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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rani Kiwan, Canton, MI (US);
Ross Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joseph Lyle Thomas, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/24 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/2451 (2013.01); F02D 41/22 (2013.01); F02D 2041/224 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0602 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0614 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for balancing fuel delivery amongst all engine fuel injectors. In one example, a method may include selectively adjusting an injection timing of one or more fuel injectors of a plurality of fuel injectors to increase an inter-injection period between two consecutive fuel injections in response to a request to balance amounts of fuel injected by the plurality of fuel injectors.