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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Frank-michael Benz, Novi, MI (US);
Jason Thomas Barton, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Kennedy Rochon, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Inventors:
Frank-Michael Benz, Novi, MI (US);
Jason Thomas Barton, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Kennedy Rochon, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Detroit Diesel Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a method to determine oil consumption in an internal combustion engine that does not require extended operation of the engine in the files and is adaptable to be useful at production facilities for testing of sample engines from the line without installation of the engine into a vehicle and operating the vehicle in order to determine oil consumption of the engine during operating conditions.