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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Eric Kurtz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Alan Brewbaker, Plymouth, MI (US);
Michael Hopka, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Douglas Kuhel, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
David Joseph Dronzkowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Eric Kurtz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Alan Brewbaker, Plymouth, MI (US);
Michael Hopka, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Douglas Kuhel, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
David Joseph Dronzkowski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for adjusting fuel injection of an engine is disclosed. In one example, fuel injection timing is adjusted to account for fuels having different cetane numbers. Operation of the engine may be improved especially during conditions where combustion phase may vary.