K. Czaplewski
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
MANAGING FUEL OIL MIXTURE IN ENGINES
- Publication number 20180094607
- Publication date Apr 5, 2018
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Sarah K. Czaplewski
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
ULTRA-COMPACT SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND...
- Publication number 20180074037
- Publication date Mar 15, 2018
- Nicholas KILLINGSWORTH
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
ADJUSTING A FUEL ON-BOARD A VEHICLE
- Publication number 20180066613
- Publication date Mar 8, 2018
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Esam Z. Hamad
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM, AND METHOD F...
- Publication number 20180058348
- Publication date Mar 1, 2018
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
- Oliver Berkemeier
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS

Liquid fuels having different boiling temperatures, volatilities, densities, viscosities, cetane or octane numbers

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Engine control apparatus

Work vehicle low cetane power system with external to cylinder comp...

Two stage mixed fuel sensing system

Method of assigning an octane number to a fuel

Dual fuel system having dual fuel injector and engine operating method

Separating a fuel on-board a vehicle

Internal combustion engine having carbon dioxide capture and fuel a...

Intake bypass for liquid fuel engine

Dual fuel system having dual fuel injector and engine operating method

Adjusting a fuel on-board a vehicle

Method for operating an internal combustion piston engine

Ultra-compact system for characterization of physical, chemical and...

Method for operating an internal combustion engine with a fuel dete...

System and method for on-board catalytic upgrading of hydrocarbon f...

Injector arrangement for diesel engines using slurry or emulsion fuels

Separating a fuel on-board a vehicle

Adsorbent circulation for onboard octane on-demand and cetane on-de...

Fuel supply system, internal combustion engine system, and method f...

Engines using supercritical syngas

Solvent-based adsorbent regeneration for onboard octane on-demand a...

Multi-fuel internal combustion engines and methods for their operation

Onboard fuel separation for octane-on-demand using membrane distill...

Adjusting a fuel on-board a vehicle

Adjusting a fuel on-board a vehicle

Heat exchanger configuration for adsorption-based onboard octane on...

Cold start of internal combustion engine

Method and system for determining knock control fluid composition

Apparatus for controlling gasoline-diesel complex combustion engine...

Method of estimating antiknock properties of multi-fuel injection i...

Adsorbent circulation for onboard octane on-demand and cetane on-de...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS

ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS

QUICK START FUEL SYSTEM FOR GASEOUS FUEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE...

WORK VEHICLE LOW CETANE POWER SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL TO CYLINDER COMP...

DUAL FUEL SYSTEM HAVING DUAL FUEL INJECTOR AND ENGINE OPERATING METHOD

METHOD OF ASSIGNING AN OCTANE NUMBER TO A FUEL

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND FUEL A...

SEPARATING A FUEL ON-BOARD A VEHICLE

DIESEL METHANOL COMBINED COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-BOARD CATALYTIC UPGRADING OF HYDROCARBON F...

COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE

COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMPRESSION IGNI...

MULTI-FUEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES AND METHODS FOR THEIR OPERATION

ADSORBENT CIRCULATION FOR ONBOARD OCTANE ON-DEMAND AND CETANE ON-DE...

SOLVENT-BASED ADSORBENT REGENERATION FOR ONBOARD OCTANE ON-DEMAND A...

ENGINES USING SUPERCRITICAL SYNGAS

FLEXIBLE FUEL GENERATOR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

ADSORBENT CIRCULATION FOR ONBOARD OCTANE ON-DEMAND AND CETANE ON-DE...

SOLVENT-BASED ADSORBENT REGENERATION FOR ONBOARD OCTANE ON-DEMAND A...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING KNOCK CONTROL FLUID COMPOSITION

IMPROVED INJECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR DIESEL ENGINES USING SLURRY OR EM...

METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINE

ADJUSTING A FUEL ON-BOARD A VEHICLE

Dual Fumigation Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (DF-HCCI) E...

MANAGING FUEL OIL MIXTURE IN ENGINES

MANAGING FUEL OIL MIXTURE IN ENGINES

MANAGING FUEL OIL MIXTURE IN ENGINES

ULTRA-COMPACT SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND...

ADJUSTING A FUEL ON-BOARD A VEHICLE

FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM, AND METHOD F...