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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. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew D. Rockwell, East Peoria, IL (US);
Alan L. Schweigert, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Assignee:
Clean Fuels Technology, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/700 ;
Abstract
A system and method for the identification of the fuel used in an electronically controlled internal combustion engine that may utilize an advanced fuel such as a fuel emulsion is provided. Where an unauthorized fuel is determined to be used in the engine, the electronic control module disables the engine by limiting fuel flow to the injectors.