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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eric Matthew Kurtz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christopher Polonowski, Belleville, MI (US);
Daniel William Kantrow, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel Joseph Styles, Canton, MI (US);
Paul Joseph Tennison, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 35/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/26 (2006.01); F02D 19/12 (2006.01); F02F 1/24 (2006.01); G01N 21/61 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 35/025 (2013.01); F02D 19/12 (2013.01); F02D 41/0002 (2013.01); F02D 41/0052 (2013.01); F02D 41/26 (2013.01); F02F 1/242 (2013.01); G01N 21/61 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a fuel injector coupled to mixing passages for entraining combustion chamber gases with a fuel injection to decrease formation of soot throughout a range of engine operating parameters. In one example, a method includes decreasing a combustion chamber temperature in response to an amount of sensed light.