F02D 41/345
Controlling injection timing
Official title: {Controlling injection timing (F02D41/365 takes precedence)}
F02D41/345 (Controlling injection timing) appears on 443 US grants and 246 published applications in this corpus.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Fuel injection system and method118US 6,959,693 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2005
- System and method to pre-ignition in an internal combustion engine107US 7,178,503 B1Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2007
- Dual fuel injection system and a method of controlling such a system77US 5,379,740 ABiocom Pty. Ltd. · 1995
- Fuel injection control apparatus for alcohol engine67US 5,056,490 AFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991
- Electronically controlled pilot fuel injection of compression ignition engines66US 5,450,829 AServojet Products International · 1995