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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hamid-Reza Ossareh, South Burlington, VT (US);
Baitao Xiao, Canton, MI (US);
Mrdjan J. Jankovic, Birmingham, MI (US);
David G. Hagner, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Julia Helen Buckland, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/183 (2013.01); F05B 2270/404 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a wastegate coupled to a turbine. In one example, a method may include during steady engine operation, actuating a wastegate to introduce an oscillation in boost pressure, and updating gain of a wastegate feedback controller responsive to the oscillation in boost pressure.