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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Gang Song, Canton, MI (US);
James Michael Kerns, Trenton, MI (US);
Stephen B. Smith, Livonia, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gang Song, Canton, MI (US);
James Michael Kerns, Trenton, MI (US);
Stephen B. Smith, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 4106 ; F02M 5100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and process for determining fuel injection time scheduling in an internal combustion engine. The system and method uses a prediction of engine speed to compensate for the errors due to rapid speed change in fuel injection during crank/start and engine speed transition like engine tip-in and tip-out.