The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
James B Maddock, Washington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ; F02B / ; G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123446 ; 1231 / ; 7311 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for sensing the failure of hydraulically-actuated electronically-controlled fuel injector in a combustion engine is disclosed. An electronic controller senses the pressure of the hydraulic actuator fluid prior to injection and samples the pressure throughout a subsequent injection cycle. If the samples show an oscillation in the pressure of the hydraulic actuator fluid, then the injector has fired. Otherwise, the injector has failed.