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David Karl Bidner

Ford: 159 patents #53 of 17,473Top 1%
📍 Livonia, MI: #3 of 1,586 inventorsTop 1%
🗺 Michigan: #99 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #5,480 of 4,157,543Top 1%
159
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 126–150 of 159 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6688282 Power-based idle speed control Carol Louise Okubo, Jeffrey Allen Doering, John Ottavio Michelini 2004-02-10
6672053 Fueling control during emission control device purging Gopichandra Surnilla, Imad Hassan Makki 2004-01-06
6629453 Method and apparatus for measuring the performance of an emissions control device Gopichandra Surnilla 2003-10-07
6559647 Diagnosing spark plugs malfunction in a dual plug engine Lynn Edward Davison, William Najib Mansur 2003-05-06
6539704 Method for improved vehicle performance Gopichandra Surnilla 2003-04-01
6532732 Method for improved vehicle performance Gopichandra Surnilla 2003-03-18
6490856 Control for improved vehicle performance Gopichandra Surnilla 2002-12-10
6490855 Fueling control during emission control device purging Gopichandra Surnilla, Imad Hassan Makki 2002-12-10
6487850 Method for improved engine control Gopichandra Surnilla 2002-12-03
6487849 Method and apparatus for controlling lean-burn engine based upon predicted performance impact and trap efficiency Gopichandra Surnilla 2002-12-03
6481199 Control for improved vehicle performance Gopichandra Surnilla 2002-11-19
6477832 Method for improved performance of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine Gopichandra Surnilla 2002-11-12
6438944 Method and apparatus for optimizing purge fuel for purging emissions control device Gopichandra Surnilla 2002-08-27
6434930 Method and apparatus for controlling lean operation of an internal combustion engine Michael John Cullen, Gopichandra Surnilla, Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, Jerry D. Robichaux 2002-08-20
6427437 Method for improved performance of an engine emission control system Gopichandra Surnilla 2002-08-06
6418711 Method and apparatus for estimating lean NOx trap capacity Gopichandra Surnilla, Grant Alan Ingram 2002-07-16
6415656 Onboard diagnostic misfire detection monitor for internal combustion engines Glenn A. Zimlich, Jerry D. Robichaux 2002-07-09
6411882 Drive-by-wire vehicle engine output control system Mathew Alan Boesch, Gopichandra Surnilla, Jerry D. Robichaux 2002-06-25
6389803 Emission control for improved vehicle performance Gopichandra Surnilla 2002-05-21
6374597 Method and apparatus for accessing ability of lean NOx trap to store exhaust gas constituent Gopichandra Surnilla 2002-04-23
6363715 Air/fuel ratio control responsive to catalyst window locator Gopichandra Sumilla, Imad Hassan Makki, James Michael Kerns, Stephen B. Smith 2002-04-02
6327847 Method for improved performance of a vehicle Gopichandra Surnilla 2001-12-11
6308515 Method and apparatus for accessing ability of lean NOx trap to store exhaust gas constituent Gopichandra Surnilla 2001-10-30
6308697 Method for improved air-fuel ratio control in engines Gopichandra Surnilla 2001-10-30
6257214 Exhaust gas recirculation monitor Douglas Raymond Martin, Michael John Cullen 2001-07-10