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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:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Tameem K. Assaf, Milford, MI (US);
David S. Mathews, Howell, MI (US);
John V Bowman, Farmington, MI (US);
Sanjeev M. Naik, Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Tameem K. Assaf, Milford, MI (US);
David S. Mathews, Howell, MI (US);
John V Bowman, Farmington, MI (US);
Sanjeev M. Naik, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control system includes a jerk determination module and a misfire confirmation module. The jerk determination module determines a jerk of a crankshaft associated with a firing event in an engine. The misfire confirmation module selectively confirms that a misfire detected in the engine is valid based on the jerk.