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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yun Xing, Canton, MI (US);
Brien Fulton, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Hassene Jammoussi, Canton, MI (US);
John Erik Mikael Hellstrom, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Carlos Armesto, Canton, MI (US);
William P. Boone, Northville, MI (US);
Alex John William Michael Howard, Halstead, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/30 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/22 (2013.01); F02D 41/3082 (2013.01); G01N 33/2847 (2013.01); F02D 2041/224 (2013.01); F02D 2041/228 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0602 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0611 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining the presence of water and diesel exhaust fluid mixed with diesel fuel is disclosed. In one example, output pressure of a fuel pump may be indicative of the presence or absence of water in diesel fuel. The presence or absence of water in fuel may be evaluated in response to filling a fuel tank.