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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Phillip Bonkoski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Amey Y. Karnik, Canton, MI (US);
Meisam Mehravaran, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Joshua Putman Styron, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/16 (2006.01); F01P 5/10 (2006.01); F01P 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 7/16 (2013.01); F01P 5/10 (2013.01); F01P 2007/146 (2013.01); F01P 2025/08 (2013.01); F01P 2031/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for determining coolant system health. In one example, a method may include predicting degradation in the coolant system based on oscillations of an estimated coolant temperature at an outlet of a radiator. The method may further control an engine based on the estimated coolant temperature.