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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Md Shahnoor Amin, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 11/10 (2006.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60R 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 11/10 (2013.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60R 17/02 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/40 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/03 (2013.01); F01M 2011/1466 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01); Y10S 903/951 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary monitoring assembly includes a sensor that provides a first output when a lubricant reservoir holds a first amount of a contaminant, and a different, second output when the lubricant reservoir holds a different, second amount of the contaminant. A lubrication system monitoring controller operatively coupled to the sensor and configured to initiate a maintenance mode in response to the second output.