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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:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Yip, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Michael J Prucka, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Yi Cheng, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Paul R Arlauskas, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Daniel B Diebel, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Kerry D Franks, Chelsea, MI (US);
Gregory L Ohl, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 4/100 ; F02D 2/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 4/100 ; F02D 2/302 ;
Abstract
A method for characterizing an air flow target within an internal combustion engine. The method includes determining an air mass flow rate target, determining an engine speed term, and processing these terms to obtain an air flow target. The air flow target can be used as an input for vehicle controllers including those for controlling pressurized induction systems.