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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Kurt D. MC Lain, Clarkston, MI (US);
Michael J. Pitsch, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kurt D. Mc Lain, Clarkston, MI (US);
Michael J. Pitsch, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A leak detection system for a vehicle fuel tank includes a sensor that is responsive to a pressure within the fuel tank and that generates a pressure signal based thereon. A control module initiates an engine-off natural vacuum (EONV) test and determines a pressure change based on the pressure signal. The control module pauses the EONV test when the pressure change exceeds a pressure change threshold.