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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Su-chee Simon Wang, Troy, MI (US);
Ming-cheng Wu, Troy, MI (US);
Yingjie Lin, El Paso, TX (US);
Taeyoung Han, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Mark K. Krage, Troy, MI (US);
Su-Chee Simon Wang, Troy, MI (US);
Ming-Cheng Wu, Troy, MI (US);
Yingjie Lin, El Paso, TX (US);
Taeyoung Han, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Mark K. Krage, Troy, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting fuel leaking into an oil pan containing oil which is used to lubricate an internal combustion engine utilizes a plurality of sensors. The method includes the step of measuring a plurality of parameters of the oil using each of the plurality of sensors to create measured values. A fuel leakage value is calculated incorporating each of the measured values. The method then determines when the fuel leakage value exceeds a predetermined value.