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Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2016
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Scott E. Parrish, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Yiran Hu, Shelby Township, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 3/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/40 (2006.01); F02M 51/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/402 (2013.01); F02D 41/401 (2013.01); F02M 51/061 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a combustion engine having at least one cylinder to burn a fuel, and a fuel injector to supply a fuel mass to the at least one cylinder. The vehicle also includes a controller programmed to cause the fuel injector supply a series of fuel pulses that sum to an aggregate target fuel mass. The controller is also programmed to adjust a commanded duration of a subsequent pulse of the series of pulses from a target pulse duration value based on at least one of a dwell time since a preceding pulse, a fuel mass of the preceding pulse, and an opening delay of the preceding pulse.


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