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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Yan Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alex O'connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Vladimir V. Kokotovic, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Allan Roy Gale, Livonia, MI (US);
Philip Thomas Koneda, Novi, MI (US);
Allan Joseph Kotwicki, Williamsburg, MI (US);
Marvin Paul Kraska, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yan Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alex O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Vladimir V. Kokotovic, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Allan Roy Gale, Livonia, MI (US);
Philip Thomas Koneda, Novi, MI (US);
Allan Joseph Kotwicki, Williamsburg, MI (US);
Marvin Paul Kraska, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of operation for an engine including an electrically actuated engine valve in a cylinder head, with at least an actuator coupled to the valve, the method including applying a potential to generate a current indicative of temperature in the actuator at least partially during a substantially non-moving condition of the actuator and adjusting a timing of the application of the potential based on valve location in the cylinder head.