Joshua B Schumaker

US Patent:

20210131360, May 6, 2021

Filed:

Nov 6, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/675815

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
John Eric Rollinger - Troy MI, US
Julia Helen Buckland Seeds - Commerce Township MI, US
Joseph Lyle Thomas - Farmington Hills MI, US
Joshua Schumaker - Dearborn MI, US
John Erik Mikael Hellstrom - Ann Arbor MI, US
Adam J. Richards - Canton MI, US

International Classification:

F02D 17/02
F02D 13/02
F02D 9/02
F02D 41/30

Abstract:

Systems and methods for cooling an internal combustion engine via flowing air through the internal combustion engine during select conditions are presented. In one example, lift of intake and/or exhaust poppet valves may be adjusted as a function of engine temperature. In addition, opening and closing timings of intake and exhaust poppet valves may be adjusted as a function of engine temperature.

US Patent:

20210023939, Jan 28, 2021

Filed:

Jul 23, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/520214

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Joshua Schumaker - Dearborn MI, US
Karen Willard - Grosse Pointe Farms MI, US
James Edward Godden - Troy MI, US
Robert Milton - Livonia MI, US

International Classification:

B60K 15/03
G01F 23/00

Abstract:

A method and a system for indicating more than three different fluid levels in a fluid reservoir is described for a system that includes a fluid level sensor having only two output levels. In one example, the more than three different fluid levels are determined via output of the fluid level sensor and output of one or more sensors that indicate acceleration or orientation of a vehicle.