US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on June 23 for "Piston temperature model using a physics-based split multi-model approach" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,956, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Piston temperature model using a physics-based split multi-model approach" was invented by Kaustav Bhadra (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Andrew Baur (Whitmore Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine includes pistons, cylinders, at least one fuel injector, spark plugs, and piston cooling jets. The engine includes an Electronic Control Unit configured to receive an engine oil temperature, current coolant temperature, current spark value, calibrated spark value, current engine speed, and current engine torque. The Electronic Control Unit is ...