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Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Hyongju Park, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Ben Bulat, Northville, MI (US);

Richard Gordon, Canton, MI (US);

Arnold Babila, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); B60K 15/03 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03217 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03473 (2013.01);
Abstract

Vehicle fuel tank modeling systems and methods are provided herein. An example method includes introducing known volumes of fuel into the fuel tank, determining correlations of fuel level percentage values relative to the known volumes of fuel placed into the fuel tank, offsetting the correlations to compensate for unusable fuel volume of the fuel tank, selecting a non-linear fuel tank model that fits the offset correlations, and applying the non-linear fuel tank model to a target vehicle having a fuel tank with a fuel tank part number.


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