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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Yong Shu, Northville, MI (US);
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brien Lloyd Fulton, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Frank M. Korpics, Belleville, MI (US);
Harold Huimin Sun, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yong Shu, Northville, MI (US);
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brien Lloyd Fulton, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Frank M. Korpics, Belleville, MI (US);
Harold Huimin Sun, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for responding to an existing or incipient surge condition of a turbocharger coupled to an engine of a motor vehicle is provided. The method comprises receiving a signal responsive to an operating condition of the turbocharger and adjusting one or more operating parameters of the motor vehicle when a power of the signal, integrated over a pre-selected range of non-zero frequencies, exceeds a pre-selected threshold. Other embodiments provide related systems for responding to an existing or incipient surge condition of a turbocharger.