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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2007
Michael R. Teets, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Trevor L. Enge, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Lavern M. Bremmer, Dexter, MI (US);
Jon R. Donegan, Davisburg, MI (US);
Greg Schoenberg, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael R. Teets, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Trevor L. Enge, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Lavern M. Bremmer, Dexter, MI (US);
Jon R. Donegan, Davisburg, MI (US);
Greg Schoenberg, St. Louis, MO (US);
Chrysler LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A fuel pump controller includes a detecting device for detecting environmental vibrational energy and converting the environmental vibrational energy into an electrical signal. A motor controller is coupled to a fuel pump motor wherein the electrical signal is used by the controller to command the fuel pump motor to operate at one of a plurality of speeds wherein the commanded speed is at least in part a function of the environmental vibrational energy.