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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
David Stewart Mathews, Howell, MI (US);
Donald Clayton Warner, Byron, MI (US);
Jason Thomas Davis, Williamston, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining the switching states of a target wheel used in an internal combustion engine, the method including providing a camshaft, providing a target wheel having teeth coupled to the camshaft, providing a sensor to detect the teeth of the target wheel, providing a cam phaser to phase the camshaft relative to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, homing the cam phaser to a known position relative to the crankshaft, rotating the crankshaft and camshaft, detecting the switching of the teeth by the sensor, referencing switching information detected by the teeth to crankshaft position information to produce a calibration for the target wheel, and storing the calibration in a controller to be use for control of the internal combustion engine.