Prof. Reitz's patents and patent applications include:
Patents
Reitz, R.,D., and Thiel, M., Diesel Engine Particulate (Soot) Reduction by Means of Multiple Injections with an Increasing Injection Pressure in Each Successive Pulse, Mar 04, 2003. US Patent No 6526939 -- Description
Marriott, C.D., and Reitz, R.D., Internal Combustion Engine Using Premixing with Combustion of Stratified Charges, Dec 30, 2003. US Patent No 6668789 -- Description
R.D. Reitz, C.J. Rutland and R. Jhavar, Controlled Valve Actuation for Emissions Reduction, May 18, 2004. US Patent No 6736106 -- Description
Sun, Y., and Reitz, R.D. , Adaptive Injection Strategy (AIS) for Diesel Engines , Dec 16, 2008. US Patent No 7,464,690 -- Description
Reitz, R.D., Hanson, R., Splitter, D. and Kokjohn, S.L., Engine Combustion Control via Fuel Reactivity Stratification, Jan 01, 2013. US Patent 8,616,177 -- link
R. D. Reitz, R. M. Hanson, D. A. Splitter and S. L. Kokjohn, Engine Combustion Control at Low Loads via Fuel Reactivity Stratification, Jan 01, 2014. US Patent US20120247421
Reitz, R.D., and Kokjohn, S.L., Fuel reactivity stratification in rotary diesel engines, Jun 16, 2015. US Patent 9,057,321
Patent Applications
Mather, D., and Reitz, R.D., A Method for reducing Pollutant Emissions From Diesel Engines, Jan 01, 2000. P00196US
D.D. Wickman and R.D. Reitz, Piston/Combustion Chamber Configurations for Enhanced CI Engine Performance, Jun 01, 2002. 09920224-P02354US
Bergin, M., Hessel, R., and Reitz, R.D., Interacting Fuel Sprays to Reduce Pollutant Formation in Direct Injection Engines, Jan 01, 2004. P05054US
Reitz, R.D., Hanson, R., Splitter, D. and Kokjohn, S.L, Engine Combustion Control via Fuel Reactivity Stratification, Feb 02, 2010. University of Wisconsin WARF Patent Application P100054US
Reitz, R.D., Hanson, R., Splitter, D. and Kokjohn, S.L., Methods for Controlling Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) Combustion,? , Dec 01, 2010. University of Wisconsin WARF Patent Application P110092US01
Reitz, R.D., Hanson, R., Splitter, D. and Kokjohn, S.L., Engine Combustion Control at Low Loads via Fuel Reactivity Stratification, Mar 01, 2011. WARF Patent application P11092US01
Reitz, R.D., and Kokjohn, S.L., Improved Compression Ignition Combustion in Rotary Engines for Higher Efficiency and Lower Pollutant Emissions, Jan 13, 2012. WARF Patent application P110320US01