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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2021
Method and control unit for identifying misfire subjected cylinders of an internal combustion engine
Applicant:
Caterpillar Energy Solutions Gmbh, Mannheim, DE;
Inventor:
Darshit Shah, Baden-Württemberg, DE;
Assignee:
Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH, Mannheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01); G01M 15/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/1498 (2013.01); F02D 41/22 (2013.01); G01M 15/11 (2013.01); F02D 2200/1015 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method for identifying cylinders of an internal combustion engine which are subjected to misfire during operation, comprising a step of determining whether the engine is subjected to a misfire condition; a step of measuring vibrations generated upon operating the engine; and a step of identifying at least one cylinder subjected to a misfire in dependence on the measured vibrations.