Several of my inventions are documented in 105 issued United States patents: List of United States Patents
Most of these patents are on methods of engine and powertrain control to improve engine/powertrain transient response, increase fuel/energy efficiency and reduce pollutant emissions. Others address fuel efficient cruise control and algorithms for Model Predictive Control.
The full text of these patents and associated claims can be found at https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/ppubsbasic.html
(under Basic Seach, Inventor Name enter "Kolmanovsky")
and on https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts.
I am also named as an inventor on additional European and international patents, which are derivatives of these United States patents.
A brief description of several of these patents follows below:
1. Kolmanovsky, I., and Stotsky, A.A., "Method and system for engine air-charge estimation," U.S. Patent 6,636,796, October, 2003. Develops an input observer-based algorithm for gasoline engine air charge estimation.
2. Gibson, A., Trask, N., Reed, D., and Kolmanovsky, I., "Vehicle braking control," U.S. Patent 7,930,087, April 19, 2011. Develops novel system for engine braking by exploiting camless engine technology.
3. Kolmanovsky, I., and Michelini, J., "Method of torque control for an engine with valves that may be deactivated," U.S. Patent 7,532,972 B2, May 12, 2009. Develops a torque-based strategy for camless engine. Foundation for Modular Configurable Cylinder Management (MCCM) Strategy for EVA engines and 2004 Ford R&A Technical Achievement Award.
4. Kolmanovsky, I., Jankovic, M., van Nieuwstadt, M., and Moraal, P., “Method of estimating mass airflow in turbocharged engines having exhaust gas recirculation,” U.S. Patent 6,035,639, March, 2000. Describes an input observer-based system for diesel engine air charge estimation.
5. Kolmanovsky, I., van Nieuwstadt, M., and Moraal, P., “Method of reducing turbo lag in diesel engines having exhaust gas recirculation,” U.S. Patent 6,178,749, January 2001. Develops a strategy for reducing turbo-lag in diesel engines by modifying/governing decentralized controller set-points in transients, motivated by reference governor.
6. Kolmanovsky, I., van Nieuwstadt, M., and Moraal, P., "Control method for a variable geometry turbocharger in a diesel engine having exhaust gas recirculation,” U.S. Patent 6,067,800, May 2000. Presents a method for estimating VGT actuator position in diesel engines to avoid the need for VGT position sensor.
7. Kolmanovsky, I., and Haghgooie, M., "Control algorithm for soft-landing in electromechanical actuators," U.S. Patent 6,693,787, February, 2004. Reference governor-based strategy for soft landing control in EVA valve train.
8. Sun, J., and Kolmanovsky, I., "System and method for estimating and controlling cylinder air charge in a direct injection internal combustion engine," U.S. Patent 6,805,095, October, 2004. Proposes adaptive, input observer-based and speed gradient control of direct injection engine air charge.
9. Buckland, J., Kolmanovsky, I., Sun, J., and Scillieri, J., "Method and system for estimating cylinder charge internal combustion engines having variable valve timing," U.S. Patent 6,850,831, February, 2005. Develops a physics-based and model-based approach for air charge estimation in engines with variable valve timing.
10. Song, G., Kolmanovsky, I., Michelini, J.O., Gibson, A., Hardy, L., Cullen, M., Zhang, X., and Jankovic, M., "Computer controlled engine valve operation," U.S. Patent 6,959,692 B2, 2005, November, 2005. Proposes a model-based transient fuel estimation and compensation strategy, accounting for pushback of air-fuel ratio mixture during late intake valve closing.
11. Kolmanovsky, I., Song, G., Michelini, J., "Engine fueling control during cylinder valve mode transitions," U.S. Patent 7,565,899 B2, July, 2009. Foundation for transient fuel compensation during cylinder deactivation and reactivation.
12. Banker, A., Buckland, J., Ulrey, J., Kalabic, U., Gerhart, M., Pallett, T., Kolmanovsky, I.V., Wait, S. K., "Methods and systems for torque control," U.S. Patent 9,174,637, November 3, 2015. Describes a reference governor strategy for compressor surge avoidance in gasoline turbocharged engines.
13. Filev, D.P. , Kolmanovsky, I., McDonough, K., Szwabowski, S., Michelini, J., Yanakiev, D., Abou-Nasr, M., "On board real-time speed control setpoint variation using stochastic optimization," U.S. Patent 8,930,116, January 6, 2015. Presents a stochastic optimal control algorithm for fuel efficent vehicle cruise (eco-driving) that relies on standard ADAS vehicle sensors and historical information about traffic in given geographic region.
14. Huang, M., and Kolmanovsky, I., "Rate-based model predictive control method for internal combustion engine air path control," U.S. Patent 9,581,080, February 28, 2017. Proposes a rate-based approach to model predictive control of diesel engines that leads to improved robustness and decreased computational complexity.
15. Huang, M., and Kolmanovsky, I., "Rate-based contractive model predictive control method for internal combustion engine air path control," U.S. Patent 9,562,484, February 7, 2017. Proposes an enhancement to rate-based approach to model predictive control of diesel engines.