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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Daniel Lawrence Meyer, Dearborn, MI (US);
Chris Paul Glugla, Macomb, MI (US);
Michael Damian Czekala, Canton, MI (US);
Michelle M. Hutchison, Canton, MI (US);
Ben Allen Strayer, Belleville, MI (US);
Daniel Lawrence Meyer, Dearborn, MI (US);
Chris Paul Glugla, Macomb, MI (US);
Michael Damian Czekala, Canton, MI (US);
Michelle M. Hutchison, Canton, MI (US);
Ben Allen Strayer, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for operating a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine having at least two spark plugs per cylinder include selectively isolating all but one spark plug associated with the cylinder at least during an ionization current sensing period to reduce or eliminate interference among ionization current signals flowing through more than one spark plug.