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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Adam Krach, Canton, MI (US);
Sumanth Reddy Dadam, New Hudson, MI (US);
Patrick Edward Smithberger, Marine City, MI (US);
Kirk Pulay, Belleville, MI (US);
Edward Doemer, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 26/49 (2016.01); F02M 26/47 (2016.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02M 26/14 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 26/49 (2016.02); F02D 41/1446 (2013.01); F02M 26/14 (2016.02); F02M 26/47 (2016.02); F02D 2200/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining whether or not a temperature sensor is degraded are presented. In one example, a determination of degradation of the temperature sensor is based on a difference between a temperature determined from output of the temperature sensor and an estimate of a temperature of a pressure sensor.