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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Giuseppe Domenico Suffredini, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Mark Thomas Linenberg, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Milan, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/708 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/708 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for inferring the amount of pressure resident within a fuel delivery member by measuring the voltage delivered to a pump and by calculating a desired fuel flow rate.