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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2024
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rani Kiwan, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Michael Uhrich, Wixom, MI (US);
Chris Paul Glugla, Macomb, MI (US);
Kenneth John Behr, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/3011 (2013.01); F02D 41/0087 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining normalized fuel-air ratio error for a cylinder of an engine an engine are disclosed. In one example, the engine is operated in a four-cylinder mode to generate a first normalized fuel-air ratio error for a first cylinder and operated in an eight-cylinder mode to generate a second normalized fuel-air ratio error for a second cylinder.