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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US);
Damien Baldwin, Belleville, MI (US);
Dennis Seung-Man Yang, Canton, MI (US);
Robert Roy Jentz, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/00 (2006.01); G01F 23/24 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); F02M 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/246 (2013.01); B60K 15/03006 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03217 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03256 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03368 (2013.01); F02M 25/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for a vehicle, comprising: indicating a true fill level of a fuel tank based on a fuel vapor canister temperature profile during a refueling event. In this way, a quantity fuel dispensed over the maximum fill level of the fuel tank may be accounted for, regardless of the fuel level sensor reading.