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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2006
Bruce Bryant, Manassas, VA (US);
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Suresh Sureshbabu, Canton, MI (US);
Bruce Bryant, Manassas, VA (US);
Michiel J. van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Suresh Sureshbabu, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of reducing heat generated in a fuel injector driver controlled by an engine control unit (ECU) of a vehicle engine, the injector coupled to the engine, the method comprising of varying a number of fuel injector injections in an engine cycle as a temperature of the ECU varies, where during a first ECU temperature condition said injector performs a first number of injections in an engine cycle, said first number being at least two injections, and during a second temperature condition higher than said first temperature condition said injector performs a second number of injections less than said first number of injection in an engine cycle, said second number being at least one injection.